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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on May, 30, 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 · 45,435 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,435 Celebrities
107 celebrities or events were found for May, 30. Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Élise Lucet
Élise Lucet, born 30 May 1963 in Rouen (Seine-Maritime) (birth time source: Patrice Petitallot), France, is a French investigative journalist and television host. She has worked on France 3 on the prime time investigative journalism program Pieces a Conviction, and began working for France 2 on 6 September 2005, to host the program 13 heures le journal. Career Lucet began her career on France 3 in 1983 under the direction of Henri Sannier. Lucet gained prominence at the national level in 1987, while working on the broadcast of la Marche du siècle. In 1990, she became the host of 19/20, France 3's evening news program. In 1997 she became the editor of the program. As a writer and television producer, Lucet has hosted Pièces à Conviction since 2000. On 25 August 2005 Lucet left 19/20 to... Biography of Bertrand Delanoë
Bertrand Delanoë (born May 30, 1950) /bɛʁtʁɑ̃ dəlanoe/ (pronunciation (help·info)) is a French politician, and has been the mayor of Paris since 2001. He is from the French Socialist Party. He is considered to be a potential candidate for President of the French Republic in 2012. Delanoë was born in Tunis, Tunisia to a Tunisian-French father and a French mother. He moved to France with his family in his teens. He is openly gay. Political career highlights He has been involved in politics since the age of twenty-three as the secretary of the Socialist federation in Aveyron. He was first elected to the Paris city council in 1977. In 1993, he became the head of the city's Socialist Party. In 1995, he was elected to the French Senate, where he was secretary... Biography of Peter the Great
Peter the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич Pyotr I Alekséyevich) (9 June 1672–8 February 1725 ) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V. Peter carried out a policy of "Westernization" and expansion that transformed the Tsardom of Russia into the Russian Empire, a major European power. Early life Peter, the son of Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia and his second wife, Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, was born in Moscow. Alexei had previously married Maria Miloslavskaya, having five sons and eight daughters by her, although only two of the sons—Feodor and Ivan V—were alive when Peter was... Biography of Gopi Krishna
Gopi Krishna (1903 - 1984) of India was a yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer, and writer. His autobiography is known under the title Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man. In the 1970s he founded together with Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker a research foundation "for western sciences and eastern wisdom". He chose the path of yoga due to his circumstances. His father renounced the world to lead a religious life leaving his twenty-eight year old mother with the responsibility of raising him and his two sisters. His mother now pinned all her hopes for success on her only son. But he failed to pass the examination to enter college, and he now took a lowly job and established his family. He also started on a discipline of meditation to discover who he was. After having been enga... Biography of Tom Morello
Thomas Baptist Morello (born May 30, 1964), also known as acoustic artist The Nightwatchman, is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist well known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. He was featured as one of 20 guitarists in Rolling Stone magazine's "The Top 20 New Guitarists" article. An outspoken political activist, he was also ranked #26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" . Early years Morello was born in Harlem, New York. His mother, Mary Morello, who is part Irish and part Italian, is a founder of Parents for Rock and Rap, an anti-censorship group. She was also a teacher at Libertyville High School. His father, Ngethe Njoroge, was a Mau Mau guerrilla and revolutionary. Morello's great-uncle, Jomo K... Biography of Wynonna Judd
Wynonna Ellen Judd (born May 30, 1964) is an American country music singer. Born Christina Claire Ciminella, she often goes by the single name Wynonna (IPA: /waɪ.'no.nʌ/). She is the daughter of singer Naomi Judd and the half-sister of actress Ashley Judd. Judd was born in Ashland, Kentucky at King's Daughter Medical Center as Christina Claire Ciminella. She was given the last name of Michael Ciminella, her sister Ashley's biological father. Her own biological father was Charles Jordan, who died in 2000. Her immediate family consists of her mother Naomi Judd, half-sister Ashley Judd, son Elijah Judd (born December 23, 1994), daughter Grace Pauline (born June 21, 1996), and her second husband and former bodyguard, D. R. Roach (married November 22, 2003). According to her off... Biography of Amina (Star Academy)
Amina El-Bennouni or Amina Benounni, born May 30, 1981 in Tarbes, is a French singer. She has participated in Star Academy third season in 2003.... Biography of Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Ellison (born May 30, 1983) is an English actress, glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer. Ellison, who was born in Liverpool, is perhaps best known for playing Emily Shadwick in the television soap opera Brookside until 2003, though since then her regular photoshoots in men's magazines have kept her in the public eye. She is renowned for having a large bust and has recently made appearances in many different television shows. Height: 5' 6½" (1.69 m) Career Acting Ellison's acting career started in 1998 with her role as Emily Shadwick on the British soap opera, Brookside Her surname changed to O'Leary when her character married Timothy 'Tinhead' O'Leary. Her stay in Brookside ended in 2003. The same year Ellison ventured into film, where she played Meg... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Idina Menzel
Idina Kim Menzel (born May 30, 1971) is a Tony Award-winning American actress, singer and songwriter who achieved fame for her performances as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the Tony award-winning musical Wicked and as Maureen Johnson in the Broadway and film versions of Rent. Early life Born in Queens, New York with the birth name Idina Kim Mentzel, Menzel is the daughter of Helene and Stuart Mentzel, who worked as a therapist and a pajama salesman respectively. She was raised in Syosset, New York with her younger sister Cara and later changed her surname (Mentzel) because of constant mispronunciation. When Menzel was 15-years-old, her parents divorced and she started working as a wedding and bar mitzvah singer, a job which she continued throughout her time at New York Univ... Biography of Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard, MBE (IPA: ; born 30 May 1980) is an English footballer who plays for English Premier League club Liverpool F.C. and the England national team. He is usually employed in the box-to-box midfield role, although he has often been deployed as a right-sided midfielder and occasionally as a second striker. Gerrard, who has spent his entire career at Anfield, made his debut in 1998 and cemented his place in the first team in the 2000-01 season, succeeding Sami Hyypiä as Liverpool team captain in 2003. His honours include a pair of FA Cups and two Football League Cup wins, as well as the UEFA Cup in 2001 and the UEFA Champions League in 2005, following Liverpool's comeback in the final. Gerrard made his international debut in 2000, and represented England in the UEFA Eu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ted McGinley
Theodore Martin "Ted" McGinley (born May 30, 1958) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Jefferson D'Arcy on the television series Married... with Children, and as Charley Shanowski on the former ABC sitcom Hope & Faith. Biography Personal life McGinley was born in Newport Beach, California. He has a sister named Sue and another by the name of Patti. He is married to Gigi Rice and they have two children. He took Brooke Shields to her prom when she was 16 years old. He attended the University of Southern California where he was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity and captain of the water polo team. Ted graduated Newport Harbor High School in 1976 and played water polo. Ted was slated to play on the US Olympic water polo team. Career McGinley first foun... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Libman
Charles Libman, born May 30, 1924 in Paris, is a French lawyer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Salengro
Roger Henri Charles Salengro, born May 30, 1890 in Lille, died November17, 1936, was a French politician, member of SFIO. The French Section of the Workers' International (Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière, SFIO), founded in 1905, was a French socialist political party, designed as the local section of the Second International (i.e. the Workers' International). After the 1917 October Revolution, it split up (during the 1920 Tours Congress) into two groups, the majority creating the Section française de l'Internationale communiste (SFIC), which became the French Communist Party (PCF). Following the first unification of the French socialist movements in 1901, the French Socialist Party and the Socialist Party of France united during the 1905 Globe Congress in Paris, which ... Biography of Pierre Botton
