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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on November, 16, 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 · 45,398 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,398 Celebrities
101 celebrities or events were found for November, 16. Add to favourites (65 fans)Biography of Soeur Emmanuelle
Sśur Emmanuelle (born Madeleine Cinquin, November 16, 1908) is a Belgian-born French nun. She died on October 20, 2008 in Callian . She was born in Brussels, Belgium, the daughter of a family of lingerie manufacturers. At the age of six she saw her father drown. She was educated at the Sorbonne, earning a degree in philosophy. In 1929 she took her religious vows and became a nun. She worked in Notre-Dame de Sion high school in İstanbul in 1930s. In 1971 she witnessed the impoverished conditions of the trash collectors in Cairo, Egypt, and decided to live among them. She remained there until 1993, when she returned to France. It was upon her return that she gained the status of a media sensation in France, as she was well received by audiences and talk-show hosts. In additi... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Lisa Bonet
Lisa Michelle Boney (born November 16, 1967), known professionally as Lisa Bonet, is an American actress. She is best known for portraying the character Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show, and its spinoff A Different World. Early life Bonet was born in San Francisco, California to an African American father, Allen Boney, and a Jewish American mother, Arlene. Her parents divorced when she was young. She lived most of her life in New York and Los Angeles, where she attended Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California, and Celluloid Actor's Studio in North Hollywood where she majored in acting. Career Bonet is known for playing the role of Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show alongside Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad, among others, but Bonet actually began acting when she was 11, att... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie Ruth Gyllenhaal (born November 16, 1977) is an American actress. She is the older sister of Jake Gyllenhaal and the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner. Gyllenhaal began her acting career in a film directed by her father, and later achieved recognition in her own right playing her real-life brother's on-screen sister in the cult hit Donnie Darko. Gyllenhaal made her breakthrough in the sadomasochistic romance, Secretary, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Gyllenhaal has chosen an eclectic range of roles, from indie films such as Sherrybaby, for which she was also nominated for a Golden Globe, to the romantic comedy Trust the Man and big-budget studio films such as World Trade Center and The Dark Knight. Gyllenhaal is a politic... Biography of René Steinke
René Steinke (born 16th November 1963 as René Dan Steinke) in Berlin, is a German actor, who is best known in Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei as comissar Tom Kranich, appeared in years 1999-2002 and 2004-2006, at both seasons paired with Erdogan Atalay, who was playting there Semir Gerkhan.... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (born 16 November 1964), is an Italian actress. Like her younger sister, model-turned-singer Carla Bruni, she has settled in France, though being raised bilingual by her French mother and Italian father. She regularly acts also in Italy. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi was born in Turin, Piedmont. Although she began acting in 1986, only recently has she been chosen to play in top roles of internationally acclaimed movies. These include Ten Minutes Older (2002); If I Were a Rich Man (2002); Bernardo Bertolucci's "Histoire d'eaux" segment in the movie The Cello; and 5x2 (2004) and Le Temps qui reste (2005) by François Ozon, in which she played the main female role. She stars in the 2006 A Good Year directed by Ridley Scott. Bruni Tedeschi was present at the 2005 Berlin... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Terence McKenna
Terence Kemp McKenna (November 16, 1946 – April 3, 2000) was a writer, philosopher, and ethnobotanist. He is noted for his many speculations on the use of psychedelic, plant-based hallucinogens, and subjects ranging from shamanism, the development of human consciousness, and novelty theory. Early life Terence McKenna grew up in Paonia, Colorado. He was introduced to geology through his uncle and developed a hobby of solitary fossil hunting in the arroyos near his home. From this he developed a deep artistic and scientific appreciation of nature. At age 16, McKenna moved to, and attended high school in, Los Altos, California. He lived with family friends because his parents in Colorado wished him to have the benefit of the then very highly rated California public schools. He was intr... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Jacques Gamblin
