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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on May, 7, 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
154 celebrities or events were found for May, 7. Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Traci Lords
Traci Lords (born Nora Louise Kuzma on May 7, 1968), also known as Traci Elizabeth Lords and Tracy Lords, is an American film actress and singer. She first achieved notoriety for her underage appearances in pornographic films and Penthouse magazine (she was 16 years old in her first film), later becoming a television and B-movie actress. Early life Nora Louise Kuzma was born in Steubenville, Ohio to Ukrainian-descended Louis and Patricia Kuzma (née Briceland). Her stage name is said to be in tribute to Katharine Hepburn's character Tracy Lord from The Philadelphia Story or from the first name of her high school best friend Traci; and the last name of her favorite actor from Hawaii Five-O, Jack Lord. At twelve she fled from her abusive, alcoholic father to Lawndale, California, with he... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Eva Peron
Maria Eva Duarte de Perón (May 7, 1919 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – July 26, 1952) was the second wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) and the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the Spanish language diminutive Evita, which translates into English as "Little Eva" or "Beloved Eva". Born out of wedlock in rural Argentina in 1919, at age 15 Eva Duarte made her way to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires where she pursued a career as a stage, radio, and film actress. Eva met Colonel Juan Perón in 1944 at a charity event in San Juan, Argentina. The two married in 1945. Eva Perón became involved in Argentine politics in 1946 shortly after Juan Perón's first election as President of Argenti... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. His career spanned from the 1920s until the year of his death, and saw him make one hundred films. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited for the many Westerns he made. Cooper received five Oscar nominations for Best Actor, winning twice. He also received an Honorary Award from the Academy in 1961. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Cooper among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 11. Childhood Cooper was born Frank James Cooper in Helena, Montana, but as a child lived in Duns... Add to favourites (40 fans)Biography of Tchaikovsky
Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайкoвский, Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij; listen (help·info)) (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. Although not a member of the group of Russian composers usually known in English-speaking countries as 'The Five', his music has come to be known and loved for its distinctly Russian character as well as for its rich harmonies and stirring melodies. His works, however, were much more western than those of his Russian contemporaries as he effectively used international elements in addition to national folk melodies. As biographer Anthony Holden maintains, no indigenous tradition of Russ... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Véronique Jannot
Véronique Jannot (born May 7, 1957) is a France actress and singer. She was born in Annecy.... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became Asia's first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. A Pirali Bengali Brahmin from Calcutta, Tagore first wrote poems at age eight. He published his first substantial poetry—under the pseudonym Bhanushingho ("Sun Lion")—and wrote his first short stories and dramas in 1877, at age sixteen. His home schooling, life in Shilaidaha, and travels made Tagore a nonconformist and pragmatist. Tagore strongly protested against the British Raj and gave his support to the Indian Independence Move... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito (born Josip Broz; Cyrillic script: Јосип Броз Тито; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a highly popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation. Josip was born as the seventh child of Franjo and Marija Broz in the village of Kumrovec within Austria-Hungary (modern-day Croatia). Drafted into the army, he distinguished himself, becoming the youngest Sergeant Major in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Josip was sent to a work camp in the Ural Mountains, after being seriously wounded and captured by the Russians. He participated i... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, he eventually settled in Vienna, Austria. Brahms's personality Like Beethoven, Brahms was fond of nature and often went walking in the woods around Vienna. He often brought penny candy with him to hand out to children. To adults Brahms was often brusque and sarcastic, and he sometimes alienated other people. His pupil Gustav Jenner wrote, "Brahms has acquired, not without reason, the reputation for being a grump, even though few could also be as lovable as he." He also had predictable habits which were noted by the Viennese press such as his daily visit to his favourite "Red Hedgehog" tavern in Vienna and the press also particularly took into account his style of walking with hi... Biography of Susan Atkins
Susan Denise Atkins (born May 7, 1948) is an American murderer who has been imprisoned in the State of California in punishment for her conviction along with Charles Manson and several others for a series of murders often called the "Manson murders", among which the most notorious are the "Tate/LaBianca" murders. In the space of five weeks in the summer of 1969, nine people were murdered at four locations. She was convicted of involvement in eight of these killings. Atkins's sentence is seven years to life (she is eligible to apply for release on parole). She has been incarcerated since October 1, 1969, longer than any other woman in California history. Atkins has claimed over the years that her participation in the crimes led by Charles Manson was passive and that she didn't actually k... Biography of Sophie Thalmann
Sophie Thalmann, born on May 7, 1976 in Bar-le-Duc, is a former Miss France in 1998. She is now a TV host.... Biography of Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Baxter was born in Michigan City, Indiana to Kenneth Stuart Baxter and Catherine Wright; her maternal grandfather was architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Baxter's father was a prominent executive with the Seagrams Distillery Co. and she was raised in New York City amidst luxury and sophistication. At age ten, Baxter attended a Broadway play starring Helen Hayes, and was so impressed that she declared to her family that she wanted to become an actress. By the age of thirteen, Anne had appeared on Broadway. During this period, Baxter learned her acting craft as a student of the famed teacher Maria Ouspenskaya. Career Baxter screen-tested for the role of Mrs... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Marie-George Buffet
Marie-George Buffet (born May 7, 1949 in Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French politician, currently the head of the French Communist Party (PCF). She joined the Party in 1969, and was the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports from June 4, 1997 to May 5, 2002. Ms. Buffet was re-elected on June 16, 2002 to another five-year term in the National Assembly, as a representative of Seine-Saint-Denis. Height: 1m73 Buffet was elected in 2001 as National Secretary of the Party, succeeding Robert Hue, who assumed the newly-created presidency of the party. When Hue resigned after his poor score in the 2002 presidential elections, the presidency was suppressed, leaving Buffet as sole leader of the Party. As head of the French Communist Party, Buffet speaks regularly on a variety of topics relati... Biography of Vincent Clerc
Vincent Clerc is a French rugby player born on May 7, 1981 in the city of Échirolles, suburb of the south of Grenoble (Isère). He has been playing wing at Stade Toulousain since 2002 (formerly playing at FC Grenoble, whom he helped to reach the Top 16 before leaving for Toulouse). He has been capped 16 times and scored 9 tries (45 points) for the France national team. Height 1,78 m Weight 88 kg... Biography of Fili Houtteman
Fili Houtteman, born May 7, 1972 in Ixelles, is a Belgian dancer, stripper and former Miss Belgium (1996). She became famous when she was filmed in August 1996 with Daniel Ducruet and took him to the divorce court from his marriage with Princess Stephanie of Monaco.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sylvain Augier
Sylvain Augier is a French journalist and TV host born May 7, 1955 in Toulouse.... Biography of Breckin Meyer
Breckin Erin Meyer (born May 7, 1974) is an American actor and producer. Early life Meyer was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Dorothy Ann (née Vial), a travel agent and former microbiologist, and Christopher William Meyer, a management consultant. As a child of divorced parents, he lived in California, Texas, West Virginia and New Jersey. He has an older brother, Frank, and a younger brother, Adam. Meyer attended elementary school with Drew Barrymore (and was apparently her first kiss) and Beverly Hills High School. Through his elementary school, he came into contact with Barrymore's agent who signed Meyer. As a child, he was mostly seen in television advertisements. He also appeared as a definition giver on the game show Child's Play. Career In 1990, Meyer acted in... Biography of Philippe Geluck
Philippe Geluck (born 7 May 1954 in Brussels, Belgium (birth time source: Act n° 459, André Dekoster) is a comedian, humorist and cartoonist. He studied at the INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle, National Higher Institute of the Arts of Spectacle). His best-known work is the comic strip Le Chat, which is one of the ten bestselling Franco-Belgian comics series, with in 2008 in French alone 320,000 copies published. He also appears in the French talk show presents by Laurent Ruquier, On a tout essayé ("We've Tried Everything") on the France 2 TV channel. These drawings are published in the magazine VSD. In 2009, King Albert II of Belgium made him a Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium).... Biography of Michael E. Knight
Michael E. Knight (born May 7, 1959 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a 3-time Emmy Award-winning American actor. Michael E. Knight is best known for playing Tad Martin on the soap opera All My Children. His first stint on the show ran from 1982-1986. He returned from 1988-1990 and again from 1992-present. Knight also appeared as Ted Orsini on AMC from 1993-1994. His reason for leaving the show was to pursue acting projects on the West Coast, which included a starring role in the feature film Date with an Angel, and various primetime appearances — including Murder, She Wrote, Dear John and Grapevine. Knight co-starred in the off-Broadway play Wrong Turn at Lungfish, and he appeared in the ABC movie for television She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal, and in the off-Broadway Cakewalk with... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franck Michael
Franco Gabelli, best known as Frank Michael, born May 7, 1953 in Parme, is a Belgian singer of Italian origins.... Biography of Eagle-Eye Cherry
Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry (born 7 May 1969 (source Imdb), in Stockholm, Sweden) is an American-Swedish musician. He is the son of jazz artist Don Cherry and the brother of Neneh Cherry. Born in Sweden in 1971, while growing up Eagle-Eye and older sister Neneh Cherry spent months on the road with their father, the trumpeter Don Cherry, acquiring an early taste for tour buses and the nomadic lifestyle of working musicians. At the age of 12, he was sent to school in New York, where he stayed on to work as an actor and a drummer in various bands. In 1993 he starred on the short lived NBC action/adventure television show "South Beach (1993 TV series)". It was not until 1996 that he returned to Sweden to begin writing and making his debut album, Desireless, which became a commercial success thro... Biography of Amy Heckerling
Amy Heckerling (born May 7, 1954) is an American film director, one of the few women directors to have produced multiple box-office hits. Early life Heckerling was born in The Bronx to a bookkeeper mother and a certified public accountant father. She attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan and studied film at New York University, where one of her teachers was noted screenwriter and satirist Terry Southern. She received her master's degree from the AFI Conservatory. Career Heckerling's first film, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), about Los Angeles teenagers, was praised for the strong female characters played by Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and others. (The film also led to a short-lived series on CBS in the 1985-1986 season called Fast Times, which Hec... Biography of Robert Hegyes
