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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on November, 12, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the photo and detailed natal chart by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the comprehensive horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 45,406 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,406 Celebrities
109 celebrities or events were found for November, 12. Add to favourites (147 fans)Biography of Grace Kelly
Grace, Princess of Monaco, born Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was an Academy Award-winning American film actress who, upon marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco on April 19, 1956, became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco. She is the mother of the principality's current Sovereign Prince, Albert II. Princess Grace maintained dual American and Monegasque citizenship after her marriage. Her "fairy tale" life made Grace one of the most popular and beloved celebrities of the 20th century. Family Grace Kelly was born in the East Falls section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the third of four children to John Brendan Kelly, Sr., also known as Jack Kelly, and Margaret Katherine Majer Kelly. Grace's siblings, in order of a... Add to favourites (46 fans)Biography of Cécilia Attias
Cécilia Attias (born November 12, 1957, Boulogne-Billancourt, France) was the second wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The Sarkozys started divorce proceedings on October 10, 2007 and eight days later, the Élysée Palace announced that the couple had separated. Later that day, the palace corrected that announcement by stating that the couple had officially divorced. The ex-wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy married Richard Attias, an events planner, on March 23, 2008, in New York's Rockefeller Center. Background The former first lady of France was born Cécilia María Sara Isabel Ciganer-Albéniz. Her father, André Ciganer (né Aron Chouganov) was a Russian émigré believed to be of Jewish and Roma origin, who was born in Bălţi, Moldova in 1898. He left home at ... Add to favourites (76 fans)Biography of Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934; first proper name Charles Milles Maddox) was leader of what came to be known as the Manson Family, a cult-like commune that began to form around him in San Francisco in 1967. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit the Tate-LaBianca murders, which members of the commune carried out at his instruction. Though there was no evidence Manson personally killed any of the victims, he was also found guilty of the murders themselves, through the joint-responsibility rule of conspiracy. Background Born to the unwed Kathleen Maddox in Cincinnati General Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, Charles Manson was first known as "no name Maddox." No more than three weeks after his birth, he was Charles Milles Maddox. Although the record that includes that n... Add to favourites (187 fans)Biography of Ryan Gosling
Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor and musician. Having first gained notice at the age of 12 as a mouseketeer on the variety show The Mickey Mouse Club, Gosling has built a reputation for playing misfits in independent films: a fanatic Neo-Nazi in the The Believer (2001), a drug-addicted junior high school teacher in Half Nelson (2006), a socially inept loner in Lars and the Real Girl (2007) and a frazzled husband in Blue Valentine (2010). He has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Leading Actor (for Half Nelson) and two Golden Globe Awards (for Lars and the Real Girl and Blue Valentine). His most commercially successful movie to date is 2004's romantic drama The Notebook. 2011 was a landmark year for the actor as he appeared in three mainstream fi... Add to favourites (128 fans)Biography of Anne Hathaway
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982 (birth time source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004266/bio)) is an American film and stage actress. Hathaway made her acting debut in the 1999 television series Get Real, but her first prominent role was in Disney's family comedy The Princess Diaries (2001), which established her career. She continued to appear in Disney films in the next three years, and she had the lead roles in Ella Enchanted and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (both 2004). Hathaway took more creative control over her career in 2005 and co-starred in the adult-themed Havoc and Brokeback Mountain. The Devil Wears Prada (2006), in which she starred opposite Meryl Streep, has become the highest-grossing film of her career, and Becoming Jane, in which she stars as Ja... Add to favourites (38 fans)Biography of Neil Young
Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, Astrodatabank)) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director from Omemee, Ontario. His work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and an instantly recognizable nasal tenor (and frequently alto) singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica—his style of hammer-on acoustic guitar and often idiosyncratic soloing on electric guitar are the lynchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished, yet consistently evocative sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronica throughout a varied career, his be... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Nadia Comaneci
Nadia Elena Comaneci (originally Comăneci /ko.mə'neʧʲ/) (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of five Olympic gold medals, and the first to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is one of the most well-known gymnasts in the world and, along with Olga Korbut, is credited with popularizing the sport around the world. Early life Comaneci was born in Oneşti, Romania, on 12 November 1961 as the daughter of Gheorghe and Ştefania-Alexandrina. Comaneci's pregnant mother was watching a Russian film in which the heroine of the story's name was Nadya, the shortened version of the Russian name Nadyezhda (which means, literally, "Hope"). She decided that her daughter would be named Nadia, too. Comaneci has a younger br... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of David Schwimmer
David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 12, 1966) is an Emmy-nominated American actor and director, who gained popularity when playing Ross Geller on the American sitcom Friends. Early life Schwimmer was born in Astoria, Queens, New York to Jewish parents, Arthur Schwimmer and Arlene Colman, and then lived in Valley Stream, Long Island, until he was 2 years old. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, where he attended Beverly Hills High School. Having attended Northwestern University’s summer “Cherub” program (the National High School Institute) in 1983, he subsequently enrolled at the university as a theater major, joining Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Arts Alliance in addition to acting and directing. In 1988, along with seven other Northwestern graduates, he co-founded Chicag... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin (born François-Auguste-René Rodin; November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917) was a French artist, most famous as a sculptor. He was the preeminent French sculptor of his time, and remains one of the few sculptors with broad name recognition outside the visual arts community. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally in Paris's École des Beaux-Arts system, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition. Sculpturally, he possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay. Many of Rodin's most notable sculptures were roundly criticized during his lifetime. They clashed with the predominant figure scul... Biography of Patrick Sabatier
Patrick Sabatier is a French journalist, TV host, radio host and producer, born November 12, 1951 in Paris.... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Maurane (singer)
Maurane, real name Claudine Luypaerts, (Ixelles, Brussels, November 12, 1960) is a Belgian singer. She lives currently in Schaerbeek, the municipality where Jacques Brel was born. Her father was director in the Académie de Musique de Verviers, and when she was a teenager she took part in several musical contests. In 1979, she participated in the show, « Brel en mille temps », with Philippe Lafontaine, she was discovered there by the French songwriter, Pierre Barouh. She got later small contracts in cafés or as Jo Lemaire o Philippe Lafontaine's choir until she released her first album in 1986. She has a daughter named Lou with the singer Pablo Villafranca. Honours 1986 - Prix Rapsat-Lelièvre Selected discography Singles 1986 : Danser 1988 : Les uns contre les autres ... Biography of Dalene Kurtis
Dalene Kurtis (born November 12, 1977 in Apple Valley, California) is an American model. She was Playboy Playmate of the Month for September 2001 and Playmate of the Year for 2002. She grew up in Barstow, California. Dalene began her modeling career by entering and winning a Venus Swimwear contest. She then debuted in Playboy magazine as the Miss September 2001 Playboy Playmate after being spotted at the Miss Hawaiian Tropic pageant. Kurtis' Playmate pictorial was the first Playmate of the Month pictorial without any pubic hair at all. Another signature attribute is her lower back tattoo of a butterfly just above her buttocks. In 2003, Playboy released a soft plastic Playboy Doll of her. The doll was based on computer scans of her face and body; hence it is an anatomically accurat... Biography of Roland Barthes