Jacques Gamblin (born November 16, 1957) is a French actor. He was born in Granville. He studied at the Centre dramatique de Caen (Caen Dramatic Arts Centre) before he tried to film in Paris. Filmography Périgord Noir (1988) Il y a des Jours... et des Lunes (There are Days... and the Moons, 1989) La Femme ŕ abattre (1992) Les Braqueuses (1993) Au Petit Marguery (The Little Marguery, 1994) Sans Soucis (Without Concerns, 1995) Mon Homme (My Man, 1995) Les Misérables (1995) Pédale Douce = Soft Pedal (1995) Une Histoire d'Amour (1995) Tenue correcte exigée (1996) Docteur Akagi (Dr. Akiga, 1997) Mauvais genre (Bad Kind, 1997) Au cśur du mensonge (1998) Les Enfants du marais (The Children of the Marshland, 1998) Mademoiselle (2000) Bella Ciao (2000) La... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Marg Helgenberger
Mary Margaret Helgenberger (born November 16, 1958) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American film and television actress. Helgenberger is known for her role as Catherine Willows in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and her role as KC Koloski in China Beach, the latter for which she won an Emmy. Early life Helgenberger (pronounced with a hard 'G', unlike the name Marge) was born in North Bend, Nebraska to Kay, a nurse, and Hugh Helgenberger, a meat inspector. She has German and Irish ancestry and had a Catholic upbringing. One of her first jobs, as a teenager, was spending her summers and her Christmas breaks working as a ‘boner’ at the meat packing plant where her father was employed. Helgenberger played the French horn in her high school (North Bend Central High School) marching... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Diana Krall
Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer. Krall was born into a musical family in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. She began learning the piano at the age of four. In high school, she started playing in a small jazz group. When she was 15 she started playing regularly in several Nanaimo restaurants. At age seventeen she won a scholarship from the Vancouver International Jazz Festival to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and completed three terms. In Nanaimo her playing attracted the attention of famed bass player Ray Brown (ex-husband of the late Ella Fitzgerald, long-time member of the Oscar Peterson Trio and Grammy-winning composer) and drummer Jeff Hamilton. After hearing her play, Brown and Hamilton persuaded Kra... Biography of Michel Daerden
Michel Daerden (16 November 1949 – 5 August 2012) was a francophone Belgian politician, a member of the Parti Socialiste, and a Finance auditor. Daerden was born in Baudour, Belgium. With a reputation as a 'bon vivant', his undenied penchant for a drink (especially Pomerol) led him to be lovingly nicknamed "the Gainsbourg of Belgian Politics" both by himself in a famous TV interview and by Belgium's much respected weekly news magazine Le Vif/L'Express. Biography Political career Michel Daerden was elected to the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1987. In 1991 he was elected to the Belgian Senate. Daerden served in the Federal government as Federal Minister for Science Policy and Infrastructures (1994-1995) and Federal Minister of Transport (1995-1999). After the elections ... Biography of Dean McDermott
Dean McDermott (born November 16, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor best known for playing Constable Turnbull on the TV series Due South and for his marriage to Tori Spelling. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) McDermott has appeared in many TV and movie roles, including the Kevin Costner film Open Range. He received a Gemini Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1997 for his portrayal of small town boy Garet French in Lives of Girls and Women. In 2007, he and Spelling co-starred in the reality series, Tori & Dean: Inn Love. McDermott married Spelling after they met on the set of Mind over Murder. His previous marriage to TV chef Mary Jo Eustace was dissolved in September 2005. McDermott has two sons, Jack Montgomery (born to Eustace in 1998), and Liam Aaron (born to Spellin... Biography of Henri Charričre