Robert Hegyes (born May 7, 1951) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Epstein in the 1970s television series Welcome Back, Kotter. Early life Hegyes was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to a Hungarian-American father, Stephen, and an Italian-American mother, Marie Dominica Cocozza. He is one of four children (Dr. Mark Hegyes, MD., Stephanie Hegyes, and Elizabeth Hegyes-Cocozza). Always interested in theater, Robert began acting in high school in the mid 1960s under the guidance of Metuchen High School Theater teacher, Dr. Barton Shepard, Ph.D. Hegyes is a cousin of singer Jon Bon Jovi. Upon graduation from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) with a B.A. in Speech/Theater & Secondary Education, he ventured into New York City to pursue a career in acti... Biography of Marko Milic
Marko Milič (born May 7, 1977 in Kranj, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian professional basketball player. Milic (6'6" 1/3, 280 lbs.), who is very athletic, plays both the forward positions. Pro career After being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1997 NBA Draft (34th overall), Milič's rights were traded to the Phoenix Suns. After seeing limited duty (44 career games) during his two seasons with the Suns, he returned to Europe and played for Union Olimpija (where he started playing senior basketball, now serving his third stint), Real Madrid (two stints), Fortitudo Bologna (Serie A runner-up), Pesaro (2004 Italian cup finalist) and Virtus Bologna. He also represented Fenerbahçe in the first part of 1998-99, due to the NBA season's lockout, returning to Phoen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emilie Deleuze
Émilie Deleuze, born May 7, 1964 in Nogent-sur-Marne, is a French director. She is the daughter of Gilles Deleuze. Selected filmography 1999 : Peau neuve avec Samuel Le Bihan, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo et Claire Nebout 2003 : Mister V. avec Mathieu Demy, Aure Atika et Patrick Catalifo... Biography of Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston (born May 7, 1946) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B and Club/Dance singer-songwriter and actress. She scored a #1 hit in 1977 with her cover of the song "Don't Leave Me This Way". Early life Houston was born Thelma Jackson in Leland, Mississippi, the daughter of a cotton picker mother. She and her three sisters grew up primarily in Long Beach, California. After marrying and having two children, she joined the Art Reynolds Singers gospel group and was subsequently signed as a recording artist with Dunhill Records. Career In 1969, Houston released her first album titled, "Sunshower". In 1971, she signed with Motown Records, but her early recordings with them were largely unsuccessful. Her most notable single during that period was You've Been Doing Wrong For S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edwin H. Land
Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991) was an American scientist and inventor. Among other things, he invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, instant polaroid photography, and his retinex theory of color vision. Early years Edwin was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Harry and Helen Land. His father owned a scrap metal yard. He attended the Norwich Free Academy at Norwich, Connecticut, a semi-private high school, and graduated in the class of 1927. The library there was posthumously named for him, having been funded by grants from his family. He studied chemistry at Harvard. After his freshman year, he left Harvard for New York City. In New York City, he invented the first inexpensive filters capable of polarizing light, Polaroid film. Because he was not associ... Biography of Ivan Sergei
Ivan Sergei (born May 7, 1971) is an American actor known for his work in television. Personal life Sergei was born Ivan Sergei Gaudio in Hawthorne, New Jersey, of Italian and Dutch descent. Sergei attended Hawthorne High School (Class of 1989), where he played on the basketball team. Ivan is married to Tanya Sergei. The couple were married in 2003. Career Sergei first became well known when he starred in John Woo's 1996 film Once a Thief, and then returned along with the rest of the cast for the 1997 television series, which only lasted one season. His next series was starring with Amanda Peet in Jack & Jill which ran from 1999 to 2001, and after this he joined the cast of the abruptly cancelled Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (2002). From 2003 to 2004, he starred on Crossing Jo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Gandois
Jean Gandois, (b. 7 May 1930, Nieul France), is a French businessman. Education He is a former pupil of the French École polytechnique, where he graduated in 1949, as an engineer of bridges & road construction. Career From 1954 to 1960 he starts working on public projects of Guinea, and as an expert for the road programs of Brazil and Peru. In 1961 he returns to France and starts working for the Wendel group, and after various functions, in 1972 he becomes general manager of Sacilor, then Chairman and managing Director of Sollac. In 1976 he starts working at the Rhône-Poulenc Group to become its general manager, Chairman and managing Director. He leaves the group in 1982 and until 1986 he works as an international consultant. In 1986 he becomes Chairman and managing Director ... Biography of Arlenis Sosa
Arlenis Sosa (born on May 7, 1989) is an Dominican model. She is the current spokesmodel for Lancome and appeared in the 2008 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Early life and discovery She was born Arlenis Sosa Peña in Montecristi, Dominican Republic, she moved to New York when she finished high school. Arlenis was discovered when she was walking with her family, and designer Luis Menieur (her mother's agent) complimented her and told her she could be a model. In March, she just walked into Marilyn Models and was signed on the spot. Career Two weeks after she signed, she booked her first editorials for major magazines Vogue and Vogue Italia. She since has been featured in editorials and articles in American, Italian, French, Teen, Spanish, and German Vogue, Allure, Elle, Interview... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Tomlinson
David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000) was an English film actor. He is primarily remembered for his roles as George Banks in Mary Poppins, Professor Emelius Brown in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and as Peter Thorndyke in The Love Bug. Early life Born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England on 7 May 1917, Tomlinson attended the Tonbridge School, but left to join the Grenadier Guards. His introduction to the working world was as a clerk for London's Shell House. His stage career grew from amateur stage productions to his 1940 film debut in Quiet Wedding. His career was interrupted when he entered WWII service as a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF. His flying days continued after the war and he crashed a Tiger Moth plane near his backyard much to the chagrin of his neighb... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marjorie Boulton
Marjorie Boulton (born 7 May 1924) is a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto. Author of Zamenhof: Creator of Esperanto— a biography of L. L. Zamenhof published in 1960 by Routledge & Kegan Paul of London — she also wrote The Anatomy of Poetry, The Anatomy of Prose, The Anatomy of Drama, The Anatomy of the Novel and The Anatomy of Language. Marjorie Boulton taught English literature in teacher training and (from 1962 to 1970) as a college principal for 24 years before turning to full-time research and writing. She is author of many books, and is also a well known writer in Esperanto. Boulton is currently a president of two Esperanto organisations, Kat-amikaro and ODES.... Biography of Robert Browning
Robert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. Youth Browning was born in Camberwell, a suburb of London, England, on May 7, 1812, the first son of Robert and Sarah Anna Browning. His father was a man of both fine intellect and character, who worked as a well-paid clerk for the Bank of England. Robert's father amassed a library of around 6,000 books, many of them obscure and arcane. Thus, Robert was raised in a household of significant literary resources. His mother, with whom he was ardently bonded, was a devout Nonconformist as well as extremely musically talented. He had a younger sister, also gifted, who became the companion in her brot... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Betsy Rodden
Betsy Rodden, born May 7, 1952 in Palo Alto, California, is an American artis, painter and photographer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gaston Rébuffat
Gaston Rébuffat (7 May 1921, Marseille – 31 May 1985, Paris) was a well-known French alpinist and mountain guide. The climbing technique, to gaston, was named after him. He was a recipient of France's prestigious Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1984. Career Rébuffat began climbing in the Calanques becoming a mountain guide in 1942. He rose to international prominence in 1950 as one of the four principals of a French expedition during the first ascent of Annapurna, the highest peak then summitted. His most famous mountaineering feat was to be the first man to climb all six of the great north faces of the Alps--the Grandes Jorasses, the Piz Badile, the Petit Dru, the Matterhorn, the Cima Grande di Lavaredo, and the Eiger. His insistence on seeing a climb as an act of harmonious comm... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Paul Alduy
Jean-Paul Alduy (born 7 May 1942) is a member of the Senate of France, representing the department of Pyrénées-Orientales. An engineer by profession, he is a member of the Radical Party. His parents, Paul and Jacqueline Alduy, also served as senators of France.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Céleste Lett
Céleste Lett (born May 7, 1951 in Sarreguemines, France) is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Moselle department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Francis Beaufort
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, FRS, FRGS (7 May 1774 – 17 December 1857) was a hydrographer and officer in Britain's Royal Navy. Beaufort was the creator of the Beaufort scale for indicating wind force. Francis Beaufort was descended from the French Huguenots, who fled France after the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. The Beaufort Huguenots eventually settled in Ireland. Sir Francis Beaufort's father, Daniel Augustus Beaufort, was a Protestant clergyman in Navan, County Meath, Ireland, and a member of the learned Royal Irish Academy. Since Francis was to become eminent in nautical maps, it is noteworthy that Francis's father created and published a new map of Ireland in 1792. Francis grew up in Wales and Ireland until age fourteen. He then left school and went to sea, but later i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Józef Antoni Poniatowski
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (May 7, 1763 – October 19, 1813) was a Polish leader, general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of France. Early Austrian years; war with Turkey Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski was born in Vienna, Austria in the Palais Kinsky (others say he was actually born in Warsaw), the son of Andrzej Poniatowski, brother of the last king of Poland Stanisław August Poniatowski and a field marshal in Austrian service. His mother was Theresia von Kinsky, a lady from the court of Maria Theresa and from the Czech-Austrian aristocratic family. His father died when Józef was 10, Stanisław August then became his guardian and the two enjoyed a close personal relationship that lasted for the duration of their common life span. Maria Theresa was a... Biography of Olympe de Gouges
Olympe de Gouges (7 May 1748 – 3 November 1793), born Marie Gouze, was a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached a large audience. She began her career as a playwright in the early 1780s. As political tension rose in France, de Gouges became increasingly politically involved. She became an outspoken advocate for ameliorating the condition of slaves in the colonies as of 1788. At the same time, she began writing political pamphlets. Today she is perhaps best known as an early feminist who demanded that French women be given the same rights as French men. In her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791), she challenged the practice of male authority and the notion of male-female inequality. She was executed by guillo... Biography of Zoé Félix
Zoé Félix (born 7 May 1976 in Paris) is a French actress. Biography Acting career She was discovered by an agent at the age of 17 in a bus. Two years after, she decided to contact the agent to find little acting jobs in order to pay her studies at the Beaux-Arts. She attended the Beaux-Arts for two years. Movie Finally she got the acting bug and decided to seriously become an actress. In 1998, she got her first acting experience in Olivier Dahan (director of La vie en rose)'s film Déjà mort. She portrayed Carole in the French horror thriller Captifs. Personal life Her mother is a fashion PR and her father organizes concerts in France like those of Madonna or the Rolling Stones among others. Filmography Actress * 1998 : Déjà mort d'Olivier Dahan * 2000 : G... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Auth
William Anthony Auth Jr. (born May 7, 1942 in Akron, Ohio), better known as Tony Auth, is an editorial cartoonist for The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he has worked since 1971. His other work includes the comic strip Full Disclosure, which he worked on in 1982 and 1983, and Norb, which he worked on in 1989. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1976 and the Herblock Prize in 2005. A recent cartoon of his has caused some controversy among Catholics. References Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Duby