Pierre Botton, born May 30, 1955 in Lyon, is a French businessman.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cédric Soulette
Cédric Soulette (born 30 May 1972 in Béziers) is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the AS Béziers club. In the past, he also played for Toulouse and ASM Clermont Auvergne. His usual position is as a prop. He has also played for the French national team and was a part of their 1998 Grand Slam team. He was also involved in the IRB Rugby Aid Match. Height: 1m88 Wiehgt: 108 kg... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hiro Yamagata
Hiro Yamagato, born May 30, 1948 in Kyoto, is a Japanese artist. He has done the poster-art for the Olympic commission.... Biography of Heidi Siegmund
Heidi Siegmund or Heidi Siegmund Cuda, born May 30, 1964 in San Mateo, California, is an american reporter, journalist and writer.... Biography of Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Houston, Texas and was raised by his mother in Venezuela, until he returned to California as a teenager. He began to study at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1998, but dropped out to perform music in Europe, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Banhart released his debut album in 2002, continuing to record his material on the Young God and XL labels, as well as other work on compilations and collaborations. Early life and career Banhart was born May 30, 1981 in Houston, Texas to a Venezuelan mother and an American father. His given name is a synonym for Indra, the Hindu god of rain and thunder, which was suggested by Prem Rawat, an Indian religious leader whom Banhart's parents f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Magnus Norman
Magnus Norman (born May 30, 1976 in Filipstad) is a retired Swedish professional tennis player who is best known for being the runner up at the French Open in 2000 and for briefly being ranked World No. 2. He won 12 singles titles, including a Tennis Masters Series tournament in Rome, Italy. Norman reached his career high ranking of World No. 2 on June 12, 2000. This ranking resulted from his success during the first half of the year. He reached the semifinals of the Australian Open and was the runner-up at the French Open, losing to Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he lost in the third round to Frenchman Arnaud Di Pasquale in straight sets. Norman underwent corrective surgery for a heart valve condition in 1998. He retired due to hip and k... Biography of Ruta Lee
Ruta Lee (born May 30, 1936) is a Canadian actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. She is also best known for a being a "regular" on a number of game shows, including Hollywood Squares, What's My Line?, and as Alex Trebek's co-host on High Rollers. Early life Lee was born Ruta Mary Kilmonis in Montreal, Canada, the only child of Lithuanian immigrants. In 1948 her family moved to Los Angeles where she attended high school and began studying acting and appearing in high school plays. Career Upon graduation, she landed an agent and appeared in an episode of Roy Rogers, followed by a spot on the series Adventures of Superman in 1953. That same year, she landed a role in the Academy Award-nominated musical Seven Brides for Se... Biography of Manny Ramirez
Manuel "Manny" Aristides Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican-American professional baseball player who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. A nine-time Silver Slugger, and one of twenty-four people to have hit over 500 career home runs, he is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities. He has the most career grand slams of any active player - and the second most of any player after Lou Gehrig, and has led the American League in three key batting measures: batting average, home runs and runs batted in. For the past eleven years, Ramirez has been a fixture in the All-Star Game, and is a twelve-time All-Star. Ramirez has hit 26 home runs in the postseason in his career, #1 all time. In 2004, he was named the M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andry Rajoelina
Andry Nirina Rajoelina (born May 30, 1974 (source: Reuters)) is a Malagasy politician. He is the current President of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar (head of state), having been installed in that position by the military in March 2009 at the end of a political crisis. He was the Mayor of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, from December 2007 to February 2009; while serving as Mayor, he strongly opposed President Marc Ravalomanana, ultimately leading protests that, together with military intervention, resulted in Ravalomanana's resignation. Early career Rajoelina was previously a well-known professional disc jockey. Political career As the head of the movement TGV - Tanora malaGasy Vonona (Determined Malagasy Youth), Andry Rajoelina decided to run for Mayor of A... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adrien Morillas
Adrien Morillas, born May 30, 1958 in Clermont-Ferrand, is a French former GP and endurance racer (motocycle).... Biography of Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (30 May 1814 - 1 July 1876) (Russian: Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Баку́нин) was a well-known Russian revolutionary and theorist of collectivist anarchism. Born in the Russian Empire to a family of Russian nobles, Bakunin spent his youth as a junior officer in the Russian army but resigned his commission in 1835. He went to school in Moscow to study philosophy and began to frequent radical circles where he was greatly influenced by Alexander Herzen. Bakunin left Russia in 1842 for Dresden, and eventually Paris where he met George Sand, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Karl Marx. He was eventually ... Biography of Marissa Mayer
Marissa Ann Mayer (born on 30 May 1975) is the Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at the search engine company Google. She acts as a gatekeeper for their product release process, determining when or whether a particular Google product is ready to be released to users. She has become one of the public faces of Google, providing a number of press interviews and appearing at events frequently to speak on behalf of the company. Education She received her B.S. in Symbolic systems and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. Mayer was the first female engineer hired at Google and one of their first 20 employees, joining the company in early 1999. UI & Design Work Mayer has notable public involvement with Google Search and Gmail, and can be considered signific... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Carl Faberge
Peter Carl Fabergé known as Carl Gustavovich Fabergé (RussianКарл Густавович Фаберже, May 30 1846 – September 24 1920) was a Russian jeweler, best known for the famous Fabergé eggs, made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials. He was born in Saint Petersburg to the jeweller Gustav Fabergé and his Danish wife Charlotte Jungstedt. Gustav Fabergé’s father’s family were Huguenots, originally from La Bouteille, Picardie, who fled from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, initially to Germany near Berlin, then in 1800 to the Baltic province of Livonia, then part of Russia. Young ... Biography of Vigor Bovolenta
Vigor Bovolenta (born May 30, 1974 in Contarina) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 1996 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he was on the side that claimed the European title in Greece.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda (born 30 May 1928) is a French film director. Her movies, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style. Life Varda was born Arlette Varda in Brussels, Belgium, to a Greek father and French mother. Her father's family were Greek refugees from Asia Minor. Varda studied Art History at the Ecole du Louvre before getting a job as the official photographer for the Théâtre National Populaire in Paris. She liked photography but was interested in moving into film. After spending a few days filming the small French fishing town of La Pointe Courte for a terminally ill friend who could no longer visit on his own, Varda decided to shoot a feature film of her own. Thus in 1954, Varda’s fir... Biography of Cee Lo Green
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway (born May 30, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia), better known by his stage name Cee Lo Green, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer. He originally came to prominence as a member of the southern hip hop group Goodie Mob, later launching a critically acclaimed solo career and forming Gnarls Barkley with DJ/producer Danger Mouse. Internationally, Cee Lo is best known for his hip hop work and Gnarls Barkley 2006 worldwide hit "Crazy", which reached number one in various singles charts worldwide, including the UK. In the United States, "Crazy" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. Parent album St. Elsewhere was also a hit, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart and number four on the US Billboard 200 album charts. Gnarls Barkley's second albu... Biography of Adrienne Pauly
