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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on May, 18, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the photo and detailed natal chart by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the comprehensive horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 45,667 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,667 Celebrities
135 celebrities or events were found for May, 18. Add to favourites (58 fans)Biography of Yannick Noah
Yannick Noah (born May 18, 1960, Sedan, Ardennes, France) is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams. Since his retirement from the game, Noah has remained in the public eye as a popular music performer and as the co-founder of a charity organization for underprivileged children with his mother. Noah is of Cameroonian and French descent. Noah turned professional in 1977, and won his first top-level singles title in 1978 in Manila. Noah became France's most prominent tennis hero in 1983, becoming the first Frenchman in 37 years to win the French Open. He dropped only one set during the two-week long tournament, and... Add to favourites (66 fans)Biography of Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland – April 2, 2005, Vatican City) reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City from October 16, 1978, until his death more than 26 years later, making his the second-longest pontificate in modern times after Pius IX's 31-year reign. He is the only Polish pope, and was the first non-Italian pope since the (Low) German Adrian VI in the 1520s. He is one of only four people to have been named to the Time 100 for both the 20th century and for a year in the 21st. The official title of John Paul II was: Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of Saint Peter, Head of the College of Bishop... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Bernadette Chirac
Bernadette Chirac, born Bernadette Chodron de Courcel (born 18 May 1933) is a French politician and the wife of former President Jacques Chirac of France. They met while both students at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as Sciences Po), and were married in France on 16 March 1956. They have two children: Laurence and Claude Chirac, and a Vietnamese adoptive daughter, Anh Traxel. Since 2001, Bernadette has been a leading member of the "Pièces Jaunes," an organization that aids children in French hospitals by collecting small change and donating it to hospitals. She has also helped her husband being elected in 1995 and is herself an elected official in Corrèze, the couple's home département. Since 1995, due to her husband's position, she has also been the princ... Add to favourites (41 fans)Biography of Tina Fey
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (play /ˈfeɪ/; born May 18, 1970 (birth time source: autobiography "Bossy Pants")) is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL), the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls (2004) and Baby Mama (2008). Fey first broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She then joined SNL as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer, known for her position as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment. In 2004 she adapted the screenplay Mean Girls in which she also co-starred. After leaving SNL in 2006, she created the television series 30 Rock, a situation comedy loosely based on her experi... Biography of Sandra Cretu
Sandra Cretu (born Sandra Ann Lauer May 18, 1962, Saarbrücken, Germany), and professionally known as "Sandra", is a popular German singer/songwriter, currently living in Ibiza (Spain). After enjoying some success as lead singer of the disco trio Arabesque, Sandra began performing under her solo name in 1984. She can also be heard on her husband Michael Cretu's project Enigma. Other members of her team include Hubert Kemmler (singer and song writer), Markus Löhr, Klaus Hirschburger, Armand Volker, Frank Peterson, Andy Jonas (singer) and Jens Gad (song writer, co-producer). Early history Sandra Ann Lauer was born on May 18th, 1962 in the German town of Saarbrücken, close to the French border. Sandra’s father, Robert Lauer is French and her mother, Karin Lauer is German. Sandra also ha... Biography of Luisana Lopilato
Luisana Loreley Lopilato (born May 18, 1987) is a well known Argentine actress and model. Luisana Lopilato is a native of Buenos Aires. She grew up as a believer of the Christian faith and as a fan of the River Plate football team. Lopilato, who lists Andrea Del Boca and Luis Miguel among her career influences, made her television acting debut at the age of twelve, in 1999. She was chosen to play Luisana Maza in "Chiquititas"(known in English as Tiny Angels). She joined "Chiquititas" in it's fifth season and continued to the show until it's final season, three years later. She also had a role in Chiquititas movie. In 2002 Luisana Lopilato became one of the biggest celebrities in Argentina thanks to her role in Rebelde Way. Even being only 15 years old, the girl became a sex symbol... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; Russian: Никола́й II, Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Рома́нов) (18 May 1868 – 17 July 1918) was the last Tsar of Russia, Grand Duke of Finland, and claimant to the title of King of Poland. His official title was Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias and he is currently regarded as Saint Nicholas the Passion Bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church. Nicholas II ruled from 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. His reign saw Imperial Russia go from being one of the foremost great powers of the world to an economic ... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was a Welsh philosopher, historian, logician, mathematician, advocate for social reform, and pacifist. A prolific writer, he was also a populariser of philosophy and a commentator on a large variety of topics. Continuing a family tradition in political affairs, he was a prominent anti-war activist, championing free trade between nations and anti-imperialism. Russell was born at the height of Britain's economic and political ascendancy. He died of influenza nearly a century later, at a time when the British Empire had all but vanished, its power dissipated by two world wars and the end of the imperial system. As one of the world's best-known intellectuals, Russell's voice carried great moral a... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Helena Noguerra
Helena Noguerra (Ixelles, Brussels, 18 May 1969 (birth time source: act n° 1081, André Dekoster)) is a Belgian actress, singer and television presenter of Portuguese descent. She's the sister of the singer Lio, Philippe Katerine's ex wife and current sentimental partner of Guy Bedos's son, Nicolas Bedos (playwright). Her songs have been used in commercials and television programs such as Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches by Thierry Ardisson (1988–1990). She has also sung for the 2010 video game, Bayonetta, where she sings both the game's main theme and a cover of Fly Me to the Moon. In 2010 she toured with French band Nouvelle Vague. Filmography 2013 Hôtel Normandy (post-production) Alice Lecorre 2013 La vie domestique (post-production) Inès 2013 La marque des a... Biography of Rita Cadillac (French dancer)
Rita Cadillac, born Nicole Yasterbelsky (May 18, 1936 in Paris (source for her birth time: Luc de Marre) - April 5, 1995 in Deauville) was a French dancer. As an exotic dancer she appeared in many French films in the 1950s and 1960s, became a renowned figure throughout Europe.... Biography of Charles Trenet
Charles Trenet (May 18, 1913, Narbonne, France (birth time source: Didier Geslain, acte n° 184) – February 19, 2001, Créteil, France) was a French singer and songwriter, most famous for his recordings from the late 1930s through the mid-1950s, though his career continued through the 1990s. In an era in which it was exceptional for a singer to write his or her own material, Trenet wrote prolifically and declined to record any but his own songs. His best known songs include "Boum", "La Mer", "Y'a d'la joie", "Que reste-t-il de nos amours?", "Ménilmontant" and "Douce France". His catalogue of songs is enormous, numbering close to a thousand. While many of his songs mined relatively conventional topics such as love, Paris, and nostalgia for his younger days, what set Trenet's songs apart we... Biography of Omar Khayyám
Ghiyās od-Dīn Abul-Fatah Omār ibn Ibrāhīm Khayyām Nishābūrī (Persian: غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابوری) or Omar Khayyam (b. May 18, 1048 Nishapur, (Persia) – d. December 4, 1131), was a Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher and astronomer who lived in Persia. His name is also given as Omar al-Khayyami. He is best known for his poetry, and outside Iran, for the quatrains (rubaiyaas) in Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, popularized through Edward Fitzgerald's re-created translation. His subs... Biography of Margot Fonteyn
Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias, DBE, (18 May 1919, Reigate, Surrey, England - 21 February 1991, Panama City, Panama), the English assoluta, was considered the greatest ballerina of her time. Early life Fonteyn was born Margaret ("Peggy") Hookham to an English father and an Irish mother, with Brazilian ancestry, who was the daughter of Brazilian businessman Antonio Fontes. Early in her career, Margaret transformed Fontes into Fonteyn (a surname her brother adopted as well) and Margaret into Margot; thus her stage name. She joined the Royal Ballet (then called the Sadler's Wells Theatre) while still a teenager, after having been trained by some of the greatest teachers of the day - Olga Preobrajenskaya and Mathilde Kschessinskaya, both of whom trained under Marius Petipa himself. By 193... Biography of Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (born Jack Hody Johnson, May 18, 1975) is a Hawaii-born musician, filmmaker, and surfer who has achieved commercial success and a dedicated following since the release of his debut album, Brushfire Fairytales. His latest album is Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George. Introduction to music Jack Johnson learned how to surf and skate from his father's best friend Alex Cowell. Alex also taught Jack to play the guitar at age 14. Jack Johnson dedicates all his songs to Alex. Jack was a professional surfer until an accident at Pipeline in which his front teeth were knocked out and he received more than 150 stitches to his mouth and forehead. While he was recovering in bed, he spent his time writing songs and playing guitar. But Jack didn't seriously pursue a ca... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Chow Yun-Fat
Chow Yun-Fat (traditional Chinese: 周潤發; simplified Chinese: 周润发; pinyin: Zhōu Rùnfā) (born May 18, 1955) is a Chinese actor. He is one of the most famous actors in Asia and a major actor in the Hong Kong film industry. He mainly plays in dramatic movies. He won Hong Kong's "best actor" award three times and Taiwan's twice. Early life Chow was born on the tiny offshore Hong Kong's Lamma Island to a housewife mother and an oil rigger father. Of Hakka origins, he grew up in a farming community in a house with no electricity. He woke up at dawn each morning to help his mother sell dim sum on the streets and in the afternoons he went to work in the fields. His family moved to Kowloon when he was ten. At seventeen, he quit school to help su... Biography of Jacob Levy Moreno
Dr. Jacob Levy Moreno (born Bucharest, Romania, May 18, 1889; died New York, USA, May 14, 1974) was a leading psychiatrist, theorist and educator. During his lifetime Dr. Moreno was recognized at Harvard University as one of the greatest social scientists in the world. Dr. Moreno grew up in Vienna at time of great intellectual creativity and political turmoil. The founder of Psychodrama, Sociometry and the foremost pioneer of Group psychotherapy, Moreno studied medicine, mathematics, and philosophy at the University of Vienna, becoming an M.D. in 1917. He had rejected Freudian theory while still a medical student, and became interested in the potential of group settings for therapeutic practice. In his autobiography, Dr. Moreno recalls this encounter with Freud in 1912. “I attended one ... Biography of Eric Gerets