Jacques Duby, born May 7, 1922 in Toulouse, died on February 16, 2012, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography * 1951 : Trois Femmes d'André Michel * 1953 : Thérèse Raquin de Marcel Carné : Camille Raquin * 1953 : Avant le déluge d'André Cayatte * 1954 : Huis clos de Jacqueline Audry : Le mari de Florence * 1954 : Les Impures de Pierre Chevalier * 1954 : Escale à Orly de Jean Dréville * 1954 : Frou-Frou d'Augusto Genina : Le chasseur du restaurant russe * 1955 : Le Dossier noir d'André Cayatte * 1955 : Les salauds vont en enfer de Robert Hossein * 1955 : Rencontre à Paris de Georges Lampin * 1956 : C'est arrivé à Aden de Michel Boisrond * 1956 : Mitsou de Jacqueline Aubry * 1956 : L'Homme à l'imperméable de Julien ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Willie Scott
Willie Scott, born May 7, 1897 in Canonbie, is a Scottish traditional ballad singer.... Biography of Gustave Le Bon
Gustave Le Bon (7 May 1841, Nogent-le-Rotrou, Eure-et-Loir – 13 December 1931) was a French social psychologist, sociologist, and amateur physicist. He was the author of several works in which he expounded theories of national traits, racial superiority, herd behavior and crowd psychology. His work on crowd psychology became important during the first half of the twentieth century when it was used by media researchers such as Hadley Cantril and Herbert Blumer to describe the reactions of subordinate groups to media. He also contributed to controversy about the nature of matter and energy. His book The Evolution of Matter was very popular in France (having twelve editions), and though some of its ideas—notably that all matter was inherently unstable and was constantly and slowly trans... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Marshall
David Marshall (born 7 May 1941) is a British politician. He was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2008. David Marshall was educated variously at the Larbert High School, Denny High School, Woodside Senior Secondary School and Falkirk High School. He has been a member of the Transport and General Workers' Union since 1960 and a member of the Labour Party since 1962. He worked in Glasgow as a Labour Party organiser from 1969, before becoming a full-time councillor. He was for three years, from 1972 a member of Glasgow City Council, and a member of Strathclyde Regional Council from 1974 until his election to Parliament. He was elected as a Labour MP at the 1979 general election for Glasgow Shettleston following the retirement of Myer Galpern. He represented that consti... Biography of Calum MacDonald
Calum Alistair MacDonald or Calum Alasdair Domhnallach (born 7 May 1956, Stornoway) was Labour Member of Parliament for the Western Isles from 1987 until he was defeated by the Scottish National Party in the United Kingdom general election of 2005. Early life He was born on 7 May 1956 and brought up on the Isle of Lewis. Educated at the Bayble School in Point, Outer Hebrides and Nicolson Institute, Stornoway, he went on to graduate from the University of Edinburgh with MA Honours in History and Politics. During the 1980s he was a Teaching Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for three years where he also gained his PhD in Political Philosophy. He returned to the UK to help out with the family kitchen and bathroom fittings business. His political interests ar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Johnny Unitas
John Constantine "Johnny" Unitas (pronounced /juːˈnaɪtɨs/; May 7, 1933 – September 11, 2002), nicknamed "the Golden Arm" and often called "Johnny U", was a professional American football player in the 1950s through the 1970s, spending the majority of his career with the Baltimore Colts. He was a record-setting quarterback, and the National Football League's most valuable player in 1959, 1964 and 1967. His record of throwing a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games (between 1956-1960) remains unsurpassed as of 2009. He has been listed as one of the greatest NFL quarterbacks of all time. Early life Unitas was born to Lithuanian immigrant parents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1933, and grew up in the Brookline neighborhood. His father died when Johnny was four year... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard O'Sullivan (actor)
Richard O'Sullivan (born 7 May 1944, Chiswick, Middlesex) is an English comedy actor who is probably best known to British and Australian audiences for his role as Robin Tripp in the 1970s sitcoms Man About the House (1973–1976) and Robin's Nest and as the title character in the period family adventure series Dick Turpin. O'Sullivan also starred in Doctor at Large, Doctor in Charge, Trouble in Mind, Alcock and Gander and Me and My Girl. Early life Richard O'Sullivan's early education was at St. John the Evangelist's RC Primary School in Brentford, Middlesex. After a family holiday in Ireland as a boy, O'Sullivan returned with a strong Irish accent and was sent to the famous Corona Theatre School to try to get rid of it, thus starting a distinguished acting career. He appeared in his fi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ruud Lubbers
Rudolphus Franciscus Marie Lubbers or Ruud Lubbers (help·info) (born 7 May 1939) was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 – 1994. A political conservative, Lubbers was regarded by many during his time in office as an ideological heir to Margaret Thatcher; one of his campaign slogans was: "meer markt, minder overheid" (more market, less government). After that, he was the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, from 2001 until 20 February 2005, when he resigned because of continuous press attention about an allegation of sexual harassment. In July 2006, Lubbers acted as informateur of a new cabinet, after the second Balkenende cabinet handed over its resignation to the Dutch Queen. Life and career Lubbers was born in Rotterdam. He studied economics at the Erasmus Univ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Selmer Jackson
Selmer Jackson (7 May 1888 – 30 March 1971) was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 400 films between 1921 and 1963. He was born in Lake Mills, Iowa and died in Burbank, California from a heart attack. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414038/ ) # "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" .... The Movie Chaplain (1 episode, 1963) ... aka "Hitchcock Hour" - Japan (English title) - Starring the Defense (1963) TV episode .... The Movie Chaplain # The Wheeler Dealers (1963) (uncredited) .... Businessman # "Bonanza" .... Doctor / ... (3 episodes, 1961) ... aka "Ponderosa" - USA (rerun title) ... aka "Ride the Wind" - USA (recut version) - Gabrielle (1961) TV episode .... Doctor - Springtime (1961) TV episode .... Doctor - Elizabeth, My Love (1961) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marvin Mitchelson
Marvin M. Mitchelson (May 7, 1928 - September 18, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California) was a celebrity lawyer who pioneered the concept of palimony, calling it "marriage with no rings attached." Mitchelson earned a B.A. from UCLA and his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law, and was admitted to the California Bar on June 4, 1957. In 1963, he won a landmark United States Supreme Court decision giving indigent defendants the right to legal counsel. He gained national publicity when he was hired by Michelle Triola, a lounge singer who lived with actor Lee Marvin as his personal partner from 1964 until 1970, when Marvin told her to move out because he wanted to marry another woman. Mitchelson helped Triola — who claimed that she was entitled to the same benefits as a divorcée, w... Biography of Kamal Ahmed
Kamal Ahmed (born May 7, 1966), usually called Kamal, is an American comedian, screenwriter, and former member of the Jerky Boys prank phone calling group. He has acted in and directed several films, including Rapturious completed in 2006. Ahmed performed the characters of: Frank Kissel, a World War II veteran; Tarbash, an Egyptian magician; and Ali Kamal, a victim of dental malpractice, on the Jerky Boys albums. He co-starred with John G. Brennan in the comedy/crime film The Jerky Boys in 1995. Tensions began to develop between Brennan and Ahmed; during the production of Big Money Hustlas, the duo were unable to get along with each other, and Ahmed only appeared in a cameo. In 2000, Ahmed released a solo album titled Once A Jerk, Always A Jerk. Filmography (actor) (source: http:/... Biography of Gila Goldstein
Gila Goldstein, born May 7, 1965 in Tel Aviv, is a classical pianist, native of Israel and residing in New York City.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison
François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison (7 May 1759, Paris - 7 December 1834) was a French poet. He was the eleventh occupant of the Académie française seat 1 in 1811. He is buried in Pere-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli (born May 7, 1973 in Clusone, province of Bergamo) is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia. Savoldelli is a climber but known for his fast downhill riding. He is nicknamed Il Falco ("the falcon"). His downhill skills won him the 2005 Giro. His descent of the Colle delle Finestre before the final ascent to Sestriere in the penultimate stage, closed a gap to Gilberto Simoni, preserving his lead and giving him the win. On July 20, 2005, Savoldelli won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, becoming only the second teammate of Lance Armstrong to win an individual stage during Armstrong's seven Tour de France wins. He led Astana in the 2007 Giro d'Italia, but worked for team-mate Eddy Mazzoleni. Palmarès 1997 – Rosslotto ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Perry
Roger Perry (born May 7, 1933 in Davenport, Iowa) is an American film and television actor whose career began in the late 1950s. In the 1960-1961 television season, Perry portrayed a handsome young attorney, Jim Harrigan, Jr., in the ABC and Desilu Studios sitcom Harrigan and Son, with co-stars Pat O'Brien, Helen Kleeb, and Georgine Darcy. He guest starred on numerous American television during the 1960s through the 1980s. One of his best known roles was that of Captain John Christopher in the Star Trek episode "Tomorrow is Yesterday". Other television series where he appeared as guest star or as a semi-regular cast member included Love, American Style, Ironside, The F.B.I., The Eleventh Hour, Barnaby Jones, The Facts of Life, and Falcon Crest. He was married to actress Jo Anne Wo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luiz Pacheco
Luiz Pacheco (Lisbon, May 7, 1925 - Montijo, January 5, 2008) was a writer, publisher, polemicist and literary critic (mainly Portuguese literature). He was most proud of his work as a publisher. In fact, Contraponto released works by many Portuguese writers (Herberto Helder, Natália Correia, Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Vergílio Ferreira, António Maria Lisboa), at the time unknown, and was the first to publish Sade in Portugal. Life He was born in an old house in Rua da Estefânia on the São Sebastião da Pedreira district. His father was public officer and amateur musician. An only child of a middle class family with roots to Alentejo, Luiz Pacheco soon read all the books of his family considerable size library. He was, since young age, asthmatic and short-sighted, and later in his l... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harvey Andrews
Harvey John Andrews (born 7 May 1943 in Stechford, Birmingham) is an English singer, songwriter, and poet. Career From 1964, Andrews supported his nascent career as a singer/songwriter by working as a schoolteacher, before becoming a full-time professional musician in 1966. Harvey Andrews has produced 17 successful albums singing his own songs, many of which have also been recorded by other artists. His emotive Soldier (mp3 clip) transmits the same quiet desperation of a soldier about to die "in conflict" as Wilfred Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est, though in a very different setting. In fact, the contrast of a battlefield to a commonplace urban setting and the proximity of children makes the situation even more poignant and the waste of a young life even more tragic. Hey Sandy (... Biography of Jérémy Menez
Jérémy Menez (born 7 May 1987) is a French football player who currently plays for Italian club Roma in Serie A. He plays a variety of positions in the attacking midfield, most notably as a winger and a playmaker. Menez has been described as a two-footed technically skill playmaker with undeniable pace. Menez started his career roaming throughout various clubs in the Île-de-France region such as the Centre de Formation de Paris and CSF Brétigny. In 2001, he secured a move to Sochaux and spent four years in the club's youth academy. Menez made his professional debut in the 2004–05 season. After two seasons at the club, he joined Monaco. At Monaco, Menez developed into a play-making midfielder under the tutelage of Brazilian manager Ricardo Gomes. After two successful seasons in Monaco, d... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André du Bouchet