Roland Barthes (November 12, 1915 – March 25, 1980) (pronounced ) was a French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician. Barthes' work extended over many fields and he influenced the development of schools of theory including structuralism, semiology, existentialism, Marxism and post-structuralism. Life Roland Barthes was born on November 12, 1915 in the town of Cherbourg in Normandy. He was the son of naval officer Louis Barthes, who was killed in a battle in the North Sea before Roland turned one. His mother, Henriette Barthes, and his aunt and grandmother raised him in the French city of Bayonne where he received his first exposure to culture, learning piano from his musically gifted aunt. When he was nine his mother moved to Paris and it was there... Biography of Alexandra Maria Lara
Alexandra Maria Lara (born Alexandra Plătăreanu on November 12, 1978) is a German/Romanian actress. She performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of historical and crime films. Lara is best known for her roles in Der Tunnel (2001), Nackt (2002), Der Untergang (2004), and About the Looking for and the Finding of Love (2005). Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m) Early life Born in Bucharest, Lara is the only of child of Valentin Plătăreanu, a Bucharest actor, and his wife, Doina, a homemaker. At the age of four (in 1983) her family decided to flee to West Germany to escape from the Nicolae Ceauşescu regime in Communist Romania. Although the family had originally planned to emigrate to Canada, they settled down in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, before e... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Megan Mullally
Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is a three-time SAG and two-time Emmy Award-winning Irish-American actress, talk show host and singer, best known for her role as Karen Walker on Will & Grace. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Early life Born in Los Angeles, Mullally moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 7. Her father, Carter Mullally, Jr., was a contract player with Paramount Pictures during the 1950s and her mother was a model. She studied ballet from the age of six and performed in a ballet company during high school. She revealed on a March 2006 episode of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that she spent her summers in Los Angeles because of her mother's work. Following her graduation from Casady School, she attended Northwestern Univ... Biography of Edouard Vuillard
Jean-Édouard Vuillard (November 11 (in fact November 12 at 1.00 AM), 1868 - June 21, 1940) was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Nabis. Jean-Édouard Vuillard, the son of a retired captain, spent his youth at Cuiseaux (Saône-et-Loire); in 1878 his family moved to Paris in modest circumstances. After his father's death, in 1884, Vuillard received a scholarship to continue his education. In the Lycée Condorcet Vuillard met Ker Xavier Roussel (also a future painter and Vuillard's future brother in law), Maurice Denis, musician Pierre Hermant, writer Pierre Véber and Lugné-Poë. On Roussel's advice he refused from the military career and entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he met Pierre Bonnard. In 1885, Vuillard left the Lycée Condorcet and joined his closest friend ... Biography of Michal (singer)
Michał Kwiatkowski (born November 12, 1983) is a Polish singer. In France, he is better known as Michal. Kwiatkowski was born and raised in Gorzów Wielkopolski. In 2001, Michal win a Polish karaoke show Szansa na sukces (Shot at the Top). After this success, he left Poland and started his studies in France. In 2003, he attended the third series of the popular show Star Academy. His popularity increased rapidly. He seized second place, but winner Elodie Frégé shared the victory with him. Albums De L'or Et Des Poussieres Released : 2004 Charts positions : # 22 (France) Certification : - Sales: 30.000+ copies Singles: Tu mets de l'or Viens Jusqu'à Moi (feat. Elodie Frégé) Mon tout All Alone With Your Gueule Released : 2007 Charts positions : # 85 (Fr... Biography of Tonya Harding
Tonya Maxine Harding (born November 12, 1970 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an American former figure skater and celebrity. Despite a tough childhood in an unstable family, as well as being plagued by asthma, she became an elite figure skater. She won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice and placed second in the 1991 World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition. She became notorious for her part in the conspiracy to harm competitor Nancy Kerrigan at a practice session during the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Early life Harding was born in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of LaVona and Al Harding. She had a half-brother named Chris Davison (deceased). Harding began skating at an early... Biography of Lourdes Benedicto
Lourdes Benedicto (born November 12, 1974 in Brooklyn) is an American actress of Filipino and Spanish/Dominican descent. She is most well known for her starring role as Eva Rios on The Nine. She is primarily known as a television actress, but has been in a few films. Bendicto has had recurring roles on NYPD Blue, ER, Dawson's Creek and as Carrie Turner on 24. Her film debut was in Permanent Midnight (1998) and she followed that up with roles in Drive Me Crazy (1999), Two Days (2003), The Fighting Temptations (2003) and Unbeatable Harold (2005). Benedicto graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Benoît Pedretti
Benoît Pedretti (born 12 November 1980 in Audincourt) is a French football midfielder, currently playing for AJ Auxerre. He is married and has one child, a daughter named Lena born on August 29, 2005. Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) He started his professional career at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, and played there from 1999 to 2004. He then played for Olympique de Marseille for one season. Following his brief stint with Marseille he joined Lyon before moving once again to the club he now plays for, AJ Auxerre. He has gained 22 caps for France.... Biography of Cote de Pablo
Cote de Pablo (born María José de Pablo Fernández on 12 November 1979) is a Chilean American actress, raised and currently residing in the USA. Early life De Pablo was born in Santiago, Chile, to an upper class Catholic family. When de Pablo was ten, her mother received a job in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, at a Spanish-speaking television network. There, de Pablo attended Arvida Middle School and then Carnegie Mellon University where she studied music theater, and appeared in The House of Bernarda Alba, Cloud Techtonics, Indiscretions, The Fantasticks, And The World Goes 'Round and A Little Night Music. She graduated in 2000. She currently lives in Los Angeles, where she spends her free time writing and performing original music. Television De Pablo is best known for her ... Biography of Omarion
Omari Ishmael Grandberry (born November 12, 1984), better known as Omarion, is an American Grammy-nominated R&B singer, actor, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and former lead singer of B2K Recently, Omarion announced he was signing to producer Timbaland's Mosley Music Group to release his as-yet untitled third studio album. Alternate Names:B2K | Omari Grandberry | Omarion Early life The son of Leslie (née Burrell) and Trent Grandberry. As a child, Omarion starred in several Corn Pops commercials. Music career Solo work Almost a year after the multi platinum group, B2K's split Omarion started his own solo career with his first album, O. In December 2006, Omarion released his second album, 21, named for his age at the time of recording. "Entourage"(produced by Eric Huds... Biography of Stéphane Glas
Stéphane Glas (born 12 November 1973 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Arpitany) is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Stade Francais Paris in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He previously played for Bourgoin. He has also represented France well over 30 times. His usual position is in the centres. Height: 1,79 m Glas made his international debut for France in February of 1996 in a match against Scotland during the Five Nations. He came off the bench as a replacement, and did so as well in a subsequent match against Ireland, and then made his starting lineup debut against Wales in March. He was then capped against Romania and Argentina in April and June, and then earnt another three caps towards the end of the season. He played 9 Tests during the 1997... Biography of Radha Mitchell
Radha Rani Amber Indigo Anunda Mitchell (born November 12, 1973) is an Australian actress. Personal life Mitchell was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and had a "hippie-ish" upbringing by her parents, who divorced during her childhood. Her mother is a model turned designer and her father is a filmmaker. She attended the St Michael's Grammar School. Her first name, "Radha", is of Indian Hindu origin, where the name is described to mean the paramour of Lord Krishna. The other parts of her name coming from an Indian origin are Rani meaning Queen and Anunda meaning joy. Mitchell is a vegetarian and practices Yoga. Career Mitchell began her career as an eleven year old when in 1988-1989 she starred in the ABC TV children's series Sugar and Spice. In 1994, she took the role of C... Biography of Baha'u'llah (Bahá'í Faith)
