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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on May, 27, 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 · 45,409 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,409 Celebrities
131 celebrities or events were found for May, 27. Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Alain Souchon
Alain Souchon (born Alain Kienast on May 27, 1944, Casablanca, Morocco) is a French singer, songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films. Six months after Souchon was born his family returned to France. When he was 15 his father died in an accident. Souchon signed his first contract in 1971, but had no success until he began to collaborate with composer/arranger Laurent Voulzy (b. 1948); they would write together, but each released albums under his own name. Souchon's first hit was "J'ai 10 ans" (1974), from the album of the same name. Souchon's biggest hit was probably "Foule Sentimentale" from 1995's C'est Déja Ça. Souchon returned in 2005 with the hugely successful album La Vie Théodore which contained the hit single "...Et Si En Plus Y'a ... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt
On May 27, 2006, Angelina Jolie gave birth to a daughter named Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, at night at the Cottage Medi-Clinic Hospital in Swakopmund, Namibia. Shiloh was born by a scheduled caesarean section, due to breech presentation, and Pitt was there to cut her umbilical cord. Shiloh, according to a long-standing translation from the Bible, has come to mean "the peaceful one". Pitt confirmed that their newly-born daughter will have a Namibian passport while speaking to local journalists, and Jolie decided to offer the first pictures of Shiloh through the distributor Getty Images herself, rather than allowing paparazzi to make these extremely valuable snapshots. People paid more than $4.1 million for the North American rights, while British magazine Hello! obtained the international rig... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Destouches (May 27, 1894 – July 1, 1961) was a French writer and doctor who wrote under the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline. Céline is considered one of the most influental and greatest writers of the twentieth century, developing a new style of writing that modernized both French and World literature. He remains, however, a controversial figure due to his political beliefs and the allegiances he adopted during the Second World War. He was born Louis-Ferdinand Destouches at Courbevoie in the Seine département (now Hauts-de-Seine). Céline received only a basic education before he joined the French cavalry. He fought in World War I and was decorated for his actions in a battle where he was wounded in the right arm. Discharged from the Army, he worked in Africa. After the w... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Jamie Oliver
James Trevor Oliver MBE (May 27, 1975), better known as Jamie Oliver and nicknamed The Naked Chef, is an English celebrity chef. He is well known for his role in campaigning against what he believes to be unhealthy, processed foods in British schools. Since his early years, his Essex accent has become infamous - particularly the use of the hindi word "pukka" (colloquially meaning "brilliant" or "solid", originally "cooked" or "ripe"). Jamie Oliver was born in May 1975, and grew up in Clavering, Essex, where his parents owned a pub-restaurant, The Cricketers. From an early age, Oliver helped in the pub kitchen; by the time he was 11, he was adept at vegetable prep and could chop "like a demon". In 1989, Oliver formed the band Scarlet Division with best friend Leigh Haggerwood, and dreame... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes (IPA: ) (born May 27, 1970) is an English actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of William Shakespeare in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love and Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth. Career After leaving art school, Fiennes worked with the Young Vic Youth Theatre. He continued his training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first professional stage appearance was in the West End in The Woman in Black, followed by A Month in the Country opposite Helen Mirren. Fiennes, then, was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for two seasons. Fiennes made his television debut as Willy in The Vacillations of Poppy Carew. His first feature film was 1996's Stealing Beauty, co-starring Liv Tyler. In 1998, Fiennes appeared in two films that were nominated at the ... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Lisa Lopes
Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), a rapper/singer/actress, also known under the stage name of "Left Eye", was a member of the popular R&B and hip hop group TLC. In addition to hit songs like "Waterfalls" with TLC, Lopes also did some solo performing. She was considered by some fans as the creative talent behind TLC and contributed her own self-written raps to many of TLC's popular singles, including "Waterfalls" and "No Scrubs". Lopes was also a self-taught keyboardist and, by way of a Beethoven piano piece, displayed those talents during her solo spot on TLC's headlining concert performances (featured in a pay-per-view broadcast of TLC's FanMail Tour in the spring of 2000). She was known for wearing a pair of glasses with a condom in place of the left eye lens, which was ... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Christopher Lee
Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (born May 27, 1922) is an English actor known for his professional longevity and his distinctive basso delivery. Lee is also best known for his portrayals of villains; he became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man, Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun, Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel trilogy as well as Saruman in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Lee's most important role, according to him, was his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah. His most recent film is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, where he plays Willy Wonka's candy-hating dentist father. At six feet five inches, he is listed in The ... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German-born American diplomat, and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the Nixon administration. After the ordeal of the Watergate scandal that plagued Nixon and his administration, Kissinger managed to go unscathed and maintained his powerful position when Gerald Ford became President. A proponent of Realpolitik, Kissinger played a dominant role in United States foreign policy between 1969 and 1977. During this time, he pioneered the policy of détente that led to a significant relaxation in U.S.–Soviet tensions and played a crucial role in 1971 talks with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai that concluded with a rapprochement between the t... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Paul Bettany
Paul Bettany (born May 27, 1971) is an English actor best known for his roles as Geoffrey Chaucer in A Knight's Tale, Charles Herman in A Beautiful Mind, Stephen Maturin in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Peter Colt in Wimbledon and as Silas in The Da Vinci Code. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Early life Bettany was born in Harlesden, London to Thane Bettany, a drama teacher and actor, and Anne Kettle, a school secretary. He has an older sister, Sarah, and a younger brother, Matthew, who died after a fall when he was only eight years old. Matthew's death left the family grief-stricken. Soon after, Bettany left home and went to live on his own in London. He lived in a small flat and earned money by playing his guitar in the streets, busker style. After two years, he foun... Biography of Mademoiselle Lenormand
Mademoiselle Lenormand, born May 27, 1772 in Alençon, was a French famous occultist spécialist of Tarot cards. She had famous clients such as Robespierre, Marat, Danton and Napoléon Bonaparte and Empress Josephine.... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Vincent Price
Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American film actor, remembered for his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude in a series of distinctive horror films. His tall 6' 4" (1.93 m) stature and polished, urbane manner made him something of an American counterpart to the older Boris Karloff. Early life and career Price was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Vincent Leonard Price and Marguerite Willcox. His father was president of the National Candy Company. His grandfather, Vincent Clarence Price invented "Dr. Price's Baking Powder", the first cream of tartar baking powder, and secured the family's fortune. Vincent Jr. attended St. Louis Country Day School. He was further educated at Yale in art history and fine art. He was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi Fra... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of André 3000
André Lauren "André 3000" Benjamin (born May 27, 1975) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, hip hop producer, pop producer and actor. He is half of the successful hip hop duo OutKast and is also the creator of Cartoon Network's Emmy-winning show Class of 3000. Early life Benjamin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Sharon Benjamin Hodo, a single mother who sold real estate, and Lawrence Walker, a collections agent. Being an only child and growing up in East Point, Decatur and Buckhead, Benjamin saw many different lifestyles (clothing and music) that he combined throughout his career. He attended Sutton Middle School, where a renowned orchestral teacher named Mrs. Natalie Colbert taught him how to play a violin. Career In high school, Benjamin met Antwan "Big... Biography of Peri Gilpin
Peri Gilpin (born Periwinkle Kay O'Brien on May 27, 1961, in Waco, Texas) is an American actress best known for the role of Roz Doyle on the successful U.S. television series Frasier, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m) Youth Gilpin is one of the children of the late Jim O'Brien, a Baptist minister who became a musician and was later a well-known and respected radio and TV News weatherman/personality in Philadelphia until his death in a skydiving accident on September 25, 1983 . Her siblings, Marc Gilpin and April Gilpin, are also actors. Peri was known as Peri Kay Oldham before becoming an actress. She was raised in Dallas, Texas, where she graduated from Skyline High School, and studied acting at the University... Biography of Medea Marinescu
Medeea Marinescu, born May 27, 1974 in Bucarest, is a Romanian actress. Filmography (Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0547614/ ) Week-end cu mama (2008) (post-production) .... Luiza Je vous trouve très beau (2005) .... Elena ... aka You Are So Beautiful (USA: literal English title) Une femme piégée (2001) (TV) .... Arlette ... aka Vertiges: Une femme piégée (France: series title) Patul lui Procust (2001) .... Mouthy ... aka Bed of Procust (International: English title) ... aka Procust's Bed (International: English title) Record, Le (1999) (TV) Fii cu ochii pe fericire (1999) Une mère comme on n'en fait plus (1997) (TV) .... La nouvelle assistante de Laurent Mykosch (1995) .... Sandin Domnisoara Christina (1992) .... Simina Kilometrul 36 (1989) Promisiuni (1985) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cilla Black
Cilla Black (born 27 May 1943) is an English singer and television personality. Music career Born Priscilla Maria Veronica White to a Protestant father and a Catholic mother. In the early 1960s, determined to break into show business, she got a part-time job as a cloakroom attendant at the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool, where The Beatles regularly played. Ideally placed to promote herself to local musicians, she impressed the Beatles and others with her talent and began her stage career with impromptu performances at the Cavern. She became a guest singer with Merseybeat bands Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes, and later The Big Three. During this period she also worked as a waitress at the Zodiac coffee lounge, where she met her future husband Bobby W... Biography of Todd Bridges