Henri Charričre (November 16, 1906 - July 29, 1973) was a convicted felon chiefly known as the author of Papillon, a memoir of his incarceration in a penal colony on French Guiana. Early life and conviction Charričre was born in Ardčche, France. He had two older sisters. His mother died in 1917, when Henri was nearly 11 years old, fourteen years before his conviction. In 1923, at the age of seventeen, he enlisted in the French Navy, and served for two years. After leaving the Navy, Charričre became a member of the Paris underworld, and got married to a French woman and had a daughter. He was convicted of the murder of a pimp, Roland le Petit, a charge which he strenuously claimed was false. He was sentenced to hard labour for life on October 26, 1931. He had to leave behind his family,... Biography of Aleksandr Sergeyevich Popov
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Popov (also Alexander Popov, Russian: Александр Владимирович Попов; (born November 16, 1971) is a Russian former Olympic gold-winning swimmer. Career Born in Nizhnyaya Tura, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Popov began swimming at age 8 at the Children and Youth Sports School of Fakel Sports Complex in Lesnoy, at that time afraid of water. However, his father insisted on him taking swimming lessons in that sports school, and in his own words, he has "been stuck there ever since". Popov started out as a backstroker but switched to freestyle when he joined Gennadi Touretski's squad in 1990 on the initiative by the Head Coac... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Bosco
Henri Bosco (November 16, 1888 - May 4, 1976) was a French writer. He was born in Avignon. He died in Nice. He was buried at the cemetery of Lourmarin. Bibliography Pierre Lampédouze, 1924 Le Sanglier, 1932 Le Trestoulas et L'Habitant de Sivergues, 1935 L'Ane Culotte, 1937 Hyacinthe, 1940 L'Apocalypse de Saint Jean 1942 Bucoliques de Provence, 1944 Le Jardin d'Hyacinthe, 1945 Le Mas Théotime, 1945 (Prix Renaudot 1945) L'Enfant et la Rivičre, 1945 Monsieur Carre-Benoît ŕ la campagne, 1947 Sylvius, 1948 Malicroix, 1948 Le Roseau et la Source, 1949 Un Rameau de la nuit, 1950 Des sables ŕ la mer. Pages marocaines, 1950 Sites et Mirages, 1951 . Antonin, 1952 L'Antiquaire, 1954 Le Renard dans l'île, 1956 Les Balesta, 1956 Sabinus, 1957 Barboche... Biography of Griff Rhys-Jones
Griffith Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953), better known as Griff Rhys Jones, is a Welsh comedian, writer and actor. He came to national attention in the 1980s when he starred with Mel Smith in a number of comedy sketch shows on British TV. Early life and education Rhys Jones was born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a doctor. Moving with his father's work, he attended Primary School in Midhurst, Sussex, junior school in Harlow, Essex and Secondary School at Brentwood School, in Brentwood, Essex. While the family was resident in Essex, his father had a boat in West Mersea, which they would sail around the coast of Suffolk and into The Broads. While at Brentwood School he met Charlie Bean (later Executive Director of the Bank of England) and Douglas Adams (who would later write The Hit... Biography of Maeve Quinlan
Maeve Anne Quinlan (born November 16, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. She is currently starring in the critically acclaimed hit series South of Nowhere which just received its second nomination in a row for Best Drama at the GLAAD Media Awards and recently finished shooting season three. Prior to South of Nowhere she was a regular on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 1995–2005 where she played Megan Conley. She returned for a three week guest starring role on the show in March of 2006 while on hiatus from South of Nowhere. One of her more notable roles was that of "Rhonda" in the 2002 movie Ken Park, the controversial film in which her character is seen receiving unsimulated oral sex from a male friend of her daughter. She also starred in the unsuccessful... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Salvatore Giuliano
Salvatore Giuliano (Montelepre, November 16, 1922 – Castelvetrano, July 5, 1950) was a Sicilian separatist and bandit who has been mythologized during his life and after his death. He is commonly compared to the legend of Robin Hood in popular culture, due to stories pertaining to him helping the poor villagers in his area. Early life Salvatore Giuliano was born in Montelepre within the Province of Palermo as the fourth child of Salvatore and Maria Giuliano, as a child he was nicknamed Turiddu or Turi. He had a decent primary education, but then went to work on his father's land at the age of thirteen. He transported olive oil and worked as a telephone repairman and on road construction. Giuliano was due to be called up to the Italian army, but the Allied invasion of Sicily prevente... Biography of José Saramago