Bahá'u'lláh (ba-haa-ol-laa Arabic: بهاء الله "Glory of God") (November 12, 1817 (birth time source: Rudhyar from Bahai literature, "sunrise", Astrodatabank) - May 29, 1892), born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Nuri (Persian: میرزا حسینعلی نوری), was the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. He claimed to fulfill the Bábí prophecy of "He whom God shall make manifest", but in a broader sense he also claimed to be the "supreme Manifestation of God"., referring to the fulfillment of the eschatological expectations of a prophetic cycle beginning with Adam, and including Abrahamic religions, as well as Zoroastrianism, the Indian religions, and others. Bahá'ís see Bah... Biography of Alexander Borodin
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin) (31 October/12 November 1833 – 15 February/27 February 1887) was a Russian composer of Georgian parentage who made his living as a notable chemist. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five (or "The Mighty Handful"), who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music . He is best known for his symphonies, his opera Prince Igor, and for later providing the musical inspiration for the musical Kismet. Life and profession Borodin was born in Saint Petersburg, the illegitimate son of a G... Biography of Karen Ziemba
Karen Ziemba (born November 12, 1957) is an American actress, singer and dancer, best known for her work in musical theatre. Biography Ziemba was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, and went on to attend the University of Akron (in Ohio), where she studied dance and joined the Ohio Ballet in her sophomore year. Her Broadway debut was in A Chorus Line as Diana Morales. Later, she played the lead of Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street. While appearing in "42nd Street", she was featured in the October 1984 issue of Playboy in the article "Babes of Broadway", in which she posed partially nude. Ziemba went on to win a Drama Desk Award for the Kander and Ebb revue And The World Goes 'Round (1991) and receive a Drama Desk nomination for I Do! I Do! (1996). The next year, she was nominated for another... Biography of Kim Hunter
Kim Hunter (November 12, 1922 – September 11, 2002) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress. Early life Hunter was born Janet Cole in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Donald Cole and Grace Lind. She attended Miami Beach High School. Career Hunter performed in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), playing the role of Stella Kowalski. She appeared in the 1951 film, for which she won both the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture. She appeared opposite Mickey Rooney in the 1957 live broadcast of The Comedian, a harrowing drama written by Rod Serling and directed by John Frankenheimer. She was blacklisted from film and television during the Hollywood commun... Biography of Philippe Gildas
Philippe Leprêtre, best known as Philippe Gildas, born November 12, 1935 in Auray (Morbihan), is a French journalist, TV host, radio host and sometimes actor. He is the husband of Maryse Gildas, French radio host. Filmography Tanguy (2001) Bécassine - Le trésor viking (2001) Élie annonce Semoun (2000) L'amour en prime (1996) (TV) Ma femme me quitte (1996) Le moustique (1980) (TV) Nous irons tous au paradis (1977)... Biography of Patrice Leconte
Patrice Leconte (born November 12, 1947, in Paris, France) is a French film director and screenwriter. While attending film school in the late 1960s, Leconte also worked as cartoonist, in particular for the magazine Pilote. He directed his first feature film in 1976, and had a number of major successes with comedy films that were barely distributed outside France. He first came to international attention in 1989 with Monsieur Hire, which was shown at the Cannes film festival and which was a radical departure from his previous work. Although he had already directed more than half a dozen features, many foreign critics, unfamiliar with his previous work, essentially treated him as a newcomer. Since then, he has alternated between films such as Ridicule and L'homme du train which have had ... Biography of Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen or Sun Zhongshan (November 12, 1866 – March 12, 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader often referred to as the Father of Modern China. Sun played an instrumental role in the eventual collapse of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. He was the first provisional president when the Republic of China (ROC) was founded in 1912 and later co-founded the Kuomintang (KMT) where he served as its first leader. Sun was a uniting figure in post-Imperial China, and remains unique among 20th-century Chinese politicians for being widely revered in both Mainland China and in Taiwan. Although Sun is considered one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his political life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile. After the success of the revolution, he quickly fell out of power ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sammy Sosa
Samuel Sosa Montero (born November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a right fielder in Major League Baseball and is currently a free agent. Sosa's Major League career began when he broke in with the Texas Rangers in 1989. In the intervening years, he has played for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles. He ended the 2005 with 588 career home runs, placing him fifth on the all-time home run list. After sitting out the 2006 season, Sosa signed with the Rangers in a comeback attempt in early 2007, and he made the team as a designated hitter. While playing for the Rangers on June 20, 2007, against the Cubs, his former team, Sosa hit his 600th home run, becoming the 5th player in professional baseball to achieve that mark. He is also the all-time h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ibrahim Ba
Ibrahim "Ibou" Ba (born November 12, 1973 in Dakar, Senegal) is a French professional football player of Senegalese descent. He is currently registered for Italian Serie A team A.C. Milan, although he rarely features in the first team. He plays as a right midfielder. Ba was born in Senegal but his family moved to France when he was a child. Although he had dual nationality, he elected to play for his adoptive nation's national team, rather than the county of his birth. Ibrahim Ngom Ba is the son of Ibrahima Ba, a Senegalese international footballer. Ba Snr. spent his late career in France, and helped Le Havre AC promoted in 1979 and last playes for SC Abbeville. Early career He started his career with French club Le Havre AC in 1991, before moving to fellow Ligue 1 outfit Bord... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mort Shuman
Mort Shuman (November 12, 1936 - January 2, 1991) was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas". Biography Shuman was born in Brooklyn, New York and went to Abraham Lincoln High School and then studied music at the New York Conservatory. He became a fan of R&B music and after he met Doc Pomus the two teamed up to compose for Aldon Music at offices in New York City's Brill Building. Their songwriting collaboration saw Pomus write the lyrics and Shuman the melody, although occasionally they worked on both. Their compositions would be recorded by artists such as Dion, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Fabian, The Drifters, and Elvis Presley, among others. Their most famous songs include "A Teenager in Love",... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Florent Manaudou
Florent Manaudou (born November 12, 1990 in Villeurbanne (birth time source: Marc Brun)) is a French-Dutch swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events. He is the Olympic champion of the 50-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics in London. He is the son of a French father and a Dutch mother and the younger brother of Laure Manaudou, also an Olympic gold medalist. He first began swimming under the direction of his older brother, Nicholas Manaudou, and later joined the swimming club of Marseilles, France. He was the Junior Champion of the 50-meter free style event in France in 2007. In 2009, he joined the French Army and is currently in an artillery regiment. He and his sister Laure are the first siblings to both win Olympic gold medals in swimming. In addition to swi... Biography of Gloria Hemingway
Gregory Hancock Hemingway (12 November 1931 – 1 October 2001), known later as Gloria Hemingway, was the third son and youngest child of famed author Ernest Hemingway, the second by his second wife Pauline Pfeiffer. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1931. Hemingway died in 2001 of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in Miami-Dade Women's Detention Center. For years Hemingway had been a transsexual and eventually had sex reassignment surgery. he was due to appear in court on the day he died, facing charges of indecent exposure and resisting arrest without violence. Hemingway was a doctor, but the authorities in Montana chose not to renew his medical license in 1988 because of his ongoing alcoholism. He had also battled bipolar disorder and drug abuse for many years. Hemingway... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jakob Hlasek
Jakob Hlasek (born November 12, 1964 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland. Career The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year (partnering his fellow Swiss player Marc Rosset). He was also a member of Switzerland's teams which reached the final of the 1992 Davis Cup (where they were defeated by the United States), and won the 1992 Hopman Cup. Further success for his country came in 1996, when Hlasek was a member of the Swiss team which won the World Team Cup. During his career Hlasek won five top-level singles titles and 20 doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7, and his career-high doubles ranking was World No. 4 (both attained in 1989). His caree... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dominique Le Mèner