Todd Anthony Bridges (born May 27, 1965 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor. A regular on the Barney Miller spinoff Fish, Bridges is best known for his role as Willis Jackson on the television series Diff'rent Strokes from 1978 to 1986. Height 5' 11" (1.80 m) Bridges became the first black child actor to have a recurring role on the successful TV series The Waltons. He also appeared on Little House on the Prairie. Bridges has a brother and sister who are both actors, Jimmy Bridges and Verda Bridges. His mother, Betty A. Bridges, was also an actress. Todd is married and has one son, Spencer Todd Bridges, Jr. He was arrested in 1997 for allegedly ramming someone's car after an argument. Bridges has traveled the U.S. speaking to over 6,000 kids per day in scho... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), also known by the sobriquets The Commodore or Commodore Vanderbilt, was an American entrepreneur who built his wealth in shipping and railroads and was the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family. Ancestry Cornelius Vanderbilt's great-great-great-grandfather, Jan Aertson, was a Dutch farmer from the village of De Bilt in Utrecht, the Netherlands, who immigrated to New York as an indentured servant in 1650. The Dutch van der ("of the") was eventually added to Aertson's village name to create "van der bilt," which was eventually condensed to Vanderbilt. Most of Vanderbilt's ancestry was English, with his last ancestor of Dutch origin being Jacob Vanderbilt, his grandfather. Cornelius Vanderbilt engaged in the steamship and then railroad ... Biography of Denise van Outen
Denise van Outen (born May 27, 1974, Basildon, Essex, England, UK) is a British television hostess and stage actress. Her most notable roles to date were as a hostess on The Big Breakfast, and as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago on both the West End and on Broadway. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Born as Denise Outen in Basildon, Essex, her father is a security guard and her mother a child carer. Denise is the youngest of three siblings; her sister is a Physician's Assistant, and her brother is a hairdresser. At the age of seven (7) she began modeling for knitting patterns (?), and showed an early flair for performing. This resulted in her attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School. As a student, she appeared in the chorus of Les Misérables with fellow Sylvia Young student Melanie Blatt, ... Biography of Monika Schnarre
Monika Schnarre, born May 27, 1971 in Toronto, is a Canadian model and actress. She won the Ford Supermodel of the World contest in 1986 at the age of 14. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0773635/ ) Underfunded (2006) (TV) .... Juliette Glickman "Andromeda" .... Lieutenant Jill Pearce / ... (2 episodes, 2001-2005) ... aka Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (USA: complete title) - The Opposites of Attraction (2005) TV episode .... Marida - The Mathematics of Tears (2001) TV episode .... Lieutenant Jill Pearce Love on the Side (2004) .... Linda Avery ... aka Deluxe Combo Platter (Canada: English title) ... aka Love on the Side (USA: DVD title) "Mutant X" .... Riley Morgan (1 episode, 2004) - The Prophecy (2004) TV episode .... Riley Morgan "The King of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pauline Hanson
Pauline Lee Hanson (née Seccombe; born May 27, 1954) is an Australian politician who was the leader of One Nation Party, a party with an anti-immigration, nativist platform. In 2006, she was named by The Bulletin as one of the 100 most influential Australians of all time. On 6 December 2006 she announced her intentions to run for election in the 2007 Australian federal elections Early life Hanson was raised in Woolloongabba, an inner city suburb of Brisbane. Her grandfather was an immigrant from England in 1908. Her father owned a take-away food shop. Hanson left school at the age of fifteen after passing, and worked in a variety of clerical and service jobs. She accumulated several rental properties, becoming independently wealthy. She married twice and has four children. In her early... Biography of Paul Gascoigne
Paul John Gascoigne (born 27 May 1967 in Dunston, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England), often referred to as Gazza, is a retired English football player who is widely regarded as one of the most gifted footballers of his generation. He has also had spells as a manager and coach, most recently at Kettering Town in 2005. Playing in the position of midfield, his career included spells at Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Middlesbrough, Everton, Lazio and Rangers; and he was also capped 57 times for England. He was involved in many off-field incidents, and is perceived to have never fulfilled his potential as a player. Since his career finished he has suffered pneumonia, alcoholism and other personal problems. Early life Gascoigne was born in the Dunston area of Gateshead, the second of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Caryl Chessman
Caryl Whittier Chessman (né le 27 mai 1921 à Saint-Joseph (Michigan), mort le 2 mai 1960 à la Prison d'État de San Quentin en Californie) est un condamné à mort américain qui réussit à attirer l’attention de l’opinion publique sur son propre cas, et plus généralement sur la peine de mort aux États-Unis grâce à plusieurs livres qu'il écrivit en prison en attente de son exécution dans la chambre à gaz (qu’il réussit à repousser à plusieurs reprises). Il avait été arrêté en janvier 1948 dans le cadre de plusieurs affaires de vol, viol et de kidnapping, connu à l’époque comme étant le « Bandit à la lumière rouge » (surnommé ainsi parce qu'il approchait ses victimes dans des endroits isolés, faisant clignoter une lumière rouge ressemblant à celle utilisée par la police). Chessman signa des a... Biography of Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, teleplays, essays, and criticism. His literary and television work has received many awards. He wrote for the original series of both The Outer Limits and Star Trek; edited the multiple-award-winning short story anthology series Dangerous Visions; and served as creative consultant to the science fiction TV series The New Twilight Zone and Babylon 5. Ellison's most famous stories were published within the speculative fiction genre, and he has won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards. He was also very active in the science fiction community (a founding member of the Cleveland Science Fiction Society, he edited its fanzine as a teenager), and gives colorful and confrontational talks at science ficti... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Siouxsie Sioux
Siouxsie Sioux (born Susan Janet Ballion; May 27, 1957) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for her work as the lead singer of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees (1976–1996) and of its splinter group The Creatures (1981–2005). She has also sung with artists such as Morrissey and John Cale. In 2004, she began a solo career. Siouxsie is considered to be "one of the most influential British singers of the rock era". Her music has influenced a variety of artists including LCD Soundsystem, Tricky, Jeff Buckley Massive Attack, and TV on the Radio. She was rated the number seven female rock artist by Q magazine in 2002. Early life Born Susan Janet Ballion at Guy's Hospital in Chislehurst, Kent, England, she is the youngest of three children. She attended Mottingham... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rachel Carson
Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. Carson started her career as a biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her financial security and recognition as a gifted writer. Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and the republished version of her first book, Under the Sea-Wind, were also bestsellers. Together, her sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life, from the shores to the surface to the deep sea. In the late 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation and the environmental problems caused by synthetic pesticides. The result ... Biography of Bernard Fresson
Bernard Fresson (27 May 1931- 20 October 2002) was a French cinema actor. He starred in over 160 films. Some of his notable roles include: Javert in the 1972 mini-series version of Les Misérables, Inspector Barthelmy in John Frankenheimer's French Connection II (1974), Scope in Roman Polanski's The Tenant (1976), Gilbert in Lover Boy (1978), and Francis in Garçon! (1983), for which he received a César nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Filmography Actor 1956 : Les Copains du dimanche d'Henri Aisner 1959 : Hiroshima mon amour d'Alain Resnais 1959 : Le Testament du docteur Cordelier de Jean Renoir 1960 : La Blessure d'Edmond A. Lévy (court-métrage) 1960 : Le Sahara brûle de Michel gast 1961 : La Fille dans la vitrine (La Ragazza in vetrina) de Luciano Emmer 1961 : L... Biography of Jadakiss
Jayson Tyrone Phillips (born May 27, 1975), also known by his stage name Jadakiss, is an American rapper. He is a member of the group called The Lox. Jadakiss is one of three owners of the imprint known as D-Block. He recently signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, an imprint under Def Jam Records. Career By the age of twelve, Jadakiss was a freestyle rapper, engaging in competitions. He and some of his friends were given the opportunity to compete in the "Jack the Rapper Competition" in Florida, where Jadakiss was noticed for his battle rap ability. He met Dee and Wah of the Ruff Ryders (then a management company), and began hanging out and battling outside of the Ruff Ryders' studio where artists like DMX made their first hits. Jadakiss' most famous battle to date came in 2005 against Jam... Biography of Wild Bill Hickok
James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a figure in the American Old West. His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided the basis for his fame, although some of his exploits are fictionalized. His nickname of Wild Bill has inspired similar nicknames for men named William (even though that was not Hickok's name) who were known for their daring in various fields. Hickok's horse was called Black Nell, and he owned two Colt 1851 Navy Revolvers. Hickok came to the West as a stagecoach driver, then became a lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas and Nebraska. He fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and gained publicity after the war as a scout, marksman, and professional gamble... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William II, Prince of Orange
William II, Prince of Orange (May 27, 1626 – November 6, 1650), stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from March 14, 1647 until his death. William II, Prince of Orange, was the son of stadtholder Frederik Hendrik of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. William the Silent had been succeeded in the position of stadtholder and as military commander by his son Maurits of Nassau, who in turn was followed by his brother Frederick Henry. William II’s ancestors governed in conjunction with the States-General, an assembly made up of representatives of each of the seven provinces but usually dominated by the largest and wealthiest province, Holland. On May 2, 1641 William married Mary Henrietta Stuart, the Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of King Charles I of England and Q... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gérard Klein (science fiction writer)
Gérard Klein is a French science fiction writer, born on May 27, 1937 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, with sociological training. He is the editor of the prestigious science fiction imprint Ailleurs et Demain published by Robert Laffont and of the Livre de Poche science-fiction imprint. In his novella Les virus ne parlent pas ("The viruses do not speak"), he imagines that viruses have created all living beings in the same fashion that human beings have created computers, and for the same reason: to improve their efficiency. Gérard Klein used the Gilles d'Argyre pseudonym to sign his novels published by Editions Fleuve Noir in their Anticipation imprint. Several of his novels were translated by DAW Books in the United states.... Biography of Chris Colfer