Adrienne Pauly, born May 30, 1977, is a French actress and singer. Filmography 2002: La Bête de miséricorde de Jean-Pierre Mocky 1999: Au cœur du mensonge de Claude Chabrol 1998: Terminale de Francis Girod 1997: Il y a des journées qui mériteraient qu'on leur casse la gueule d'Alan Beigel 1997: Mauvais genre de Laurent Bénégui Television 2001 : Le Prix de la vérité de Joël Santoni Discography 2006: "Adrienne Pauly" (premier album éponyme) inclus le single "J'veux un mec" chez WARNER... Biography of Kitty Carruthers
Caitlyn "Kitty" Carruthers (born May 30, 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a retired American figure skater. She competed in pairs with her adopted brother Peter Carruthers. The duo captured four gold medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and a silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics. In 1999, she and her brother were inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Competitive highlights (with Peter) 1980 U.S. Championships - 2nd Olympics - 5th 1981 U.S. Championships - 1st 1982 U.S. Championships - 1st World Championships - 3rd 1983 U.S. Championships - 1st 1984 U.S. Championships - 1st Olympics - 2nd... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paola Fendi
Paola Fendi, born May 30, 1931 in Rome, is an Italian businesswoman and fashion creator.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Orlan
Orlan is a French artist, born May 30, 1947 in Saint-Étienne. She lives and works in Los Angeles, New York, and Paris. In 2006-2007 she was invited to be a scholar in residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. She is on the board of administrators for the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and is a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Cergy. Orlan is not an artist of one medium. She is mostly famous for her work with plastic surgery in the early to mid nineties, but she has a body of work that started long before, and that is still evolving and innovating. The Reincarnation of Saint-ORLAN The Reincarnation of Saint-Orlan, which started in 1990, involved a series of plastic surgeries in the course of which the artist started to morph herself with respect t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Zacarias Moussaoui
Zacarias Moussaoui (sometimes Habib Zacarias Moussaoui born May 30, 1968 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) is a French citizen who was convicted of conspiring to kill citizens of the USA as part of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. As a result of his conviction, he is serving a life sentence at the Federal ADX Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. Overview Moussaoui is said to have been a replacement for the "first" 20th hijacker, possibly Ramzi Binalshibh. Binalshibh and Zakariyah Essabar were denied visas. However, prosecutors in Moussaoui's drawn-out trial had difficulty directly connecting him to the 19 participants. Moussaoui's trial was seen in some circles as a barometer of the ability and willingness of the United States to give a fair hearing to terrorism suspects. O... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christine Jorgensen
Christine Jorgensen (born George William Jorgensen, Jr. May 30, 1926 in The Bronx, New York City, USA; died May 3, 1989) was famous for having been the first widely-known individual to have sex reassignment surgery—in this case, male to female. Early life The second child of George William Jorgensen Sr., a carpenter and contractor, and his wife, the former Florence Davis Hansen, Jorgensen grew up in the Bronx and later described herself as having been a "frail, tow-headed, introverted little boy who ran from fistfights and rough-and-tumble games". Jorgensen graduated from Christopher Columbus High School in 1945 and shortly thereafter was drafted into the Army. After he was discharged from the Army, Jorgensen attended Mohawk College in Utica, New York, the Progressive School of P... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giovanni Gentile
Giovanni Gentile (pronounced ; May 30, 1875 – April 15, 1944) was an Italian neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher, a peer of Benedetto Croce. He described himself as 'the philosopher of Fascism', and ghostwrote A Doctrine of Fascism (1932) for Benito Mussolini. He also devised his own system of philosophy, Actual Idealism. Life and thought Gentile was born in Castelvetrano, Sicily. Gentile was inspired by such Italian thinkers as Mazzini, Rosmini, Gioberti and Spaventa from whom he borrowed the idea of autoctisi or self-construction, but was just as strongly influenced by the German idealist and materialist schools of thought – namely Karl Marx, Hegel, and Fichte with whom he shared the ideal of creating a Wissenschaftslehre, or theory for a structure of knowledge which makes no assumptio... Biography of Howard Hawks
Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and writer of the classic Hollywood era. He died in Palm Springs, California, after a fall. Biography Born in Goshen, Indiana, Hawks was the first-born child of Frank W. Hawks and the former Helen Howard. After the birth of his brother, Kenneth Neil Hawks, on August 12, 1899, the family moved to Neenah, Wisconsin. Shortly afterward they moved again, to Southern California. Hawks attended high school in Glendora, and then moved to New Hampshire to attend Phillips Exeter Academy from 1912-1914. After graduation, Hawks moved on to Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he majored in mechanical engineering. During the summers of 1916 and 1917, Hawks worked on some early movies, int... Biography of Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman". In the mid-1930s, Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America. His January 16, 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City is described by critic Bruce Elder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music." Goodman's bands launched the careers of many major names in jazz, and during an era of segregation, he also led one of the first racially-integrated musical groups. Goodman continued to perform to nearly the end of his life, including exploring his interest in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Darrelyn Gunzburg
Darrelyn Gunzburg is a consulting astrologer and author of Life After Grief: An Astrological Guide to Dealing With Loss (The Wessex Astrologer, 2004) and co-principal, with Bernadette Brady, of Astro Logos Ltd. She is also the writer of the award-winning plays Hiccup (Currency Press, 1989) and Behind the Beat (Currency Press, 1992), the award-nominated play Water From The Well (Tantrum Press, 1992). Darrelyn holds a BA (Hons) from the Open University, majoring in the art historical exploration of religious art produced in Italy between 1280 and 1500. Her BA (Hons) dissertation was short-listed for the AAH Bulletin 2006 BA Dissertation Prize. Darrelyn is currently a postgraduate research student in art history and astrology at the University of Bristol, UK. External link, her site... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Guilhaume
Philippe Guilhaume, born May 30, 1942 in Paris, died August 13, 1994, was a French civil servant and author. He is the father of French TV host Virginie Guilhaume. Selected works Jules Ferry (1980) Mirabeau (1982) Le Participat (1985) en collaboration avec Yoland Bresson Nostradamus (1987) Champollion (1987) Saint Vincent de Paul (1988) Un Président à abattre (1991) Lettre ouverte à tous les Français qui ne veulent plus être pris que pour des cons (1992) ALexandre le Grand Editions France-Empire (1993) La République des Clones (1994) Attila, le Fléau de dieu Editions France-Empire (1994)... Biography of Irving Thalberg
Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 – September 14, 1936) was an Academy Award-winning American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. He was called "The Boy Wonder" for his youth and his extraordinary ability to select the right scripts, choose the right actors, gather the best production staff, and make very profitable films. Biography Thalberg was born in Brooklyn, New York to German Jewish immigrant parents. He had a bad heart and was plagued with other ailments all his life. Upon completing high school, he was employed by Universal Pictures' New York office, where he worked as personal secretary to legendary studio founder Carl Laemmle, the boss of Universal Studios. Irving Thalberg was bright and persistent, and by age 21 was executive in charge of production a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harry Enfield