André du Bouchet (May 7, 1924, Paris, France – April 19, 2001) was a French poet. Biography Born in Paris, he lived in France until 1941, when his family left occupied Europe for the United States. He studied at Amherst College and then at Harvard University (in comparative literature). After teaching for a year, he returned to France. He became friends with the poets Pierre Reverdy, René Char, Francis Ponge and the painters Pierre Tal-Coat and Alberto Giacometti. Du Bouchet was one of the precursors of what would come to be called "poésie blanche" or "white poetry" (in 1956 he published a collection of poems intitled Le Moteur blanc or "The White Motor"). He was one of the founders, in 1966, with (among others) Yves Bonnefoy, Jacques Dupin, Louis-René des Forêts and Gaëtan Picon, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hedley Mattingly
Hedley Mattingly, born May 7, 1915 in London and died (cancer) March 3, 1998 in Encino, California, was a British actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560321/ ) # Riot (1997) .... Butler # "Trapper John, M.D." .... Marcus A. Simmons (1 episode, 1986) - Self-Diagnosis (1986) TV episode .... Marcus A. Simmons # "Dynasty" .... Mr. Jensen / ... (2 episodes, 1982-1984) - That Holiday Spirit (1984) TV episode .... Vicar - The Siblings (1982) TV episode .... Mr. Jensen # All of Me (1984) .... Grayson # Goliath Awaits (1981) (TV) .... Bailey # Casino (1980) (TV) .... Foxworth # "Vega$" .... Oscar (1 episode, 1979) - The Usurper (1979) TV episode .... Oscar # The Bermuda Triangle (1979) .... Captain - 18th Century Ship # "Hawaii Five-O" .... Dohen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (born 7 May 1927) is a Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is perhaps best known for her long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of director James Ivory and the late producer Ismail Merchant. Their films won six Academy Awards. Personal background She was born Ruth Prawer in Cologne, Germany to Jewish parents Marcus and Eleanora Prawer. Marcus was a lawyer from Poland and Eleanora's father was cantor of Cologne's biggest synagogue. The family fled the Nazi regime in 1939, emigrating to Britain. Her elder brother, Siegbert Salomon (born 1925), is honourary fellow of The Queen's College and professor emeritus of German at the University of Oxford, an expert on Heine and horro... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Emmanuel Krivine
Emmanuel Krivine (born 7 May 1947, Grenoble) is a French conductor, the son of a Polish mother and a Russian father. He studied the violin as a youth and was a prize-winner at the Paris Conservatoire. He later studied at the Queen Elisabeth School in Brussels. Inspired by a meeting with Karl Böhm, Krivine began to develop an interest in conducting. He was principal guest conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France from 1976 to 1983. From 1987 to 2000, he was music director of the Orchestre National de Lyon. He has also served as music director of the Orchestre Français des Jeunes for 11 years. In 2004, Krivine established the orchestra La Chambre Philharmonique. In 2006, he became music director of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra (OPL), with an initial contract of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin (born May 7, 1939) is an American soul singer, and elder brother of the late David Ruffin of The Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted." Life Jimmy Ruffin was born in Collinsville, Mississippi, the son of a minister, and was approaching his second birthday when his brother David was born. As children, the brothers began singing with a gospel group, the Dixie Nightingales. In 1961, Jimmy became a singer as part of the Motown stable, mostly on sessions but also recording singles for its subsidiary Miracle label, but was then drafted for national service. After leaving the Army in 1964, he returned to Motown, where he turned down the opportunity to join the Temptations to replace Elb... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wladyslaw Reymont
Władysław Stanisław Reymont (May 7, 1867 in Kobiele Wielkie – December 5, 1925) was a Polish novelist and Nobel laureate. His best-known work is the novel Chłopi (Peasants). Surname Born Stanisław Władysław Rejment, Reymont's baptism certificate lists his original surname as "Rejment". He ordered the change himself during his published debut, as it was supposed to protect him in the Russian part of Poland from any trouble for having published in Galicia a work not allowed under the Tsar's censorship. Kazimierz Wyka, an enthusiast of Reymont's work, believes that the correction could also have been meant to remove any association with the word rejmentować, which in some local Polish dialects means "to swear". Life He was born in the village... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jan Peter Balkenende
Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende (Dutch pronunciation: ( listen)) (born 7 May 1956) is a Dutch politician of the party Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 until 13 October 2010, having lead four coalition governments, cabinets Balkenende I, II, III and IV, none of which served a full 4-year term. On 9 June 2010, Balkenende resigned his position as party leader of the CDA as well as his seat in the newly-elected parliament, taking political responsibility for the CDA's disappointing election results in the Dutch general election in June, 2010. Personal life Jan Peter Balkenende, legally Jan Pieter Balkenende, was born on May 8, 1956 in the village of Biezelinge near the town Kapelle in the Netherlands. His father Jan Pie... Biography of Katerina Maleeva
Katerina Maleeva (Bulgarian: Катерина Малеева) (born 7 May 1969) is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990. Biography Born in Sofia, Maleeva was the second oldest of the three children of Yulia Berberyan and Georgi Maleev. The mother, who came from a prominent Armenian family, which found refuge in Bulgaria after the 1896 Armenian massacres in the Ottoman Empire, was the best Bulgarian tennis player in the 1960s. After she retired from professional tennis in the 1970s, Berberyan started on a coaching career. She was the coach of her three daughters, K... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Axel Zwingenberger
Axel Zwingenberger (born May 7, 1955, Hamburg, Germany) is a blues and boogie-woogie pianist, and songwriter. He is considered one of the finest boogie-woogie music masters in the world. Biography Zwingenberger was born in Hamburg, Germany, and enjoyed eleven years of conventional piano training. In 1973 he listened to recordings of boogie-woogie pianists Albert Ammons, Meade "Lux" Lewis, and Pete Johnson. He soon joined piano playing partners Hans-Georg Moeller, Vince Weber and Martin Pyrker, and word about the four friends began to spread. In 1974, he played at the First International Blues-and-Boogie Woogie Festival of the West German Radio Station in Cologne which was followed by Hans Maitner's annual festival Stars of Boogie Woogie in Vienna. By 1975, Zwingenberger received his... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lars Sjösten
Lars Sjösten (born 7 May 1941 in Oskarshamn) is a Swedish pianist. During the 1960s, Sjösten often worked at the world famous jazz restaurant The Golden Circle in Stockholm. He played with many jazz greats like Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Art Farmer and Bernt Rosengren. Lars also played in Lars Gullin's groups - the great Swedish baritone saxophonist and composer. He became a close friend of Gullin's and their cooperation has meant a lot to Sjösten's own music-making. In 1997 he was given the Lars Gullin Prize for the first time, for his of many years deserving way of exercising the musical heritage of Lars Gullin. Through the years, Sjösten has led his own groups and also freelanced. He has made many recordings and received public response as well as governmental support. His tours... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Pourrat
Henry Pourrat (May 7, 1887 Ambert (Puy de Dôme) - July 16, 1959 Ambert) was a French writer and anthropologist who collected the oral literature of the Auvergne. Biography After the College d'Ambert and the Lycee Henri IV in Paris, Henri Pourras was destined to agriculture and was admitted in 1905 at the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon. However, infected by tuberculosis, he sought a more healthy climate, the valley of the Dore and Livradois and Forez mountains, that he walked over countless hikes over the next fifty years. He lived in a house at Vernet-la-Varenne. The enforced leisure, devoted to reading and walking, developed in him the need to write. The work of Henry Pourras would be abundant (hundreds of books) and varied (poems, novels, biographies, collections of st... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Riley Puckett
George Riley Puckett (born May 7, 1894 Alpharetta, Georgia, USA - died July 13, 1946) was a country music pioneer mostly known for being a member of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers. Biography An accident during infancy left him blind. He had his formal education at the Georgia School for the Blind in Macon, Georgia. He sang and played guitar and banjo. He was first heard on the radio as a part of Clayton McMichen's Hometown Band. His vocalizing was a regular feature at the Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers Conventions. Newspaper reporters covering these events referred to him as the "Bald Mountain Caruso" in admiration of his renditions of such songs as "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" and "Sleep, Baby, Sleep". For several years Puckett played and sang with the Home Town Boys, a ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Sébastien Fecteau
Jean-Sébastien Fecteau (born May 7, 1975 in Thetford Mines, Quebec) is a Canadian pair skater. He teamed up with partner Utako Wakamatsu in 2002. Earlier, he competed with Valerie Saurette. He announced his retirement from competitive skating on April 24, 2007.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frédéric Lefèvre
Frédéric Lefèvre, born on May 7, 1889 in Izé (birth time source: Lescaut), died in 1949 in Paris, was a French novelist, writer, and critic. Publications La jeune poésie française, Rouart et Cie, Fribourg-Paris, 1917. La poésie dans nos poètes Amour perdu. Coll. Ariste, 1918 Le mépris sauveur. Essais, 1919 Entretiens. 6 volumes (1924-1933) Les Sources de Paul Claudel. 1925. Entretiens avec Paul Valéry.. 1926. Le Livre. Chamontin et chez Flammarion. Etudes sur Bernanos. 1926. Visite à Charles Silvestre, Limousin. Marcel Jousse : une nouvelle psychologie du Langage. Paris, Librairie de France, 1927. La force. 1928 L'itinéraire philosophique de Maurice Blondel, 1929 Les Matinées du Hêtre rouge. 1929. Flammarion. Amour se... Biography of François Scellier
François Scellier (born May 7, 1936 in Amiens, Somme) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Val-d'Oise department, and is a member of the Radical Party.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Chapuis
Robert Chapuis, born on May 7, 1933 in Paris (birth time source: Lescaut), is a French former politician (Socialist party). Bibliography CHAPUIS, Robert. Si Rocard avait su... : Témoignage sur la deuxième gauche. L'Harmattan : Paris. Coll. "Des Poings et des Roses". 246 p. ISBN : 978-2296027756. CHAPUIS, Robert. La rose et la croix. Socialistes et chrétiens, L'Encyclopédie du socialisme 2008.... Biography of Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin (May 7, 1922 – February 25, 2006) was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears. He appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. From 1959-1961, McGavin starred in the NBC western series Riverboat, first with Burt Reynolds and then with Noah Beery, Jr., and in later years, he had a recurring role in the sitcom Murphy Brown, as the title character's father, for which he received an Emmy Award. Early life McGavin was born William Lyle Richardson in San Joaquin, California (source: Imdb) a son of Grace ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hans Künkel
Hans Künkel, born on May 7, 1896 in Stolzenberg, died on November 17, 1956 in Bad Pyrmont, was a German author and professional astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Tauran
Jacques Tauran, born May 7, 1930 in Bois-Colombes, died in 2002, was a French politician, author and editor. He was a member of The Front national (FN) (a French far-right, nationalist political party, founded in 1972 by Jean-Marie Le Pen), and a Member of European Parliament in 1989.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Johnny Maestro
Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge (or simply The Brooklyn Bridge) is an American musical group, best known for their million selling rendition of Jimmy Webb's "The Worst That Could Happen" (1968). History New York City-born Johnny Maestro (born John Mastrangelo; May 7, 1939 – March 24, 2010) began his career in 1957 as the original lead singer of The Crests, one of the first interracial groups of the recording industry. Patricia Van Dross, older sister to famed R&B singer Luther Vandross, sang with Johnny Maestro while The Crests were signed to the Joyce Record label. Before The Crests signed with Coed Records, Patricia left the group because her mother didn't want her 15-year old daughter touring with the older guys. After a regional hit with "My Juanita"/"Sweetest One" on the Jo... Biography of Madeleine Lambert