Christopher Paul "Chris" Colfer (born May 27, 1990) is an American actor, singer, and writer known for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television series Glee, for which he won a 2011 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. Colfer was also named to Time magazine's 2011 list of the world's 100 most influential people. Early life and education Colfer was born in Clovis, California. While a student at Clovis East High School, Colfer was involved with the Speech & Debate program where he won "many speech and debate Champion titles," including placing 9th in the State Competition for Dramatic Interpretation, the drama club, the FFA, "was president of the Writer’s Club, editor of the school's literary magazine, and captain of Destination ImagiNation." As a high school senior, he wrot... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wayne Williams
Wayne Bertram Williams (born May 27, 1958) was identified as the key suspect in the Atlanta Child Murders that occurred between 1979 and 1981. In January 1982, he was found guilty of the murder of two adult men. After his conviction, the Atlanta police declared an additional 23 of the 29 child murders solved. Early life Williams was born and raised in Atlanta's Dixie Hills neighborhood, from which many of the Atlanta Child Murderer's victims would later disappear. An aspiring Disc Jockey, he ran an amateur radio station from his parents' house, and was well-known in the area for scouting local musicians, particularly teenagers. Williams' own personal beliefs made him a suspect in the murders. It was believed that Williams resented and even hated other African-Americans. He also had a r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dashiell Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894—January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse). In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time" and was called, in his obituary in the New York Times, "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction". Early life Hammett was born on a farm called "Hopewell and Aim" off Great Mills Road, St. Mary's County, in southern Maryland. His parents were Richard Thomas Hammett and Anne Bond Dashiell. (The Dashiells are an old... Biography of Giuseppe Tornatore
Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore shown interest in theatre and acting well from the age of 16. His early career was being a freelance photographer, then switched to cinema. He began with a collaboration making his debut with a documentary movie called Le minoranze etniche in Sicilia (Ethnical minorities in Sicily), which won a Salerno Festival prize. He then went on working for RAI, before releasing his first full-length movie, Il Camorrista, in 1985. However, Tornatore's best known screen work was released in 1989: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, a movie about the return of a successful film director to his native town in Sicily for the funeral of an old friend of his, obtained worldwide success and w... Biography of Vahinerii Requillart
Vahinerii Requillart, born May 27, 1988, is Miss New Caledonia 2008. Finally. She is not Miss France 2008, Valérie Begue will keep her crown, despite racy photos that appeared recently in a gossip magazine, but will not compete in the Miss World or Miss Universe pageants.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pat Cash
Patrick Hart "Pat" Cash (born 27 May 1965, in Melbourne, Victoria) is a retired Australian professional tennis player who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1987. Early career Cash first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player in the early 1980s. He was ranked the top junior player in the world in 1981, and in 1982 he won the junior titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open. He turned professional in 1982 and won his first top-level singles title that year in Melbourne. Cash established a reputation on the tour as a hard-fighting serve-and-volleyer and for wearing his trademark black-and-white checked headband and his cross earing. In 1983, Cash became the youngest player to play in a Davis Cup final. He won the decisive singles rubber against Joakim Nystr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roberto Bestonso
Roberto Bestonso, born May 27, 1942 in Nice, is a French ballet dancer.... Biography of Jacqueline Delubac
Jacqueline Delubac, born May 27, 1907 in Lyon, died by accident with a cyclist October 14, 1997 in Créteil, was a French actress. She was the wife of French Director Sacha Guitry. Selected filmography 1932 : Topaze 1935 : Bonne Chance ! (rôle de Marie Muscat 1936 : Le Roman d'un tricheur (rôle d'Henriette Gertrude Bled) 1936 : Mon père avait raison (rôle de Loulou) 1936 : Le Nouveau Testament (rôle de Juliette Lecourtois) 1937 : Faisons un rêve (rôle de "Elle") 1937 : Le Mot de Cambronne (rôle de la servante) 1937 : Les Perles de la couronne film de Christian-Jaque (rôles de Françoise Martin, de Marie Stuart et de Joséphine de Beauharnais) 1937 : Désiré (rôle d'Odette Cléry) 1938 : Quadrille (rôle de Claudine André) 1938 : Remontons les Champs-Élysées (rôle de ... Biography of Rebekah Brooks
Rebekah Mary Brooks (née Wade, born 27 May 1968) is a British journalist and former newspaper editor. She was chief executive of News International (from 2009 to 2011), having previously served as the youngest editor of a British national newspaper as editor of the News of the World (from 2000 to 2003) and the first female editor of The Sun (from 2003 to 2009). She married actor Ross Kemp in 2002 (without taking his surname); in 2009, they divorced, and she married former racehorse trainer and author Charlie Brooks. She is a prominent figure in the News International phone hacking scandal, having been the editor of the News of the World when illegal phone hacking was allegedly carried out by the newspaper. On 15 July 2011, Brooks resigned as chief executive of News International, follow... Biography of Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and Americans for Democratic Action. He also served as Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1945–1949. In 1968, Humphrey was the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 1968 presidential election but narrowly lost to the Republican nominee, Richard Nixon. In a renowned speech, Humphrey told the 1948 Democratic National Convention, "The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadow of states' rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Panhard
Louis François René Panhard (27 May 1841, Paris - 16 July 1908 La Bourboule, dept. Puy-de-Dôme) was a French engineer, merchant and a pioneer of the automobile industry in France. Having graduated from École Centrale Paris, he was employed by Jean-Louis Périn in a firm that produced wood-working machines, where Panhard met Émile Levassor. After Périn's death, the two established their own firm, Panhard & Levassor which produced its first automobile in 1890. He was also a mayor of Thiais in the departement Val-de-Marne. In Paris, a street in the 13th arrondissement is named after him.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeff Bagwell
Jeffrey Robert Bagwell (born May 27, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, who spent his entire career with the Houston Astros. After retirement as a player, he remains with the Astros as an assistant to the General Manager. Early life Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Bagwell grew up in Killingworth, Connecticut. He graduated from Xavier High School, a private all-male Catholic school located in Middletown, Connecticut, where he excelled at soccer as well as baseball. His former coaches have said that he was a better soccer player than a baseball player, but was an all-around phenomenal athlete. After high school, he remained in Connecticut, attending the University of Hartford. Playing career Red Sox prospect Bagwell was selected in the fourth round of the 19... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Pierre-Henri Raphanel, born May 27, 1961 (1961-05-27) (age 47) in Algiers, Algeria, is a former racing driver who raced under the French flag despite being born in Algeria. He participated in 17 Formula One Grands Prix for Larrousse, Coloni and Rial, debuting on November 13, 1988. He only qualified for one race, the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix, making him the only driver in F1 history whose only race was in the principality. Following his F1 career, he would become a factory driver for Toyota, competing in Japan for series such as JTCC and JGTC, for the latter until 2000. Raphanel, onward from 2006 now works as a driver and product specialist for Bugatti and is usually seen demonstrating the Veyron.... Biography of Dee-Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater (born May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. She is a two-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress. and Host of NPR's Syndicated Radio show "JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater". She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Born Denise Eileen Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, she grew up in Flint, Michigan. Her father, Matthew Garrett, was a jazz trumpeter and teacher at Manassas High School, and through his play, Denise was exposed to jazz early on. At the age of sixteen, she was a member of a rock and rhythm'n'blues trio, singing in clubs in Michigan. At 18, she studied at the Michigan State University before she went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. With their... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lindy Infante
Lindy Infante (born May 27, 1940) was head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1988 to December 22, 1991 and of the Indianapolis Colts from 1996 to 1997. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of Florida. He compiled a career record of 36-60-0, with an 0-1 record in the playoffs, using a pass-oriented offense. Infante was the offensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals in the early 1980s under Forrest Gregg. His Ken Anderson-led offense led the Bengals to the 1981 AFC title, and a bid in Super Bowl XVI. He left after the 1982 season to become head coach of the USFL's Jacksonville Bulls. Infante also was the offensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns during the Bernie Kosar years in the mid 80's. Infante was also famous for being able to eat a foot-long hotdog ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Rouault
Georges Henri Rouault (27 May 1871 – 13 February 1958) was a French Fauvist and Expressionist painter, and printmaker in lithography and etching. Childhood and education Rouault was born in Paris into a poor family. His mother encouraged his love for the arts, and in 1885 the fourteen-year-old Rouault embarked on an apprenticeship as a glass painter and restorer, which lasted until 1890. This early experience as a glass painter has been suggested as a likely source of the heavy black contouring and glowing colours which characterize Rouault's mature painting style. During his apprenticeship he also attended evening classes at the School of Fine Arts, and in 1891 he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, the official art school of France. There he studied under Gustave Moreau and became his ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sam Snead
Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 – May 23, 2002) was an American golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of 4 decades. He and two others of the greatest golfers of all time, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, were born within six months of each other in 1912. He won a record 82 PGA Tour events and about 70 others worldwide. He won seven majors: three Masters, three PGA Championships and one British Open. Despite his great achievements, his reputation has always been slightly tainted by his failure to win a U.S. Open. Snead shares the record for most second-place finishes in that championship (4) with four others; Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Phil Mickelson. Snead was famed for his folksy image, wearing a straw hat, playing tournaments barefoot, and makin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Barth