Harry Enfield (born 30 May 1961 in Sussex, England) is an English comedian, actor and writer, as well as working small-time as a director. Early life Enfield is the son of Edward Enfield. He was educated at the independent Worth School in West Sussex, Collyer's Sixth Form College and the University of York, where he was a member of Derwent College and read politics. He worked for a while as a milkman. Career Enfield first came to public attention when appearing on Channel 4's Saturday Live as a number of different characters created with Paul Whitehouse. These quickly entered the national consciousness. Among these characters were Stavros, a Greek restaurant owner with markedly fractured English; Tory Boy, a pompous Conservative MP; and Loadsamoney, an obnoxious character who cons... Biography of Gale Sayers
Gale Eugene Sayers (born May 30, 1943) also known as "The Kansas Comet", is a retired professional football player in the National Football League who spent his entire career with the Chicago Bears. Sayers is a member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. His friendship with fellow Chicago Bear Brian Piccolo was the basis for the 1971 movie Brian's Song. He is a successful entrepreneur in the information technology field and an active philanthropist. Early Years and College career Born in Wichita, Kansas and reared in Omaha, Nebraska, Sayers graduated from Omaha Central High School (where he set a state long jump record of 24'11 3/4"); he was a two-time All-American football player at the University of Kansas. During his Jayhawk career, he ru... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tim Waterstone
Tim Waterstone (born May 30, 1939 in Glasgow, Scotland) is the chairman of the HMV Media Group plc, which includes the United Kingdom bookselling retail chain Waterstone's which he founded. It is now the largest specialist bookseller in the UK and also has stores in Europe and Ireland. Early life and career He was educated at Tonbridge School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he read English. He then went to India where he worked for a broking firm in Calcutta and contracted Typhus. Upon his recovery and return to England he worked as a marketing manager for Allied Breweries and then W.H.Smith, he lost his job there after 8 years and opened his own bookshop in 1982. He is the chancellor of Napier University Edinburgh currently, since 2007. Tim Waterstone has had three mar... Biography of Cécile Auclert
Cécile Auclert, born May 30, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec, is a French actress. She is the wife of French actor Christian Rauth. Filmography * 1982 : Paris-Saint-Lazare (feuilleton TV) * 1984 : Frankenstein 90 * 1984 : À nous les garçons * 1985 : Diesel : La secrétaire de Finch * 1985 : Patte de velours (TV) : Sodomita * 1986 : Nuit d'ivresse : Une invitée * 1988 : Le Clan (feuilleton TV) : Angèle * 1990 : L'Ex-femme de ma vie (TV) * 1990 : Les Mouettes (TV) : Pauline * 1992 : L'Échappée belle * 1992 : La Mort d'un bavard (feuilleton TV) * 1993 : Polly West est de retour (TV) : Paulette * 1993 : Le Bœuf clandestin (TV) : Lucy * 1993 : Les Filles d'à côté (série TV) : Fanny * 1994 : Grosse fatigue : Miss Gros Sein... Biography of Liberto Rabal
Liberto Rabal (sometimes Paco Rabal), born May 30, 1975 in Rome, is an Italian actor, producer, screenwriter and director. He is the son of Benito Rabal and Silvia Cerezales, the brother of Candela Rabal, the nephew of Teresa Rabal and Manuel Cerezales Laforet, and the grandson of actors Francisco Rabal and Asunción Balaguer and of writer Carmen Laforet and journalist Manuel Cerezales. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704721/ ) ¡Soy un pelele! (2008) .... Bruno WC (2005) Cita con Flamingos, Una (2003) (V) .... video - 'Lady Blue' Tangos volés (2002) .... Martin/Raimundo ... aka Tangos robados (Spain) Viento del pueblo: Miguel Hernández (2002) (TV) .... Miguel Hernández Todo menos la chica (2002) .... Juan Giorni dell'amore e dell'odio, I (2001) .... Hel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hannes Alfven
Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (30 May 1908; Norrköping, Sweden – 2 April 1995; Djursholm, Sweden) was a Swedish plasma physicist and Nobel laureate for his work on the theory of magnetohydrodynamics. He was originally trained as an electrical power engineer and later moved to research and teaching in the fields of plasma physics. Alfvén made many contributions to plasma physics, including theories describing the behavior of aurorae, the Van Allen radiation belts, the effect of magnetic storms on the Earth's magnetic field, the terrestrial magnetosphere, and the dynamics of plasmas in the Milky Way galaxy. Biography In 1937, Alfvén argued that if plasma pervaded the universe, it could then carry electric currents capable of generating a galactic magnetic field. After winning the Nobel Prize... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Ferguson
Don Ferguson (born May 30, 1946) is a Canadian actor and is one of the stars of XPM and Royal Canadian Air Farce. He is also the only Canadian-born original cast member of Air Farce. His many Air Farce roles include parodies of Paul Martin, Pierre Trudeau, Ron MacLean, Jack Layton, Joe Clark, Preston Manning, Stockwell Day, Rex Murphy, Lucien Bouchard, Bill Clinton, Brian Mulroney, Vladimir Putin, Bob Dylan,Mike Myers and John Kerry. Many of these portrayals involve Ferguson as the 'straight man' to the more eccentric personalities played by Roger Abbott. Don Ferguson is a graduate from Loyola High School, Loyola College, now Concordia University, in Montreal, with an Honours English degree, and afterward worked in radio and as an audio-visual producer and photographer until he disco... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Tirmarche
Maurice Tirmarche, born May 30, 1909 in Clermont-Ferrand, is a French popart artist.... Biography of Keir Dullea
Keir Dullea (IPA: ; born May 30, 1936) is an American actor perhaps best known for the character of astronaut David Bowman he portrayed in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and in 1984's 2010: The Year We Make Contact as well as in the cult film Bunny Lake is Missing. Personal life Dullea was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Margaret (née Ruttan) and Robert Dullea. Dullea was raised in the Greenwich Village section of New York City where his parents ran a bookstore. He graduated from George School in Pennsylvania. Dullea has been married four times. He has been married to actress Mia Dillon since 1999. Career Dullea made his film debut in 1961's Hoodlum Priest, in which he played a juvenile delinquent, though he had an earlier role as the German pilot in a 1960 television a... Biography of Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros. during the "Golden Age of American animation" (and later for Hanna-Barbera television productions) as the voice of such well-known characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Woody Woodpecker, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, Speed Buggy, Captain Caveman, Heathcliff, and hundreds of others. Having earned the nickname “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” Blanc is regarded as one of the most influential people in the voice-acting industry. Early years and radio work Blanc was b... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luis Rego
Luis Rego, born May 30, 1943 in Lisbon, Portugal, is a French musician, comedian and actor. Filmography * 1970 - La Grande Java * 1970 - Le Distrait * 1971 - Les Bidasses en folie Luis * 1973 - Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout Luis * 1974 - Le Führer en folie Harry * 1975 - La Course à l'échalote Franz * 1977 - Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine Le second capitaine des mousquetaires * 1978 - Les Bronzés Bobo * 1981 - Le Roi des cons L'homme à la terrasse * 1981 - Les Hommes préfèrent les grosses Gérard Langlois * 1981 - Le Tribunal des flagrants délires (radio) L'avocat de la défense * 1982 - Merci Bernard (TV) * 1983 - Le Retour des bidasses en folie Le sergent * 1983 - Circulez y a rien à voir Reska * ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of J. P. MacGillivray
J. P. MacGillivray, born May 30, 1856 in Kintore, Scotland, was a Scottish artist and sculptor.... Biography of Martine Godart
Martine Godart, born May 30, 1954 in Paris, is a French actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323723/ ) L'autre moitié (2007) .... Anita ... aka The Other Half (USA) Miss Montigny (2005) .... Eva Petits désordres (2002) .... Myriam Karnaval (1999) .... Isabelle La veuve de l'architecte (1995) (TV) .... Caroline Fanny se fait un sang d'encre (1995) (TV) .... La surveillante Saintons... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Knox
Sir David Laidlaw Knox (born 30 May 1933) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Conservative MP for Leek, Staffordshire from 1970 to 1983, and for Staffordshire Moorlands from 1983 to 1997, when he retired.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carolyn Egan
Carolyn Egan, born May 30, 1939 in Providence, Rhode Island, is an American professional astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Stanley Crowther
Joseph Stanley Crowther, born May 30, 1925 in Rotherham, is a British former politician and member of Parliament.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stéphane Tissot
Stéphane Tissot, born May 30, 1979 in Bonneville, is a French alpine skier.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of P. J. Carlesimo