José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE (Portuguese pronunciation: ; (November 16, 1922 – June 18, 2010) was a Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, playwright and journalist. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the human factor. Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998. He founded the National Front for the Defense of Culture (Lisbon, 1992) with Freitas-Magalhăes and others. In the last years of his life, he lived in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain. Biography Saramago was born into a family of landless peasants in Azinhaga, Portugal, a small village in the province of Ribatejo some hundred kilometers north-east of Lisbon. His parents were José de Sousa and Maria de Piedade. "S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Licia Maglietta
Licia Maglietta, born November 16, 1954 in Naples, is an Italian actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536134/ ) Viaggio in Italia - Una favola vera (2007) .... Chiara Nel mio amore (2004) .... Stella Agata e la tempesta (2004) .... Agata ... aka Agata and the Storm (USA: literal English title) ... aka Agatha and the Storm (International: English title: literal title) Luna rossa (2001) .... Irene ... aka Red Moon (International: English title) "Sola debole voce 2, Una" (2001) TV mini-series .... Nora Cartia "Provincia segreta 2" (2000) TV mini-series .... Giulia Canevari Pane e tulipani (2000) .... Rosalba Barletta ... aka Bread and Tulips (International: English title) "Sola debole voce, Una" (1999) TV mini-series .... Nora Cartia Acrobate, ... Biography of Oksana Baiul
Oksana Baiul (Ukrainian: Оксана Баюл) (born November 16, 1977) is a Ukrainian professional figure skater. She is the 1994 Olympic Champion. Oksana Baiul was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union, in what is present-day Ukraine. She was only 13 when her mother, Marina, died of ovarian cancer. She had already lost her loving maternal grandparents as well. Her father had departed from her life after her parents' divorce when she was a baby, and her stepfather had no interest in raising her. After living with friends and sleeping on a cot at her hometown ice rink, she was eventually taken in by the top-ranked figure-skating coach in Odessa, Galina Zmievskaya, with whom Baiul subsequently lived while training. Zmievskaya's pupil and ... Biography of Joseph Vacher
Joseph Vacher (November 16th, 1869, Beaufort, Isčre - December 31, 1898, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain) was a French serial killer, sometimes known as The French Ripper or L'éventreur du Sud-Est (The South-East Ripper) due to comparisons to the more famous Jack the Ripper murderer of London, England in 1888. His scarred face, accordion, and plain, white, hand-made rabbit-fur hat became his trademark appearance. Son of an illiterate farmer, young Joseph was sent to a very strict Catholic school, where he was taught to obey and to fear God. In 1893, while in military conscription, he fell in love with a young maidservant, Louise, who was not at all attracted to him. When his time in the army was over, he tried to woo her and propose to her for the last time before returning home, but she was bored... Biography of Chantille Boudousque
Chantille Boudousque, born November 16, 1978 in Metairie, Louisiana, is an American actress. Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m) Filmography Cellular (2004) .... Chloe's Chilly Friend ... aka Final Call - Wenn er auflegt, muss sie sterben (Germany: DVD title) "The Help" (1 episode, 2004) - Doghouse (2004) TV Episode... Biography of Maxime Médard
Maxime Médard (born 16 November 1986 in Toulouse) is a French rugby union player who plays his club rugby for Stade Toulousain. Médard normally plays at full back or on the wing and was a member of France's U21 World Cup winning team in 2006. He is considered one of the hottest prospects in French rugby. In the 2006/07 season he made 13 Top 14 appearances for Toulouse, scoring 2 tries. During the French Championship's season 2007/2008, he played 24 times and scored an impressive 14 touch downs making him the club's top try scorer.... Biography of Gigi Edgley
Gigi Edgley (born 16 November 1977 in Perth, Australia), is known mostly for her role as Chiana on the Sci Fi channel original series Farscape. She has a B.A. in theatre from the Queensland University of Technology and lives in Sydney, Australia. Early life Edgley's father is Michael Edgley, a famous Australian concert and circus promoter. He brought the Moscow State Circus to Australia in the 1980s. Her mother, Jeni Edgley, is a former Miss Australia and is now involved in running a 250-acre (101 hectare) health retreat. As a child, Gigi Edgley performed both in and out of school. She also took several years of ballet, jazz, and character dance. She became mainly interested in acting and had her first professional theatrical engagement at the Twelfth Night Theatre. She earned a Bachel... Biography of Paul Scholes