Eric Gerets (born May 18, 1954 in Rekem, Belgium) is a former Belgian football defender who is currently the coach of French football club Olympique Marseille. Gerets played for Rekem, Standard de Liège, AC Milan, MVV Maastricht and PSV Eindhoven, winning among others the 1987-88 European Cup, two Belgian championships and six Dutch championships. Although he was a defender, he was well known for a particular attacking skill: long distance throw-ins. He is with 86 appearances the second most capped player for the Belgium national football team, scoring twice. As a manager, he worked successively for Lierse SK, Club Brugge, PSV Eindhoven, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and VfL Wolfsburg before joining Galatasaray SK at the end of the 2004-2005 season. In the season 1996-1997 he won the Belgian... Biography of George Strait
George Harvey Strait, (born May 18, 1952), is an American country music singer. The native Texan is known for his honky tonk country western sound. Strait is sometimes referred to as the "King of Country" and some critics call Strait a living legend (Bego, 2001). He is well known for his unique style of western swing music, barroom ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional country western music. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Strait has been nominated for more CMA awards than any other artist. He holds the record for most Number 1 songs on Billboard Country Music charts, and has had more albums certified gold or platinum in the United States than any other country artist and only Elvis Presley and The Beatles have more overall. Early Years Strait was born in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Isabella d'Este
Isabella d'Este (18 May 1474 - 13 February 1539, death at 65 years old) was marchesa of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance and a major cultural and political figure. Family Born in Ferrara, she was the first daughter of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Leonora of Naples, daughter of Ferdinand I of Naples, the Aragonese King of Naples, and Isabella of Taranto. At the age of 16 she was married to Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. Her younger sister was the equally famous Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan as consort to Ludovico Sforza. She was related by birth or marriage to almost every ruler in Italy and is known as "The First Lady of The Renaissance". Education and early life Isabella d'Este was well-educated in her youth in Ferrara, as her ... Biography of Popeck (humorist)
Judka Herpstu, best known as Popeck, born May 18, 1936 in Paris, is a French actor and humorist. He was also known as Jean Herbert. Theater 1997 : Drôles d’oiseaux de Pierre Chesnot, mise en scène de Jacques Mauclair, avec Danièle Evenou, Popeck, au Théâtre du Palais-Royal à Paris 1998 : Face à face, de Francis Joffo, avec Michel Roux et Jean-Pierre Castaldi au théâtre du Palais-Royal 1998-1999 : Face à face, de Francis Joffo, mise en scène de Francis Joffo, avec Michel Roux, Popeck, Yolande Folliot, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Marie-Bénédicte Roy, Sébastien Azzopardi, Francis Joffo, Julie Judd, au Théâtre du Palais-Royal à Paris 2002-2003 : L'Avare, de Molière, mise en scène de Jean-Luc Moreau Actor 1966 : Le Chien Fou d' Eddy Matalon, avec Claude Brasseur, Pierre Richard 1... Biography of Frank Capra
Frank Capra (18 May 1897 – 3 September 1991) was an Academy Award winning Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, among others. Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m) Early life Born Francesco Rosario Capra in Bisacquino, Sicily, Capra moved to the United States in 1903 with his father Salvatore, his mother Rosaria Nicolosi and his siblings Giuseppa, Giuseppe, and Antonia. In California they met up with Benedetto Capra, (the oldest sibling) and settled in Los Angeles, California, where, in 1918, Frank Capra graduated from Throop Institute (later renamed the California Institute of Technology) with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering. On October 18, 19... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Taeyang (singer)
Dong Young-Bae (Korean: 동영배, Hanja: 東永裴, born May 18, 1988), better known by his stage name Taeyang or SOL, is a member and main vocalist and dancer of Big Bang. Like the other members, Taeyang is signed with management company YG Entertainment. He began training under YG Entertainment at the age of twelve alongside fellow member and leader G-Dragon. After six years of vocal and dance training he made his debut in 2006 as part of Big Bang. Career 2000-2007: Child acting and debut with Big Bang Taeyang was a child actor at the age of 11, acting in JinuSean’s A-Yo music video. After that, he auditioned to join YG Family. In 2003, he participated in Wheesung’s second album, rapping on the track "Player". He performed with JinuSean, Swi.T, L... Biography of Giovanni Falcone
Giovanni Falcone, (Palermo, May 18, 1939 – Palermo, May 23, 1992) was an Italian magistrate who specialised in prosecuting the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. He was killed by the Mafia, together with his wife and three of his bodyguards, by a 350-kg dynamite explosion placed beneath the motorway from Palermo Airport to Palermo at the town of Capaci. His life story is quite similar to that of his closest friend Paolo Borsellino. Both shared provenance from a rather poor area of Palermo, had careers as Antimafia magistrates, and equally sad fates: both were killed (less than two months apart) in particularly audacious bomb attacks in 1992. In recognition of their efforts in the anti mafia trials, the pair were named as heroes of the last 60 years in the November 13, 2006 issue of Time Magazine. ... Biography of Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Kreviazuk (born May 18, 1973) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of the Adult contemporary music genre. She is also a classically trained pianist, who in addition can play the guitar. Career Albums Kreviazuk's first album, Under These Rocks and Stones, was released in Canada in 1996 and the U.S. in early 1997 to much critical praise. The album sold over 100,000 copies in the U.S., fueled mostly by the singles "Surrounded" and "God Made Me", while in Canada it went double platinum with sales of over 200,000. Three videos from the album receive modest play on the video channel MuchMusic and radio ("God Made Me", "Believer" and "Wayne"), but it was a fourth, "Surrounded", that became her first major Canadian airplay hit in 1997. That year, Kreviazuk received her first Juno Award ... Biography of Diane McBain
Diane McBain (born May 18, 1941) is an American actress who, as a Warner Brothers contract player, reached a brief peak of popularity during the early 1960s. She is best known for playing an adventurous socialite in the 1960-62 TV series Surfside 6 and as one of Elvis Presley's leading ladies in 1966's Spinout. Start of career A native of Cleveland, Diane McBain moved to the Hollywood area at an early age and began her show business career as an adolescent model in print and television advertisements. During her senior year at Glendale High School she was, while appearing in a Los Angeles play, spotted by a Warner Brothers talent scout and added to the studio's roster of contract performers who were appearing in an assembly-line-style mass production of TV episodes and theatrical featu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fausto Rapisarda
Fausto Rapisarda, born May 18, 1949 in Partno, is an Italian lawyer. He is the right hand of Salvatore Ligresti.... Biography of Olivia Harrison
Olivia Trinidad Arias (born May 18, 1948, Mexico City, Mexico), aka Olivia Harrison, is the widow of George Harrison, former member of The Beatles. They were married on September 2, 1978 and had one son together, Dhani Harrison. Biography She is the daughter of dry-cleaner Esiquiel Arias, and his wife Mary Louise, who worked as a seamstress. She has brothers named Ron and Gilbert and sisters named Chris and Linda. Olivia attended Hawthorne High School and graduated in 1965. She later worked as a secretary at A&M Records, where George Harrison happened to hold a recording contract. Olivia attended Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach's wedding in 1981 without her wedding ring, giving rise to speculation that her marriage to Harrison was a hoax. This is not true: her parents attended their priv... Biography of Alana Stewart
Alana Hamilton Stewart (born May 18, 1945) is an American actress and former model. She has also used the names Alana Collins, Alana Collins-Hamilton, and Alana Hamilton professionally. Born Alana Kaye Collins in San Diego, California, she grew up in Nacogdoches, Texas before heading to New York to become a model. Collins signed with Ford Models and traveled to Los Angeles for many television and commercial appearances. Acting career In the early 1970s, she began an acting career. Her first role was a bit part in her then-husband's, George Hamilton's, biopic Evel Knievel. She continued acting appearing in small parts in television shows like The Bionic Woman and Fantasy Island. In 1995, she and ex-husband George Hamilton hosted their own syndicated talk show, George & Alana.Th... Biography of Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu, also known as Curly M.C. (born May 18, 1957 in a suburb of Bucharest, Romania), is a Romanian musician best known as the creator of the Enigma project. His original name, Creţu, means "the curly-haired". He has worked with many producers, musicians, and artists in his long career. These include Sandra Cretu, Frank Farian, Boney M, Goombay Dance Band, Peter Cornelius (musician), Manfred "Tissy" Thiers and Mike Oldfield in his pre-Enigma days, and Jens Gad, Frank Peterson, David Fairstein, ATB, Jam & Spoon, Peter Ries, Ruth-Ann Boyle and Andru Donalds during the course of the project. In 2001, Crocdile-Music, Cretu's management stated that a total of 100 million Cretu produced records had been sold. By the year 2007, Michael Cretu's Enigma project had sold over 40 m... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucia Mannucci
Lucia Mannucci (born 18 May 1920) is an Italian singer, best known as one of the singers of Quartetto Cetra, a very famous Italian vocal quartet. Born at Bologna, Lucia Mannucci relocated to Milan at a very young age. She attend the Art of Movement school directed by Carla Strauss. She successfully auditioned for EIAR, the Italian national radio broadcasting company, and worked as a singer for the various radio orchestras. She toured Italy for some years, working with the such entertainers as Gorni Kramer, Natalino Otto, and the Quartetto Cetra. On August 19, 1944, she married Virgilio Savona, one of the singers of the Quartetto Cetra. Three years later, she also joined the quartet, replacing Enrico De Angelis. Lucia Mannucci was the only female member of Quartetto Cetra, but s... Biography of Dale Kristien
Dale Kristien, born May 18, 1954 in Washington Highlands, is an American actress. Filmography Knots Landing" .... Debbie Stevens (3 episodes, 1988) - Discovery (1988) TV Episode .... Debbie Stevens - Just Desserts (1988) TV Episode .... Debbie Stevens - Mother Knows Best (1988) TV Episode .... Debbie Stevens... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Goustat
André Goustat, birn May 18, 1935 in Mauzac-et-Grand-Cast in Dorogne region, is a French politician, a President (1989-1998) of Chasse, pêche, nature et traditions (Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition). Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition (French: Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions, abbreviated as CPNT) is an agrarianist French political party which aims to defend the traditional values of rural France. Its current leader is Frédéric Nihous. The party states it is neither right or left but represent rural people on the whole in their diversity. History Formed in 1989, it contested both the European elections of 1989 and 1994 without success. In 1999, it obtained six seats, led by Jean Saint-Josse who was at the top of the list. It lost all representation at the following election to the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucien Neuwirth