Peter J. (P. J.) Carlesimo (born May 30, 1949 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) is a former NBA and college basketball coach, and current television broadcaster. He is the son of Peter A. Carlesimo who was the longtime coach and athletic director at the University of Scranton and Fordham University. Carlesimo was recently hired to cover NBA games for The NBA on TNT. Early coaching stints Carlesimo is a 1971 graduate of Fordham University and began his coaching career as an assistant at the school during the same year. He received his first head coaching job when he took over New Hampshire College for one year, beginning in 1975. The New Hampshire Penmen ended the 1975–1976 season with a 14-13 record and winning the Mayflower Conference championship. Carlesimo also had a successful coaching st... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Valentino Gasparella
Valentino Gasparella, born May 30, 1935 in Isola Vicentina, is an Italian racing cyclist and olympic champion in track cycling.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael J. Pollard
Michael J. Pollard (born May 30, 1939) is an American actor. Pollard was born Michael John Pollack, Jr. in Passaic, New Jersey, the son of Sonia (née Dubanowich) and Michael John Pollack. He attended the Montclair Academy and the Actors Studio. Pollard played the character C. W. Moss in the film Bonnie and Clyde, for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor and won a British Academy Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. Pollard also created the non-singing role of Hugo Peabody in the Original Broadway cast of the 1960 smash hit musical comedy Bye Bye Birdie (lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse). Hugo is a high-school student, boyfriend of Kim McAfee (played by Susan Watson on Broadway), who be... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julius Axelrod
Julius Axelrod (May 30, 1912 – December 29, 2004) was an American biochemist. He won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970 along with Bernard Katz and Ulf von Euler. The Nobel Committee honored him for his work on the release and reuptake of catecholamine neurotransmitters, a class of chemicals in the brain that include epinephrine, norepinephrine, and, as was later discovered, dopamine. Axelrod also made major contributions to the understanding of the pineal gland and how it is regulated during the sleep-wake cycle. Personal life and education Axelrod was born in New York City, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland. He received his bachelor's degree in biology from the College of the City of New York in 1933. Axelrod wanted to become a physician, but was re... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luce Fabiole
Luce Fabiole, born Marie Antoinette Bernus on May 30; 1892 in Paris, died on May 5, 1982 in Ivry-sur-Seine, was a French actress and comedian. Filmography Actress 1922 : Un fil à la patte, court métrage 1923 : A la gare de Robert Saidreau, avec Armand Bernard 1925 : Knock de René Hervil, avec Fernand Fabre 1932 : Des ailes s'ouvrent, court métrage d'Andrew F. Brunelle, avec André Fouché 1932 : Général, à vos ordres, court métrage de Maurice Diamant-Berger, avec Marcel Vallée 1935 : Paris-Camargue de Jack Forrester, avec Albert Préjean 1936 : Nuits de feu de Marcel L'Herbier, avec Victor Francen - (Une invitée aux fiançailles) 1937 : Arsène Lupin détective d'Henri Diamant-Berger, avec Jules Berry - (La gouvernante des "Arnoux") 1938 : La ro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Naomi Kawase
Naomi Kawase (born May 30, 1969 in Nara, Japan) is a Japanese film director. She was also known as Naomi Sento (仙頭直美) with her then-husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including Embracing, about her search for the father her abandoned her as a child, and Katatsumori, about the grandmother who raised her. Graduated from the Osaka School of Photography (then the School of Visual Arts) in 1989, spent an additional four years there as a lecturer before releasing Embracing. She became the youngest winner of la Caméra d'Or award (the award for the best new director) at Cannes Film Festival in 1997 for her first 35mm film Moe no suzaku. She novelized her films Moe no suzaku and Firefly. Kawase has completed production on her fourth full-... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ellen Black
Ellen Black, born May 30, 1944 in Cumberland, Maryland, is an American astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Topper Headon
Nicholas Bowen "Topper" Headon (born 30 May 1955), known as "Topper" due to his resemblance to Mickey the Monkey from the Topper comic, is a British rock and roll drummer, best known for his membership in the punk rock band The Clash. He is commonly recognised as the most inspirational and technically inventive punk rock drummer of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Writing for Allmusic Greg Pato stated that record producer Sandy Pearlman dubbed Headon as "The Human Drum Machine", due to his impeccable timing and drumming skills. Early life Topper Headon spent his early childhood in Crockenhill. He started playing drums at an early age and was a jazz fan, citing Billy Cobham as a strong influence. In 1973, Headon joined the cult progressive rock outfit Mirkwood. He appeared with them fo... Biography of Fernando Lugo
Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez (born May 30, 1951 in San Pedro del Paraná, Itapúa department) is a Paraguayan politician and a Roman Catholic bishop. He won the April 2008 presidential election and is Paraguay's president-elect. He had requested laicization in order to run for office. However, the Holy See instead suspended him from exercising ordained ministry, but did not dismiss him from the clerical state. History with the Church Lugo was ordained a priest on August 15, 1977 as part of the Society of the Divine Word and was ordained Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay, on April 17, 1994. Following his presidential aspirations, Lugo resigned as ordinary of the Diocese of San Pedro on January 11, 2005. Presidential candidacy Known as "the bishop of the poor", Lugo was seen before the ... Biography of Germaine Tillion
Germaine Tillion (May 30, 1907 – April 19, 2008) was a French anthropologist, best known for her work in Algeria in the 1950s on behalf of the French government. Tillion was born in Allègre in Haute-Loire. Studying anthropology under Marcel Mauss, she lived in Algeria on various occasions between between 1934 and 1940, studying the Berber and Chaoui people in the Aures region of northeastern Algeria. During World War II, Tillion participated in the French Resistance. Captured, she was sent to the German concentration camp at Ravensbrück in 1942. After the War, she completed her doctorate under Louis Massignon. In the 1950s during the Algerian War of Independence Tillion served as an adviser to the French government in Algeria on its social policies, helping the government to set up '... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Cailloux
André Cailloux, born on May 30, 1920 in Issoudun, Indre, died on November 14, 2002 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, was a Canadian magician, singer, actor, author, TV host, and screenwriter. Filmography Actor 1952 à 1957: Le Grenier aux images: Grand-père 1952 à 1957: Tic Tac Toc: animateur 1957 à 1967: La Boîte à Surprise (série TV): Grand-père Cailloux, Ernest1 et Noé 1958 à 1959: Pépé le cowboy (série TV) : Vieux Truc 1960 à 1962: Le Moulin aux images (série TV): Maître Pierre 1961 : La Boutique de Monsieur Nicolas (série TV) : Monsieur Nicolas 1963 : Ti-Jean caribou (série TV) 1964 à 1972: Ulysse et Oscar (série TV): Ulysse 1966 à 1967: Le Grand Manitou (série TV): Le Grand Manitou 1970 : Une maison... un jour... (TV) : Grand-père ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eileen McNamara
Eileen McNamara, born May 30, 1952 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a Pulitzer Prize winning metro columnist for the Boston Globe, is a journalism professor at Brandeis University. A graduate of Barnard College (1974) and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1976), she was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard for the academic year 1987-88. She began her journalism career at Barnard as a campus correspondent for The Daily News in New York City before graduating to The News-Times of Danbury, CT and United Press International in Boston. During nearly 30 years at The Boston Globe, she covered everything from the night police beat to the United States Congress. First hired as a newsroom secretary, she worked her way up through the general assignment staff, the State House Bureau, the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Pierre Balligand
Jean-Pierre Balligand (born May 30, 1950) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Aisne department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.... Biography of Duncan Jones
Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971), formerly known as Zowie Bowie, is an English film director best known for directing the award-winning science fiction films Moon (2009) and Source Code (2011). Childhood and family Duncan Jones is the only child from the marriage of musician David Bowie (born David Robert Jones) and his first wife, Mary Angela Barnett, an American former model. He was born at Bromley Hospital in South London. His birth prompted Bowie to write the song "Kooks" for his 1971 album Hunky Dory. Jones is the half-brother of Alexandria "Lexi" Jones (born 2000), from his father's second marriage to the fashion model Iman, and of Stacia Larranna Celeste Lipka (born 1980), from his mother's relationship with musician Drew Blood (real name Andrew Lipka). He also ha... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ernest Duchesne
Ernest Duchesne (30 May 1874 – 12 April 1912) was a French physician who noted that certain moulds kill bacteria. He made this discovery 32 years before Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic properties of penicillin, a substance derived from those moulds, but his research went unnoticed. Life and work Duchesne entered l'Ecole du Service de Santé Militaire de Lyon (the Military Health Service School of Lyons) in 1894. Duchesne's thesis, “Contribution à l’étude de la concurrence vitale chez les micro-organismes: antagonisme entre les moisissures et les microbes” (Contribution to the study of vital competition in micro-organisms: antagonism between moulds and microbes), that he submitted in 1897 to get his doctorate degree, was the first study to consider the therapeutic capabilit... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rosa Raisa
Rosa Raisa (30 May 1893 - 28 September 1963) was a Polish-born, Italian-trained, Russian-Jewish dramatic soprano. She was one of the most highly-acclaimed operatic performers of her time with a voice of great size. In 1926 she created the role of Turandot at La Scala, Milan. Career She was born Raitza Burchstein, the daughter of Herschel and Frieda Leah, in Bialystok in 1893. She left Poland at the age of 14 due to the pogroms and emigrated to Italy. There she met well-connected people (the Dario Ascarellis) who recognized her talent and potential and sponsored her at the Naples Conservatory (San Pietro a Majella). Her teacher at the conservatory, the contralto Barbara Marchisio (1833–1919), had been one of the most prominent Italian singers of the mid-19th century. (See, for examp... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franklin J. Schaffner
Franklin James Schaffner (May 30, 1920 - July 2, 1989) was an American film director. Early life The son of missionaries, Schaffner was born in Tokyo, Japan and raised in that country. He returned to the United States and graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he was active in drama. He studied law at Columbia University in New York City but his education was interrupted by service with the United States Navy in World War II during which he served with American amphibious forces in Europe and North Africa. In the latter stages of the war he was sent to the Pacific Far East to serve with the United States Office for Strategic Services. Career Returning home after the war, he found work in the television industry with March of Time and th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty
Étienne-Marie-Antoine-Champion, comte de Nansouty (born 30 May 1768 in Bordeaux; died 12 February 1815 in Paris), was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Due to his aristocratic ascendance, Nansouty was admitted to the Brienne military school in 1783, then was a graduate of the Paris military school. In 1785 he was appointed as a sublieutenant in the regiment Bourgogne-infanterie, where his father had served during the wars of Louis XV. In 1788 he entered the 4th hussard regiment as a captain and by 1792 he had been promoted to lieutenant-colonel. In 1792, when the French Revolutionary Wars started, Nansouty became general Luckner's aide-de-camp and served in the Army of the Rhine, quickly becoming a brigadeer general (1799). Then, in 1800, Na... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hal Clement
Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003) better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. Biography Stubbs was born in Somerville, Massachusetts and died in Milton, Massachusetts. He went to Harvard, graduating with a B.S. in astronomy in 1943. While there he published his first story, "Proof", in the June 1942 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. His further educational background includes an M.Ed. (Boston University 1946) and M.S. in chemistry (Simmons College 1963). During World War II Clement was a pilot and copilot of a B-24 Liberator and flew 35 combat missions over Europe with the 8th Air Force. After the war, he served in the United States Air Force Reserve, and retired with... Biography of Im Yoona
Im Yoona (Korean: 임윤아; born May 30, 1990), also Im Yun-Ah, is a South Korean idol singer, dancer, actress and promotional model. She is a member of the girl group, Girls' Generation. She made her debut as an actress in the 2007 drama, 9 Ends, 2 Outs. Biography Yoona was born on May 30, 1990, in Seoul, South Korea. She was cast in 2002 SM Saturday Open Casting Audition and began to train with the other trainees under SM Entertainment in the areas of acting, singing and dancing. She has trained with SM for 5 years, after which she joined and debuted under Girls' Generation. She is a 2009 graduate of Daeyoung High School and is currently attending Dongguk University majoring in theater and music, along with her fellow member, Seohyun. Career Girls' Generation ... Biography of Dean Collins
Dean Richard Collins (born May 30, 1990) is an American actor, best known for playing the character Mike Gold in the Fox television sitcom The War at Home. The series ran from September 2005 to April 2007. Previously, he had recurring roles in MADtv's "Reading Caboose" skit as Ernie, and as Warren Feide in Jack & Bobby. He also appeared as Harry Beardsley in the November 2005 film Yours, Mine and Ours, as Garrett in the 2006 film Hoot, and in the 2008 film The Least of These. Personal life Collins was born in Los Angeles, California. He lives with his parents, two older brothers, and younger sister. One of his brothers, Blake Collins, is a professional singer-songwriter, while his other brother, Nick Collins, works at a full scale talent agency in Beverly Hills. Dean became good f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giulio Douhet
General Giulio Douhet (Caserta, 30 May 1869 - Rome 15 February 1930) was an Italian air power theorist. He was a key proponent of strategic bombing in aerial warfare. History Douhet was a contemporary of the 1920s air warfare advocates Billy Mitchell and Sir Hugh Trenchard. Born in Caserta, Campania, Italy, he attended the Modena Military Academy and was commissioned into the infantry (bersaglieri). Later he attended the Polytechnic Institute in Turin where he studied science and engineering. Assigned to the General Staff in the early 20th century Douhet published lectures on military mechanization. With the arrival of dirigibles and then fixed-wing aircraft in Italy he quickly recognized the military potential of the new technology. Douhet saw the pitfalls of allowing air power to... Biography of Ryuhei Kitamura
Ryuhei Kitamura (北村 龍平 Kitamura Ryūhei?) (born May 30, 1969) is a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter. Biography Early life Born in Osaka, Japan, Kitamura quit high school and went to the School of Visual Arts in Australia at age 17. Movie career His first film was the short Exit, which he made as his graduation piece at age 19. After graduating, he returned to Japan to establish Napalm Films, his independent film production studio. While his films Down to Hell and Heat After Dark were successful in film festivals, Kitamura's rise to international fame came from Versus. Kitamura went on to direct several movies, including adaptations of the manga Azumi and the popular Japanese TV drama Sky High. He had also collaborated with director Yukihik... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrea Montermini
Andrea Montermini (born 30 May 1964 in Sassuolo) is a racing driver from Italy. Montermini raced in Formula 3 in 1989, taking second place in the Monaco GP support race and 4th in the Italian F3 Championship. He then moved up to Formula 3000, racing for three season before finally taking second place in the 1992 season, winning three rounds while driving for the Il Barone Rampante team. He participated in 29 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on May 29, 1994 for Simtek, replacing Roland Ratzenberger, who had been killed during practice for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Montermini himself crashed heavily in practice for the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, breaking his left heel and his right foot. He returned to F1 the next season, with the Pacific Grand Prix team, and drove for Forti in 19... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-François Collin d'Harleville
Jean-François Collin d'Harleville (May 30, 1755 – February 24, 1806) was a French dramatist. He was born at Mévoisins (Eure-et-Loir). His first dramatic success was L'Inconstant, a comedy accepted by the Comédie Française in 1780, but not produced there until six years later, though it was played elsewhere in 1784. This was followed by L'Optimiste, ou l'homme toujours content (1788), and Châteaux en Espagne (1789). His best play, Le vieux célibataire, appeared in 1793. Among his other plays are the one-act comedy Monsieur de Crac dans son petit castel (1791), Les Artistes (1796), Les Mœurs du jour (1800) and Malice pour malice (1803). Collin was one of the original members of the Institute of France, and died in Paris. The 1822 edition of his Théâtre et poésies fugitives contai... Biography of Colm Meaney