Madeleine Lambert (Madeleine, Marie Joséphine Lambert), born on May 7, 1892 in Saint-Pierre-Bénouville (Seine-Maritime), died on July 27, 1977, was a French actress and comedian. Filmography 1921 : Quand les feuilles tomberont de Marcel Simon 1931 : Ma cousine de Varsovie de Carmine Gallone - Lucienne 1937 : L'amour veille de Henry Roussell - Sophie 1938 : Entrée des artistes de Marc Allégret - Elisabeth 1939 : Menaces de Edmond T. Gréville - La patronne de l'hôtel 1945 : Le Père Serge de Lucien Ganier-Raymond - La comtesse Kedrov 1947 : Emile l'Africain de Robert Vernay - Mme Cormier 1949 : Branquignol de Robert Dhéry - La marquise de Présailles 1951 : Deux sous de violettes de Jean Anouilh - Une amie 1951 : Nez de cuir de Marc Allégret... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Cole
Robert Cole, born May 7, 1948 in Henderson, Nevada, and died in 1992, was an American professional astrologer and author. External link: http://www.solsticepoint.com/astrologersmemorial/cole.html... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Heinz Marti
Heinz Marti, born on May 7, 1934 in Berne, is a Swiss composer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cornelius Cardew
Cornelius Cardew (7 May 1936 – 13 December 1981) was an English experimental music composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing ensemble. He later rejected the avant-garde in favour of a politically motivated "people's liberation music". Biography Cardew was born in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. He was the second of three sons whose parents were both artists — his father was the potter Michael Cardew. The family moved to Wenford Bridge Pottery Cornwall a few years after his birth where he was later accepted as a pupil by the Canterbury Cathedral School which had evacuated to the area during the war due to bombing. His musical career thus began as a chorister. From 1953-57, Cardew studied piano, cello, and composi... Biography of Dominique Lefebvre
Dominique Lefebvre, born on May 7, 1956 in Roubaix, Nord, is a French politician (Socialist party), the Mayor of Cergy (2001- ).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubert (7 May 1754 in Montignac, Périgord – 4 May 1824 in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne) was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées published posthumously. From the age of 14 Joubert attended a religious college in Toulouse, where he later taught until 1776. In 1778 he went to Paris where he met D'Alembert and Diderot, amongst others, and later became friends with young writer and diplomat Chateaubriand. He alternated between living in Paris with his friends and life in the privacy of the countryside in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne. He was appointed inspector-general of the University under Napoleon. Joubert published nothing during his lifetime, but he wrote a copious amount of letters and filled sheets of paper and small notebooks with thoughts about the... Biography of Simon Ramo
Simon "Si" Ramo (born May 7, 1913 (birth time sources: Lescaut, Nolle)) is an American physicist, engineer, and business leader. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). He has been partly responsible for the creation of two Fortune 500 companies of the 1970s; Ramo-Wooldridge (TRW after 1958) and Bunker-Ramo (now part of Honeywell). Early life Ramo was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is of Sephardic descent. (His family later settled in Eastern Europe and immigrated to the United States). He entered the University of Utah at the age of 16, and earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. By 1936, at the age of twenty-three, he had earned dual PhD degrees from Caltech in Physics and Electr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny. Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who favoured strong national defence and imperialism abroad and social reform at home, while being solidly anti-socialist. Early life Archibald Philip Primrose was born in his parents' house in Charles Street, London, on 7 May 1847. His father, who, as heir to the 4th Earl of Rosebery, was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny, was MP for Stirling from 1832 to 1847 and served as First Lord of the Admiralty under Lord Melbourne. His mother, Wilhemina, was a dau... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aimé Félix Tschiffely
Aimé Félix Tschiffely (May 7, 1895 – January 5, 1954) was a Swiss-born, Argentine professor, writer, and adventurer. A.F. Tschiffely (as he was better known) wrote a number of books, most famously Tschiffely's Ride (1933) in which he recounts his solo journey on horseback from Argentina to Washington DC, an epic adventure that still marks one of the greatest horse rides of all time. Tschiffely was a household name in the United States during the 1930s, meeting with President Calvin Coolidge and appearing in National Geographic Magazine and earning a lucrative living from his popular book sales. A.F. Tschiffely was born into an old Swiss family in Zofingen in 1895 where he was educated and became a teacher. An adventurer at heart, he left Switzerland to teach in England in his early 20s,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Pinhas
Richard Pinhas, born on May 7, 1951, is a French musician, producer, and composer. Selected discography Discographie (Richard Pinhas, Heldon, and Schizotrope) Albums Heldon, Electronique Guérilla (Disjuncta, 1974). Heldon, Allez Teia (Disjuncta, 1975). Heldon, It's always Rock and Roll (Disjuncta, 1975). Heldon, Agneta Nilsson (Disjuncta, 1976). Heldon, Un rêve sans conséquence spéciale (Cobra, 1976). Richard Pinhas, Rhizosphère (Cobra, 1977) Richard Pinhas, Chronolyse (Cobra, 1978) (sous le pseudo de Richard Dunn). Heldon, Interface (Cobra, 1978). Heldon, Stand By (Egg, 1979). Richard Pinhas, Iceland (Polydor, 1980). Richard Pinhas, East West (CBS, 1980). Richard Pinhas, L'Éthique (Pulse, 1982). Richard Pinhas, Pers... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ingvar Wixell
Ingvar Wixell (May 7, 1931 – October 8, 2011) was a Swedish baritone who had an active international career in operas and concerts from 1955-2003. He mostly sang roles from the Italian repertory, and, according to The New York Times, "was best known for his steady-toned, riveting portrayals of the major baritone roles of Giuseppe Verdi — among them Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Amonasro in Aida and Germont in La Traviata. Life and career Ingvar Wixell was born in Luleå in 1931. He made his debut in 1955 as Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm where he was member of the company until 1967. He made his British debut during the Royal Swedish Opera's visit to Covent Garden in 1960, and sang Guglielmo at Glyndebourne and at the Proms in 1962. For ... Biography of Gabby Hayes
George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (May 7, 1885 – February 9, 1969) was an American radio, film, and television actor. He was best known for his numerous appearances in Western movies as the colorful sidekick to the leading man. Early years Hayes was born the third of seven children in Wellsville, New York. He was the son of Elizabeth Morrison and Clark Hayes, and did not come from a cowboy background. In fact, he did not know how to ride a horse until he was in his forties and had to learn for movie roles. His father, Clark Hayes, operated a hotel and was also involved in oil production. George Hayes played semi-professional baseball while in high school, then ran away from home in 1902, at 17. He joined a stock company, apparently traveled for a time with a circus, and became a successful ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Philippe Lauer
Jean-Philippe Lauer (May 7, 1902 – May 15, 2001), was a French architect and Egyptologist. He was born in Paris, France and originally studied architecture, but in 1926 he went to Egypt. Here he met and married (on October 1, 1929) Marguerite Jouguet. He worked for Firth and Quibell on Djoser's Step Pyramid. He devoted the next 75 years to restoring and reconstructing the complex surrounding the pyramid. He was a friend of Zakaria Goneim. Works Excavations at Saqqara : The Step pyramid / by Cecil M. Firth and J.E. Quibell, with plans by J.-P. Lauer . Cinquante années à Saqqarah de Jean-Philippe Lauer, architecte, archéologue : exposition organis / (texte préparé par Catherine Berger).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Reuben Davis (American football)
Reuben Cordell Davis (born May 7, 1965 in Greensboro, North Carolina (source: Stephen Przybylowski)) is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the ninth round of the 1988 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Carolina.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Prairie Prince
Prairie Prince (born Charles Lempriere Prince, May 7, 1950, Charlotte, North Carolina) is a rock drummer. He was a member of The Tubes and a founding member of Journey. He has also worked with Chris Isaak (on his first four albums), Todd Rundgren, Brian Eno, David Byrne, XTC, Tom Waits, Paul Kantner, George Harrison, Dick Dale, Glenn Frey, Richard Marx, Bill Spooner, Neil Hamburger, John Fogerty, Nicky Hopkins, Tommy Bolin, Phil Lesh, and former Tubes and Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick. He is also a graphic artist, designing the album cover artwork for Rundgren's 1981 album Healing and Welnick's 1998 album Missing Man Formation, among others. Along with his creative partner Michael Cotten, he has created numerous set designs for major artists including Billy Joel, Bette Midler,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Poot
Marcel Poot (7 May 1901, Vilvoorde, Belgium – 12 June 1988, Brussels) was a Belgian composer, professor, and musician. His father, Jan Poot, was Director of the Vlaamse Schouwburg (Flemish Theater) in Brussels. At the Brussels Conservatory, Poot studied organ with Gerard Nauwelaarts, and composition and instrumentation with Arthur De Greef, José Sevenans, Martin Lunssens, Lodewijk Mortelmans, and Paul Gilson. He also attended the Antwerp Conservatory and furthered his education with Paul Dukas at the École Normale de Musique de Paris. After completing his studies, Poot worked firstly as a music teacher, reviewer, and freelance composer. In 1925, he and several other former students of Gilson's formed a group of musicians called Les Synthétistes, who styled themselves as a Belgian equ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ruggero Deodato
Ruggero Deodato (born May 7, 1939) is an Italian film director and screen writer, best known for directing violent and gory horror films. Deodato is infamous for his 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust. Biography Deodato was born in Potenza, Italy. He grew up in the neighborhood where Rome's major film studios are located. It was there that he learned how to direct under Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Corbucci; he helped to make Corbucci's The Son of Spartacus and Django as an assistant director. Later on in the 1960s, he directed some comedy, musical, and thriller films, before leaving cinema to do TV commercials. In 1976 he returned to the big screen with his ultra-violent police flick Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man. In 1977 he directed a jungle adventure called Ultimo mondo cannibale or... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robin Strasser
Robin Strasser (born May 7, 1945) is an American actress. Strasser is best known for her Daytime Emmy Award-winning portrayal of Dr. Dorian Lord on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Strasser stepped into the role in March 1979, first appearing Friday, April 13, 1979 and left in 1987, returning from February 1993 to February 2000. She reprised the role again from 2003 to August 25, 2011. Strasser also originated the role of Rachel Davis Matthews on the NBC soap opera Another World (1967–1972), and played Dr. Christina Karras Martin on ABC's All My Children from 1976 to April 1979. From 2000 to 2002, she appeared as 300-year-old witch Hecuba on NBC's Passions. Early life Strasser's birth name is Robin Victory in Europe Strasser, as she was born the day Germany surrende... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yvon Delbos
Yvon Delbos (7 May 1885 (birth time source: Lescaut) – 15 November 1956) was a French Radical-Socialist Party politician and minister. Delbos was born in Thonac, Dordogne, Aquitaine, entered a career as a journalist, and became a member of the Radical-Socialist Party. He subsequently served as Minister of Education (1925), Minister of Justice (1936), and notably as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Popular Front governments of Léon Blum and Camille Chautemps. In January 1937, unveiling a war memorial at Chateauroux, M.Delbos, in reply to Hitler's Reichstag speech of the previous day, emphasised the need for Franco-German understanding and for both countries to find new markets so that industrial expansion might replace rearmament. After representing France at the Nine-Power Conferen... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Band