Paul Aaron Scholes (born 16 November 1974) is an English football player who has spent his whole career at Manchester United. Scholes has been called the best midfielder of his generation, and has been praised many times for his modesty and attitude towards the game. Scholes has three children, Aaron, Alicia and Aiden. He lives in Saddleworth, Oldham with wife Claire - mother to his children. Scholes represented the England national team for a period of seven years, having been handed his début in 1997. He went on to represent his country at four major tournaments; the 1998 and 2002 World Cups and the 2000 and 2004 European Championships. Following Euro 2004, Scholes announced his retirement from international football, citing his intentions to focus on his club career with Mancheste... Biography of Raymond Peynet
Raymond Peynet, born November 16, 1908 in Paris, died January 14, 1999 in Mougins, was a French cartoonist, artist and illustrator.... Biography of Missi Pyle
Andrea Kay "Missi" Pyle (born November 16, 1972) is an American actress. She has appeared in several films, including Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Biography Personal life Pyle was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Lynn and Frank Pyle. She has a younger brother, Gordon Pyle. Pyle attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated in 1995. She was married in May 2001 to Antonio Sacre. They are now separated. For her achievements, Pyle was honored by the Poplar Pike Playhouse at her alma mater Germantown High School in Germantown, Tennessee. Career She has guest starred on many television shows, including Heroes, Mad About You, Boston Legal, and The Sarah Silverm... Biography of Tazio Nuvolari
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (November 16, 1892 – August 11, 1953) was an Italian motorcycle and racecar driver, known as Il Mantovano Volante (The Flying Mantuan) or Nivola. He was the 1932 European Champion in Grand Prix motor racing. Tazio Nuvolari started out in motorcycle racing in 1920 at the age of 27. In 1925 he captured the 350cc European Championship. From then until the end of 1930, he competed both in motorcycle racing and in automobile racing. For 1931, he decided to concentrate fully on racing cars and agreed to race for Alfa Romeo's factory team, Alfa Corse. In 1932 he took two wins and a second place in the three European Championship Grands Prix, winning him the title. He won four other Grands Prix including a second Targa Florio and the Monaco Grand Prix. After Alfa Romeo... Biography of Tiberius
Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (November 16, 42 BC – March 16, AD 37), born Tiberius Claudius Nero, was Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. Tiberius was by birth a Claudian, son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. His mother divorced his father and was remarried to Augustus in 39 BC, making him a step-son of Octavian. Tiberius would later marry Augustus' daughter Julia the Elder (from his marriage to Scribonia) and even later be adopted by Augustus, by which act he officially became a Julian, bearing the name Tiberius Julius Caesar. The subsequent emperors after Tiberius would continue this blended dynasty of both families for the next forty years; historians have named it the Julio-Claudian dynasty. In relations to the other emperors of this dynasty, Tiberius was the stepson of ... Biography of Yuki Uchida
Yuki Uchida (born in Tokyo on November 16, 1975, blood type O, 1m65) is a japanese actress, model and (ex) singer, and was a popular japanese idol in the 90's. She began her carrier as a model in commercials, notably for the confectionery company "Lotte", then debuted in acting in 1992 in the drama "Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta". She became a swimsuit model for the swimwear company Unitika in 1993, and got popular as an idol, partly due to her then unusual tomboyish look with short hairs and husky voice. She began to get large exposure in commercials and media, and hosted her own weekly 30mn late radio show, "Yorusora (nightsky) ni YOUKISS!", from April 1994 to March 2001 on Nippon Broadcasting (Listen to one of her shows). She released her first single at the end of 1994, "TENC... Add to favourites (1 fan)Biography of Noah Gray-Cabey