John Simmons Barth (born May 27, 1930) is an American novelist and short-story writer, known for the postmodernist and metafictive quality of his work. Life John Barth was born in Cambridge, Maryland, and briefly studied "Elementary Theory and Advanced Orchestration" at Juilliard before attending Johns Hopkins University, receiving a B.A. in 1951 and an M.A. in 1952 (for which he wrote a thesis novel, The Shirt of Nessus). He was a professor at Penn State University from 1953 to 1965. During the "American high Sixties," he moved to teach at SUNY/Buffalo, from 1965 to 1973. In this period he came to know "the remarkable short fiction" of the Argentine Jorge Luis Borges, which inspired him for his collection Lost in the Funhouse. He later taught at Boston University (visiting pro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jay Gould
Jason "Jay" Gould (May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American financier who became a leading American railroad developer and speculator. Although he was long vilified as an archetypal robber baron, modern historians have discounted various myths about him and evaluated his career more positively. Birth and early career Jason Gould was born in Roxbury, New York, the son of John Burr Gould (1792-1866) and Mary Moore Gould (1798-1841). Gould's father was of British colonial ancestry, and his mother of Scottish ancestry. He studied at the Hobart Academy, but left at age 16 to work for his father in the hardware business. He continued to devote himself to private study, emphasizing surveying and mathematics. Gould later went to work in the lumber and tanning business in western New Y... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adolf Portmann
Adolf Portmann (27 May 1897 – 28 June 1982) was a zoologist. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he studied zoology at the University of Basel and worked later in Geneva, Munich, Paris and Berlin, but mainly in marine biology laboratories in France (Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roscoff, Villefranche-sur-Mer) and Helgoland. In 1931 he became professor of zoology in Basel. His main research areas covered marine biology and comparative morphology of vertebrates. His work was often interdisciplinary comprising sociological and philosophical aspects of life of animals and humans. Portmann died in Binningen near Basel on 28 June 1982.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michonne Bourriague
Michonne Bourriague, born May 27, 1978 in Carson City, Nevada, is a model who played Aurra Sing in the movie Star Wars Episode I. She has a large fan base on the Internet; this has led to her character's expansion into the comic universe. Michonne Bourriague has done the Star Wars convention circuit, attending such notable conventions as Celebration 2 and Celebration 3 in Indianapolis, Indiana and Celebration IV in Los Angeles, California. In 2005, she married photographer John Kaemmerling. Filmography Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) (uncredited) .... Aurra Sing ... aka Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace (USA: video box title) ... aka The Phantom Menace (USA: short title)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arnold Bennett
Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English novelist. Early life Bennett was born in a modest house in Hanley in the Potteries district of Staffordshire. Hanley is one of a conurbation of six towns which joined together at the beginning of the twentieth century as Stoke-on-Trent. Enoch Bennett, his father, qualified as a solicitor in 1876, and the family were able to move to a larger house between Hanley and Burslem. The younger Bennett was educated locally in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Arnold was employed by his father - his duties included rent collecting. He was unhappy working for his father for little financial reward, and the theme of parental miserliness is important in his novels. In his spare time he was able to do a little journalism, but his breakthroug... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Conteh
John Conteh (born 27 May 1951 in Toxteth, Liverpool, England) is a British former boxer who was world light-heavyweight boxing champion. Conteh is one of Britain's most successful boxing champions. At his peak in the mid to late 1970s he was considered good enough that he was touted as a possible opponent of Muhammad Ali. He enjoyed great fame in Britain and was often on the front as well as the back pages of the leading dailies due to his love of partying and women. Conteh said that his excessive lifestyle brought about a premature decline in his talents. He started boxing at age 10 at the Kirkby club that was a training ground for some of the best amateur boxers, Joey Singleton, Tucker Hethering and Stuart Morton were only a few. At 19, he won the middleweight gold medal at the 1970 B... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Petty
Sir William Petty (May 27, 1623 – December 16, 1687) was an English economist, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed efficient methods to survey the land that was to be confiscated and given to Cromwell's soldiers. He also managed to remain prominent under King Charles II and King James II, as did many others who had served Cromwell. He was Member of the Parliament of England briefly and was also a scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur, and was a charter member of the Royal Society. It is for his theories on economics and his methods of political arithmetic that he is best remembered, however, and he is attributed as having started the philosophy of 'laissez-faire' in relation to government activity. He was... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrew Stewart
Andrew Struthers Stewart, known as Andy Stewart, (born 27 May 1937) was British Conservative Member of Parliament for Sherwood from 1983 until 1992, when he lost the seat to Labour's Paddy Tipping. Stewart has subsequently been elected as a member of Nottinghamshire County Council, representing the Farnsfield and Lowdham ward. He was the chairman of Hucknall Town F.C. before becoming a Honorary Life President. References ^ http://andystewart.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/>... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Enzo Siciliano
Enzo Siciliano (May 27, 1934 – June 9, 2006) was an Italian writer, playwright, literary critic and intellectual. Siciliano was born in Rome. He was collaborator of Alberto Moravia, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elsa Morante and many other famous writers in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1996 to 1998 he was President of RAI (Italian State Television). He died in 2006, aged 72, from complications of diabetes. Selected bibliography Novels La principessa e l’antiquario (1980) Carta blu (1992) I bei momenti (1997, premio Strega) Non entrare nel campo degli orfani (2002) Theatre La casa scoppiata (1986) La vittima (1987) Criticism Prima della poesia (1965) Autobiografia letteraria (1970) Vita di Pasolini (1978) Letteratura italiana ("Italian Literature", 3 vol., 1986-... Biography of Derek Parker
Derek Parker (born May 27, 1932) is a British writer and broadcaster. He is the author of numerous works on literature, ballet, and opera, and with his wife, of several books about astrology. He was born in Looe, Cornwall, and educated at Fowey Grammar School. He worked as reporter with The Cornishman (Penzance) then as drama critic with The Western Morning News (Plymouth). Subsequently he worked as writer, announcer and interviewer with TWW (Independent Television, Cardiff), then as freelance writer and broadcaster for BBC radio and television. During the 1960s and 1970s he wrote and introduced innumerable programmes about the arts, including series about the ballet and opera, and features on individual artists. He introduced long-running series both for BBC Radio 4 and the World Servi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Bentégeat
Henri Bentégeat, born May 27 1946 in Talence, France is a French Army general who since 2006 serves as the chairman of the European Union Military Committee. Bentégeat studied at the military academy École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, where he enrolled in 1965 and graduated in 1967. After graduation, he first served with the Troupes de marine, which is a part of the French Army. From 1990 to 1992, he served as Assistant Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. He served as Assistant to the Chief of the Military Staff of the President of the Republic from 1993. Bentégeat was promoted to the rank of Brigade General in 1996 and to Divisional General (equivalent to Major General) in 1998, when he became assistant to the Director for Strategic Affairs of the French Ministry of Defence. In ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Eekhoud
Georges Eekhoud (May 27, 1854, Antwerp, Belgium – May 29, 1927, Schaerbeek) was a Belgian novelist of Flemish descent, but writing in French. Eekhoud was a regionalist best known for his ability to represent scenes from rural and urban daily life. He tended to portray the dark side of human desire and write about social outcasts and the working classes. Early life and works A member of a fairly well-off family, he lost his parents as a young boy. When he came into his own he started working for a journal. First as a corrector, later he contributed a serial. In 1877, the generosity of his grandmother permitted young Eekhoud to publish his first two books, Myrtes et Cyprès and Zigzags poétiques, both volumes of poetry. In the beginning of the 1880s Eekhoud took part in several of the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Paul Aron
Jean-Paul Aron (May 27, 1925 - August, 20, 1988) was a French writer and journalist. His most notable work is Les Modernes, which was published in 1984. He was an early person of renown in France to die of AIDS, and is widely credited for giving the disease a human face and challenging the public perception of the disease. Jean-Paul Aron was born in Strasbourg on May 27, 1925. During his lifetime, he published several historical works that examined middle-class social practices. His death was on August 20, 1988. He is now buried at 6, rue du Repos in Paris.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicole Stéphane
Nicole Stéphane (born Baroness Nicole de Rothschild, 27 May 1923 – 13 March 2007) was a French actress, producer and director. As an actress, she is mostly known for her role in two films by Jean-Pierre Melville, Les Enfants terribles and Le Silence de la mer. The elder of the two daughters of Baron James-Henri de Rothschild and his first wife, Claude Dupont, Nicole Stéphane was a member of the Rothschild banking family of France. Her immediate family, however, also was deeply immersed in the arts. Her paternal grandfather, Baron Henri de Rothschild, was a playwright and theatrical producer who wrote under the names Charles des Fontaines and André Pascal and owned Théâtre Antoine and Théâtre Pigalle. Her first cousin Philippine de Rothschild was an actress with the Comédie-Française, us... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maryan Hary
Maryan Hary (born May 27, 1980 in Le Mans) is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Cofidis. Palmares Tour de l'Ain - 1 stage (2003) Paris-Tours U23 (2002)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tana Umaga
Jonathan Falefasa "Tana" Umaga, ONZM, (IPA: , born 27 May 1973 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. He has played for the Hurricanes since the Super 12's inception in 1996 and took over the captaincy in 2003. Graham Henry named him as All Blacks captain in 2004; under his leadership the All Blacks won 19 of their 21 games including the clean sweep of the British and Irish Lions and the Grand Slam in 2005. At the end of 2005, after 74 Test caps (where he scored 36 tries), Umaga retired from international rugby. Umaga played four games in 2007 for the Wellington Lions in the Air New Zealand Cup, in order to play 100 matches for the province, before taking up the position of coach at Toulon. Height 1.88... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Émile Blessig
Émile Blessig (born May 27, 1947, Saverne, France) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Bas-Rhin department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Biography of Nattie Neidhart