Lucien Neuwirth, born May 18, 1924 in Saint-Etienne, is a French politician, a RPR senator (1983-2001).... Biography of Marc Hwang
Marc Hwang, born May 18, 1964 in L'Isle-Adam, is a French dancer.... Biography of Michaël Llodra
Michaël Llodra (born May 18, 1980 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is a professional French male tennis player. Life and Career Llodra was born in Paris, where his father Michel played for football club Paris Saint-Germain. A left-hander, he has won the Australian Open Men's Doubles title twice with Fabrice Santoro. He has also won two ATP singles titles ('s-Hertogenbosch in 2004 and the Adelaide International and the Rotterdam in 2008). His serve-and-volley style is modelled on that of his idol Stefan Edberg. On November 20, 2005, Llodra teamed up with French compatriot Fabrice Santoro to win the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, a competition which pitted the top 8 doubles teams in the world against one another. On winning the men's doubles final at the Australian Open in... Biography of Thomas Gottschalk
Thomas Gottschalk (born May 18, 1950) is a famous German TV host. He is best-known for hosting the popular show Wetten, dass..?, which he has led to a huge success in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Bolzano-Bozen (Italy). Gottschalk was born in the Bavarian city of Bamberg as the son of a lawyer. After attending the Humanistisches Gymnasium (Humanistic gymnasium) in Kulmbach, he studied history and German philology, eventually taking his exams as a teacher for primary and secondary schools; however, it was during this time that he discovered his true vocation. From 1971 on, Gottschalk worked as a freelancer for the youth program of the Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian radio); in 1973, he became anchor for a news program. In 1976, after a brief detour to the newspaper Münchner Merkur,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matt Long
Matt Long (born May 18, 1980) is an American actor. He played the teenaged Jack McCallister on Jack & Bobby, the younger Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider, and Tyler Prince in Sydney White. Long was born in Winchester, Kentucky. He attended Western Kentucky University where he met his wife. He was also a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. After graduation, Long moved to New York City where he worked as an actor throughout various theatres. He now resides in Hollywood, California. Filmography Once On This Island (2009) Homecoming (2008) Sydney White (2007) Ghost Rider (2007) Deceit (2006) Reflections (2006) Secrets Of A Small Town (2006) Jack & Bobby (2004) The Greatest Adventure of My Life (2001)... Biography of Toyah Willcox
Toyah Ann Willcox (born 18 May 1958 in Kings Heath, Birmingham) is an English actress and singer. She currently lives in Pershore, Worcestershire, UK, with her husband Robert Fripp. Early life and career Toyah's father ran successful joinery businesses. She attended Edgbaston C of E College where she gained a GCE pass in music and trained as an actress at the Old Rep Drama School in her home town of Birmingham. Punk era She first became well-known during the punk rock era, her appearances in Derek Jarman's 1977 film Jubilee and 1979's Who album-inspired Quadrophenia launching her as a provocative and anti-establishment figure, an image she eventually abandoned. Singer Fronting a band known as Toyah, her singing career was slow to take off and the band released six singles i... Biography of Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap (Wuppertal, May 18, 1891 – September 14, 1970) was an influential German-born philosopher who was active in Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. He was a leading member of the Vienna Circle and a prominent advocate of logical positivism. Life and work Carnap was born to a west German family that had been humble until his parents' generation. He began his formal education at the Barmen Gymnasium. From 1910 to 1914, he attended the University of Jena, intending to write a thesis in physics. But he also carefully studied Kant's Critique of Pure Reason in a course taught by Bruno Bauch, and was one of very few students to take Frege's courses in mathematical logic. After serving in the German army during World War I for three years, he was given permission... Biography of Samson François
Samson Pascal François (May 18, 1924 - October 22, 1970) was a French pianist. François was born in Frankfurt where his father worked at the French consulate. His mother, Rose, named him Samson, for strength, and Pascal, for spirit. François discovered the piano early – at the age of two – and his first studies were in Italy, with Mascagni, who encouraged him to give his first concert at the age of six. Moving from country to country with his itinerant family, he studied in Belgrade with Cyril Licar, obtaining a first prize in performance. Licar also introduced him to the works of Bartók. Having studied in the Conservatoire in Nice from 1932 to 1935, where he again won first prize, François came to the attention of Alfred Cortot, who encouraged him to move to Paris and study with Yvo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Sauguet
Henri Sauguet (18 May 1901 - 22 June 1989), was a French composer. Born Henri-Pierre Poupart in Bordeaux, he adopted his mother's maiden name as his pseudonym. He started learning the piano when he was just five years old, being taught by his mother, Elisabeth, and also Marie Brodier. Later he was taught by Mrs. Loureau of Pagesse, the organist of the church Sainte-Eulalie of Bordeaux. Sacred music and especially organ arrangements, influenced him for the rest of his life. The mobilization of his father in 1914 required him to earn a living at a very young age. Because of this, he become employed by the Prefecture of Montauban in 1919-1920 at which time he formed a friendship with Joseph Canteloube. Together they collected and harmonized traditional songs under the title Chants d'Auv... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matthias Dietrich
Matthias Dietrich, born May 18, 1981 in Stuttgart, is a German actor, famous for his role as Thibault Pietsch in the German telenovela Verliebt in Berlin. Verliebt in Berlin (German for "In Love in Berlin") is a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on February 28, 2005, on Sat.1 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland - its final episode will be broadcasted on October 12, 2007. The series is an adaptation of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea ("I am Betty, the ugly one"), written by Fernando Gaitán (also author of Café, con aroma de mujer) and produced by RCN TV. The original season of the serial comedy-drama follows the life of the unsophisticated but good-natured Lisa Plenske (Neldel), and... Biography of Pierre Balmain
Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain (b. St. Jean de Maurienne, France, May 18, 1914 – Paris, France, June 29, 1982) was a French fashion designer. Known for sophistication and elegance, he once said that "dressmaking is the architecture of movement." Balmain's father, who died when the future designer was 7 years old, was the owner of a wholesale drapery business. His mother and her sisters operated a fashion boutique. After studying at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, he went to work for the fashion designer Edward Molyneux, for whom he worked from 1934 until 1939. He joined Lucien Lelong after World War II and opened his own fashion house in 1945. Balmain also created perfumes, including Vent Vert (1947), his first successful scent and one of the best-selling perfumes of the late 1940s and ... Biography of Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with it in 1943. "Mr. C", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records for RCA and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show, which set the standards for the genre and proved to be one of the most successful in television history. His combined success on television and popular recordings was not matched by any other artist of the time. A popular television performer and recording artist, Perry Como produced numerous hit records with record sales so high the label literally stopped counting at Como's behest. His weekly television shows and seasonal specials w... Biography of François Marty
Gabriel Auguste François Cardinal Marty (18 May 1904 - February 16, 1994) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris. He was born in Vaureilles, Pachins, in France. His family were farmers. His first baptismal name was Gabriel but he used his second one, François, to avoid confusion with a classmate also named Gabriel Marty. He was educated at the Seminary of Rodez and the Catholic Institute in Toulouse. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 28 1930 in Rodez. He worked as a pastor in the diocese of Rodez from 1930 until 1951, and then served as vicar general of the diocese to 1952. Episcopate Pope Pius XII appointed him bishop of Saint-Flour on February 1, 1952. He was promoted to be titular Archbishop of Emesa and appointed coadjutor bishop of Reims. He succeeded ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Marie Rivière
Jean-Marie Rivière, born May 18, 1926 in Bergerac, died April 23, 1996, was a French music-hall artist, performer and producer. He was the founder of French cabarets L'Alcazar (1968), L'Ange Bleu and Le Paradis Latin (1977).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Body
Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body (born 18 May 1927) is an English politician, and was Conservative Member of Parliament for Billericay from 1955 to 1959, for Holland with Boston from 1966 to 1997, and for Boston and Skegness from 1997 until he stood down at the 2001 general election. He was a long-standing member of the Conservative Monday Club and came second in its 1972 election for chairman. Body was an early supporter of environmental causes within the Conservative Party. Coming from an agricultural background, he was highly critical of the use of pesticides in agriculture and led an inquiry on the issue in 1986-87. The enquiry produced a draft report which contained 45 recommendations, mostly influenced by his support for organic farming and use of such methods on his own far... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Gravier
André Gravier, born May 18, 1911 in Eloyes, Vosges, died November 14, 2004 in Nancy, was a French military. Awards Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur Compagnon de la Libération - décret du 9 septembre 1942 Croix de Guerre 39-45 (6 citations) Médaille de la Résistance Presidential Unit Citation (USA) Chevalier de l'Ordre du Cèdre (Liban)... Biography of Karel Roden
Karel Roden (born May 18, 1962) is a Czech actor. Roden's father and grandfather were also actors. After study of theatrical art in Prague he had taken many roles in theatres and movies. Outside of the Czech Republic he is mostly known for character roles in Hollywood movies such as 15 Minutes (2001), Blade II (2002), Bulletproof Monk (2003), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), as Grigori Rasputin in Hellboy (2004), Running Scared (2006), Largo Winch (2008) and RocknRolla (2008). He also had a small role in Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007). Most recently, he played Noble Thurzo in Bathory (2008), co-production movie filmed by Slovakian director Juraj Jakubisko. Roden has also voiced in the video game Grand Theft Auto 4 as Mikhail Faustin Roden received Alfréd Radok Award for performing Bruno in Le... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Humez
Charles Humez, born May 18, 1927 in Méricourt, Pas-de-Calais, is a French former boxer.... Biography of Sandra Sully