Albert Band born Alfredo Antonini (May 7, 1924 – June 14, 2002), was an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was the son of artist Max Band, father of filmmaker Charles Band and of film composer Richard Band. He is the grandfather of Alex Band and Taryn Band. Biography Band escaped from Paris to the United States with his family prior to the German Occupation. He graduated from Hollywood High School. Interested in film, he became an apprentice at Warner Bros. where he developed contacts eventually becoming an assistant director on John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle, then adapting the story The Red Badge of Courage for Huston's film of the same name. He made his debut as a producer and director in The Young Guns combining the two then popular genres of Wester... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gale Robbins
Gale Robbins (born Betty Gale Robbins, May 7, 1921 - February 18, 1980) was an American actress and singer. Born in Indiana, Robbins graduated from high school in June 1939 and began her career with the Phil Levant band in 1940. She married her high school sweetheart, Robert Olson, in November 1944 when he was in the Air Force. Starting as a model and nightclub singer she made her film debut in In the Meantime, Darling in 1944 and appeared in several films, such as Calamity Jane and My Dear Secretary (1948). She later focused on TV, hosting Hollywood House from 1949 to 1950. She released the album I'm a Dreamer, backed by Eddie Cano and his orchestra, in 1958. Robbins died of lung cancer at the age of 58. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730344/) 1972 Stand Up ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Donal McCann
Donal McCann (7 May 1943 – 17 July 1999) was an Irish stage, film, and television actor best known for his roles in the works of Brian Friel and for his lead role in John Huston's last film, The Dead. Biography Early life McCann was born in Terenure in Dublin. His father was John J. McCann, a playwright and politician who served twice as Dublin's Lord Mayor. Although Donal had acted in a production of his father's Give Me a Bed of Roses at Terenure College (see Terenure College) in 1962, he briefly studied architecture before taking a job as a sub-editor at the Evening Press which allowed him pursue part-time acting classes at the Abbey School of Actors at the same time. He joined the Abbey Players in the late 1960s. Career Among his most important early roles were Cuchulainn in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alfred Moquin-Tandon
Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon (May 7, 1804 (time birth source: Lescaut) - April 15, 1863) was a French naturalist and doctor. Moquin-Tandon was professor of zoology at Marseille from 1829 until 1833, when he was appointed professor of botany and director of the botanical gardens at Toulouse. In 1850, he was sent by the French government to Corsica to study the island's flora. In 1853, he moved to Paris, later becoming director of the Jardin des Plantes and the Académie des Sciences. His books included L'Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries (1835–44), co-authored with Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot. One of his specialities was the family Amaranthaceae (The Amaranth family). The standard author abbreviation Moq. is used to indicate this individual as the au... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elisabeth Söderström
Elisabeth Anna Söderström CBE (7 May 1927 – 20 November 2009) was a Swedish soprano, who performed both opera and song. She was particularly well known for her recordings of the lead soprano roles in the three Janáček operas Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and The Makropoulos Affair, all of which received Gramophone Awards. The Gramophone critic John Warrack described her portrayal of Káťa Kabanová as "establishing by an infinity of subtle touches and discreet, sensitive singing the picture of Káta as the richest and most human character in the drama." Career Born in Stockholm, Söderström received her first musical schooling from Adelaide von Skilondz and later studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. She made her debut in 1947 at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hubert Grimault
Hubert Grimault, born on May 7, 1929 in Chemillé (Maine-et-Loire), died on September 12, 2007 in Angers (Maine-et-Loire), was a French politician (UDF, Union for French Democracy).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ralph Truman
Ralph Truman (7 May 1900 – 15 October 1977) was an English actor, usually cast as either a villain or an authority figure. He possessed a distinguished speaking voice. He was born in London, England. His best-remembered roles include Tigellinus in MGM's Quo Vadis (1951), the French herald Mountjoy in Laurence Olivier's film Henry V (1944), the evil Monks in David Lean's Oliver Twist (1948), George Merry in the Walt Disney version of Treasure Island (1950), and the Police Inspector in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). He also appeared in episodes of several TV series, including Danger Man. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874298/) 1975 Churchill's People (TV series) Earl of Surrey – The Wallace (1975) … Earl of Surrey 1973 The Rivals of Sherlo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Archainbaud
George Archainbaud (7 May 1890 – 20 February 1959) was a French-born American film and television director and screenwriter. Biography In the beginning of his career he worked on stage as an actor and manager. He came to the United States in 1915, and started his film career as an assistant director to Emile Chautard at the World Film Company in Fort Lee, New Jersey. In 1917 he made his own directorial debut As Man Made Her. During the next three and a half decades he directed over one hundred films. After the beginning of the 1950s he moved to television. While working at the RKO in the beginning of the 1930s, he showed some artistic and skillful eye with many of his films. The finest examples include Thirteen Women (1932) and The Lost Squadron (1932). Especially the latter is a me... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Danoff
Bill Danoff (born William Danoff, May 7, 1946, Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American songwriter and singer. His best known song as a performer is "Afternoon Delight", which Danoff performed as a member of the Starland Vocal Band. As a songwriter, he also wrote or co-wrote hits for John Denver, Emmylou Harris and Doug and the Slugs. Biography Danoff and his then-wife, Taffy Nivert, wrote "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads," both of which were hits for John Denver. The latter song is the de facto state song of West Virginia, although it has no official status as such (and was written in a house in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.). Danoff has stated he had never been in West Virginia before writing the song. He had even briefly cons... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Cornec
Jean Cornec, born on May 7, 1919 in Logonna-Daoulas, Finistère, is a French lawyer and author. Publications: 1967 : Les Risques du métier, par André Cayatte, avec une interprétation de Jacques Brel. Laïcité, Société universitaire d'éditions et de librairie, Paris, 1965. La Fédération des conseils de parents d'élèves : Pour l'enfant, vers l'homme, Épi (coll. "Carte blanche"), Paris, 1972. À quoi ça tient ! : Quarante histoires sur la justice, R. Laffont, Paris, 1977. Au préjudice du doute, diffusion Presses du Massif central, Sudel, 1986.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pete Wingfield
Pete Wingfield (born William Peter Wingfield, 7 May 1948, Liphook, Hampshire, England) is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist. Career In 1969, Wingfield played keyboards and sang on Jellybread's First Slice album, which was produced by Mike Vernon for the Blue Horizon label. As a specialist in soul music, in the 1970s Wingfield contributed regular articles and reviews to the monthly journal Let It Rock, and the weekly Melody Maker among others. As a performer, he played with the British soul band The Olympic Runners, and Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes. In 1971, Wingfield played the piano on the B. B. King in London album, and in the following year received similar credits for Seventy-Second Brave, the Keef Hartley Band album. Wingfiel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bumble Bee Slim
Amos Easton (May 7, 1905 – June 8, 1968), better known by the stage name Bumble Bee Slim, was an American Piedmont blues musician. Biography Easton was born in Brunswick, Georgia, United States. Around 1920 he left home to join the Ringling Brothers' circus before returning to Georgia, marrying briefly, and then heading north on a freight train to Indianapolis where he settled in 1928. There, he met and was influenced by pianist Leroy Carr and guitarist Scrapper Blackwell. By 1931 he had moved to Chicago, where he first recorded as Bumble Bee Slim for Paramount Records. The following year his song, "B&O Blues", was a hit for Vocalion Records, inspiring a number of other railroad blues and eventually becoming a popular folk song. Over the next five years he recorded over 150 songs fo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Teresa Brewer
Teresa Brewer (7 May 1931 – 17 October 2007) was an American pop singer whose style incorporated elements of country, jazz, R&B, musicals and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of the 1950s, recording nearly 600 songs. Biography Theresa Breuer grew up in Toledo, Ohio. Her father was an inspector of glass for the Libbey Owens Company (now Pilkington Glass); her mother was a housewife. At the age of two, Theresa was taken by her mother to audition for a radio program, "Uncle August's Kiddie Show" on Toledo's WSPD. She performed for cookies and cupcakes donated by the sponsor. Although she never took singing lessons, she took tap dancing lessons. From age five to twelve, she sang and danced on the "Major Bowes Amateur Hour," then a popular touring r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Gurney Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and historians generally consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, with such control over the House that he could often control debate. Cannon is the second longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, having been surpassed by fellow Illinoisan Dennis Hastert, who passed him on June 1, 2006. He was also the first Congressman to surpass 40 years of service (non-consecutive), ending his career with 48 years of cumulative congressional service, a record that held until 1958. He was the subject of the first Time cover. Early life He was ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anton Seidl
Anton Seidl (7 May 1850 – 28 March 1898) was a Hungarian conductor. Biography He was born at Pest, Hungary. He began the study of music at a very early age, and when only seven years old could pick out at the piano melodies which he had heard at the theatre. At 15, he became a student of harmony in counterpoint under Nicolitsch at the Hungarian national musical academy, of which Liszt was director. He attended the normal school at Pest for three years, the gymnasium eight years, and afterward attended the university for two years. At 16, he had been thinking of becoming a priest, but his love for music prevailed, and he entered Leipzig Conservatory in October 1870, remaining there until 1872, when he was summoned to Bayreuth as one of Richard Wagner's copyists. At Bayreuth, he assis... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcus Loew
Marcus Loew (May 7, 1870 – September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loews Theatres and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Biography Born into a poor Jewish family in New York City, he was forced by circumstances to work at a very young age and thus had little formal education. Nevertheless, beginning with a small investment from money saved from menial jobs, he bought into the penny arcade business. Shortly after, in partnership with Adolph Zukor and others, Loew acquired a nickelodeon and over time he turned Loew's Theatres into the most prestigious chain of movie theaters in the United States. By 1905, Marcus Loew was on his own and his success eventually necessitated that he secure a steady flow of product for his theater... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexandre Baudrimont
Alexandre Edouard Baudrimont, born on May 7, 1806 in Compiègne (birth time source: , died in 1820, was a 19th-century French professor of chemistry who published various books connected to the sciences, languages and the Basque Country (in particular Erromintxela): Dictionnaire de l'industrie manufacturière, commerciale et agricole (1837, Paris) Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur le développement du fœtus: et en particulier sur l'évolution embryonnaire des oiseaux et des batraciens (with Martin Saint-Ange, G.J.) (1846) Histoire des Basques ou Escualdunais primitifs, restaurée d'après la langue, les caractères ethnologiques et les mœurs des Basques actuels (1854, Paris) Vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens habitant les Pays Basque Français (1862, Bordeaux) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carl Heinrich Graun
Carl Heinrich Graun (7 May 1704 – 8 August 1759) was a German composer and tenor singer. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time. Biography Graun was born in Wahrenbrück in Brandenburg. In 1714, he followed his brother, Johann Gottlieb Graun, to the school of the Church of the Cross, Dresden, and sang in the Dresdner Kreuzchor and the chorus of the Dresden Opera. He studied singing with Christian Petzold and composition with Johann Christoph Schmidt. In 1724, Graun moved to Braunschweig, singing at the opera house and writing six operas for the company. In 1735, Graun moved to Rheinsberg in Brandenburg, after he had written the opera Lo specchio della fedeltà for the marriage of the then crown prince Frederi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Félicité Wouassi