Natalie "Nattie" Neidhart (born May 27, 1982) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown brand by the ring name Natalya. She is the daughter of wrestler Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, himself the son-in-law of Stu Hart, making her a third generation wrestler. As a member of the Hart wrestling family she is cousin to Harry Smith, also a member of the SmackDown brand, and cousin to Teddy Hart. Billed height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) Billed weight 65 kg (140 lb) Ring name(s) Nadia Hart Nattie Neidhart Natalie Neidhart Natalya Neidhart Natalya Career Early career Natalie Neidhart received formal professional wrestling training in the infamous Hart family "Dungeon" from her uncles Ross and Bruce Hart. In addition to her ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eric Leckner
Eric Charles Leckner (born May 27, 1966, in Inglewood, California) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Utah Jazz in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. He attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, California, and played collegiately at the University of Wyoming. A center, Leckner played in 8 NBA seasons for the Jazz, Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Hornets, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons and Vancouver Grizzlies. His best year as a pro was during the 1993-94 season when he appeared in 71 games and averaged 5.1 ppg for the 76ers.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Micheline Hardy
Micheline Hardy, born on May 27, 1946 in Verviers, is a Belgian actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362716/ ) 2007 La louve (TV series) Marielle Touvel – Pilote (2007) … Marielle Touvel 2005 Petit homme (TV movie) Dorine 2005 Trouble La voisine 2004 25 degrés en hiver Voisine au café 2003 Ne meurs pas (TV movie) Suzette 2002 Joséphine, ange gardien (TV series) La clocharde – La vérité en face (2002) … La clocharde 2001 La colère du diable (TV movie) La grand-mère Scolino 2000 Thomas est amoureux Nathalie (the Mother) 2000 Pourquoi se marier le jour de la fin du monde? 1998 Le nain rouge Bar patron 1998 Le régime de Régine (short) 1996 Le temps d'un souffle (short) 1996 Mathilde, la femme de Pierre (short... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Bardoux
Achille Octave Marie Jacques Bardoux, born May 27, 1874 in Versailles (some sources give May 25), died August 15, 1959 in Saint-Saturnin, was a French politician and writer, a member of Académie des sciences morales et politiques in 1925.... Biography of Marie Bunel
Marie Bunel, born May 27, 1964 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, is a French actress and comedian. She is the wife of Vincent Winterhalter. Filmography Actress 1977 : L'Hôtel de la plage de Michel Lang 1978 : Les Filles du régiment de Claude Bernard-Aubert 1982 : La Boum II de Claude Pinoteau 1983 : Le Sang des autres de Claude Chabrol + (version TV Feuilleton) 1985 : Gros Dégueulasse de Bruno Zincone 1985 : Le Gaffeur de Serge Pénard 1988 : Une affaire de femmes de Claude Chabrol 1989 : La Révolution française (Les années lumière - Les années terribles) de Robert Enrico, Richard-T Heffron 1990 : La Reine blanche de Jean-Loup Hubert 1990 : Le Secret de Sarah Tombelaine de Daniel Lacambre (voix seulement) 1990 : La Discrète de Christian Vincent 1992 : ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claudio Pollio
Claudio Pollio (born 27 May 1958 in Napoli) is an Italian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. Olympics Pollio competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the light flyweight class.... Biography of Jonathan Eysseric
Jonathan Eysseric (born May 27, 1990 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) is a junior tennis player from France. In 2007, he was the junior finalist at the 2007 Australian Open. At the 2007 French Open, he competed in the main and juniors draws. In men's doubles he competed with Jérémy Chardy, losing in tiebreak sets to seeded Martin Damm and Leander Paes. In mixed doubles, he competed with Alizé Cornet, where they reached the second round. Kellen Damico and Eysseric also competed in the boy's doubles final with Kellen Damico of the United States, and both seniors and juniors singles competitions, losing in four sets in singles and lost to Ričardas Berankis of Lithuania, despite being seeded second. He won the 2007 U.S. Open boy's doubles title with Jérôme Inzerillo as the 6th-seeded team, be... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Durey
Louis Durey ( May 27, 1888 - July 3, 1979) was a French composer. Life Louis Durey was born in Paris the son of a local businessman. It was not until he was nineteen years old that he chose to pursue a musical career after hearing a performance of a Claude Debussy work. As a composer he was primarily self-taught. From the beginning, choral music was of great importance in Durey’s productivity. The first work to gain recognition in the music world was for a piano duet titled Carillons. At a 1918 concert this work attracted the interest of Maurice Ravel, who recommended him to his publisher. Durey communicated with his colleague, Darius Milhaud, and asked him to contribute a piano piece that would bring together the six composers who, in 1920 were dubbed Les Six. Durey was the oldest... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Francis Adams Jr.
Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (May 27, 1835 – May 20, 1915) was a member of the prominent Adams family, and son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr.. He served as a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was a railroad executive following the war. Early life and career Adams was born into a family with a long legacy in American public life. He was the great-grandson of United States President John Adams, and the grandson of president John Quincy Adams. His father Charles Francis Adams, Sr. was a lawyer, politician, diplomat, and writer. After graduating from Harvard University in 1856, Adams served on the Union side in the American Civil War, serving initially as a captain in a Massachusetts cavalry regiment. He fought with distinction during the Gettysburg Campaign, wh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François-Désiré Mathieu
François-Désiré Mathieu (27 May 1839 at Einville-au-Jard, Meurthe-et-Moselle – 26 October 1908, London) was a French bishop and Cardinal. Born of a humble family, he made his studies in the diocesan school and the seminary of the Diocese of Nancy, and was ordained priest in 1863. He was engaged successively as professor in the school (petit séminaire) of Pont-à-Mousson, chaplain to the Dominicanesses at Nancy (1879), and parish priest of Saint-Martin at Pont-à-Mousson (1890). Meanwhile, he had won the Degree of Doctor of Letters with a Latin and a French thesis, the latter being honoured with a prize from the French Academy for two years. On 3 January, 1893, he was nominated to the Bishopric of Angers, was preconized on 19 January, and consecrated on 20 March. He succeeded Charles Ém... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Koering
René Koering, born on May 27, 1940 in Andlau, Bas-Rhin, is a French musician and composer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on the NBC television drama The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his directorial debut with The West Wing, directing an episode entitled "Talking Points." Early life Schiff was born in Bethesda, Maryland, the second of three sons of Charlotte, a television and publishing executive, and Edward Schiff, a real estate lawyer. His parents divorced when he was 12. His father was a second generation Austrian and his mother was French. He dropped out of high school, but later obtained an equivalency diploma. In 1973, he studied briefly at The City College of New York (CCNY) but did not graduate. He moved to Colorado where he found employment cutting firewood. R... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marie-Agnès Cailliau-de Gaulle
Marie-Agnès Cailliau-de Gaulle, born Marie Agnès Caroline Julie de Gaulle May 27, 1889 in Paris, died Maérch 25, 1982 in Boulogne-Billancourt, was a French resistant and the eldest sister of Charles de Gaulle.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Khamis al-Gaddafi
Khamis al-Gaddafi (Arabic: خميس القذافي; born 27 May 1983), is the seventh and youngest son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and military commander in charge of the Khamis Brigade of the Libyan army. He is a part of his father's inner circle. Khamis's current status is unknown due to conflicting reports during the 2011 Libyan civil war. On 20 March 2011, several sources reported that Khamis had been killed, though others referred to it as rumour, and he was later claimed to be alive and leading soldiers in Zliten. Then on 5 August 2011, a rebel spokesman claimed he had been killed in an airstrike, though this again was later disputed by Libyan officials. Education and career At the age of three, Khamis was i... Biography of Yasuhiro Nakasone
Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根 康弘 Nakasone Yasuhiro, born May 27, 1918) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from November 27, 1982 to November 6, 1987. A contemporary of Ronald Reagan, Helmut Kohl, François Mitterrand, Margaret Thatcher, and Mikhail Gorbachev, he is best known for pushing through the privatization of state-owned companies, and for helping to revitalize Japanese nationalism during and after his term as prime minister. Nakasone is currently the oldest living Japanese prime minister. Early life He was born in Takasaki, Gunma and attended Tokyo Imperial University. During World War II, he was a commissioned officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. In 1946, he entered the Diet of Japan as a member of the House of Repres... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Bouilhet
Louis Hyacinthe Bouilhet (27 May 1821 (birth time source: Lescaut) – 18 July 1869) was a French poet and dramatist. He was born at Cany, Seine Inférieure. He was a schoolfellow of Gustave Flaubert, to whom he dedicated his first work, Miloenis (1851), a narrative poem in five cantos, dealing with Roman manners under the emperor Commodus. His volume of poems entitled Fossiles attracted considerable attention, on account of the attempt therein to use science as a subject for poetry. These poems were included also in Festons et astragales (1859). As a dramatist he secured a success with his first play, Madame de Monlarcy (1856), which ran for seventy-eight nights at the Odéon; and Hélène Peyron (1858) and L'Oncle Million (1860) were also favorably received. But of his other plays, some ... Biography of Mathilde Bonaparte
Mathilde Laetitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte, Princesse Française (May 27, 1820 – January 2, 1904), was a French princess and Salon holder. She was a daughter of Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte and his second wife, Catharina of Württemberg. Biography Born in Trieste, Mathilde Bonaparte was raised in Florence and Rome. She was originally engaged to her cousin, the future Napoleon III of France, but the engangement was later broken. She married a rich Russian tycoon, Anatole Demidov on November 1, 1840 in Rome. Anatole was raised to the station of Prince by the Grand Duke of Tuscany shortly before the wedding to fulfill the wishes of Mathilde's father and to preserve Mathilde's station as Princess. Anatole's princely title was never recognised in Russia. They had no children. The marri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jules Lachelier
Jules Lachelier, born May 27, 1832 in Fontainebleau, died January 26, 1918 in Paris, was a French philosopher and author. Publications * Du fondement de l'induction suivi de Psychologie et Métaphysique et de Notes sur le pari de Pascal, Paris, Alcan, 1924. * Œuvres, Paris, Librairie Félix Alcan, 1933... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeremy Mayfield
Jeremy Allen Mayfield (born May 27, 1969) is a former NASCAR driver who last competed in 2009 due to legal troubles and an indefinite suspension by NASCAR. Prior to 2009, Mayfield drove cars for the Sadler Brothers, T.W. Taylor, Cale Yarborough, Michael Kranefuss, Roger Penske, Ray Evernham, Bill Davis, and Gene Haas. He last drove for his own team, Mayfield Motorsports, before his suspension. On May 9, 2009, Mayfield was suspended indefinitely as both owner and driver by NASCAR following what NASCAR said was a positive test for methamphetamine. A federal judge weighing the respective harms and evidence lifted the suspension temporarily on July 1, 2009. On July 15, 2009, it was revealed by NASCAR that Mayfield again tested positive for the second time of using methamphetamine. He allege... Biography of Louis Gossett Jr.