Sandra Sully (born May 18, 1965 (some sites give 1962 instead of 1965) in Brisbane, source: www.movietome.com/people/321911/sandra-sully/index.html?q=sully or www.tv.com/sandra-sully/person/321911/summary.html)) is the senior news anchor with Network Ten, an Australian television network. She anchors Ten's Late News from Monday to Thursday and often fills in for Ten's 5:00pm news presenters around the country generally in Sydney or Perth. Career Australia's longest serving national news anchor, Sully began at Channel Seven in Brisbane, and has been at Ten since 1991 when she worked as a political correspondent in the network's Canberra bureau. She moved to Ten Sydney as a reporter, update presenter and later as weekend late-night anchor for Ten Eyewitness News. Sandra's big break came... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Crosby
John Crosby (May 18, 1912, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - September 7, 1991, Esmont, Virginia) was a radio critic who was generally regarded during the 1950s as the leading television critic. Crosby was the son of Fred G. Crosby and the former Edna Campbell. His father was in the insurance business. After graduating from New Hampshire's Phillips Exeter Academy, Crosby attended Yale but left minus a degree. In 1933, he was a reporter with The Milwaukee Sentinel, moving on to The New York Herald Tribune (1935-41). Army News Service During World War II, he spent five years with the Army News Service, rising to the rank of Captain. In the post-WWII years, he returned to the Herald Tribune and began writing about radio, widening his horizon to television in 1952. That same year, his book-length ... Biography of Chad Donella
Chad E. Donella (born May 18, 1978) is a Canadian actor who has appeared in several movies and television shows. He attended the Arts York Drama Program, in which he participated in such plays as Oedipus Rex, Waiting for Godot, and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. He has performed at Toronto's Factory Theatre and the Markham Theatre. He also played bass for a time in a band called DAEVE. He has appeared in several movies such as Final Destination, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Disturbing Behavior. In addition to his roles on film, he also obtained many parts on television, appearing in shows like The X-Files, Smallville, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NCIS, and Monk. In many of his roles he's portrayed teenagers young men undergoing a crisis. Filmography Heart of my Heart - (1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Grünberg
Peter Grünberg (May 18, 1939) is a German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his coincidental discovery with Albert Fert of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disk drives. Grünberg was born in Pilsen, at that time the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, now the Czech Republic. His father, an engineering graduate, moved the family after World War II to Lauterbach, Hesse, where he attended gymnasium. Grünberg received his intermediate diploma in 1962 from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University. He then attended the Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany, where he received his diploma in physics in 1966 and his Ph.D. in 1969. From 1969-1972, he did postdoctoral work at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He later joined ... Biography of Catherine Corsini
Catherine Corsini, born May 18, 1958 in Dreux is a French actress, director and screenwriter. Filmography As a screenwriter 2007 Les Ambitieux Avec Karin Viard et Eric Caravaca de Catherine Corsini 2003 Mariées mais pas trop Avec Jane Birkin et Émilie Dequenne de Catherine Corsini 2001 La Répétition Avec Emmanuelle Béart et Pascale Bussières de Catherine Corsini 1999 La Nouvelle Ève Avec Karin Viard et Catherine Frot de Catherine Corsini 1997 Denis Avec Dominique Reymond et Pascal Cervo de Catherine Corsini 1996 À toute vitesse Avec Elodie Bouchez et Stéphane Rideau de Gaël Morel 1994 Les Amoureux Avec Pascal Cervo et Nathalie Richard de Catherine Corsini 1992 Interdit d'amour Avec Maxime Leroux et Nathalie Richard de Catherine Corsini 1986 Nuit de Chine Avec Nelly... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Gilbert-Lecomte
Roger Gilbert-Lecomte (May 18, 1907 in Reims, France - December 31, 1943 in Paris) was a French poet, avant gardist and co-founder (with René Daumal, Roger Vailland and Josef Šíma) of the artistic group and magazine Le Grand Jeu. The group co-worked with surrealists, but André Breton excommunicated them from the movement. Like all the other members of the group, he experimented with drugs for both artistic and sociological reasons (they felt that the "to be" meant "to be sick"). His premature death was caused by infection from dirty hypodermic needles (he injected morfium to his veins through trousers covered with mud) - the way of death he predicted in his poetry. Bibliography Le grand jeu (nos 1, 2, et 3) Testament (1955) Tétanos mystique (1972) Lettres à Benjamin Fondane (198... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Nourissier
François Nourissier (born 18 May 1927 in Paris, France, death 15 February 2011) was a journalist and writer. He was the Secretary-General of Éditions Denoël (1952–1955), editor of the review, "La Parisienne" (1955–1958), and an adviser with the Éditions Grasset Paris publishing house (1958–1996). In 1970, Nourissier won the Prix Femina for his book La crève. Several of his novels have been made into motion pictures and in 1973 he was a member of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. François Nourissier was elected to the Académie Goncourt in 1977. He served as the literary organization's Secretary-General in 1983, and was its president from 1996 to 2002. In 2002, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca. On Febuary 15 2011 Francois Nourissier died. Major works * 1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dwayne Hickman
Dwayne Bernard Hickman (born May 18, 1934) is a former American child/teen actor and television executive of CBS, who is primarily known for his roles on sitcoms and television. The naturally brown-headed Hickman is best known for playing Bob Collins's (played by Bob Cummings) crazy teenaged nephew, Chuck MacDonald on the popular 1950s TV series, The Bob Cummings Show (a.k.a, Love That Bob), and the title character in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Dwayne is the younger brother of child actor Darryl Hickman, he also began his work at an early age. One of his earliest roles was an appearance in the 1942 Our Gang comedy Melodies Old and New. He and Darryl co-starred in an early episode of the syndicated military drama Men of Annapolis, filmed... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jérôme Tharaud
Jérôme Tharaud (18 May 1874, Saint-Junien, Haute-Vienne - 23 January 1953, Paris) was a French writer. He was elected the fifteenth occupant of Académie française seat 31 in 1938.... Biography of Boris Christoff
Boris Christoff (Bulgarian: Борис Христов, by official transliteration Boris Hristov) (May 18, 1914, Plovdiv, Bulgaria – June 28, 1993, Rome, Italy) was a Bulgarian opera singer. He is considered to have been one of the greatest basses of the 20th century. Training Christoff demonstrated early his singing talent and sang as a boy at the choir of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia. In the late 1930s he graduated in law and started on a career as a magistrate. He, however, continued singing in his spare time in the Gusla Chorus in Sofia, achieving an enormous success as the chorus soloist in 1940. Thanks to a government grant, Christoff left in May 1942 for Italy where he was tutored for two years in the core It... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Higgins
John Higgins, MBE (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player. Higgins is the current world champion and the provisional world number 1. He has won 21 ranking titles in total, putting him fourth in that category. He has been World Champion on three occasions, 1998, 2007, and 2009. He has been the world's No. 1 player on three occasions and ever present in the World's Top-16 players for well over a decade. On 2 May 2010 he was suspended from the sport, pending an investigation into match fixing allegations. Higgins is no relation of two-time world champion Alex "Hurricane" Higgins. Career Early years Higgins was born in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire. He turned professional in 1992, and won his first tournament in 1994 when he defeated Dave Harold 9–6 in the final of th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Fuchs
Gérard Fuchs, born May 18, 1940 in Longjumeau, Essonne, is a French scientist and politician, member of PS (Parti Socialiste).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arthur Paecht
Arthur Paecht, born May 18, 1930 in Vienna, Austria, is a French physician and politician, member of UDF.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques-Pierre Amette
Jacques-Pierre Amette (born on May 18, 1943 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French writer. In 2003 his novel Brecht's Mistress (French: La Maîtresse de Brecht) won the Prix Goncourt. He has been a correspondent for The New York Times and a journalist for several French newspapers. Bibliography Exit (1981) Les deux léopards (1997) L'Homme du silence (1999) Brecht's Mistress (2005 UK) / Brecht's Lover (2005 US) / La Maîtresse de Brecht (2003 FR) External link: www.amette.fr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Lemasle
Patrick Lemasle (born May 18, 1952 in Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët (Manche)) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haute-Garonne department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Donald
James Donald (18 May 1917 - 3 August 1993) was a Scottish actor. Tall and gaunt, he specialized in playing authority figures; military officers, doctors or scientists. Donald was born in Aberdeen, and made his first professional stage appearance sometime in the late-30s, having been educated at Rossall School. During World War II he appeared in minor roles in such propaganda classics as In Which We Serve (1942), Went the Day Well? (1942) and The Way Ahead (1944). However, leading roles eluded him until Lust for Life (1956), in which he played Theo Van Gogh. His work in the theatre included Noël Coward's Present Laughter (1943) which starred Coward himself, and The Eagle with Two Heads (1947), You Never Can Tell (1948), and The Heiress (1949) with Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Herriot
Marcel Herriot, born May 18, 1934 in Moussey, Vosges, is a French Catholic Bishop, the Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (2008 - ).... Biography of Massimo Girotti
Massimo Girotti (18 May 1918 - 5 January 2003) was an Italian film actor whose career spanned seven decades. Born in Mogliano, in the province of Macerata, Girotti developed his athletic physique by swimming and polo. While studying engineering, he attracted the attention of Mario Soldati, who offered him a small part in the film Dora Nelson (1939), but it was not until later, in Alessandro Blasetti's La corona di ferro (The Iron Crown) (1941) and Roberto Rossellini's Un pilota ritorna (A Pilot Returns) (1942), that he began to make an impression as a serious actor. In 1943 came a turning point in his career when Luchino Visconti cast him opposite the torrid Clara Calamai in Ossessione (Obsession), an earlier adaptation of the same novel on which Hollywood's The Postman Always Rings Twi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Simon
René Simon, (May 18, 1898 in Troyes- February 17, 1971 in Paris), was a French actor and comedian, and founder in 1925 of the Cours Simon drama school. Theater: 1924 : L'Invitation au voyage de Jean-Jacques Bernard, mise en scène Gaston Baty, Studio des Champs-Elysées 1925 : La Cavalière Elsa de Paul Demasy d'après Pierre Mac Orlan, mise en scène Gaston Baty, Studio des Champs-Elysées 1925 : Fantasio d'Alfred de Musset, Comédie-Française 1925 : Barberine d'Alfred de Musset, mise en scène Émile Fabre, Comédie-Française... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Erik Hanson (baseball)