Noah Gray-Cabey (born November 16, 1995) is an American television actor. He is best known for his roles as "Franklin Aloyisious Mumford", a child genius smitten with "Kady Kyle" on the sitcom My Wife and Kids, and currently as Micah Sanders in the NBC science-fiction drama Heroes. Gray-Cabey was born in Newry, Maine to Whitney Gray and Shawn Cabey. He started playing the piano when he was eighteen months old. At age four, he performed in several venues throughout New England and Washington, and journeyed to Jamaica for his first tour with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. By age eight, he had established a name for himself as a young musician. He appeared on Ripley's Believe It or Not for his talent. He is (as of 2007) in the eighth grade, when most children his age are in the fifth ... Biography of Barbara Payton
Barbara Payton (born Barbara Lee Redfield, November 16, 1927 - May 8, 1967) was an American film actress. Early life and career Born Barbara Lee Redfield in Cloquet, Minnesota, she was the daughter of restaurateurs, and raised in Odessa, Texas. In 1945, at age seventeen, she headed for Hollywood in search of a career in movies and was eventually placed under contract by Universal Studios where she began appearing in bit parts. After being discovered by James Cagney and his producer brother William, Payton starred in Cagney’s Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye in 1950. She signed a contract with Cagney’s production company. From 1955 to 1963, there were several skirmishes with the law - passing bad checks, public drunkenness, mental illness, drug abuse, and, ultimately, prostitution. She was pa... Biography of José Garcimore
José Garcia Moreno, best known as Garcimore, born November 16, 1940 in Albacete, died April 18, 2000 in Le Gué-de-Longroi (Eure-et-Loir) (stroke), was a Spanish humorist, musician and illusionist. Discography 1979 : Le méchant loup / Décontrasté 1979 : Mes petites souris 1980 : C'est écrit sur la casquette / L'escargot 1982 : Dans un an t'y es / Hop hop hoptimiste 1984 : Le ręve du magicien / Nous les magiciens 1989 : France-Espagne Espańa-Francia / L'alcootest... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tina Gebel
Tina Gebel-DelMoral, born in Berlin November 16, 1962, is a German actress. Filmography Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: The Return of Gunther Gebel-Williams (TV Special)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ronald Pognon
Ronald Pognon (born 16 November 1982 in Le Lamentin, Martinique) is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances. He is the European record holder for the 60 metres indoors and is the first Frenchman to go under 10 seconds at the 100 metres. Early career As a junior athlete he participated at the 2000 World Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay. He also competed individually in the 200 metres, without reaching the final. His personal best 200 m result at that time was 21.25 seconds, whereas his personal best 100 m result was 10.50 seconds. Two years later he had improved to 20.65 and 10.24 seconds respectively, and reached the 200 m semifinals at the 2002 European Championships... Biography of Britta Steffen
Britta Steffen (born 16 November 1983 in Schwedt, Germany) is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is a former holder of the world record in women's 100 metre freestyle. In 1999 Steffen won six titles at the European junior championships, and won a medal as a member of Germany's freestyle relay team at the Summer Olympics 2000. In 2004, she asked to swim the 4×100m relay. But after the Olympics, she took one year off swimming and concentrated on her studies, which were not finished. At the Championships in Budapest on 2 August 2006, Steffen clocked 53.30 in the women's 100m freestyle event, breaking the world record and upstaging the previous record of 53.42 set by Libby Lenton of Australia. Even though Libby swam a time of 52.99 on 4 April 2007 during the mixed 400 met... Biography of Burgess Meredith
Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 (source: Imdb) – September 9, 1997) was a versatile two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor. He was known for portraying Rocky Balboa's trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky films and The Penguin in the television series Batman. Contemporary fans recall him as "Grandpa Gustavson" (Jack Lemmon's father) in the films Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men. Early life & career Meredith was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Ida Beth (née Burgess) and Canadian-born William George Meredith, M.D. He graduated from Hoosac School in 1926. He then attended Amherst College as a member of the Class of 1931. In 1933, he became a member of Eva Le Gallienne's theatre company in New York. He attracted favorable attention for playing George in a 1939 ada... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Léon Daudet