Dominique Le Mèner, born November 12, 1958 in Le Mans, is a French politician, member of UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kurt Hoffmann
Kurt Hoffmann (12 November 1910 in Freiburg-im-Breisgau – 25 June 2001) was a German film director. He directed 48 films between 1938 and 1971. Selected filmography 1938 : Andere Länder, andere Sitten 1938 : Wochenendfriede 1938 : Der Skarabäus 1939 : Paradies der Junggesellen 1939 : Hurra, ich bin Papa! 1941 : Quax le pilote (Quax, der Bruchpilot) 1943 : Kohlhiesels Töchter 1943 : Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an 1943 : Ich werde dich auf Händen tragen 1948 : Das Verlorene Gesicht 1949 : Heimliches Rendezvous 1950 : Fünf unter Verdacht 1950 : Der Fall Rabanser 1950 : Taxi-Kitty 1951 : Fanfaren der Liebe 1951 : Königin einer Nacht 1952 : Klettermaxe 1952 : Wochenend im Paradies 1953 : Musik bei Nacht 1953 : Hokuspokus 1953 : Moselfahrt aus Liebesk... Biography of Gilbert Melki
Gilbert Melki, born November 12, 1958 in Paris, is a French actor. He is the nephew of actor Claude Melki. Filmography * 1992 : Betty de Claude Chabrol * 1997 : La Vérité si je mens ! de Thomas Gilou * 1997 : Un amour de sorcière de René Manzor * 1997 : Une journée de merde de Miguel Courtois * 1998 : Méditerranées de Philippe Bérenger * 1998 : La Patinoire de Jean-Philippe Toussaint * 1998 : (G)rève party de Fabien Onteniente * 1999 : Chili con carne de Thomas Gilou * 1999 : Monsieur Naphtali de Olivier Schatzky * 1999 : Vénus beauté (institut) de Tonie Marshall * 2000 : On fait comme on a dit de Philippe Berenger * 2000 : La Taule de Alain Robak * 2001 : Reines d'un jour de Marion Vernoux * 2001 : Les Morsures de... Biography of Arianny Celeste
Arianny Celeste (born on November 12, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American ring girl and model. She is best known for being an Octagon girl for the UFC. Early life Arianny Celeste was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is of Mexican and Filipino descent. She attended Eldorado High School and attended college at the UNLV where she majored in fitness management and nutrition. Career Celeste made her UFC debut in 2006 at the Hard Rock Hotel. Celeste has modeled for magazines such as Maxim, FHM, Sports Illustrated, Fighter's Only Magazine and Playboy. On February 4, 2010, Sports Illustrated named her "Lady of The Day." She was voted "2009 Ring Girl of the Year" in 2010 by Fighter's Only Magazine, an award she won the previous year as well. Maxim voted her "The Hotte... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Imbert
Claude Imbert, born November 12, 1929 in Quins, Aveyron, is a French journalist, member of club Le Siècle. Bibliography Ce que je crois, chez Grasset. Par bonheur, chez Grasset. À point nommé, chez Grasset. La Droite et la gauche, avec Jacques Julliard, chez Julliard. Le Tombeau d'Aurélien, chez Grasset.... Biography of Michael Ende
Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (November 12, 1929 - August 28, 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and children's literature. He was born in Garmisch (Bavaria, Germany), son of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende. He died in Stuttgart (Germany) of stomach cancer. Ende was one of the most popular and famous German authors of the 20th century, mostly due to the enormous success of his children's books. However, Ende was not strictly a children’s author, as he also wrote books for adults. Ende claimed, "It is for this child in me, and in all of us, that I tell my stories," and that " for any child between 80 and 8 years" (qtd. Senick 95, 97). Ende’s writing could be described as a surreal mixture of reality and fantasy. The reader is often invited to take a more interactive role in the story,... Biography of Reynaldo Gianecchini
Reynaldo Gianecchini (born Reynaldo Cisoto Gianecchini Júnior on November 12, 1972 in Birigüi, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor. He started acting at the age of 6, on the stage of his school in Birigüi, São Paulo. He graduated with a degree in law from the Pontifica Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) in 1997, but he never practiced it. His dream of becoming actor was delayed by his modeling career. He was a successful model for eight years of which two were overseas, with a house in Paris, but all the while he was traveling to such cities as New York, London, Berlin, and Milan. He was unhappy, though, and decided to resume his pursuit of an acting career. In 2002, Gianecchini was chosen to be the exclusive top model for Armani in Brazil, a position he apparently st... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Greg Gagne
Gregory Carpenter Gagne (IPA: /ˈɡæɡni/) (born November 12, 1961 in Fall River, Massachusetts) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball. Depending on the historian queried and era referenced, Greg Gagne was arguably the greatest shortstop in the history of the Minnesota Twins, competing against work horses Zoilo Versalles (1961-1967) and Roy Smalley (1976-1982, 1985-1987). He played 10 seasons for the Minnesota Twins from 1983 to 1992, including both of the Twins' World Series championship teams in 1987 and 1991. He was considered one of the American League's best defensive shortstops during his time with Minnesota. Gagne holds a unique place in baseball history. He tied the modern era major league record of hitting two inside-the-park home runs in one game. This eve... Biography of Leslie McKeown
Leslie Richard McKeown (born November 12, 1955 at Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a pop singer. He was the lead singer for the '70s pop sensation the Bay City Rollers during their most successful period. McKeown joined the Bay City Rollers in late 1973, replacing original lead singer Nobby Clark. The group's intense popularity, nicknamed "Rollermania", took off shortly after that. He was with the band until 1978, at which time he left to pursue a career as a solo artist. He released a series of solo albums which saw modest success, primarily in Germany and Japan. One of McKeown's most unusual musical collaborations after leaving the Bay City Rollers was singing on Filigree & Shadow, the second album by gothic/dream pop band This Mortal Coil. I... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chad Varah
Edward Chad Varah, CH, CBE (12 November 1911 – 8 November 2007) was an English Anglican priest. He is best known as the founder of The Samaritans (now known just as "Samaritans"), set up in 1953 as the world's first crisis hotline organization, offering non-religious telephone support to those contemplating suicide. Life Varah was born in the village of Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, eldest of nine children of the vicar at the local Anglican church of St Chad's. His father, Canon William Edward Varah, a strict Tractarian, named him after St Chad, the patron saint and founder of the parish. He was educated at Worksop College in north Nottinghamshire and won an exhibition to read natural sciences at Keble College, Oxford University, quickly switching to Philosophy, Politics and Econom... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucia Popp
Lucia Popp (born Lucia Poppová) (November 12, 1939 Záhorská Ves, Slovakia – November 16, 1993 Munich, Germany) was a Slovak noted operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette soprano, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Strauss and Wagner operas. Her career included performances at Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, and La Scala. Popp was also a highly-regarded recitalist and lieder singer. Twice married, Popp died of brain cancer in 1993 in Munich, at the age of 54. She was buried in Cintorín Slávičie údolie, Bratislava. Operatic career Popp initially entered the Bratislava Academy to study drama. While she began her vocal lessons during this period as a mezzo-soprano, her voi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Piem (artist)
Pierre de Barrigue de Montvallon, best known as Piem, is a French cartoonist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edward Schillebeeckx
Edward Cornelis Florentius Alfonsus Schillebeeckx (Antwerp, November 12, 1914 -) is a Belgian Roman Catholic theologian. He is a member of the Dominican Order. His books on theology have been translated into many languages, and his contributions to the Second Vatican Council have made him known throughout the world. After being educated by the Jesuits at Turnhout, Schillebeeckx entered the Dominican Order in 1934. He studied theology and philosophy at the University of Louvain. In 1941 he was ordained to the priesthood. From 1943 onwards he taught at Louvain on Thomas Aquinas and thomism. From 1945 to 1947 he studied at the Dominican study centre Le Saulchoir near Paris, where Marie-Dominique Chenu and Yves Congar introduced him to modern theology. During these years he also studied at ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eleanor Kask Friede
Eleanor Kask Friede, born in Rochester, New York November 12, 1920, died July 14, 2008, was an American book editor.... Biography of Charles Millon
Charles Millon, born on November 12th, 1945 in Belley, Ain, is a French politician. A member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF), he was member of the french parliament for Ain and President of the regional council of Rhone-Alpes. He was Minister of Defence from 1995 to 1997 in Alain Juppé's government. In 1998, in order to keep the presidency of the regional council, he issued an alliance with Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front and was subsequently expelled from the UDF. He then created his own party, called "The Right", aiming at federating right-wingers in France, which met limited success. He ran in 2001 for Mayor of Lyon. He has been nominated in 2003 as France's ambassador to FAO.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Christmann