Erik Brian Hanson (born May 18, 1965 in Kinnelon, New Jersey) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 11-year baseball career, he pitched for the Seattle Mariners (1988–1993), Cincinnati Reds (1994), Boston Red Sox (1995), and Toronto Blue Jays (1996–1998). He attended Wake Forest University and was known for possessing an excellent curveball. Hanson played high school baseball at the Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey. Hanson won a career high 18 games for the Mariners in 1990 and was a 1995 American League All-Star selection for the Red Sox compiling a 15-5 record that year. Hanson pitched 8 innings in game 2 of the 1995 ALDS Game 2, receiving the loss in a 4-0 decision.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Craig Hentrich
Craig Hentrich (pronounced /ˈhɛntrɪk/) (born May 18, 1971 in Alton, Illinois) is a former American football punter. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the eighth round of the 1993 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame. Hentrich has also played for the Green Bay Packers and Tennessee Titans. Early years Hentrich graduated from Marquette Catholic High School. College career Hentrich lettered four years at the University of Notre Dame, serving as both the placekicker and punter. He finished his career with a school-record 44.1-yard punting average and had 39 career field goals (on 56 attempts) to rank second behind John Carney’s 51. Also, he finished his career ranked second on the school's all-time scoring list with 294 points, the most ever by ... Biography of Samuel Sheppard
Samuel Reese Jr. Sheppard, born May 18, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, is an American writer, the son of Dr. Sam Sheppard and Marilyn Sheppard.... Biography of Tabrett Bethell
Tabrett Bethell (born May 18, 1981 in Sydney) is an Australian film, television and theater actress, best known for portraying the character Cara in the television series Legend of the Seeker. Prior to her acting career, she worked as a fashion model from the age of 16, and as a cheerleader for the National Rugby League (NRL) Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Acting career After Bethell's early years as a model and cheerleader, she decided to actively pursue acting and trained at Screenwise completing the 12 Month Intensive program in December 2007. During this training she continued to model; most notably a Neill Grigg race day fascinator resembling the Harbour Bridge for a February 2007 cover of The Daily Telegraph. Early acting work included starring as Amy in Campbell Graham's film Any... Biography of Rick Wakeman
Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949 in Perivale, London) is an English keyboard player, composer, and songwriter known as the keyboardist for progressive rock group Yes. Originally a classically trained pianist, he was a pioneer in the use of electronic keyboards and in the use of a rock band in combination with orchestra and choir. He purchased his first electronic keyboard, a Minimoog, from the actor Jack Wild. Wakeman was able to buy it for half the regular selling price because Wild thought it did not work as it only played one note at a time. He hosts a regular radio show on Planet Rock. He is considered by many to be one of the best rock keyboardists of all time. History Wakeman was born in the suburb of Perivale, West London, and attended Drayton Manor Grammar School... Biography of Alain Esclopé
Alain Esclopé, born on May 18, 1942 n Claira, is a French politician, a member of Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition, an agrarianist French political party which aims to defend the traditional values of rural France. Its current leader is Frédéric Nihous. The party states it is neither right or left but represents rural people on the whole in their diversity. The party is a member of the Presidential Majority of Nicolas Sarkozy.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Zweers
Bernard Zweers (born Bernardus Josephus Wilhelmus Zweers) (Amsterdam, May 18, 1854 - December 9, 1924) was a Dutch composer and music teacher. Life Bernard Zweers was born in 1854 as the son of an Amsterdam book- and music shopkeeper. Although his father was an amateur singer, he strongly disapproved of his son’s musical interests, expecting him to follow him in the family business. Being fundamentally self-taught, he had some minor musical successes before his parents finally approved and sent him to study with Salomon Jadassohn in Leipzig in 1881-1883. Of crucial importance to Zweers' musical education was his first exposure to the work of Richard Wagner when he was present at the Berlin premiere of the Ring des Nibelungen, in 1881: I, who never ventured farther than Nijmegen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (born May 18, 1967, in Mönchengladbach) is a German racing driver most famous for his career in Formula One. At various times driving for Williams, Jordan, Sauber, Prost, and Arrows, he achieved three race wins before his retirement from F1 in 2003. Early career He was born in the West German city of Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia) to a German undertaker and a Spanish mother. After 5 years in Karting, at the age of 18 Frentzen entered the German Formula Ford 2000 series, in 1986. As in his karting career, he was funded and supported by his father (a funeral director) who also acted as both team boss and head mechanic. After two seasons in Formula Ford he was runner-up in the 1987 series, despite not participating in all races. Frentzen progressed to ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Ferval
Pierre Ferval, born Pierre-Henri-Gabriel Fabrègues on May 18, 1899 in Asnières-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) (now Asnières), died on July 1, 1983 in Saint-Mandé (Val-de-Marne), was a French actor and comedian. Filmography 1914 : Dans les griffes de la peur de Georges-André Lacroix (court métrage) 1914 : La Dénonciatrice de Georges-André Lacroix 1916 : Volonté d'Henri Pouctal 1920 : Au travail d'Henri Pouctal : le domestique de Gurignon 1927 : Napoléon d'Abel Gance 1929 : Quartier Latin d'Augusto Genina 1930 : Dorville chauffeur de Charles de Rochefort (court métrage) 1931 : Le Costaud des PTT de Jean Bertin 1931 : Paris Béguin d'Augusto Genina 1931 : Pas sur la bouche de Nicolas Rimsky et Nicolas Evreïnoff 1932 : Les Gaietés de l'esc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Spencer Breslin
Spencer Breslin (born May 18, 1992) is an American teen actor and musician. Early life Breslin was born in New York City, the son of Kim, a personal manager, and Michael Breslin, a telecommunications expert. Spencer is the older brother of actress Abigail Breslin (born April 14, 1996) and younger brother of Ryan Breslin (born 1985). Acting career He has appeared in films such as Disney's The Kid, The Santa Clause 2, The Cat in the Hat, You Wish!, and Zoom. He has also been involved in the world of animation by lending his voice to the television cartoon Teamo Supremo, with the same year's Return to Neverland offering even more vocal work. He reprised his role of Curtis in The Santa Clause 3, which opened on November 3, 2006, taking the tally of movies in which he co-starred with T... Biography of Jo Schlesser
Joseph Schlesser (May 18, 1928 in Liouville, France - July 7, 1968 at Rouen-Les-Essarts) was a Formula One and sports car racing driver from France. He participated in three World Championship Grands Prix, including the 1968 French Grand Prix in which he was killed. He scored no championship points. Schlesser also participated in the 1966 and 1967 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, each time driving a Formula 2 Spec Matra-Cosworth. In 1966, he finished 10th in the overall classification and 3rd in the Formula 2 classification. In 1967, he was forced to retire with a clutch problem after 2 laps. A real Formula One opportunity came for Schlesser in 1968 with Honda. The Honda team had completed an experimental air-cooled F1 car (dubbed the RA302) which was tested by their works drive... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emmanuel Bertholin
Emmanuel Bertholin, born May 18, 1972 in Albertville, is a French skier, a telemarker. Telemark skiing is a term used for skiing using the Telemark turn. It is also known as "free heel skiing." Unlike alpine skiing equipment, the skis used for telemarking have a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes, just as in cross-country skiing. Telemark turns are led with the heel flat on the outside ski (the downhill ski at the end of the turn), while the inside (uphill) ski is pulled beneath the skier's body with a flexed knee and raised heel. The skis are staggered but not quite parallel, and 50% to 60% of the body weight is distributed on the outside ski, depending on snow conditions. The Telemark turn came to the attention of the Norwegian public in 1868, when Sondre Norhe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Donyell Marshall
Donyell Lamar Marshall (born May 18, 1973) is a retired American professional basketball player, at the small forward and power forward positions. During his extensive NBA career, he played with eight different teams. He is currently an assistant coach for the Maine Red Claws. Early career Born on May 18, 1973 in Reading, Pennsylvania, Marshall graduated from Reading High School. He then attended the University of Connecticut, and was a star player in the university's basketball program, being a unanimous pick as Big East Player of the Year in 1993–94. Professional career Marshall left college early for the 1994 NBA Draft. He was selected after his junior year at the University of Connecticut by the Minnesota Timberwolves, as the fourth overall pick. He was traded 40 games in... Biography of Mahamadou Diarra
Mahamadou Diarra (born 18 May 1981 in Bamako) is a Malian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for AS Monaco and is captain of the Mali national team. Biography Early career Diarra started his career with Greek side OFI Crete. He played for French club Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) from 2002 until 2006 and formed a successful midfield partnership with Michael Essien, winning four Ligue 1 titles during his time at the club. He was known for his strength in the midfield. Real Madrid Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello asked President Ramón Calderón to sign three players, "Diarra, Diarra and Diarra". Real Madrid joined in the race to sign Diarra, along with Manchester United. Lyon said that Diarra will not leave and put a €40 million price tag, which matched the price Chelsea p... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jessica Watson
Jessica Watson (born 18 May 1993 in the Gold Coast, Queensland) is an Australian sailor, unofficially the youngest individual to sail non-stop and unassisted around the world. She departed from Sydney on 18 October 2009, heading eastbound over the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. She returned to Sydney on 15 May 2010, three days before her 17th birthday. The Los Angeles Times reported Watson's reason for her journey: "I wanted to challenge myself and achieve something to be proud of. And yes, I wanted to inspire people. I hated being judged by my appearance and other people's expectations of what a 'little girl' was capable of. It's no longer just my dream or voyage. Every milestone out here isn't just my achievement, but an achievement for everyone who has put so ... Biography of Levi R. Dowling
Levi R. Dowling, born May 18, 1844 in Bellville, Ohio, died August 13, 1911, was an American writer and metaphysicist, the author of "The Aquarian Gospel".... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Schrenk-Notzing
Albert Schrenk-Notzing, born May 18, 1862 in Oldenburg, died February 12, 1929 in Munich, was a German psychiatrist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Theodor Loos