Louis Cameron Gossett, Jr. (born May 27, 1936) is an American actor best known for his role in An Officer and a Gentleman (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the tough-as-nails Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley). He was the first African-American male to win an Oscar in a supporting role, the second black male to win for acting, and the third African-American actor to win overall. Gossett also won an Emmy for best actor for his role as "Fiddler" in the 1970s television miniseries Roots and a Golden Globe Award for his supporting role in the HBO film The Josephine Baker Story. Gossett has also appeared in films such as The Deep, Toy Soldiers, Jaws 3-D, and Wolfgang Petersen’s Enemy Mine in a film career that spans over five decades. Early life Go... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franciscus Donders
Franciscus Cornelis Donders (Tilburg, May 27, 1818 - Utrecht, March 24, 1889) was a Dutch ophthalmologist and medical scientist who did pioneering work on animal and vegetable heat, among many other things. He was a professor in Physiology in Utrecht from 1847 and was internationally regarded as an authority on eye diseases, directing the Netherlands Hospital for Eye Patients. He was the one of the founders of the science of ophthalmology (with von Graefe and Helmholtz) and is primarily known for introducing prismatic and cylindrical lenses for treatment of astigmatism. Donders also was the first to use differences in human reaction time to infer differences in cognitive processing. This concept is now one of the central tenets of cognitive psychology— while mental chronometry is not... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruce Weitz
Bruce Peter Weitz (born May 27, 1943) is an American actor. He is perhaps best-known for his role as Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the 1980s TV series Hill Street Blues for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 1984. Early life Weitz was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of Sybil Weitz Rubel, a homemaker, and Alvin Weitz, who owned a liquor store. He is Jewish. Career Weitz appeared in the 1998 hit film Deep Impact and also appeared in the films Half Past Dead and El Cortez (2005). Some of his many guest appearances on television include NYPD Blue, Quincy, Midnight Caller, Sisters, Superman: The Animated Series as Bruno Mannheim, JAG, The X-Files, The West Wing, and Highlander: The Series. He portrayed Anthony Zacchara on General... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Savreux
Maurice Savreux, born on May 27, 1884 in Lille (source for his time of birth: Lescaut), died in 1971, was a French painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dolores Hope
Dolores Hope, DC*SG (May 27, 1909 – September 19, 2011) was an American singer, philanthropist and wife of actor/comedian Bob Hope. Early life and career She was born Dolores L. DeFina in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood of Italian and Irish descent and raised in The Bronx. After the death of her bartender father, Jack DeFina, in 1925, she and her younger sister, Mildred, were raised in the Bronx by their mother, Theresa DeFina (1890–1977), who worked as a saleslady in a drygoods store. During the 1930s, after working as a model, DeFina began her professional singing career under the name Dolores Reade on the advice of her agent. In 1933, after appearing at the Vogue Club, a Manhattan nightclub, Reade was introduced to Bob Hope. The couple reportedly were married on February 19, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fromental Halévy
Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy (pronounced ) (27 May 1799 – 17 March 1862), was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera La Juive. Early career Halévy was born in Paris as Elias Levy, the son of a cantor, Élie Halfon Halévy, who was the secretary of the Jewish community of Paris, a writer and a teacher of Hebrew, and a French Jewish mother. The name Fromental, by which he was generally known, reflects that he was born on the feast-day of that name in the French Revolutionary calendar, which was still operative at that time. He entered the Conservatoire de Paris at the age of nine or ten (accounts differ), in 1809, becoming a pupil and later protégé of Cherubini. After two second-place attempts, he won the Prix de Rome in 18... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kam Fong
Kam Fong Chun (May 27, 1918 – October 18, 2002), born Kam Tong Chun, was an American actor whose claim to fame was his 1968 to 1978 star performance as Chin Ho Kelly, a police detective on the CBS television network series Hawaii Five-O. Life Kam Fong Chun was born in the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. A 1938 graduate of President William McKinley High School, he worked at Pearl Harbor shipyard in his 20s as a boiler maker and was a witness to the attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. After the death of his first wife and two eldest children in 1944, he applied for a job as a police officer at the Honolulu Police Department. He served there for sixteen years. After his retirement from the police force, he worked as a disc jockey and sold real estate in addition to doing... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Nicholas
Albert Nicholas (May 27, 1900, New Orleans, Louisiana – September 3, 1973, Basel, Switzerland) was an American jazz reed player. Nicholas's primary instrument was the clarinet, which he studied with Lorenzo Tio in his hometown of New Orleans. Late in the 1910s he played with Buddy Petit, King Oliver, and Manuel Perez. He spent three years in the Merchant Marines and then joined up again with Oliver in Chicago from 1925 to 1927. After time in East Asia and Egypt, he returned to New York City in 1928 and played with Luis Russell until 1933, playing there with Red Allen, Charlie Holmes, and J.C. Higginbotham. Later he played with Louis Armstrong (with Russell) and Jelly Roll Morton (recorded 1929, 1939). The Dixieland jazz revival of the late 1940s reinvigorated his career; he played wi... Biography of Babette de Rozières
Babette de Rozières, born Élisabeth Hildebert de Rozières on May 27, 1947 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, is a French chef, TV host, and author. Bibliography (French) Les recettes de Babette, La cuisine antillaise Volume 1 (2004) Éditions Didier Carpentier Préface de Joël Robuchon Les recettes de Babette, La cuisine antillaise Volume 2 (2004) Éditions Didier Carpentier Préface d'Alain Passard Les recettes de Babette, La cuisine antillaise Volume 3 (2004) Éditions Didier Carpentier Préface d'Alain Dutournier Les recettes de Babette, La cuisine antillaise Volume 4 (2005) Éditions Didier Carpentier Préface d'Anne-Sophie Pic Festins créoles Marabout (2006) traduit en sept langues par Phaidon Créole (2007) Phaidon Les p'tits plats de Babette à la télé (200... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Marshall
The Reverend Dr. Peter Marshall (May 27, 1902 – January 26, 1949) was a Scottish-American preacher, and twice served as Chaplain of the United States Senate. He is remembered most popularly from the biography A Man Called Peter, and the film made from it. Born in Coatbridge (North Lanarkshire), Scotland, Marshall heard a strong calling to the ministry at a young age. Despite having no money, he nevertheless migrated to New York in 1927 when he was 24. He graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1931, when he became the pastor of First Presbyterian Church, a small, rural church in Covington, Georgia. After a brief pastorate, Marshall accepted a call to Atlanta's Westminster Presbyterian Church in 1933. It was in Atlanta that he met his future wife, Catherine Wood, a student at Agn... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yves Caumon
Yves Caumon (born 27 May 1964) is a French director. He is Professor in Toulouse's University in France. He worked as assistant-director with Agnès Varda, and Jean-Paul Civeyrac. He directed several short movies as A la Hache with Valérie Crunchant, Les filles de mon pays (Prix Jean Vigo 2000)... Yves Caumon is one of the French fllm directors in the new "New Wave" in French cinema such as Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Philippe Ramos, François Ozon. His first movie Amour d’enfance was awarded with Prix Un certain regard in the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. His movie Cache-cache (Hide and seek) was in the French contingent in the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography Short Story 1998 La beauté du monde 2000 Les filles de mon pays (prix Jean Vigo) 2002 A la hache with Val... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harold Rome
Harold Jacob Rome (May 27, 1908, Hartford, Connecticut – October 26, 1993, New York City, NY) was an American composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theater. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Rome played piano in local dance bands and was already writing music while studying architecture and law at Yale University. After graduation he worked as an architect in New York City, but continued to pursue his musical interests, arranging music for local bands and writing material for revues at Green Mansions, a Jewish summer resort in the Adirondacks. Much of the music Rome was writing at this time was socially conscious and of little interest to Tin Pan Alley. In 1937, he made his Broadway debut as co-writer, composer, and lyricist of the topical revue Pins and Needles. Pins and Needles w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George McCloud
George Aaron McCloud (born May 27, 1967 in Daytona Beach, Florida) is a retired American professional basketball player. Early life McCloud attended Mainland High School in Daytona Beach and Florida State University in Tallahassee. Professional career McCloud was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1989 NBA Draft. The 6'6" (1.98 m) guard–forward only averaged 5.5 points per game for the Pacers. He was released after four largely unproductive seasons in 1993, and was regarded as a draft bust. He was out of the league in 1993–94, but got a second chance in the NBA when he was signed by the Dallas Mavericks midway through the 1994–95 seasons, and made the most of his second opportunity, and went on to play a total of 12 years in the NBA from 1989 to 2... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marc Copland
Marc Copland (born May 27, 1948, as Marc Cohen, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Copland became part of the jazz scene in Philadelphia in the early 1960s as a saxophonist, and later moved to New York where he experimented with electric alto saxophone. In the early 1970s, while pursuing his own harmonic concept, he grew dissatisfied with what he felt were inherent limitations in the saxophone and moved to the Baltimore-Washington D.C. area, where he remained for a decade to retrain as a jazz pianist. He returned to New York in the mid-1980s, his own keyboard style firmly in place. Since that time Copland has enjoyed considerable success, both as a solo performer and a group leader. Early years Copland began taking piano lessons at age seven,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph d'Haussonville
Joseph Othenin Bernard de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville (27 May 1809 - 28 May 1884), was a French politician and historian. He was born in Paris. His grandfather had been grand louvetier of France; his father was Charles Louis Bernard de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville Comte Joseph had filled a series of diplomatic appointments at Brussels, Turin and Naples before he entered the chamber of deputies in 1842 for Provins. Under the Second Empire, he published a liberal anti-imperial paper at Brussels, Le Bulletin français, and in 1863 he actively supported the candidature of Prévost Paradol. His wife Louise painted 1845 by Ingres He was elected to the Académie Française in 1869, in recognition of his historical writings, Histoire de la politique extérieure du gouvernement français de 1830 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pete Sears