Richard Christmann, born November 12, 1905 in Metz, was a French double agent during World War II.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas (born November 12, 1932) is an American television and film actor. For the last two decades, Jerry Douglas has reigned in fictional Genoa City as patriarch John Abbott on the daytime television serial The Young and the Restless. Early life Douglas was born as Gerald Rubenstein in Boston, Massachusetts to Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. He was raised in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Douglas went to Brandeis University to earn a degree in economics. Eight months into law school in Manhattan, he gave up the books and started auditioning. However, his lack of training frustrated him, and he eventually moved then-wife, actress Arlene Martel, and their daughter Avra Douglas to California. Career Settling in the San Fernando Valley, Douglas sold insurance by day and took... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bob Holness
Robert Wentworth John Holness (born 12 November 1928, Vryheid, Natal, South Africa) is an English actor and presenter. Early life Shortly after his birth in South Africa, his family moved to Ashford, Kent, in the UK. After attending Ashford Grammar School (now The Norton Knatchbull School) and Maidstone College of Art and spending some time at Eastbourne College, he then worked for a printing company before returning to South Africa. In 1955, he received his first job as a radio presenter. He also got married in 1955 to Mary who he met in South Africa. They returned to the UK in 1961. They have three children and seven grandchildren. His daughter, Ros, was a member of the band Toto Coelo. In 1956, he starred in a South African radio adaptation of Moonraker, making him the second a... Biography of Kelly Overton
Kelly Overton (born November 12, 1978) is an American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. Early life Overton grew up in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, where she graduated with their highest honor, The Charles Jehlinger Award. Career Overton in The Collective She has performed off-Broadway, in regional Shakespeare, and on several TV shows. She began in national television in 2000 in the role of Rainn Wilkins on several seasons of All My Children and then in 2002 returned to theater on Broadway where she debuted in the original stage cast of The Graduate as an understudy for several roles, eventually replacing Alicia Silverstone in the role of Elaine Robinson, opposite Kathleen Turner and Jason Biggs. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luc Estang
Luc Estang, born November 12, 1911 in Paris, died in 1992 in Paris, was a French writer and poet.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis de Rougemont
Louis de Rougemont (12 November 1847 – 9 June 1921) was a would-be explorer who claimed to have had adventures in Australasia. "De Rougemont" was born Henri Louis Grin in 1847 in Suchy, Switzerland. He left home at the age of sixteen. He became a footman to the actress Fanny Kemble, servant to a Swiss banker de Mieville in 1870 and a butler for the governor of Western Australia Sir William Robinson. In the latest job he lasted less than a year. He tried various ventures with very little success. He worked as a doctor, a 'spirit photographer' and an inventor. He also married and abandoned a wife in Australia. In 1898 he began to write about his invented adventures in the British periodical The Wide World Magazine under the name Louis De Rougemont. He described his alleged exploits ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guy Decomble
Guy Decomble, born Guy, André, Emmanuel Decomble November 12, 1910 in Aulnay-sous-Bois and died August 14, 1964 in Châtellerault, was a French actor. Filmography 1932 : L'affaire est dans le sac - court métrage - de Pierre Prévert 1936 : Le Crime de Monsieur Lange de Jean Renoir 1937 : Drôle de drame de Marcel Carné 1937 : Le Temps des cerises de Jean-Paul Le Chanois 1937 : La citadelle du silence de Marcel L'Herbier 1937 : Forfaiture de Marcel L'Herbier 1938 : La Bête Humaine de Jean Renoir 1942 : Dernier atout de Jacques Becker 1942 : Madame et le mort de Louis Daquin 1942 : Le Voyageur de la Toussaint de Louis Daquin 1943 : Le dernier sou de André Cayatte 1943 : Adieu Léonard de Pierre Prévert 1944 : Premier de cordée de Louis Daquin 1944 : Florence est fo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maud Tabachnik
Maud Tabachnik, born November 12, 1938 in Paris, is a French writer and novelist. Works * La Vie à fleur de terre, Denoël, Paris, 1990 * La Mort quelque part, V. Hamy, Paris, 1995 * Le Festin de l'araignée, V. Hamy, Paris, 1996 * A l'horizon, les ténèbres : thriller, Presses du Temps, Nantes, 1996 * Fin de parcours, nouvelles noires, Viviane Hamy, 1997 * L'Étoile du temple, Viviane Hamy, 1997 * Miroir vérité, Paris, Fragments, 1997 * Gémeaux, Viviane Hamy, 1998 * Lâchez les chiens !, Flammarion, Paris, 1998 * Les Cercles de l'enfer, Flammarion, Paris, 1998 * Brouillard d'Ecosse, Paris, A. Michel, 1999 * L'Empreinte du nain, Flammarion, 1999 * Le Sang de Venise, Flammarion, 2000 * Un été pourri, Ed. J'ai lu, Paris, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie (Born Lewis Delaney Offield on November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television. Early life Oakie was born as Lewis Delaney Offield in Sedalia, Missouri. He grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the source of his "Oakie" nickname. His adopted first name, Jack, was the name of the first character he played on stage. Early career Oakie worked as a runner on Wall Street, New York, and narrowly escaped being killed in the Wall Street bombing of 16 September 1920. While in New York, he also started appearing in amateur theatre as a mimic and a comedian, finally making his professional debut on Broadway in 1923 as a chorus boy in a production of Little Nellie Kelly by George M. Cohan. Oakie w... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wallace Shawn
Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943), sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American comic character actor and author. He has pursued a parallel career as a playwright whose work is often dark, politically charged and controversial. Personal life Shawn was born into a prominent Jewish family in New York City, where he continues to reside. He is the son of William Shawn, the longtime editor of The New Yorker, and journalist Cecille Shawn (née Lyon); his brother, Allen, is a composer. Shawn attended The Putney School, a private liberal arts high school in Putney, Vermont, and graduated with a B.A. in history from Harvard University. He studied economics and philosophy at Oxford, originally intending to become a diplomat; he also traveled to India as an English teacher, on ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charlotte MacLeod
Charlotte MacLeod (November 12, 1922 - January 14, 2005) was a mystery fiction writer. Life and work Born in Bath, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1922, Charlotte (Matilda) MacLeod emigrated to the United States in 1923, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1951. She attended the Art Institute of Boston. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she worked as a copy writer for Stop and Shop Supermarkets in Boston. She eventually moved on to join the staff of N. H. Miller & Company, an advertising firm, where she rose to the level of vice president, and retired in 1982. While continuing to work at the advertising company during the day, MacLeod began writing mystery fiction, eventually publishing over 30 in all. Many of her books are set in New England, including one series focused on c... Biography of Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones (born November 12, 1944) is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known for fronting the band, Booker T. and the MGs. Born in South Memphis, Tennessee, Jones was a child prodigy, playing the oboe, saxophone, trombone, and piano at school and serving as organist at his church. He attended Booker T. Washington High School, the alma mater of Rufus Thomas and shared the hallowed halls with future stars like Isaac Hayes's writing partner David Porter; saxophonist Andrew Love of The Memphis Horns; soul singer/songwriter William Bell and Earth, Wind, and Fire's Maurice White. Jones's first entry into professional music came at age sixteen, when he played baritone saxophone on Satellite (soon to be Stax) Records' first hit, "Cause I Love You"... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte de Guibert
Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert (November 12, 1743 in Montauban - May 6, 1790 in Paris) was a French general and military writer. Born at Montabaun, he accompanied his father in wars before he became a general himself. He published in 1770 an essay on tactics in London, which was very influential in his time. He was born at Montauban, and at the age of thirteen accompanied his father, Charles-Benoît, comte de Guibert (1715-1786), chief of staff to Maréchal de Broglie, throughout the war in Germany, and won the cross of St Louis and the rank of colonel in the expedition to Corsica (1767). In 1773 he visited Germany and was present at the Prussian regimental drills and army manœuvres; Frederick the Great, recognizing Guibert's ability, showed great favour to the young comte... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frédéric Reiss