Theodor August Konrad Loos (18 May 1883 in Zwingenberg – 27 June 1954 in Stuttgart) was a German actor. The son of a watchmaker and instruments manufacturer, he left secondary school prematurely and worked for three years at an export firm for music instruments in Leipzig, and after that for his uncle, an art dealer in Berlin. He decided though to become an actor. His theater engagements led him to Leipzig, Danzig and Frankfurt am Main, then to Berlin where he acted from 1912 to 1945 at different theaters. From 1913 he performed in more than 170 feature films, initially silent films. In the 1930s he could be seen performing in classic theater, on over 400 occasions in Peer Gynt alone. After the end of the war, Loos returned to the theater. From August 1949 he was a member of the Staa... Biography of Don L. Lind
Don Leslie Lind (born May 18, 1930 in Midvale, Utah) is an American scientist and a former NASA astronaut. Education Lind attended Midvale Elementary School and graduated from Jordan High School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree with high honors in physics from the University of Utah in 1953. At the United States Navy Officer Candidate School Lind jokingly requested flight training and was unable to change his assignment, but found that he enjoyed flying. As a Naval Aviator, Lind volunteered to take high-altitude photo emulsions of cosmic rays during flights for the University of California, Berkeley. This helped him enroll at Berkeley, where Lind researched pion-nucleon scattering in the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physics in 196... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Viallat
Claude Viallat (born May 18, 1936 in Nîmes) is a French contemporary painter. Born in Nîmes, he grew up in Aubais, a French village with a strong bull tradition. In 1955, he joined the École des Beaux-Arts (the Fine Arts School) of Montpellier, where he met André-Pierre Arnal, Vincent Bioulès, Daniel Dezeuze, Toni Grand, François Rouan, and Henriette Pous, whom he married in 1962. After doing his military service in Algeria from 1958 to 1961, he joined the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (the National Fine Arts School) of Paris, where he met fellow students Joël Kermarrec, Pierre Buraglio, and Michel Parmentier. He discovered American art in Paris, notably the works of Kenneth Noland, Morris Louis, Sam Francis, and Mark Rothko. As soon as 1963, he was attracted to abstracti... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Chambaz
Bernard Chambaz, born on May 18, 1949 in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a French novelist, historian, professor, and poet. Selected bibliography Poetry & le plus grand poème par-dessus bord jeté, Seghers, 1983 Corpus, Messidor, 1985 Vers l'infini milieu des années quatre-vingt, Seghers, 1987 Italiques deux, Seghers, 1992 Entre-temps, Flammarion, 1997 Échoir, Flammarion, 1999 Été, Flammarion, 2005 (prix Guillaume Apollinaire 2005) Été II, Flammarion, 2010 Non fiction Le Principe Renaissance, la Sétérée, 1987 La Dialectique Véronèse, La Sétérée, 1989 Œil noir (Degas), Flohic, 1999 Autoportrait sous les arbres, Flohic, 2001 La Déposition, avec Jean-Pierre Schneider aux éditions Le Temps qu’il fait, 2003 Ecce Homo (Re... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Morse
Robert Morse (born May 18, 1931) is an American actor and singer. Morse is best known for his appearances in musicals and plays on Broadway. He has also acted in movies and television shows. His best known role is that of J. Pierrepont Finch in the 1961 Broadway musical, and 1967 film How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He is currently known for his recurring role as Bertram Cooper on the show Mad Men. Early life Morse was born on May 18, 1931 in Newton, Massachusetts. After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, Morse appeared on Broadway as an actor. Career He created the role of Barnaby in The Matchmaker on Broadway in 1955 opposite Ruth Gordon and reprised the role in the 1958 film adaptation, this time opposite Shirley Booth. That same year, he won the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yannick Bonheur
Yannick Bonheur (born 18 May 1982 in Ivry-sur-Seine France) is a French pair skater who currently competes with Adeline Canac. He is a five time French National Champion with three different partners: Marylin Pla, Vanessa James, and Canac. Career Partnership with Marylin Pla Bonheur competed with Marylin Pla from 2002 until 2007. They won the French National Championships three times and placed 14th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Partnership with Vanessa James Bonheur teamed up with British skater Vanessa James and began competing internationally with starting in 2008. They made their Grand Prix debut at the 2008 Trophee Eric Bompard, finishing in 7th place. They placed 10th at the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships and 12th at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Harel
Paul Harel, born on May 18, 1854 in Échauffour, died in 1927, was a French poet and innkeeper. Selected publications Sous les pommiers, poésies, 1879 Gousses d'ail et fleurs de serpolet, 1881 Les Vingt-Huit Jours du caporal Ballandard, 1882 Rimes de broche et d’épée, 1883 Aux champs, 1886 Gustave Le Vavasseur, 1888 La Hanterie, 1889 Souvenirs d’auberge, 1894 Gorgeansac. La Petite Marthe. Le Nez du cousin Barnabé, 1898 À l’Enseigne du Grand-Saint-André, 1906 Ernest Millet, 1904 La Vie et le mystère ; sonnets, 1921 Les Larmes, 1895 Les Voix de la glèbe, 1895 Les Voix de la glèbe, 1895 Œuvres choisies, 1897 Le Demi-sang, roman, 1898 Les Heures lointaines, 1902 Ernest Millet, 1904 Œuvres : He... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Salvator Gotta
Salvator Gotta (or Salvatore Gotta) (18 May 1887 – 7 June 1980) was an Italian writer. He was best known as a prolific novelist, but he was also a biographer, playwright, screenplay writer, and writer of children's books. Life and work Gotta was born on the 18 May 1887 in Montalto Dora, Piedmont, Italy. He graduated from the University of Turin, and his literary career started with the publication of Pia in 1912. Other novels followed, and in 1917 he started on the trilogy La saga dei Vela, which was to become his best known work. During the first world war he served in the Alpini Corps, and from this experience in 1926 he wrote the children's novel Il piccolo Alpino (The little Alpino), which was very successful and inspired the 1986 Italian TV mini-series Mino. Gotta joined the F... Biography of Akira Terao
Akira Terao (寺尾 聰 Terao Akira?, born May 18, 1947) is Japanese musician and movie actor. Career In 1966, he debuted as a bassist of Group Sounds band, The Savage. As an actor, he debuted as Kenichi in Chikadô no taiyô made, a film directed by Kei Kumai in 1968. As a singer, Terao was known mostly for his 1981 album Reflections (リフレクションズ?), which sold more than one and a half million copies in Japan with the hit song "Ruby No Yubiwa" (ルビーの指環?). In 1985, Terao started to work with Akira Kurosawa in Ran. Five years later he appeared as "I" in Kurosawa's Dreams. He has worked with director Takashi Koizumi in After the Rain and The Professor's Beloved Equation. As for... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Piet Muyselaar
Piet Muyselaar, born May 18, 1899 in Zaandam, died May 6, 1978, was a Dutch actor and humorist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Selznick
Daniel Selznick, born on May 18, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, (source: Steinbrecher, Astrodatabank), is an American producer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783678/) 1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (TV documentary) (executive producer - as Daniel Mayer Selznick) 1983 Kennedy contre Hoffa (TV movie) (producer) 1977 Night Terror (TV movie) (producer) 1968 La cible (associate producer)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robin Blaser
Robin Francis Blaser (May 18, 1925 – May 7, 2009) was an author and poet in both the United States and Canada. Personal background Born in Denver, Colorado, Blaser grew up in Idaho, and came to Berkeley, California, in 1944. There he met Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan, becoming a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance of the 1950s and early 1960s. He moved to Canada in 1966, joining the faculty of Simon Fraser University; after taking early retirement in the 1980s, he held the position of Professor Emeritus. He lived in the Kitsilano neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. In June 1995, for Blaser's 70th birthday, a conference was held in Vancouver to pay tribute to his contribution to Canadian poetry. The conference, known as the "Recovery of the Public World" (a phrase ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lee Hendrie
Lee Andrew Hendrie (born 18 May 1977) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kidderminster Harriers in the Football Conference. The majority of his career was spent with Premier League club Aston Villa, where he spent fourteen years. He also played for the England U21s and earned one full cap for England in 1998. Personal life Lee Hendrie is the son of Scottish former professional footballer Paul Hendrie. Paul Hendrie moved to England in March 1972 to join Birmingham City. Hendrie was born in Birmingham on 18 May 1977. His younger brother, Stuart Hendrie, is also a footballer, who played alongside him at Daventry Town. Hendrie is the cousin of another Scottish professional footballer, John Hendrie. On 27 January 2012, Hendrie was declared bankrupt by Her Majesty's... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Walter Sisulu
Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (May 18, 1912 – May 5, 2003) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC). Family and Education Sisulu was born in Engcobo in the Union of South Africa. His mother Alice Mase Sisulu was a Xhosa domestic worker and his father, Albert Victor Dickenson, was white. Dickenson worked in the Railway Department of the Cape Colony from 1903 to 1909 and was transferred to the Office of the Chief Magistrate in Umtata in 1910. His mother was related to Evelyn Mase, Nelson Mandela's first wife. Dickinson didn't play a part in his son's upbringing, and the boy and his sister, Rosabella, were raised by his mother's family, who were descended from the Thembu clan. Educated in a local missionary school, he left in 1926 to work... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michelle Perrot
Michelle Perrot, born May 18, 1928 in Paris, is a French historian, writer and feminist. Bibliography * Histoire de chambres, Paris, Le Seuil, 2009. * Les Ombres de l’Histoire. Crime et châtiment au XIXe siècle, Paris, Flammarion, 2001. * Les femmes ou les silences de l'histoire, Paris, Flammarion, 1998. * Georges Duby et Michelle Perrot (dir. ), Histoire des femmes en Occident, Plon, Paris, 1990-1991 (5 volumes).... Biography of Martika (singer)
Martika (born Marta Marrero, May 18, 1969, Whittier, California, United States) is an American pop singer and actress. As a singer she released two internationally successful albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s, selling over 4 million worldwide. Now working mainly as an actress, from 2009 she took on a new stage name; Vida Edit. Early life and career Born in Whittier, California, Marrero entered mainstream show business in an uncredited role as one of the orphan girls in the 1982 motion picture Annie. This led to her being cast as Gloria on the long-running kids show Kids Incorporated as one of a group of neighborhood kids who rise to local fame by singing staged productions at a corner malt shop. Martika and many fellow Kids Incorporated cast members were featured in the musica... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ron Mercer
Ronald (Ron) Eugene Mercer (born May 18, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. After his career at the University of Kentucky, Mercer played for several teams in the National Basketball Association; he ended his career with the New Jersey Nets in 2005. Basketball career Ron Mercer was twice named "Mr. Basketball" of Tennessee while at Goodpasture Christian School in Madison, Tennessee. He then transferred to Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, and was rated by Bob Gibbons to be the best prep player of the class of 1995, over Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Antwan Jamison and Stephon Marbury. Mercer had a very successful collegiate career, having been an All-American and all-Southeastern Conference player at Kentucky, and part of a national championship ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vincent Jay