Félicité Wouassi, born May 7, 1961 in Yaounde, is a Cameroonian actress. Selected Filmography 1986 : Black Mic-Mac de Thomas Gilou avec Jacques Villeret , Isaac de Bankolé , Daniel Russo , Houdia Seye , Sidy Lamine Diarra , Cheik Doukouré , Mohamed Camara , Lydia Ewandé , Math Samba , Rémi Laurent , Amara Soumah , Pascal Légitimus et l' extraordinaire Sotigui Kouyaté dans le role du marabout . 1988 : Black Mic Mac 2 de Marco Pauly avec Laurence Milébo , Éric Blanc , Marc Citti , Jean-Claude Dreyfus , Diana Bienvenu , Liliane Rovère, Youssef Diawara, Michel Fortin, Alain Aithnard 1991 : Les portes claquent de Francois Koltes 1993 : Le Journal de lady M d'Alain Tanner avec Myriam Mézières , Juanjo Puigcorbé , Nanou Garcia , Antoine Basler , Carlota Soldevila , Olivier Ceyssens 19... Biography of Dominique Aubier
Dominique Aubier (born May 7, 1922 in Cuers, France as Marie-Louise Labiste) is a French author. A book she wrote about the alleged kabbalah encoding of Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote in 1966 has received some attention at that time. Life Born in Cuers, France. She studied in Nizza. Today, Dominique Aubier lives in Normandy, France. Career Aubier wrote forty books over a fifty-year span. Most of her books have esoteric themes, the most recent of them being a book about Indian Cinema and its symbolism. Since 1966, she has written several books about Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote alleged cabalistic encoding. Her analysis of Quixote has been considered by some a hoax and dismissed by Cervantes scholars such as Jean Canavaggio or Ruth Fine as ungrounded as there is no testim... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Formanek
Michael Formanek (born May 7, 1958) is an American jazz bassist born in San Francisco, California and associated with the jazz scene in New York City. In the 1980s, Formanek worked as a sideman with Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Dave Liebman, Fred Hersch, and Attila Zoller. His debut release as a leader was 1990's Wide Open Spaces, featuring saxophonist Greg Osby, violinist Mark Feldman, guitarist Wayne Krantz, and drummer Jeff Hirshfield. In 1992 he released Extended Animation with the same ensemble, except with Tim Berne replacing Osby on sax. In 1993 Formanek, Berne, and Hirshfield recorded as a trio on the album Loose cannon. Following this, Formanek led the septet of himself, Berne, trumpeter Dave Douglas, reed player Marty Ehrlich, trombonist Kuumba Frank Lacy, drummer Marvin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jerry Chesnut
Jerry Donald Chesnut (born May 7, 1931) is an American country music songwriter. His hits include "A Good Year for the Roses" (recorded by George Jones) and "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" (recorded by Elvis Presley). Born and raised in Harlan County, Kentucky he moved to Nashville in 1958 to pursue his career. In 1968 Jerry Lee Lewis's hit recording of Chesnut's "Another Place, Another Time" was nominated for a Grammy Award. He is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Selective list of Chesnut songs This list includes the song title and artist/s who have recorded the song. Another Place, Another Time - Jerry Lee Lewis, Arthur Alexander Don't She Look Good? Bill Anderson, Eddie Arnold Good Year for the Roses - George Jones, Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, Johnny Pa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jim Lowe
Jim Lowe (born May 7, 1927) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1956 number-one hit record, "Green Door". He also served as a disc jockey and radio host and personality, and has been considered an expert on the popular music of the 1940s and 1950s. Biography Born in Springfield, Missouri, Lowe graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia. His most notable run as a disc jockey was with WNEW-AM in New York. Lowe also worked at WNBC-AM in New York where he was heard both locally and on the coast-to-coast NBC Radio weekend program Monitor. A million-seller and gold record recipient, Lowe's 1956 hit "Green Door" was written by Marvin Moore and Bob Davie. The song reached No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1956. Lowe earlier wrote "Gambler's Guitar", a ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christy Moore
Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. His first album, Paddy on the Road (a minor release of 500, although made available again on CD through his website and at gigs in 2010) was recorded with Dominic Behan (brother of Brendan) in 1969. In 2007, he was named as Ireland's greatest living musician in RTÉ's People of the Year Awards. Early life Moore was born in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. He was originally a bank employee who wanted to express himself using traditional music. A bank strike in 1966, which lasted six months (and effectively paralysed Irish commercial life for the duration), resulted in Moore spending considerable time prac... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Val Lewton
Val Lewton (May 7, 1904 – March 14, 1951) was an American film producer and screenwriter, best known for a string of low-budget horror films he produced for RKO Pictures in the 1940s. Early life Lewton was born Vladimir Ivanovich Leventon (Russian: Владимир Иванович Левентон, Ukrainian: Володимир Іванович Левентон) in Yalta, Imperial Russia (now in Ukraine), in 1904. He was of Jewish descent, the son of moneylender Max Hofschneider and Nina Leventon, a pharmacist's daughter. The family converted t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ray Monette
The American Ray Monette started his public career as a songwriter and musician in Detroit. In 1967 with an ephemeral band called 'The Abstract Reality', a 45 rpm single Love Burns Like A Fire Inside was released. With Mike Campbell, Bob 'Babbitt' Kreinar, and Andrew Smith he formed Scorpion (1968-1970 band). His name appears on Scorpion (1969 album) and Meat Loaf's debut album Stoney & Meatloaf (1971). For this recording, he cowrote four songs. In that same year, he played tenor guitar on 'Evolution' by Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band He was a guitarist and singer of the Rare Earth from 1971 until 2004 (with a break around 1977).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lance Patrick (actor)
Lance Bruyette, best known as Lance Patrick, born on May 7, 1966 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, is an American rock musician, actor, and stuntman. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1882777/) 2011 The Office (TV series) Karate Student – The List (2011) … Karate Student (uncredited) 2010 Rizzoli & Isles (TV series) Damon Ward – Born to Run (2010) … Damon Ward 2009 Heroes (TV series) LAPD Detective – Chapter One 'Jump, Push, Fall' (2009) … LAPD Detective (as Lance Patrick Bruyette) 2008 1% (TV movie) Shorty (as Lance Bruyette) 2007 Heartland (TV series) Jim Hartog – I Make Myself Into Something New (2007) … Jim Hartog (as Lance Bruyette) 2006 Mélodie pour un meurtre (TV movie) Brian (uncredited) 2006 Stick It Riverwalk Head Coach (as Lance Bruy... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Irving Reis
Irving Reis, born May 7, 1906, in New York City – died July 3, 1953, in Woodland Hills, California, was a radio program producer & director, and a film director. Reis was the creator of the experimental anthology program on the radio, Columbia Workshop. Among his credits are Enchantment, Roseanna McCoy, The Big Street, and the screen adaptation of Arthur Miller's play, All My Sons (1948). Reis also directed the movie The Four Poster, based on Jan de Hartog's play The Fourposter. Filmography (director) (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718321/) 1952 The Four Poster 1951 New Mexico 1951 Three Husbands 1951 Enchantement musical (documentary) 1949 Dancing in the Dark 1949 Roseanna McCoy 1948 Vous qui avez vingt ans 1948 Ils étaient tous mes fils 1947 D... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dominik Moll
Dominik Moll (born 7 May 1962) is a German born French film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien and Lemming. He was born in Bühl, West Germany. For his achievements on the film Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien, he won the 2001 César Award for Best Director. Both Lemming and Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Filmography Le gynécologue et sa secrétaire (1987) - Writer/Director Intimité (1994) - Writer/Director Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien (2000) - Writer/Director Lemming (2005) - Writer/Director Black Heaven (2010) - Writer The Monk (2011) - Director... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Herbie Steward
Herbert Bickford Steward (born 7 May 1926 Los Angeles; died 9 August 2003 Clearlake, California) is an American jazz saxophonist. He is widely known for being one of the tenor saxophone players in Four Brothers, part of Woody Herman's Second Herd. Discography Herbie's Here. + Gene DiNovi. Released 20 December 2000. Magical Live + Sir Charles Thompson. Released 8 October 2001. One Morning In May + Gene DiNovi. Released 2008. Saijoh's Serenade. On 3 tracks with Kohnosuke Saijoh. 23 May 1992.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Buchet
Philippe Buchet (born May 7, 1962, in Juniville, Ardennes, France) is a French comic book artist. First working as a freelance illustrator in Paris and Reims, he finally entered comic book terrain with Nomad, on which he worked with Jean-David Morvan. He also worked for the magazine Dragon, and created Wake together with Morvan. While working for Dragon he collaborated with Morvan on a sword and sorcery series La Quête des réponses, which came out as a single album in 1998.... Biography of Rianne ten Haken
Rianne ten Haken (born May 7, 1986) is a Dutch model. She was born in Lelystad, Flevoland, and began modeling after she won the 2001 Elite Model Look competition at the age of 15. In 2003 Rianne walked her first runways. In New York she debuted at the Marc Jacobs show and got picked up by other big clients after that. In December 2003 she landed her first major cover for Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel. That same month she also appeared on the cover of Numero photographed by Mert & Marcus. Rianne has worked with several famous fashion photographers as Steven Meisel, Craig McDean, Patrick Demachiellier and Peter Lindbergh. She worked for magazines such as American, Italian and British Vogue, Numero, W and GQ. Recently, she landed back to back covers and fashion editorials... Biography of Daniela Ferolla
Daniela Ferolla, born on May 7, 1984 in Vallo della Lucania, is an Italian model. She is the winner of Miss Italy 2001. The source for her birth time is http://famous-relationships.topsynergy.com/Daniela_Ferolla/AstroData.asp.... Biography of April Wilkner
April Wilkner, born May 7, 1980 in Miami Beach, Florida, is an American actress and model. She is of Japanese, German, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish descent. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1518920/ ) Actress "Royal Pains" .... Model #3 (1 episode, 2009) - Pilot (2009) TV episode .... Model #3 "Lipstick Jungle" .... Half-Dressed Model (1 episode, 2008) - Chapter Thirteen: The Lyin', the Bitch and the Wardrobe (2008) TV episode .... Half-Dressed Model "The Guiding Light" .... Reporter (1 episode, 2008) ... aka "Guiding Light" (USA: new title) - Episode #1.15460 (2008) TV episode .... Reporter Herself "America's Next Top Model" .... Herself / ... (14 episodes, 2004-2008) ... aka "ANTM" (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka "America's Next Top Mod... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Judah Tapert
Judah Miro Tapert, born May 7, 2002 in Auckland, is the son of actress Lucy Lawless and producer Robert Tapert. Lawless married Xena executive producer, Robert Tapert, on March 28, 1998. They have two boys: Julius Robert Bay Tapert (born October 16, 1999), and Judah Miro Tapert both born in Auckland, New Zealand.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shawn Marion
Shawn Dwayne Marion (born May 7, 1978) is an American professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association currently with the Dallas Mavericks. Nicknamed The Matrix by TNT analyst Kenny Smith during the pre-season of his rookie year for his seemingly bionic athleticism, he is widely regarded as one of the most versatile players in the league thanks to his athleticism and ability to play and defend many positions. Early life Marion was born in Waukegan, Illinois and played high school basketball in Clarksville, Tennessee at Clarksville High School, where he was a teammate of future NBA player Trenton Hassell of the New Jersey Nets. After high school he played collegiate basketball at Vincennes University, a junior college in Indiana, before transferring to the U... Biography of Manu Eveno