Frédéric Reiss (born November 12, 1949 in Haguenau, Bas-Rhin) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Bas-Rhin department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rhonda Shear
Rhonda Shear (born November 12, 1954) is an American television personality, comedienne, and actress. Biography Early life Shear was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a Jewish American family. She attended Loyola University, earning a B.A. in Communications. Before she became famous, she earned titles in several beauty contests, including holding the titles of Miss Louisiana USA 1975 for Miss USA and that of Miss Louisiana for both the Miss World and the Miss International pageants. Among her other titles was Queen of the Floral Trail Society. While she sported the latter title, she posed fully clothed for Playboy, but the organizers of that title were opposed to her appearing in that magazine, and took the title away from her. Shear gained notoriety after this episode. After ... Biography of Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook (born November 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the NBA. He was drafted by the Thunder's former incarnation, the Seattle SuperSonics which later relocated from Seattle, Washington to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Westbrook was also a member of the 2010 United States national team. Early years Westbrook was born in Long Beach, California to parents Russell Westbrook and Shannon Horton. He has one younger brother, Raynard, and has said that he admires former Los Angeles Lakers great Earvin "Magic" Johnson. At Leuzinger High School, Westbrook led the team to a 25-4 overall record and to a CIF-SS Div. I-AA quarterfinal playoff appearance during his senior year. He averaged 25.1 points, 8.7 rebounds... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexander Semmler
Alexander Semmler, born November 12, 1900 in Dortmund, died April 24, 1977 in Kingston, New York, was a German musician, pianist, composer and conductor.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fred Kimball
Fred Kimball, born November 12, 1904 in Providence, Rhode Island, is an American writer and psychic. He claimed to converse with animals.... Biography of Craig Parker
Craig Parker (born November 12, 1970 in Suva, Fiji) is a New Zealand actor who was based in the United Kingdom for some time, but now resides in New Zealand. Career Parker is most famous for his role as Haldir of Lórien in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. He also does voice-overs for New Zealand documentaries and has been entertaining and meeting fans at various Lord of the Rings-related conventions for several years - for example, Ring*Con in Germany, which he has attended every year since its creation in 2002, with the exception of 2007, when he had to cancel his appearance due to pressing acting commitments. His recent work has also involved voiceover work in the recent Power Rangers series since the filming moved to New Zealand. He is currently starring in the TVNZ soap Short... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques de Larosière
Jacques de Larosière de Champfeu (born in Paris, November 12, 1929) is a French civil servant. He is the Chairman of the Strategic Committee of the French Treasury and Advisor to BNP Paribas, became President of the London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in September 1993 in the wake of the scandals that led to the departure of the EBRD's first president, Jacques Attali. He left this position in 1998 after restoring the bank's reputation and credibility. Prior to his EBRD service, Mr de Larosière was an able and tough-minded Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from June 17, 1978 to January 15, 1987, and Governor of the Banque de France from 1987 to 1993. In 1992, he became a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mills Lane
Mills Bee Lane III (born November 12, 1936) is a retired boxing referee, a former boxer, was a two term Washoe County District Court Judge, and television personality. He is best known for having officiated over several major heavyweight championship boxing matches in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and for starring in the television show Judge Mills Lane. Biography Lane hails from a prominent Georgia family: his grandfather founded the largest bank in Georgia, and his uncle (and namesake) was the president of Citizens & Southern National Bank. Lane, however, had other aspirations, and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1956, after his graduation from Middlesex School. He became a boxer while with the Marines, becoming the All-Far East welterweight champ. After leaving the Marines... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claudio Risi
Claudio Risi, born November 12, 1948 in Berna, is an Italian film director, the son of film director Dino Risi, and the brother of director, producer and screenwriter Marco Risi. Filmographie Cinema * Windsurf - Il vento nelle mani, sceneggiatura e regia (1984) * Pugni di rabbia, sceneggiatura e regia (1991) * Matrimonio alle Bahamas, regia (2007) Television * Yesterday - Vacanze al mare, miniserie televisiva, sceneggiatura e regia (1985) * I ragazzi della 3ª C, serie televisiva, regia (1987-1990) * S.P.Q.R., serie televisiva, sceneggiatura e regia (1998) * A caro prezzo, regia (1999) * Sei forte, maestro 2, serie televisiva, regia, (2001) * Un ciclone in famiglia 4, serie televisiva, regia seconda unità (2007)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton (born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons, Kansas on November 12, 1911-died in New York City on December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpet player, fondly remembered for being a leading member of Count Basie’s 'Old Testament' orchestra and leader of mainstream-oriented jam session recordings in the 1950s. His principal influence was Louis Armstrong. The The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that he “synthesi much of the history of jazz trumpet up to his own time, with a bright brassy tone and an apparently limitless facility for melodic improvisation”. Clayton worked closely with Li Jinhui, father of Chinese popular music in Shanghai. In the long run, his contribution changed the course of music history in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. His nickname was Cat Eye. Early years C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lord Rayleigh
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, OM (12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was an English physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered the element argon, an achievement for which he earned the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904. He also discovered the phenomenon now called Rayleigh scattering, explaining why the sky is blue, and predicted the existence of the surface waves now known as Rayleigh waves. In 1910 Lord Rayleigh discovered that an electrical discharge in nitrogen gas produced "active nitrogen", an allotrope considered to be monatomic. The "whirling cloud of brilliant yellow light" produced by his apparatus reacted with quicksilver to produce explosive mercury nitride. Biography Strutt was born in Langford Grove, Essex and in his early years suffered from frailty and poor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruce Downey
Bruce Downey, born November 12, 1947 in Athens, Ohio, is the current CEO of Barr Pharmaceuticals, the parent company to Barr Laboratories and Duramed subsidiaries. In January, 1993, he was appointed president and chief operating officer. He became chairman and CEO in 1994 when Barr's founder Edwin A. Cohen stepped down. Downey received a Bachelor's degree with honors from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Ney
Richard Ney (November 12, 1916 – July 18, 2004) was an American actor and investment counselor. He was born in New York City, the son of Erwin Maximillian Ney and Rebie Margaret Flood. He was the grandson of the Rev. Theodore L. Flood, editor of The Chautauquan. He is the father of Rick Dufay, former guitarist for Aerosmith, and the grandfather of actress Minka Kelly. A graduate in economics from Columbia University, Ney is remembered best for his role in the Oscar-winning World War II film Mrs. Miniver (1942), and for his short-lived (1943–1947) marriage to his co-star Greer Garson, who played his mother in the film. He also appeared in The Fan (1949). Ney's one Broadway venture was the 1958 musical Portofino, which he produced and for which he wrote the book and lyrics. It close... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Dauger
Jean Dauger, often called Manech, born November 12, 1919 in Cambo-les-Bains, died October 23, 1999 in Bayonne, was a French rugby union (15 players) and rugby league player (13 players).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Lee Roberts
Richard Lee Roberts, born on November 12, 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an American billionnaire, the son of Oral Roberts (January 24, 1918 – December 15, 2009), an American Pentecostal televangelist and a Christian charismatic. He founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gwen Lee
Gwen Lee (November 12, 1904 – August 20, 1961) was an American film actress from Hastings, Nebraska. Her given name was Gwendolyn Lepinski. Acting career Lee began as a model and was discovered by a casting director. She signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in August 1925. Almost immediately she was cast in two MGM films, I'll Tell The World and A Little Bit of Broadway, produced by Robert Z. Leonard. At the end of the month, she acted with Mae Murray in The Masked Bride, directed by Christy Cabanne. By September 1925, Lee was selected by MGM officials to represent the Culver City, California studio as a beauty contestant for the Eastern Star Fashion and Home Exposition, which was held in October. Occasionally Gwen appeared in movies only briefly, but received notice for her chic... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Baptiste Martin