Vincent Jay (born 18 May 1985 in Albertville (birth time source: Marc Brun, FDAF)) is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 10 km sprint and a Bronze medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Jay also won the 20 km individual race at the 2009 World Cup event in Vancouver.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fred Saberhagen
Fred Thomas Saberhagen (May 18, 1930–June 29, 2007) was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction short stories and S.F. novels. Saberhagen also wrote a series of vampire novels in which the vampires (including the famous Dracula) are the protagonists, and a series of post-apocalyptic mytho-magical novels beginning with his popular Empire of the East and continuing through a long series of Swords and Lost Swords novels. Saberhagen died of cancer, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Biography Saberhagen was born in and grew up in the area of Chicago, Illinois. Saberhagen served as an enlisted man in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War while he was in his early twenties. Back in civilian life, Saberhagen worked as an electron... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes, OBE (born 18 May 1941) is an English actress and voice artist. Her earliest roles were in theatre and after several supporting roles in film and television she won a BAFTA Award for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993). Early life Margolyes was born in Oxford, England, the daughter of Ruth (née Walters), a real estate investor, and Joseph Margolyes, a physician. She grew up in a Jewish family, a descendant of immigrants from Belarus. She attended the local Oxford High School and later Newnham College, Cambridge. There, she began acting in her twenties, and also appeared in productions of the comedy troup Cambridge Footlights. Acting career With her distinctive voice, Margolyes first gained recognition for her work as a voice artist. She recorded a soft-porn ... Biography of Sandy Bentley
Sandy Bentley, born on May 18, 1978 in Joliet, Illinois, is an American model and actress. She has a twin sister, Amanda Bentley. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2039438/ ) 2005 Mon oncle Charlie (TV series) Sexy Girl – Carpet Burns and a Bite Mark (2005) … Sexy Girl (uncredited) 2000 Sex and the City (TV series) Sandy – Sex and Another City (2000) … Sandy (as Sandra Bentley)... Biography of Christiane Jean
Christiane Jean, born on May 18, 1959 in Algiers, Algeria, is a French actress and comedian. Filmography Cinema 1979 : Les Contes de La Fontaine de José Bénazéraf : Calliste 1981 : Pourquoi pas nous ? de Michel Berny : Danny 1982 : Les Misérables de Robert Hossein : Cosette 1981 : Guillaume le conquérant de Gilles Grangier et Sergiu Nicolaescu 1984 : La Tête dans le sac de Gérard Lauzier : Malika 1985 : L'Amour braque d'Andrzej Żuławski : Aglaé 1985 : Le Débutant de Daniel Janneau : Valérie 1985 : Les Spécialistes de Patrice Leconte : Laura 1986 : La Nuit du risque de Sergio Gobbi : Christiane Victoire 1987 : I padroni dell' estate de Mario Parodi 1988 : Les Prédateurs de la nuit de Jesús Franco : Ingrid Flamand 1990... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wreckless Wreckless
Wreckless Eric (born Eric Goulden, 18 May 1954, Newhaven, East Sussex, England) is a rock and roll / new wave singer-songwriter best known for his 1978 single "(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World" on Stiff Records. More than two decades after its release, the song was included in Mojo magazine’s list of the best punk rock singles of all time. It was also acclaimed as one of the ‘top 40 singles of the alternative era 1975 – 2000’. He currently lives in France with his wife, singer-songwriter Amy Rigby. Early history Wreckless Eric is best known as one of the original members of the late 1970s Stiff Records artist roster, along with Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. Eric’s first ever record was the appearance of "Whole Wide World" on the Stiff label sampler A Bunch of Stiff Records in Ap... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ingo Schwichtenberg
Ingo Schwichtenberg (18 May 1965 in Hamburg - 8 March 1995) was one of the founding members of German power metal band Helloween and was famous for his high-energy drumming. All the Helloween members gave the nickname, "Mr. Smile", because it was hard to find him without a smile on his face. In the Helloween photo studios, Ingo was always with a smile. Schwichtenberg was ejected from the band in 1993 during the tour of the album Chameleon. The dismissal was reportedly due to Ingo's dependence on alcohol and drugs (most notably cocaine and hashish). Ingo also suffered from schizophrenia, and his refusal to take his medication would lead to bizarre episodes such as uncontrollable sobbing, which made it impossible for him to take the stage. Schwichtenberg was apparently somewhat dissatisfi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jérôme Clément
Jérôme Clément, born May 18, 1945 in Paris, is a French journalist, writer, TV host and radio host. He is the brother of philosopher and writer Catherine Clement. Works (French publications) Books * Plus tard, tu comprendras suivi de Maintenant je sais, Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle, 2009 « “Plus tard, tu comprendras”, me disait ma mère. Je m’étais toujours demandé ce qu’il y avait à comprendre. Je croyais, orgueilleux, avoir déjà tout compris. Il me restait pourtant l’essentiel : tenter de répondre à la question “Qui est cette femme qui m’a aimé et que j’aime ... * Le Dictionnaire des Papous dans la Tête, Editions Gallimard, 2007 Collectif La tribu Des Papous dans la tête se rencontre sur les ondes de France Culture et sur à peu près tous les territoires de la ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Layne Flack
Layne Flack (born May 18, 1969 in Rapid City, South Dakota) is an American professional poker player, residing in Montana and Nevada. He met up with Johnny Chan who helped him improve his game and, following a big loss, encouraged Flack to ensure he had a lot of rest before a tournament. He has also been mentored by Huck Seed. As of 2010, he has won over $4,300,000 in live tournament play. His 23 cashes at the WSOP account for $2,318,537 of his live tournament winnings. World Series of Poker Flack has won six bracelets at the WSOP. He got the nickname "Back to Back Flack" after winning two consecutive WSOP events in 2002. World Series of Poker Bracelets Year Tournament Prize (US$) 1999 $3,000 Pot Limit Hold-Em $224,400 2002 $2,000 No Limit Hold-Em $303,880 2002 $1,... Biography of Marty McSorley
Martin James "Marty" McSorley (born May 18, 1963) is a retired Canadian professional hockey player, who played in the National Hockey League from 1983 to 2000. A versatile player, he was able to play both the forward and defense positions. He is also a former head coach of the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League (2002–2004). In addition to his hockey career, he has also worked as an actor, appearing in several film and television roles. Biography Early life and hockey career McSorley was born in Hamilton, Ontario, but grew up in Cayuga, a small town in Haldimand County. He made his NHL debut in October, 1983, with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but rose to fame after a trade in September 1985 brought him to the Edmonton Oilers. McSorley's arrival and physical presence so... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dean Tavoularis
Dean Tavoularis (Greek: Ντιν Ταβουλάρης; born May 18, 1932) is an American motion picture production designer whose work appeared in numerous box office hits such as The Godfather movies, Apocalypse Now, The Brink's Job, One from the Heart and Bonnie and Clyde. Biography Although born in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Greek immigrant parents, Tavoularis spent his entire childhood and teenage years in Los Angeles, in the shade of the Hollywood studios. He studied architecture and painting at different art schools and landed a job at the Disney Studios first as an 'in-betweener in the animation department, and later as a storyboard artist. In 1967, Arthur Penn called him to take charge of the artistic direction of Bonnie a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Osiel Cárdenas
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén is a former Mexican drug lord and the former leader of the Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo). Originally a mechanic in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, where he was born, he entered the Gulf Cartel by helping Juan García Abrego, the capo at the time; when García Ábrego was arrested in 1996, some infighting erupted within the cartel. Osiel Cárdenas eventually took control by killing his friend and contender Salvador Gómez, earning Cárdenas the nickname "El Mata Amigos" (The Friend-Killer). As confrontations with rival groups heated up, Osiel Cárdenas sought and recruited over 30 deserters of the Mexican Army's elite Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE) to form part of the cartel's armed wing. Los Zetas, as they are known, served as the hired private mercenary a... Biography of Jari Kurri
Jari Pekka Kurri (born May 18, 1960) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey right winger and a five-time Stanley Cup champion. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001. He is currently the general manager of Team Finland. Playing career Jokerit (1977–1980) He began his pro career with Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga. After an eleven-point rookie season for Jokerit in 1977–78, Kurri scored 30 and 39 points the next two years, playing all 33 games in each season. After his third season, Kurri was signed by the Edmonton Oilers, by then-general manager and head coach, Glen Sather. Edmonton Oilers (1980–1990) When Kurri arrived to the Oilers he was soon paired with Wayne Gretzky, a phenomenal Canadian centre and arguably the greatest player of all time. The duo of... Biography of Marcus Giles
Marcus William Giles (born May 18, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball player. He played second base and batted right-handed. His older brother, Brian Giles, was an outfielder who also played in the Major Leagues. Career Giles was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 53rd round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft and made his major league debut in 2001. Despite usually having success during his opportunities in majors, he spent the next two years shuttling between Atlanta and their Triple-A affiliate in Richmond. In 2002, his year was marred by a severe ankle sprain in May, and the death of his premature daughter, Lundyn Mae. Giles lost his second base starting job to the injury and, shortly after returning, was demoted to Richmond. He did not play in Atlanta again until Aug... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Page Hamilton
Page Hamilton (born May 18, 1960 in Portland, Oregon) is a guitarist, singer and record producer, mostly noted for his work with alternative metal band Helmet. Most of his work has been in the heavy metal or hard rock styles, but Hamilton, who was trained in jazz guitar, has also worked in other genres. Biography Raised in Medford, Oregon, Hamilton moved to New York to study jazz guitar in the early 1980s. While there, he "discovered distortion" and worked with composer Glenn Branca. Hamilton then joined Band of Susans for their Love Agenda album, after which he started Helmet. Helmet recorded four albums in the 1990s: Strap It On, Meantime, Betty, and Aftertaste. They had moderate chart success, with their last three albums reaching the Billboard top 100, but difficulty keeping his... Biography of Saskia Mulder