Peter "Pete" Sears (born 27 May 1948, Bromley, Kent) is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than four decades he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock of the 1960s, folk, country music, arena rock in the 1970s, and blues. He usually plays bass, keyboards, or both in bands. Sears played on the classic Rod Stewart albums Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story which was listed high in Rolling Stone Magazine's top 500 best albums of all time, Never a Dull Moment, and Smiler. He also played on the hit singles Maggie May, and Reason To Believe. During this period, Sears toured the US with Long John Baldry blues band, and played with John Cipollina in Copperhead. Sears was with... Biography of Ivete Sangalo
Ivete Maria Dias de Sangalo (born May 27, 1972 in Juazeiro, Bahia) is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian Axé and MPB singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host. She is one of the most popular and best-selling Brazilian female singers of the present, with six albums released with "Banda Eva", and seven more albums in a solo career, with a total of over 12 million albums sold worldwide. Sangalo is most often recognized by her powerful voice, charisma and live performances. Her music is also very popular in Portugal. She has received 14 nominations for Latin Grammy Awards alongside her career. As a teenager, started to sing and play violin at events, festivals and presentations of the school where she studied. Ivete Sangalo's debut show happened in Ondina Neigh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shantanu Narayen
Shantanu Narayen, born May 27, 1963 in Hyderabad, is the current CEO of Adobe Systems. Prior to this post, he held the role as the President & Chief Operating Officer since 2005. Early life He grew up in Hyderabad, India, the second son of a mother who taught American literature and a father who ran a plastics company. He went to Hyderabad Public School in Hyderabad. Narayen holds a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from Osmania University in Hyderabad. He received his MBA from the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley in 1993 and his master's degree in Computer Science from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Career He started his career at Apple. After Apple, Narayen served as director of desktop and collaborati... Biography of Neil Finn
Neil (christened Cornelius) Mullane Finn, OBE (born 27 May 1958 in Te Awamutu) is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House. He has also recorded several successful solo albums and assembled diverse musicians for the 7 Worlds Collide projects. Finn rose to prominence in the late 1970s after replacing singer songwriter Phil Judd in his brother Tim Finn's band Split Enz. With the group, Finn wrote the hits "One Step Ahead", "History Never Repeats", "I Got You" and "Message to My Girl", among others. Finn rose from prominence to international fame after Split Enz broke up in 1984. While his brother Tim Finn left for England, Neil was the founder of Crowded House with Split Enz's final drum... Biography of Jeff Brazier
Jeff Brazier born (27 May 1979 in Tiptree, Essex) is a British television presenter and reality TV star. Before becoming a television personality, he was a footballer on the books of Leyton Orient for three years, although he never played for the first team and quit the game due to injury. In 2001 Brazier took part in the Channel 4 reality TV show Shipwrecked, in which he and fifteen other people had to stay on a tropical island without any creature comforts. This series was noted for a number of conflicts and factional squabbles during which Brazier appeared to be an amiable and conciliatory figure. After this he took part in the ITV programme Simply the Best, as well as presenting the programmes Dirty Laundry and Big Brother Panto alongside June Sarpong. He then became a reporter for ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bud Shank
Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He played flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra, on various recording sessions including The Zodiac : Cosmic Sounds, and occasionally in live performances (as with The L.A. Four) until he gave it up later in his career to focus exclusively on the alto saxophone. He also recorded one album playing only tenor saxophone. Bud Shank was born in Dayton, Ohio. He began with clarinet in Vandalia, Ohio, but had switched to saxophone before attending the University of North Carolina. While at UNC, Shank was initiated into the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. In 1946 he worked with Charlie Barnet before moving on to Kenton and the West coast jazz scene. He also had a str... Biography of Christopher Dodd
Christopher John "Chris" Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician currently serving as the senior U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Dodd served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1975 until 1981, when he became a Senator. He served as general chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997. He is now the state's senior Senator. He currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. Currently Dodd is the longest-serving Senator in Connecticut's history, the 10th most senior of current Senators and one of three from the 1980 freshman class who are still serving (the others are Arlen Specter and Chuck Grassley). Early life and education Dodd was born in Willimantic, Connecticut. His parents were Grace Mary Dodd (né... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ben Ricour
Ben Ricour, born May 27, 1975 in Malakoff near Paris, is a French musician, singer and composer. Discography Albums studio L'aventure (2005) - Warner Music France Vivre à même l'amour Dans la plaine Plein Soleil Le vent des vies Je me réveille Le risque Ami d'enfance L'aventure Question de peau Je tape fort Ton image (2007) - Warner Music France Amoureux / Amoureux L'heure d'hiver Tu es attendue Aimez-vous la chanson ? Mammifère Cinq Minutes 1/4 de sang S'Cuse Moi Tom image Sors de l'ombre Alors, t'es là... Singles Qu'est ce qui fait qu'on fait qu'un (2001) Vivre à même l'amour (2005) Le risque (01.2006) Je me réveille (05.2006) L'heure d'hiver (09.2007) Amoureux amoureux (01.2008)... Biography of Carol Campbell (actress)
Carol Campbell (born 27 May 1966 in Munich, Germany) is an Afro-German actress, model and presenter. iography She is the daughter of a African-American Jazz musician from New York and a German casting agent and make-up artist. She studied acting, dance, singing and presenting in Berlin (where she moved with her mother to at the age of five) and Los Angeles. Today she lives in both cities. After her debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Tanztheater) in 1985, she moved 1987 to Paris and worked until 1989 as solo dancer at the Lido and 1990 at the Moulin Rouge as Meneuse de Revue. Campbell is very tall at 6'2" (1.88 m). Her TV work started as presenter with the German television stations VOX (Avanti Magazin), Premiere (Airplay LiveKonzerte, Spezials), VIVA (Chartshow), RTL II (RHS Gold... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ben Feldman (actor)
Ben Feldman (born May 27, 1980) is an American television and film actor. He has done stage acting, including the Broadway play The Graduate along with Alicia Silverstone and Kathleen Turner. He also played a leading character in The Perfect Man and portrayed Fran Drescher's son on the television series Living with Fran. From 2009 to 2011, he was a regular on the television series Drop Dead Diva in the role of Fred the Angel, but left the series at the start of the fourth season although he will make occasional appearances. In April 2012 he joined the cast of AMC's Mad Men as a regular. In addition to acting, he also has his own wine label called Angelica Cellars. Life and career Feldman was born in Washington, D.C., to a father who worked as an advertiser. He was raised in his fathe... Biography of Wayne Carey
Wayne Carey (born 27 May 1971) is a former Australian rules football player who played for North Adelaide in the SANFL, before joining Australian Football League club North Melbourne in 1989. He also played with the Adelaide Crows. A dual Premiership Captain at North Melbourne, four time club Best and Fairest and seven time All-Australian, Carey, nicknamed "The King", is generally considered to be one of greatest players to have ever played Australian Football. In 2001 he was named as centre half-forward and captain of North Melbourne's Team of the Century and in 2008 was named as Australian football's greatest ever player as part of a list of the top 50 players of all time, published in the book The Australian Game of Football, which was released by the League to celebrate 150 years of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gervinho
Gervais Lombe Yao Kouassi (born 27 May 1987), better known as Gervinho, is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a forward or winger for English Premier League club Arsenal. He is known for his pace and finishing. Career Youth career Gervinho was born in Anyama, Cote d'Ivoire. He began his career in the famed ASEC Abidjan youth academy, where he spent five years. At ASEC Abidjan, he was given the Brazilian Portuguese style nickname "Gervinho", derived from his first name Gervais. Following this, he moved to Ivorian Deuxieme Division Zone Four side Toumodi F.C., where he turned professional. Beveren Gervinho played for two seasons at Belgian side Beveren, where he made 61 appearances for the club and scored 14 goals. Le Mans At the end of the 2006–07 season Gervinho moved to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frank Thomas (designated hitter)
Frank Edward Thomas, Jr. (born May 27, 1968), nicknamed "The Big Hurt", is a former Major League Baseball designated hitter and first baseman. Thomas became one of baseball's biggest stars in the 1990s, playing for the Chicago White Sox. Broadcaster Ken Harrelson coined the aforementioned nickname for Thomas in the 1992 season. Frank Thomas is known for his menacing home run power; he routinely swung a rusted piece of rebar (reportedly found during a renovation project in Old Comiskey Park) in the on-deck circle. Thomas played baseball and football at Auburn University. He is one of four players (the others being Mel Ott, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams) to have at least a .300 batting average, 500 home runs, 1,500 RBI, 1,000 runs and 1,500 walks in a career. He retired February 12, 2010.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adam Wainwright
Adam Parrish Wainwright (born August 30, 1981) is a right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was drafted 29th overall by the Atlanta Braves in the 2000 amateur draft. He made his major league debut for the St. Louis Cardinals on September 11, 2005 against the New York Mets. Early career A highly valued prospect coming out of Glynn Academy, Wainwright planned to play college baseball for Georgia Tech, signing a letter of intent with the Yellow Jackets. But, when he was selected 29th overall in the first round of the 2000 amateur draft by his favorite team, the Atlanta Braves, Wainwright chose to forgo college and go straight to the pros, signing a contract with the Braves that included a $1.25 million bonus. In December 2003, Wainwright... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Bilger