Jean-Baptiste Martin, born November 12, 1976, is a French actor. He is the son of French TV host Jacques Martin and actress Danièle Evenou, the brother of Frédéric Martin, the half-brother of Judith and Jeanne-Marie Martin (daugthers of Cécilia Sarkozy, now Attia).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sam Winston
Sam Winston, born on November 12, 1949 in Knoxville, Tennesse (source: Marc Penfield, Astrodadabank), is an American entrepreneur, the founder of Winston Tire Co. in 1962.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani (Kurdish: جەلال تاڵەبانی / Celal Talebanî / Jelal Talebaní, Arabic: جلال طالباني, Persian: جلال طالبانی, Jalāl Tālabānī) (born November 12, 1933) is the current President of Iraq and a leading Kurdish politician. He is the first non-Arab president of Iraq. Talabani is the founder and secretary general of one of the main Kurdish political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). He was a prominent member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council, which was established following the overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime by the invasion ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard H. Truly
Richard Harrison Truly (born November 12, 1937) is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, Naval Aviator, former astronaut, and was the eighth Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1989 to 1992. He was the first former astronaut to head the space agency. After his departure from NASA, he led the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1992 to 1997, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory from 1997 to 2005. Early life Born in Fayette, Mississippi, Truly attended schools in Fayette and Meridian, Mississippi, receiving a bachelor of aeronautical engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1959, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. Truly was ordered to flight school and was designated a Naval Aviator on Oct... Biography of Gustaf Skarsgård
Gustaf Skarsgård (born November 12, 1980) is a Swedish actor, son of Dr. My Guenther and Stellan Skarsgård and brother of Alexander Skarsgård. His godfather is acclaimed Swedish actor Peter Stormare. Filmographie (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803890/ ) # Amsterdam (2010) (pre-production) (rumored) .... Sebastian # Trust Me (2010) (filming) .... Jon # The Way Back (2010) (post-production) .... Voss # May Fly (2009) .... Jimmy # Patrik 1,5 (2008) .... Göran Skoogh ... aka Patrik Age 1.5 (International: English title) ... aka Patrik, Age 1.5 (International: English title) # Arn - Riket vid vägens slut (2008) .... King Knut Eriksson - Arns Childhood Friend ... aka Arn - Pohjoinen valtakunta (Finland) ... aka Arn - Riget ved vejens ende (Denmark) ... aka Arn: The Kingdom a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi
Nasser Ghanim Al-Khelaïfi (born November 12, 1973 in Qatar) is a Qatari sports businessman, and a former professional tennis player. He is the current president of the Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) and vice-president of the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF), and has been the director of Al Jazeera Sports since 2006, as well as being the president of Ligue 1 football club, Paris Saint-Germain F.C.. Early career As a tennis professional, Al-Khelaïfi was the second most successful member of the Qatar Davis Cup team after Sultan Khalfan, playing 43 ties between 1992 and 2002 and compiling a 12–31 record in singles, 12–16 in doubles. Al-Khelaïfi appeared twice on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) main tour, losing each time in his first round matches in St. Pölten in 1995 (lost to M... Biography of Tamala Jones
Tamala R. Jones (born at Pasadena, California, November 12, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the movies Booty Call, The Wood, Kingdom Come, The Brothers, and Two Can Play That Game. She currently stars on the ABC television show Castle as Dr Lanie Parish, the medical examiner. Early life Jones was born in Pasadena, California, the oldest of three children and the only girl. She began her career as a model, appearing in magazine and television commercials. Career Her début acting role was a guest appearance on the teen sitcom California Dreams. She had her first major television role playing a student in the short-lived ABC drama Dangerous Minds. Jones had co-starring roles on the 1998-2002 series For Your Love and the short-lived The Tracy Morgan ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Benjamin Mkapa
Benjamin William Mkapa (born November 12, 1938) was the third President of the United Republic of Tanzania (1995–2005) and former Chairman for the Revolutionary State Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM). Biography Mkapa was born in 1938 in Ndanda, near Masasi in southern Tanganyika. He graduated from Makerere University in Uganda in 1962 with a degree in English. He also attended Columbia University in 1963 and was awarded a master's degree in international affairs. Previous posts include being the administrative officer in Dodoma and the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education. He also led the Tanzania mission to Canada in 1982 and to the United States from 1983-1984. He was the Foreign affairs Minister from 1977 to 1980 and from 1984 to 1990. In 1995, Mkapa was elected ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eugene A. Obregon
Eugene Arnold Obregon (November 12, 1930 – September 26, 1950) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor — the Medal of Honor — for sacrificing his life to save that of a wounded comrade during the Battle of Seoul. On September 26, 1950, Private First Class Obregon was fatally wounded by enemy machine gun fire while using his body to shield a wounded fellow Marine. Eugene Arnold Obregon, who was of Mexican American descent, was born on November 12, 1930 in Los Angeles, California (L.A.) He attended elementary school and high school, Theodore Roosevelt High School (Los Angeles), in L.A. before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps on June 7, 1948, at the age of 17. Following recruit training at the Marine Cor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Quine
Richard Quine (November 12, 1920 – June 10, 1989) was an American stage, film, and radio actor and film director. Quine was born in Detroit, Michigan. He began his acting career at age eleven on Broadway, and appeared in his first film John Ford's The World Moves On (1934). During the war he served in the United States Coast Guard, marrying the actress Susan Peters in November 1943. After WW II, he tried directing, first as co-producer and co-director on Leather Gloves (1948), with William Asher, before his first solo effort on the musical The Sunny Side of the Street (1951). His most successful films came in the late 1950s, including Operation Mad Ball (1957), Bell, Book and Candle (1958), Strangers When We Meet (1960) and The World of Suzie Wong (1960). He also produced such films ... Biography of Donald Wuerl
Donald William Wuerl (born November 12, 1940) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the sixth and current Archbishop of Washington, having previously served as Bishop of Pittsburgh from 1988 to 2006. Early life Donald Wuerl was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Francis J. (1910–1994) and Mary Anne (née Schiffauer) Wuerl. The second of four children, he has two brothers, Wayne and Dennis, and one sister, Carol. His mother died when he was young, and his father later remarried Catherine Cavanaugh (d. 1981), who raised Donald and his siblings. Wuerl attended St. Mary of the Mount Parish and School in Pittsburgh's Mount Washington neighborhood. Education He studied at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, and at the Catholic University of America i... Biography of Mayte Garcia
Mayte Jannell García (play /ˈmaɪteɪ/; born 12 November 1973) is a dancer and singer, best known as the former wife of pop star, Prince. Born on a military base in Alabama, García's parents (who are of Puerto Rican and Egyptian ancestry) relocated throughout the United States and Germany as a result of her father's military reassignments. Mayte appeared on the American television program That's Incredible! at the age of 8 as the world's youngest professional belly dancer. She graduated from Wiesbaden American High School in Wiesbaden, Germany the same high school that Priscilla Presley attended while dating Elvis. Personal life and background Garcia was born to Janelle "Nelle" Garcia who is of Puerto Rican and Egyptian descent and her father Ret. Major John Garcia of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Rollet
Joseph Rollet, born November 12, 1824 in Lagnieu, died in 1894, was a French physician and researcher.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Ratterman
George William Ratterman (November 12, 1926 – November 3, 2007) was an American Football player in the All-America Football Conference and the National Football League. Early life He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame from 1944 through 1946, primarily as a backup to quarterbacks Frank Dancewicz and Johnny Lujack. He was the last of only four students in Notre Dame history to earn letters in four different sports (football, basketball, baseball, tennis). Legendary football coach Frank Leahy called him "the greatest all-around athlete in the history of Notre Dame." Professional football career He played professional football with the Buffalo Bills of the AAFC from 1947 to ... Biography of Dave Ellefson