Saskia Mulder (born 18 May 1973 in the Hague) is a Dutch film and television actress. She is the younger sister of supermodel Karen Mulder. Career Mulder appeared in The Beach and the British horror movie The Descent. She also starred as Fist in the Channel 4 series, The Book Group. Made an appearance as Francesca in season 1, episode 1 of Jonathan Creek. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611731/) 2009 The Descent: Part 2 Rebecca 2006 Holby City (TV series) Marta Van Der Kolk – If the Heart Lies (2006) … Marta Van Der Kolk 2006 Eigenheimers (TV movie) Antoinette 2006 Champagne (short) Champagne 2006 Evelien (TV series) Buurvrouw – Sex op de agenda (2006) … Buurvrouw – Een gevoelige klap (2006) … Buurvrouw – Huwelijkscrisis (2006) … Buurvrouw... Biography of Joakim Soria
Joakim Agustín Soria Ramos (born May 18, 1984) is a Mexican right-handed baseball relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. He has been nicknamed The Mexicutioner, although in February 2011, he stated that he no longer wanted to be associated with that nickname due to violence in his home country. Mexican League career Soria has played for his country's Diablos Rojos del México (in the Mexican Baseball League) and Yaquis de Obregón in the Winter League. He played for the Class-A Fort Wayne Wizards as well. On December 9, 2006 in the Mexican Winter League, Soria threw a perfect game against the Naranjeros de Hermosillo. Major League Baseball career 2006 In 2006, Soria was drafted at the age of 22 by the Kansas City Royals in the Rule 5 draft out of the S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Manny Malhotra
Emmanuel Noveen Malhotra (born May 18, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL), serving as an alternate captain. During his NHL career he has additionally played for the Dallas Stars, Columbus Blue Jackets, San Jose Sharks and New York Rangers. He is known as a two-way forward and for his faceoff proficiency. Malhotra was drafted in the first round as the seventh overall pick of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He joined the NHL after a two-year career in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with the Guelph Storm, with whom he served as captain in his final year. Winning a J. Ross Robertson Cup championship and subsequently appearing in the 1998 Memorial Cup with the Storm, Malhotra al... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wreckless Eric
Wreckless Eric (born Eric Goulden, 18 May 1954, Newhaven, East Sussex, England) is a rock and roll/new wave singer-songwriter best known for his 1977 single "(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World" on Stiff Records. More than two decades after its release, the song was included in Mojo magazine’s list of the best punk rock singles of all time. It was also acclaimed as one of the "top 40 singles of the alternative era 1975–2000". He currently lives in France with his wife, singer-songwriter Amy Rigby. Early history Wreckless Eric is best known as one of the original members of the late 1970s Stiff Records artist roster, along with Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. Eric’s first appearance on record was "Whole Wide World" on the Stiff label sampler A Bunch of Stiff Records in April 1977. T... Biography of Fred Perry
Frederick John Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995) was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships from 1934 to 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row. Perry also became the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship in 1936, and subsequently became the last British player to win a Men's singles Grand Slam title until 2012, becoming champion at the U.S. National Championships in the same year. Perry was the first player to win all four Grand Slam singles titles (though not all in the same year) and completed this "Career Grand Slam" at the age of 26, remaining the only British player ever to achieve this. Although Perry began his... Biography of Cynthia Preston
Cynthia Preston (born May 18, 1968), sometimes credited as Cyndy Preston, is a Canadian television and film actress. Preston was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Best known internationally for playing Faith Rosco on the American soap opera General Hospital from 2002 to 2005, and also for providing the voice of Zelda in The Legend of Zelda segments that aired as part of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show in 1989. She has also appeared in episodes of The Outer Limits, Total Recall 2070, Neon Rider, Street Legal, Katts and Dog, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She has also appeared in a number of films, including the role of Claire in Whale Music, Ursula in the Canadian cult-horror classic Pin, and Melissa Tyler in If Looks Could Kill - Teen Agent. In August 2007, she was in Ottawa... Biography of Christian Constant
Christian Constant, born on May 18, 1950 in Montauban, is a French chef. He is a judge in Top Chef (seasons 1, 2, 3 in 2010, 2011, and 2012 in France). Top Chef is a French reality competition show in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants eliminated in each episode. The show is produced by Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Project Runway.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sigrid Gurie
Sigrid Gurie (May 18, 1911 – August 14, 1969) was a Norwegian American motion picture actress from the late 1930s to early 1940s. Early life She was born Sigrid Gurie Haukelid in Brooklyn, New York to Bjørulf Knutson Haukelid (1878–1944) and Sigrid Johanne Christophersen (1877–1969). Her father was a civil engineer who worked for the New York City Subway from 1902 to 1912. Since Sigrid Gurie and her twin brother Knut Haukelid were born in America, the twins held dual Norwegian-American citizenship. In 1914, the family returned to Norway. Sigrid Gurie subsequently grew up in Oslo and was educated in Norway, Sweden and Belgium. In 1935 Gurie married Thomas Stewart of California; she filed for divorce in 1938. Her brother became a noted member of the Norwegian resistance movement during W... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside FRS (play /ˈɒlɪvər ˈhɛvisaɪd/ (18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925) was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, invented mathematical techniques to the solution of differential equations (later found to be equivalent to Laplace transforms), reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and magnetic forces and energy flux, and independently co-formulated vector analysis. Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of mathematics and science for years to come. Biography Early years Heaviside was born at 55 Kings Street (now Plender Street) in London's Camden Town. He was shor... Biography of Heo Ga-yoon
Heo Ga Yoon (Korean: 허가윤; born May 18, 1990) is a South Korean idol singer and dancer and a member of the girl group 4Minute, formed by Cube Entertainment in 2009. Biography Heo Ga Yoon was born on May 18, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea. She graduated from Dong Duke Girl's High School and is currently attending Dongguk University, Theater Major. Heo Ga Yoon received 2nd place at SM 9th "Best Singer Contest". Career 4Minute Main article: 4Minute Cube Entertainment announced Ga Yoon as a member of the girl group 4Minute under Cube Entertainment in May 2009 together with Jeon Ji Yoon, Kwon So Hyun, Kim Hyun Ah and Nam Ji Hyun. Cube Entertainment released a teaser for their first single "Hot Issue" on June 10 while the single debuted on June 18. The group promot... Biography of Allen Leech
Allen Leech (born 18 May 1981), known in his early career as Alan Leech, is an Irish stage, television and film actor. A native of Killiney, Leech made his professional acting debut with a small part in a 1998 production of A Streetcar Named Desire. He made his first major film appearance in as Vincent Cusack in Cowboys & Angels and earned an Irish Film & Television Awards nomination in 2004 with his performance as Mo Chara in Man About Dog. Leech came to international attention as Marcus Agrippa on the HBO historical drama Rome and is best known for his role as Tom Branson on the internationally successful costume drama Downton Abbey. Early life and education Leech was born in Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland to David Leech, the CEO of a computer systems company, and Kay Leech, a ho... Biography of Candice Azzara
Candice "Candy" Azzara (born May 18, 1945) is an American character actress frequently cast in Italian or Jewish roles. Azzara was born in Brooklyn, the daughter of Josephine (née Bravo) and Samuel Azzara. She was inspired to pursue acting by the film La Strada and theatre legend Eleanora Duse. She studied with Lee Strasberg and Gene Frankel and soon began appearing off-Broadway and in regional theatres. Billed as Candy Azzara, she made her Broadway debut in Lovers and Other Strangers in 1968. Additional stage credits include Jake's Women, Cactus Flower, Any Wednesday, Barefoot in the Park, and The Moon Is Blue. Azzara was cast as Gloria in the second pilot of All in the Family when it was titled "Those Were the Days" and the family name was Justice instead of Bunker. She was a re... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jim Moginie
James "Jim" Moginie (born 18 May 1956 in Sydney) is an Australian musician. He is best known for his work with Midnight Oil, of which he was a founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and leading songwriter. Moginie has two children, Samuel Moginie (22) and Alice Moginie (20). In addition to Midnight Oil, Moginie has worked and performed with many notable musicians from Australia and New Zealand, including Silverchair, Sarah Blasko, End of Fashion, Neil Murray, Kasey Chambers and Neil Finn. Moginie has also played live with his band The Family Dog comprising different members at times, including Trent Williamson, Kent Steedman, Paul Loughhead and Tim Kevin. He has also released three solo works. The four-track EP Fuzz Face was recorded in Moginie's small home studio with Midnight Oils... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andreas Katsulas
Andrew "Andreas" Katsulas (May 18, 1946 – February 13, 2006) was a Greek-American actor known for his roles as Ambassador G'Kar in the science fiction television series Babylon 5, as the one-armed villain Sykes in the film The Fugitive (1993), and as the Romulan Commander Tomalak on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also played Vissian Captain Drennik in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Cogenitor." Early life Born in St. Louis, Missouri to a working-class Greek American family, he first became hooked on acting when he was 4 years old and his mother took him to a local community theater. He studied theatrical arts at Saint Louis University and earned a Master's degree in Theatre from Indiana University. From 1971 to 1986, he toured with Peter Brook's international theatre company, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Macy
Bill Macy (born Wolf Mavin Garber, May 18, 1922 (birth time source: source pour son heure de naissance : Steinbrecher collection, Astrodatabank)) is an American television and stage actor. Macy was born in Revere, Massachusetts, to Mollie (née Friedopfer) and Michael Garber, a manufacturer. He is best known for his portrayal of Walter Findlay, the long-suffering husband of the title character on the 1970s television sitcom Maude. Macy was also an original cast member of the long-running theatrical revue Oh! Calcutta!. Since Maude was canceled in 1978, he has made more than 70 appearances on film and television, including a memorable role as the co-inventor of the 'Opti-grab' in the 1979 Steve Martin comedy The Jerk, and as the head television writer in Richard Benjamin's 1982 hit My Fav... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul-François Vranken
Paul-François Vranken, born on May 18, 1947 in Liège (birth time source: act n° 1018, André Dekoster), is a Belgian entrepreneur, the President of Champagnes Vranken-Pommery. External link (fr): http://www.maisons-champagne.com/orga_prof/biograp_vranken.htm... |
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