Colm J. Meaney (play /ˈkɒləm/; Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is second only to Michael Dorn in most appearances in Star Trek episodes. He has guest-starred on many TV shows from Law & Order to The Simpsons. He has also had a significant career in motion pictures, appearing in the British sports film The Damned United. Early life Meaney was born in Dublin. He started studying acting when he was fourteen years of age, and entered the Abbey Theatre School of Acting after secondary school. He became a member of the Irish National Theatre and spent the next eight years in England, touring with several theatre companies. Career Meaney's ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vizma Belsevica
Vizma Belševica (May 30, 1931, Riga – August 6, 2005) was a Latvian poetess, writer and translator. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Biography Belševica's father Jānis Belševics was a worker, but her mother Ieva Belševica (maiden name Cīrule) was a housewife. The family was relatively poor, as only one of the two spouses did paid work. Vizma's father had drinking problems, which aggravated when during the Great Depression he lost his job as a baker. Vizma Belševica was born on 30 May 1931, in prewar Riga, than the capital of capitalist and democratic Latvia, where she spent most of her childhood. The city often is featured in her works, especially her most famous work—autobiographic trilogy "BILLE"—, but the time spent in Courland, on her relatives' small... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frankie Trumbauer
Orie Frank ("Frankie" or "Tram") Trumbauer (May 30, 1901 – June 11, 1956) was one of the leading jazz saxophonists of the 1920s and 1930s. He played the C-melody saxophone which, in size, is between an alto and tenor saxophone. He also played alto saxophone, bassoon, clarinet and several other instruments. He was a composer, notably of technically sophisticated sax melodies, and was one of the major jazz bandleaders of the 1920s and 1930s. His landmark recording of "Singin' the Blues," with Bix Beiderbecke and Eddie Lang in 1927, is regarded as one of the greatest jazz performances ever recorded. This 1927 Okeh 78 was one of the top jazz recordings of the 1920s. This classic recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1977. His major recordings included "Krazy Kat", "Red Hot"... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Charroppin
Jean Charroppin, born on May 30, 1038 in Besançon (Doubs), is a French politician (UMP), and a former member of Parliament.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bertrand Charpentier
Bertrand Charpentier, born on May 30, 1973 in Saint-Quentin, is a French gay, the first gay married in Bègles on June 5, 2004, by the Mayor Noël Mamère (illegal marriage).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cee-Lo
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway (born May 30, 1974), better known by his stage name Cee Lo Green or simply Cee Lo, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer. He originally came to prominence as a member of the southern hip-hop group Goodie Mob, later launching a critically acclaimed solo career and forming Gnarls Barkley with DJ/producer Danger Mouse. Internationally, Green is best known for his work within the R&B/hip hop duo Gnarls Barkley and their worldwide hit "Crazy" (2006), which reached number one in various singles charts worldwide including the United Kingdom. In the United States, "Crazy" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The parenting album, St. Elsewhere was also a hit, reaching number one on the UK Album Charts and charting at number four on the US Bi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George London (bass-baritone)
George London (May 30, 1920 – March 24, 1985), born George Burnstein, was a Montreal-born concert and operatic bass-baritone. Biography George London was born to a Russian Jewish family, and grew up in Los Angeles. In the summer of 1945 Antal Doráti invited his long time friend, the Hungarian bass Mihály Székely, to sing at the first concert of the newly reorganized Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Because of travel difficulties Székely was unable to arrive in time, so Doráti called upon young George London as a substitute. After performing widely with tenor Mario Lanza and soprano Frances Yeend as part of the Bel Canto Trio in 1947-48, London was engaged by the Vienna State Opera, where he scored his first major success in 1949. In 1950 he sang the role of Pater Profundis in Mahler... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gregory Michael
Gregory Michael (born on May 30, 1981 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. Background Michael at a young age was very active in community theater, portraying the leading characters in the musicals Blood Brothers, The Music Man, & Damn Yankees, which were performed at the famous Walnut Street Theatre. Michael attended high school at La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. In High School, he captured national championship awards in his Dramatic and Humorous Interpretation of literature, in competing with the National Forensics League. Michael furthered his studies in theatre and acting at Pennsylvania State University, The Atlantic Theatre Company at Tisch School of the Arts, & The Barrow Group Theater Company. Michael worked for Walt Disney Entertai... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Federico Allasio
Federico Allasio (30 May 1914 in Torino - May 1987 in Polonghera) was an Italian football midfielder and manager from Turin. He started his footballing career with hometown side Torino, before going on to play for Genoa and Suzzara. Honours 1935-36 Coppa Italia (Torino)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Harold Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951) is a American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing amiable, brainy and/or clueless characters, in television, stage and film. Early life Tobolowsky was born and raised to a middle-class family in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Justin F. Kimball High School in 1969. While attending high school, he was also a guitarist and back-up singer in the first band formed by musician Stevie Ray Vaughan and Stevie Ray's brother Jimmie Vaughan. Tobolowsky later graduated from Southern Methodist University, majoring in theater, along with his friend Patricia Richardson. Career Tobolowsky has appeared in over 200 films and at least as many television projects with mostly minor roles. In 1994's Radioland Murders, he portrayed Max Applewhit... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christophe Izard
Christophe Izard, born May 30, 1937 in Paris, is a French television producer, screenwriter and author. Filmography (source: http://french.imdb.com/name/nm0412721/ ) Screenwriter "Exploits d'Arsène Lupin, Les" (1996) Série TV (unknown episodes) ... autre titre : Night Hood (Canada: English title) "Robinson Sucroë" (1995) Série TV (creator) (1995) "Albert le 5ème mousquetaire" (1994) Série TV (creator) ... autre titre : Albert the 5th Musketeer (International: English title) "Village dans les nuages, Le" (1982) Série TV (writer) "Poï Poï, Les" (1976) Série TV (writer) "Île aux enfants, L'" (1974) Série TV (writer) Producer "Ivanhoë - Chevalier du roi" (1997) Série TV (producer) "Robinson Sucroë" (1995) Série TV (executive producer) (1995) "Sam'di mat'" (1995) S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clint Walker
Norman Eugene Walker, known as Clint Walker (born May 30, 1927 (birth time source: Gauquelin)), is an American actor best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne Bodie" in the TV Western series, Cheyenne. Life and career Walker was born in Hartford, Illinois; he was a twin, and is of one-quarter Cherokee descent. He left school to work at a factory and on a river boat, then joined the United States Merchant Marine at the age of seventeen in the last months of World War II. After leaving the Merchant Marine, he labored at odd jobs in Brownwood, Texas, Long Beach, California, and Las Vegas, where he worked as a doorman at the Sands Hotel. He also was employed as a sheet-metal worker and a nightclub bouncer. In Los Angeles, he was hired by Cecil B. DeMille to appear in The Ten Commandme... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Nevsky (Russian: About this sound Алекса́ндр Яросла́вич Не́вский (help·info), Aleksandr Yaroslavich Nevskij; pronounced ; 30 May 1220 – 14 November 1263, proclaimed "Saint"of the Russian Orthodox Church by Metropolite Macariy in 1547 ) was the Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir during some of the most trying times in the city's history. Commonly regarded as the key figure of medieval Rus, Alexander was the grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest and rose to legendary status on account of his military victories over the German and Swedish invaders while employing collaborationist policies towards the pow... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stephen Duffy