Pierre Bilger, born on May 27, 1940 in Colmar, died on March 4, 2011 in Paris, was a French businessman. He was the Chairman and CEO of Alstom (1998-2003), a large French multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Fässler (racing driver)
Marcel Fässler (born 27 May 1976 in Einsiedeln, Switzerland) is a auto racing driver. He began competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Mercedes-Benz when it resumed in 2000. He finished 4th with no wins in 2000, 4th with one win in 2001 and in 2002 and 3rd with one win in 2003, all four seasons with a Mercedes-Benz CLK. He moved to Opel and an Opel Vectra GTS V8 for 2004 and 2005, where he finished 9th and 12th with no wins after which the brand retired from the DTM. Marcel also drove the F1 Mercedes-Benz safety car for one event in Canada, while regular driver Bernd Mayländer was off due to an injury. Fässler switched to sports cars in 2006, finishing second at the Spa 24 Hours in a Phoenix Aston Martin DBR9 and collecting two overall podiums at the Le Mans Series for S... Biography of Kandace Krueger
Kandace Gayle Krueger Matthews (born May 27, 1976) is an American television personality and former beauty queen who has held the Miss USA title. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She was born to Larry & Barbara Johnson Krueger. She has one sister named Katrina. Pageants Miss Texas USA Krueger started competing in local Miss Texas USA pageants as an eighteen year-old, placing in the top five but not winning. She won her first local title, Miss Williamson County USA, in 1999 and her second, Miss Austin USA, in 2000. Krueger competed in the Miss Texas USA pageant numerous times in 1990s without placing, although she came close to making the top twelve in 1999 at the Miss Texas USA 2000 pageant. In 2000, her first appearance in the pageant semi-finalis, Krueger won the Miss Te... Biography of Jictzad Viña
Jictzad Nakarhyt Viña Carreño is a pageant titleholder born in Carúpano, Venezuela on May 27, 1983. She was Miss Venezuela 2005 and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 2006 pageant held in Los Angeles, USA on July 23, 2006. Viña became the second Miss Sucre to win the Miss Venezuela pageant since its inception in 1952. The first was Ida Margarita Pieri, Miss Venezuela 1958. She also placed as 1st runner up in Reina Sudamericana 2005 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on October 14, 2005. In 2006, Viña became the second representative in 24 years from Venezuela who did not place in Miss Universe. Currently lives in Mexico City where she works as a model.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine
Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (German: Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz b. Heidelberg, 27 May 1652 – Saint-Cloud, 8 December 1722) was a German princess and the wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, younger brother of Louis XIV of France. Her vast correspondence provides a detailed account of the personalities and activities at the court of her brother-in-law, Louis XIV. She and her husband, the Duke of Orléans, were the founders of the modern House of Orléans - their only surviving son, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, being the Regent of France during the minority of Louis XV of France. She was also an ancestress of Emperor Francis I and King Louis Philippe I and thus many royal houses in Europe such as the Spanish, Italian, Bulgarian, Austrian, Tuscan, and Neapolitan royal familie... Biography of Jace Everett
Jace Everett (born May 27, 1972 (source: French Wikipedia, and http://www.jaceeverett.com/2012/05/24/jaces-birthday-contest-last-chance/#comments for his time of birth))) is an American recording artist. Signed to Epic Records in 2005, he released his debut single "That's the Kind of Love I'm In" in 2005, which peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and was the first single from his self-titled debut album. He also co-wrote Josh Turner's Number One single "Your Man". His song "Bad Things" is the theme for the HBO series True Blood. In 2009, he released his third album, Red Revelations, under the Weston Boys label. Biography Jace Everett was born in Evansville, Indiana in 1972. His father's jobs kept them on the move through Carmel, IN and then St. Louis, MO before ... Biography of Sean Kinney
Sean Howard Kinney (born May 27, 1966) is an American musician best known for being the drummer of the grunge band Alice in Chains. Kinney's interest in music was developed at an early age. He got his first drum kit when he was 5. By the age of 9, he was keeping the beat for his grandfather's band, The Cross Cats, and traveling the Northwest playing small venues. Kinney grew up in Renton, Washington, where he attended Liberty Senior High School in the Issaquah School District. Alice in Chains Main article: Alice in Chains Sean Kinney met up with Alice in Chains when he was dating the sister of bassist Mike Starr. Through Starr, he was introduced to Jerry Cantrell who introduced them both to Layne Staley. Since the band's inception, Kinney has been the only drummer. He also sang c... Biography of Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC (born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll. Biography Bruce Cockburn was born in 1945 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and spent some of his early years on a farm outside Pembroke, Ontario. He has stated in interviews that his first guitar was one he found around 1959 in his grandmother's attic, which he adorned with golden stars and used to play along to radio hits. Cockburn was a student (but did not study music) at Nepean High School, where his 1964 yearbook photo states his desire "to become a musician." He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston for three semesters in the mid-1960s. In... Biography of Gladys Monroe
Gladys Monroe, born on May 27, 1902 in Piedras Negras, died on March 11, 1984 in Flordia, is an American woman, the mother of Marilyn Monroe. Gladis Monroe suffered from depression and perhaps other mental illness and was absent from her children's lives.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucenzo
Luís Filipe Oliveira (born 27 May 1983), better known by his stage name Lucenzo, is a Portuguese-French singer-songwriter, and producer. His parents emigrated to Bordeaux, France from Bragança, in northern Portugal. Lucenzo signed with the Universal Music record label. He is best known for his recent dance hit with rapper Big Ali, "Vem dançar kuduro". Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Don Omar released a Spanish/Portuguese version of the song under the title "Danza Kuduro" with Lucenzo. Career Lucenzo released his debut single in 2008, a Portuguese/multilingual reggae/reggaeton song entitled "Emigrante del mundo". Signed to Scopio Music, the song became a Portuguese radio hit. It was followed in 2009 by "Dame reggaeton". But it was with his bilingual English/Portuguese dance hit "Vem dan... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mile Sterjovski
Mile Sterjovski (Macedonian: Миле Стерјовски) (born 27 May 1979) is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Perth Glory and played for the Australian national team from 2000 to 2010, before he retired from international football after his non-selection for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Sterjovski plays mainly as a right winger or as a second striker, but has also played as a left winger and as a central midfielder. Club career Sterjovski began his career in Australia at Wollongong Wolves and briefly played for Illawarra Lions before making a name for himself with successful spells at Sydney United and Parramatta Power, his performances and record of 31 goals in 68 games earning him a ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jérôme Robart
Jérôme Robart, born on May 27, 1970 in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis), is a French comedian and playwright. Filmography Cinema 1998 : Plätze in Städten de Angela Schanelec 1999 : Jonas et Lila, à demain d'Alain Tanner 2000 : Malraux, tu m'étonnes de Michèle Rosier 2002 : Cauchemars de Douglas Law 2004 : Noli me tangere de François-Xavier Vives 2005 : Les Amants réguliers de Philippe Garrel 2006 : Selon Charlie de Nicole Garcia 2008 : La Frontière de l'aube de Philippe Garrel 2011 : Un été brûlant de Philippe Garrel Short movies 1996 : Bien sous tous rapports de Marina de Van, court-métrage 1996 : Velvet 99 de Olivier Kuntzel et Florence Deygas, court-métrage Television 1997 : Un homme de Robert Mazoyer, téléfilm ... Biography of Solweig Rediger-Lizlow
Solweig Rediger-Lizlow, born on May 27, 1991 in Levallois-Perret, is a French model and TV host of Belgian and Russian descent.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Irasema Dilián
Irasema Dilián (born Eva Irasema Warschalowska on May 27, 1924 in Río de Janeiro, Brasil and died April 16, 1996, in Ceprano, Italy). Biography Irasema Dilián was born in Río de Janeiro, Brazil, to Polish parents. She began her film career in Italy, having appeared in Vittorio de Sica's Maddalena, and Zero in Condotta. Over the next few years she worked for de Sica, Riccardo Freda, and Mario Soldati, together with actors like Alida Valli and Rossano Brazzi. She appeared in four Spanish films between the years 1946 and 1949 before moving to Mexico and making her debut in Muchachas de uniforme (Girls in Uniform, 1950), a remake of the 1931 German picture Mädchen in Uniform. In 1952, Dilián was nominated for an Ariel Award for Paraíso Robado. Over the next several years, Dilián starred... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, poet, and the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". Biography Born Julia Ward in New York City, she was the fourth child of banker Samuel Ward and occasional poet Julia Rush Cutler. Among her siblings was Samuel Cutler Ward. Her father was a well-to-do banker. Her mother, granddaughter of William Greene (August 16, 1731 – November 30, 1809), Governor of Rhode Island and his wife Catharine Ray, died when Julia was five after having borne seven children by the age of 27. In 1843, she married Samuel Gridley Howe (1801–1876), a physician and reformer who founded the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, Massachusetts. They announced their engagement quite suddenly on Februa... Biography of Eric Bischoff
Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1956) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, professional wrestling booker, on-screen personality and occasional wrestler. He is best known for serving as Executive Producer and later President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later, the General Manager of World Wrestling Entertainment's Raw brand. Bischoff is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action (TNA) where he serves as Executive Producer of Impact Wrestling. With an amateur background in taekwondo, Bischoff also sporadically performed as an in-ring competitor, and is a former WCW Hardcore Champion. He wrote an autobiography, titled Controversy Creates Cash, that was released in 2006 under WWE Books. Professional wrestling career American Wrestling Association Bischoff start... Biography of Adam Carolla
Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the "most downloaded podcast" as judged by Guinness World Records. Carolla co-hosted the syndicated radio call-in program Loveline from 1995 to 2005 as well as the show's television incarnation on MTV from 1996 to 2000. He was the co-host and co-creator of the television program The Man Show (1999–2004), and the co-creator and a regular performer on the television show Crank Yankers (2002–2007). He hosted The Adam Carolla Project, a home improvement television program which aired on TLC in 2005 and The Car Show on Speed TV in 2011. Carolla has also appeared on the network reality televisio... |
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