David Warren "Dave" Ellefson (born November 12, 1964 in Jackson, Minnesota) is a bassist and founding member of the American thrash metal band Megadeth. He currently resides in Burlington, Vermont. He also has various side projects which include Temple of Brutality, F5, and Killing Machine. Biography Early life Ellefson was born in November 12, 1964 in Jackson, Minnesota, US to an Norwegian-American family. He then became an accomplished rhythm guitarist and honed his songwriting skills while leading several of his own bands through the club scene of North America's Midwest region. The Megadeth years (1983-2002, 2010-present) Other than vocalist and primary lyricist Dave Mustaine, Ellefson was the only constant member of Megadeth from the time of their establishment in 1983 to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Meray
Hugues Charles Robert Méray (born November 12, 1835 in Chalon-sur-Saône; died February 2, 1911 in Dijon) was a French mathematician. He is noted as the first to publish an arithmetical theory of irrational numbers. His work did not have much of a role in the history of mathematics because France, at that time, was less interested in such matters than Germany.... Biography of Mikhail Chigorin
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin also (Tchigorin) (12 November 1850, Gatchina, Russia – 25 January 1908, Lublin, Poland) was a leading Russian chess player. He served as a major source of inspiration for the "Soviet school of chess," which dominated the chess world in the middle and latter parts of the 20th century. Chess career Chigorin was born near Saint Petersburg and moved to the city some time later. He became serious about chess uncommonly late in life; his schoolteacher taught him the moves at the age of 16, but he did not take to the game until around 1874, having first finished his studies before commencing a career as a government officer. Once smitten with the game, he terminated his employment and started life as a chess professional. He played a series of matches with esta... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ethan Zohn
Ethan Zohn (born November 12, 1973) is an American reality television series contestant who won $1,000,000 on Survivor: Africa, the third season of the reality TV series Survivor. Zohn also appeared on the All-Stars edition of the show. After winning Survivor he co-founded Grassroot Soccer, which uses soccer to raise money and awareness to fight HIV/AIDS. On August 20, 2008, he began a 500-mile soccer dribble from Foxboro, Massachusetts to Washington, D.C. for that cause. On January 22, 2010 he was ranked 14th in the USL Second Division Top 15 of the Decade, which announced a list of the best and most influential players of the previous decade. In 2011, Zohn and his longtime girlfriend and fellow Survivor winner Jenna Morasca participated in the 19th season of The Amazing Race.. They... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Sandara Park
Sandara Park (Korean: 박산다라 ; born November 12, 1984), better known as Dara (Korean: 다라, ), is a South Korean idol singer, dancer, actress, television host and model. She is best known as being a member and the Director of Communications of the South Korean girl group 2NE1. However, she first gained major popularity on ABS-CBN's Star Circle Quest during her stay in the Philippines. Her younger brother is also in the entertainment industry, Park Sang-Hyun, better known as Thunder, a member of the boy band MBLAQ of J. Tune Entertainment, a subsidiary of JYP Entertainment. Dara released her first digital single "Kiss" in 2009 and it was included as the 9th track in 2NE1's first studio album To Anyone in 2010. Early life Sandara Park was bor... Biography of Lily Kronberger
Lily Kronberger (12 November 1890 – 21 May 1974), also spelled Lili Kronberger, was a Hungarian figure skater competitive during the early years of modern figure skating. She was Hungary’s first World Champion. Early life Kronberger was born in Budapest in 1890. Career Kronberger won a World bronze medal in 1906, at the first official World Championships to include a ladies' event. She won bronze again in 1907, and four gold medals from 1908 to 1911. She was the first athlete to win a world championship gold for Hungary. In 1911, Kronberger became the first skater to use musical accompaniment during her entire free program. She did this at the suggestion of Zoltán Kodály. She died in Budapest in 1974. Halls of Fame Kronberger, who was Jewish, was inducted into t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Enzo Francescoli
Enzo Francescoli Uriarte (Italian pronunciation: ; born November 12, 1961 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan football player of Italian and Spanish origin, who retired in 1997. An elegant and highly skillful dribbler, passer, and goal-scorer, Francescoli was nicknamed El Príncipe ("The Prince" in Spanish) or Le Prince (in French). He played 72 times for the Uruguay national team between 1982 and 1997, making him the most capped outfield player in Uruguayan international football. Club career His official debut was with the Uruguayan team Montevideo Wanderers. He played several years for River Plate of Argentina where he won five league titles and the Copa Libertadores in 1996 in his two spells with the club. He also played for the French Racing Club de Paris (Matra Racing Paris at... Biography of Chen Guangcheng
Chen Guangcheng (born 12 November 1971) is a Chinese civil rights activist who works on human rights issues in rural areas of the People's Republic of China. Blind from an early age and self-taught in the law, Chen is frequently described as a "barefoot lawyer" who advocates women's rights and the welfare of the poor. He is best known for exposing alleged abuses in official family-planning policy, often involving claims of violence and forced abortions. In 2005, he became internationally known for organizing a class-action lawsuit against the city of Linyi in Shandong for excessive enforcement of the one-child policy. As a result of this lawsuit, Chen was placed under house arrest from September 2005 to March 2006, with a formal arrest in June 2006. During his trial, Chen's attorneys we... Biography of Giulietta (singer)
Giulietta Russo (b. November 12, 1992), known as just Giulietta, is an Australian dance-pop and R&B singer from Melbourne. She is also a dancer, actress and model who previously trained at NIDA. Lien externe : http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/Giulietta Singles discography: Dirty House Music (2008) Vertigo (2010) Skynet Remix featuring E.Cov (2010) Like a Ghost (2011) Pixelated (2011) Jeremy Word Remix (2012) When December Comes (2011) (a Christmas song) VooDoo (2012) Pretty in Pink (2012) Albums discography: Ascension (2010) 911: Code Pink (Mixtape) (2012)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Katherine Grainger
Katherine Grainger MBE (born 12 November 1975 in Glasgow) is a Scottish and British rower and a 2012 Olympic gold medalist. Grainger is also three time Olympic silver medalist. She represents Edinburgh's St Andrew Boat Club in rowing events. She was created a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 17 June 2006. Grainger first won silver at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 in the woman's quadruple sculls. In Athens in 2004 she won silver in the coxless pairs. In Beijing 2008 she won her third silver. Grainger has won eight medals at World Championships between 1997 and 2012. She has also won the Rowing World Cup in the Quadruple Sculls in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010 and the Double Sculls in 2010, 2011 and 2012. At the London Olympics 2012, Anna Watkins and Grainger broke the Olym... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Janet Devlin
Janet Devlin (born 12 November 1994) is from Gortin, County Tyrone. Devlin had very little singing experience before The X Factor, only singing in her school, pubs and local talent shows. She previously uploaded singing videos to her official channel on YouTube on a regular basis, where she has received well over 10 million total views worldwide. Devlin performed "Your Song" by Elton John during the audition stage of the competition. For the first live show Devlin sang "Fix You", which was enough to convince Rowland that she deserved a place in the next live show. For the next live shows, Devlin sang "Can't Help Falling In Love", "Sweet Child o' Mine", "Every Breath You Take", "I Want You Back", "Somebody to Love", "Kiss Me". On week 8 she sang "MMMBop" and "Under the Bridge", but landed i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lance Briggs
Lance Marell Briggs (born November 12, 1980 in Sacramento, California) is an American football linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Bears in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona. Early years A Sacramento native, Briggs attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove, California. He was a two-time first-team All-Pac-10 Conference selection as a linebacker at the University of Arizona. Briggs finished his college career with 308 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 36 tackles for losses, three interceptions, 10 passes deflected, five forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in 33 games at strong side linebacker. Professional career Briggs was a third round draft pick (68th overall) by the Chicago Bea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Polacco
Michel Polacco, born on November 12, 1948 in Paris, is a French journalist.... |
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