Manu Eveno, often called Numa, born May 7, 1971, is a French musician and guitarist, member of group Tryo. Tryo is a French language 'unplugged' reggae acoustic band, popular in Europe and in Quebec, with three French guitarists, a Latin American percussionist, and a producer: Guizmo, Christophe Mali, Manu Eveno, Daniel "Danielito" Bravo and Bibou. Tryo are popular in France partly due to their politically charged lyrics, whilst also showing a fun side with a range of humorous songs, especially in live performances. They take a left wing stance, criticising various French politicians such as Charles Pasqua (named in corruption scandals concerning suburban low cost housing or HLM) and Jean-Marie Le Pen and world leaders (George W. Bush, for example) in their music. The band has a "tol... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Googoosh
Faegheh Atashin (Persian: فائقه آتشین, Azerbaijani: فائقه آتشین, Faiqə Atəşin, born on May 7, 1949 in Tehran (source: Imdb)) also known by her stage name Googoosh (Persian: گوگوش, Azerbaijani: Ququş ) is an Iranian singer and actress. She is known for her contributions to Iranian pop music, but also starred in a variety of movies from the 1950s to the 1970s. She achieved the pinnacle of her fame and success towards the end of the 1970s. Her overall impact and contributions to Middle Eastern and Central Asian pop-music earned her the title of the most iconic female pop-singer from those regions. Due to her gre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yaroslav Korolev
Yaroslav Igorevich Korolev (Russian: Ярослав Игоревич Королев; born May 7, 1987 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional basketball player. Pro career Korolev was selected 12th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. Korolev played for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Super League before joining the Clippers. On July 6, 2007, the Clippers offered Korolev a contract to remain with the team but rescinded their offer in September 2007. He then returned to the Clippers during the preseason on a non-guaranteed contract, but was waived before the season began. In December 2007, Korolev signed with Dynamo Moscow. In... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ed Fairhurst
Edward Fairhurst (born May 7, 1979 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian international rugby union player. He is currently playing with the UBC Old Boys Ravens in the BC Premier League and the BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship. Fairhurst plays as a scrum half but has also played outside half and fullback for his country. He made his debut for the Canada national team in May 2001 in a match against the USA. He was then selected to the national squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. In 2006 Fairhurst signed with the Cardiff Blues from the University of Victoria in British Columbia. He would play a year at Cardiff before moving to the south-west of England to suit up for the Cornish Pirates for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. Fairhurst returned to the Rugby World C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tim Connolly
Tim Connolly (born May 7, 1981) is an American professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Connolly played for the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for two seasons, beginning in 1997–98. After recording 68 points in 46 games in his second OHL season, he was drafted fifth overall by the New York Islanders in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. On June 24, 2001, at the NHL Entry Draft, Connolly and Taylor Pyatt were traded by the Islanders to the Buffalo Sabres for captain Michael Peca. After missing only three regular season games total in his first four seasons in the league, injuries began to plague Connolly's career beginning in 2003–04. He missed the entire season with post-concussion syndrome a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Owen Hart
Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian professional and amateur wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and most notably, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled under both his own name, and ring name The Blue Blazer. A member of the Hart wrestling family, Hart was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada the youngest of 12 children to Stampede Wrestling promoter and WWE Hall of Famer Stu Hart and Helen Hart. Among other accolades, Hart was a one-time world champion: a one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion; a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion; one-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion; one-time WWF European Champion and four-time WWF World Tag... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julia Maesa
Julia Maesa (7 May ca. 165 AD–ca. 3 August 224) was a Roman citizen and daughter of Julius Bassianus, priest of the sun god Heliogabalus, the patron god of Emesa (modern Homs) in the Roman province of Syria. Grandmother of both the Roman emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus, she figured prominently in the ascension of each to the title at the age of fourteen. Saved Severan rule Like her younger sister Julia Domna, she was among the most important women to exercise power behind the throne in the Roman empire. Following the death of Caracalla, Julia Maesa rescued the Severan Dynasty from the usurper Macrinus. Julia Maesa was married to Syrian noble Julius Avitus and had two daughters Julia Soaemias and Julia Avita Mamaea each one mother of an emperor. Following the accession to... Biography of Kitty McKane
Kathleen "Kitty" McKane Godfree (born 7 May 1896, Bayswater, London – died 19 June 1992, London) was a British female tennis and badminton player. According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Godfree was ranked in the world top ten from 1921 (when the rankings began) through 1927, reaching a career high of World No. 2 in those rankings in 1923, 1924, and 1926. Godfree won five Olympic medals in tennis at the 1920 Antwerp and 1924 Paris games, the most Olympic medals ever won by a tennis player. Godfree won the Wimbledon singles title twice. In the 1924 final, Godfree recovered from a set and 4–1 (40-15) down against Helen Wills Moody to win the title. This was the only defeat at Wimbledon for Moody who would go on to win eight titles. In the 1926 final, Go... Biography of Bob Weiss
Robert William "Bob" Weiss (born May 7, 1942 in Easton, Pennsylvania) is a retired American professional basketball player and head coach in the NBA. He is currently coaching Shanxi Zhongyu in the Chinese Basketball Association. He was most recently the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named to the position on July 18, 2005, after 26 seasons as a coach in the league. After a 13-17 start to the 2005-06 season, his three-year deal was terminated on January 3, 2006. Weiss played college basketball at Penn State University from 1963 to 1965 and averaged 16.3 points per game during his senior season. The NBA's Philadelphia 76ers selected Weiss in the 1965 NBA Draft. Weiss was a member of the 76ers' 1967 championship team, after ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Norman Whiteside
Norman Whiteside (born 7 May 1965) is a former Northern Irish football player who represented his country in two World Cups. He played for Manchester United (273 appearances, 66 goals) and Everton, before his career was ended by injury at the age of 26. He won the FA Cup twice during his time playing for Manchester United, in 1983 and 1985. He is the youngest player ever to take part in a World Cup. Early years Born in the Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey, a suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Whiteside was raised in north Belfast, and attended Cairnmartin Secondary School on the Ballygomartin Road. He was discovered by Manchester United's Ulster scout Bob Bishop, who previously unearthed Belfast-born George Best and Sammy McIlroy for the club. Club career Manchester United Whi... Biography of James Loney (baseball)
James Anthony Loney (born May 7, 1984 in Houston, Texas) is a first baseman in Major League Baseball who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Prep career Loney had a stellar prep career (varsity 2000-02) at Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas (suburban Houston). He hit .509 his senior season and also accumulated a record of 9-1 with a 1.80 earned run average as a pitcher, striking out 106 batters in 54 innings. After his senior year in 2002, he was named Player of the Year by Houston 5A Baseball, the Houston Chronicle and the Texas High School Writers Association, and was the Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year (Texas). Prior to the draft, Baseball America tabbed him as the best pure hitter in the draft, as having the second-best professional debut by a high school player selec... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marco Galiazzo
Marco Galiazzo (born 7 May 1983 in Padova) is an athlete from Italy. He competes in archery for C.S. Aeronautica Militare. 2004 Summer Olympics Galiazzo competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first three elimination matches, advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Galiazzo faced Vic Wunderle of the United States, defeating Wunderle 109–108 in the 12-arrow match and advancing to the semifinals. There, he faced Laurence Godfrey of Great Britain, defeating Godfrey 110–108. Galiazzo then competed against Hiroshi Yamamoto of Japan in the gold medal match, winning 111–109 to earn the gold medal. He was also a member of the 7th-place Italian men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leslie O'Neal
Leslie Claudis O'Neal (born May 7, 1964, Little Rock, Arkansas) is a former football defensive end who played 13 years in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers, St. Louis Rams, and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1986 to 1999. In 1986, O'Neal was chosen as the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. He was a six-time Pro Bowl Player. He played college football at Oklahoma State University. References http://www.nfl.com/player/leslieo%27neal/2502328/profile... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Scooter Ward
Scooter Ward (born Ronald Ward Jr. on May 7, 1970) is an American musician. He is the founding member and lead singer of the Jacksonville, Florida hard rock band, Cold. Career In 1986, Ward formed the band Grundig along with several other students; Sam McCandless, Jeremy Marshall, and Matt Loughran at Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach, Florida. The band played their first gig in 1990 at a club called the Spray. In 1992, the band released an 8 song EP called "Into Everything" and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Three and a half years later in 1995, Grundig broke up and Ward moved back to Jacksonville, where he, McCandless, Kelly Hayes, and Pat Lally formed the band Diablo. Diablo would only last about 3 months. At the end of that three month period Grundig reformed under the name Cold ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kim Su-ro
Kim Su-ro (김수로; born Kim Sang-joong on May 7, 1970 in Anseong, Gyeonggi) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1993 Two Cops young cadet 1998 Two Cops 3 1999 Shiri Ahn Hyeon-cheol Attack the Gas Station food delivery man 2000 The Foul King Yoo Bi-ho Why Do I Want to Be a Boxing Referee? Short film Bichunmoo Ashin Libera Me 2001 Last Present Yoo-sik Cameo appearance Kick the Moon Cameo appearance Hi, Dharma Wang Ku-ra The Last Witness Volcano High Jang Ryang 2002 Fun Movie 2003 Madeleine Mah-ho 2004 Taegukgi Anti-Communist Federation member Cameo appearance Dance with the Wind Man-su Windstruck hostage taker Cameo appearance S Diary Jeong-seok 2005 A Bold F... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marty Willson-Piper
Marty Willson-Piper, born on May 7, 1958 in Liverpool, is a guitarist and member of Australian independent rock band The Church. After busking his way around the world, he arrived in Australia. Having taken in an early concert by The Church, which were at that time performing as a three-piece, Willson-Piper soon joined Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes and Nick Ward in 1980, expanding the band's lineup and broadening its sound. Willson-Piper's sound was influenced by such left-of-centre guitarists as Tom Verlaine and Bill Nelson (musician). Along with contributing to each of The Church's studio releases, he has maintained a steady solo effort since the mid-1980s. Other side projects and collaborations include two stints as guitarist for UK rock group All About Eve, David Gedge's Cinerama a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Steve Diggle
Stephen E Diggle (born 7 May 1955 in Manchester) is an English guitarist and vocalist in the punk band Buzzcocks. Biography Early years He was born in Manchester, and grew up in the Bradford and Rusholme distyricts of the city, where he was a mod. After attending Oldham College, he got a job, but was dismissed for organising a strike. Buzzcocks He attended the Sex Pistols gig at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall, in June 1976. Their manager Malcolm McLaren introduced him to guitarist Pete Shelley and vocalist Howard Devoto, who were looking for a bassist for their band, the Buzzcocks. John Maher joined as drummer and six weeks later the Buzzcocks played their first concert. Steve played bass at several concerts and on the Spiral Scratch EP. Howard Devoto left the Buzzcocks short... |
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