Stephen Anthony James Duffy (born 30 May 1960, Alum Rock, Birmingham) is an English singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was a founding member and vocalist/bassist of Duran Duran. He went on to record as a solo performer under several different names, and is the singer and songwriter for The Lilac Time with his older brother Nick. He has also co-written with Robbie Williams, and Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies. Duran Duran and other early work While attending the School of Foundation Studies & Experimental Workshop at Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham City University) Duffy met John Taylor. Together they formed the group Duran Duran, along with Taylor's childhood friend, Nick Rhodes. While Taylor was the guitarist (later switching to bass) and Rhodes played the synth... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Timo Soini
Timo Juhani Soini (born May 30, 1962, Rauma, Finland) is the leader of the True Finns party and, since 2009, a member of the European Parliament. Well-known as an EU-sceptic populist, he was elected a member of the Espoo city council in 2000 and the Parliament of Finland in 2003. In the 2009 European Parliament election he won a seat in the European Parliament with Finland's highest personal vote share (nearly 10% of all votes), becoming the first True Finn in the European Parliament. Timo Soini worked for the food company Linkosuo Oy from 1981 to 1982 and was Secretary General and Chairman of the Kehittyvän Suomen Nuorten Liitto (Youth league of developing Finland) from 1983 to 1992. He graduated as Master of Social Sciences from the University of Helsinki in 1988 and his military rank... Biography of Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros (born May 30, 1932, Houston, Texas) is an American accordionist and composer who is a central figure in the development of post-war electronic art music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, and served as its director. She has taught music at Mills College, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Oliveros has written books, formulated new music theories and investigated new ways to focus attention on music including her concepts of "Deep Listening" and "sonic awareness". Early career Oliveros earned degrees from Moores School of Music at the University of Houston and San Francisco State University where her teachers included composer Robert Erickson. At the University of Housto... Biography of Rachael Stirling
Rachael Atlanta Stirling (born 30 May 1977) is an English stage, film and television actress. She is a two-time Olivier nominee for her stage work, but is best known for her performance as Nancy Astley in the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet. Personal life Stirling is the daughter of the actress Diana Rigg and theatre producer Archibald Stirling. Her parents subsequently married in 1982 and divorced in 1990. Through her father, she has a long line of ancestry from the Scottish parish of Lecropt, near her namesake city of Stirling. Stirling attended Wycombe Abbey School. She earned a BA in art history from Edinburgh University. Stirling can speak Russian and is a highly skilled equestrian in horse-riding and jumping. She was engaged to fellow actor Oliver Chris, who she had been ... Biography of Mark Sheppard
Mark Andreas Sheppard (born 30 May 1964) is an English actor and musician, born in London of an Irish-German background. He is often credited as "Mark A. Sheppard". Lately, Sheppard is best known for playing the demon Crowley in the TV series Supernatural. Personal life Mark Sheppard is the son of actor W. Morgan Sheppard. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Jessica and two sons, Max and Will. Mark Sheppard stated recently on his Twitter account (17/01/2012) that he is 22 years sober. Career Music At 15, he became a professional musician and enjoyed many years as a recording and touring artist with bands including Robyn Hitchcock, the Television Personalities and the Irish group Light a Big Fire. Mark played drums on Light a Big Fire's second album. As a session mu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lomas Brown
Lomas Brown, Jr. (born May 30, 1963) is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eighteen seasons in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Brown played college football for the University of Florida, and received consensus All-American honors. A first-round pick in the 1985 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the Detroit Lions and four other NFL teams. He is currently a sports broadcaster and analyst for ESPN and other television and radio networks. Early life Brown was born in Miami, Florida in 1963. He attended Miami Springs High School in Miami Springs, Florida, where he was a stand-out offensive lineman for the Miami Springs Golden Hawks high school football team. In 2007, the Florida High Sch... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Blaz Slisković
Blaž "Baka" Slišković (born 30 May 1959 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a former Bosnian Croat football player and currently the manager of Qingdao Jonoon F.C.. Slišković was nicknamed "Balkan Maradona." In July 2011, Zinedine Zidane named Slišković as one of his idols while growing up. and included him in his "All time BEST 11" of Marseille. Personal life He was married to Bosnian Serb handball player, Svetlana Kitić. Career During his time Slišković was considered one of the most technically gifted players of his generation. In 2011, for the 100th anniversary of Hajduk Split, he was chosen in the "Hajduk Split Best 11 of all-time". International career Although most experts expected him to create a great international c... Biography of Jena Lee (anchor)
Jennifer Anne "Jenna" Lee (born May 30, 1980) is an American journalist and anchor on the Fox News Channel, where she co-hosts Happening Now with Jon Scott. Lee previously co-anchored Fox Business Network's early-morning business news program, Fox Business Morning, with Connell McShane. Early life, family and education Lee is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Global & International Studies with emphasis on politics and socioeconomics. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Journalism from Columbia University. She had a double major in college and worked 30 hours a week during this time. Lee played Women's College Softball at UC Santa Barbara in the 1999 season while in college. Lee's father Bob Lee was a stando... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Joseph Malkmus (né le 30 mai 1966 à Santa Monica, Californie) est un musicien américain, notamment membre du groupe de rock américain Pavement. Biographie Pavement Après des études d'histoire à l'Université de Virginie, Stephen Malkmus s'établit à Stockton, en Californie, où il fonde en 1989 le groupe Pavement avec Scott Kannberg. En dix ans, le groupe crée un style : le slacker rock, et un son : le lo-fi, à travers des albums comme Slanted And Enchanted ou Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. Pavement devient ainsi un groupe majeur de la scène indie rock des années 1990. L'aventure prend fin de manière effective en 1999, bien que la dissolution du groupe n'ait jamais été officiellement annoncée comme telle. Stephen Malkmus poursuit alors une carrière solo émaillée de projets parallèl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gilles Bernheim
Gilles Uriel Bernheim (French pronunciation: ; born 30 May 1952 (birth time source: Paddy de Jabrun Astrodatabank)) is a French philosopher and rabbi who was formerly the Chief Rabbi of France. Born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, in 1952, he was elected by the general assembly of the Central Consistory chief rabbi of France on June 22, 2008, for a seven-year mandate starting from January 1, 2009. Until then, he had been rabbi of synagogue de la Victoire, the main synagogue in Paris, since May 1, 1997. However, he resigned as chief rabbi in April 2013 before his term had ended, amid revelations of plagiarism and deception about his academic credentials. He succeeded chief rabbi Joseph Sitruk. He was very critical of the lifting of the excommunication of bishop Richard Williamson. Th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Carvalho Machida (Portuguese pronunciation: ) (born May 30, 1978) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist from Salvador, Brazil who fights as a Light Heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is currently ranked as the #1 Light Heavyweight contender in the official UFC fighter rankings. He is currently ranked as the #2 light heavyweight fighter in the world by Sherdog. He has notable wins over Rich Franklin, BJ Penn, Tito Ortiz, Rashad Evans, Mauricio Rua, Randy Couture & Dan Henderson. Biography Early life Lyoto was born in the city of Salvador as the third son of the highly ranked head of the Brazilian branch of the Japan Karate Association, Shotokan karate master Yoshizo Machida. Yoshizo moved to Brazil from Japan when he was 22 years old. There he met and marrie... |
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