Léon Daudet (16 November 1867 – 30 June 1942) was a French journalist, writer, an active Orléanist, and a member of the Académie Goncourt. Move to the right Daudet was born in Paris. His father was the novelist Alphonse Daudet and his younger brother, Lucien Daudet, would also become an artist. Léon Daudet married Jeanne Hugo, the granddaughter of Victor Hugo, in 1891 and thus entered into the higher social and intellectual circles of the French Third Republic. He divorced his wife in 1895 and became a vocal critic of the Republic, the Dreyfusard camp, and of democracy in general. Together with Charles Maurras (who remained a lifelong friend), he co-founded (1907) and was an editor of the conservative, integralist periodical Action Française. A deputy from 1919 to 1924, he failed to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chris Haney (baseball)
Christopher Deane Haney (born November 16, 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a left-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1991 to 2002 for the Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and Boston Red Sox. In 2001, he played in Japan for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. Haney gave up Wade Boggs' 3,000th hit, a home run. After retiring from the MLB he returned to the town that he grow up in, Orange, Virginia. Haney is the son of major league catcher Larry Haney. In 1999, Haney pitched for the Cleveland Indians but was left off their playoff roster. The decision to exclude him was blamed by some for the team's collapse against the Boston Red Sox in the 1999 American League Division Series.... Biography of Lawrence Tibbett
Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (November 16, 1896 - July 15, 1960) was an American opera singer, movie actor, radio personality and recording artist. He sang with the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1923 until the 1950s, performing roles ranging from Iago in Otello to Captain Hook in Peter Pan. As a baritone, Tibbett is acknowledged as one of the greatest opera singers produced by the United States, and one of the finest male voices of the past 100 years. Biography Lawrence Tibbett was born Lawrence Mervil Tibbet, (with a single "t") on November 16, 1896 in Bakersfield, California. His father was a part-time deputy sheriff, killed in a shootout with desperado Jim McKinney in 1903. Tibbett grew up in Los Angeles, earning money by singing at funerals. He served in World War I, after which he ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Vidalenc
Henri Vidalenc, born November 16, 1962 in Bčgles, is a French musician, a former member of French group Noir Désir. Noir Désir is a French rock band, currently on hiatus. History The band was formed in Bordeaux in 1985 by singer Bertrand Cantat, drummer Denis Barthe, guitarist Serge Teyssot-Gay and bassist Frédéric Vidalenc (replaced in 1996 by Jean-Paul Roy). Their first album Veuillez rendre l'âme (ŕ qui elle appartient) (1989) was recognised as one of the best French rock albums ever made, and it produced a hit single: "Aux sombres héros de l'amer", a sea-shantyesque harmonica-driven ballad that uses the metaphor of sailors "lost in the sea" to speak of the 19th century "počtes maudits" and other fellow navigators of existential emptiness. Noir Désir became one of the most prominent... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marie-Hélčne Aubert
Marie-Hélčne Aubert (born 16 November 1955 in Nantes) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the West of France. She is a member of the French Green Party, part of the European Greens. Aubert is a Vice Chair of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dugald Baird
Sir Dugald Baird (November 16, 1899 in Beith - 1986) graduated in medicine from Glasgow University in 1922. His early experiences attending births in the Glasgow slums and in the city's Royal Maternity Hospital shaped his interest in the social and economic influences on the health of women, their babies, and across generations. He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1935. It is also believed that he was a member of the Eugenics society. He moved to Aberdeen in 1937 as Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Aberdeen. During the next three decades, his main interests were in the areas of clinical practice, service provision and health policy in reproductive health, perinatal and maternal mortality, social obstetrics, sterilisa... Biography of Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本 茂, Miyamoto Shigeru?, born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer. He is the creator of the Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, F-Zero and Pikmin video game series, among others, for Nintendo game systems. He has also supervised many titles published by Nintendo on behalf of other developers, including Metroid Prime and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. Miyamoto is a world-renowned game designer, and is often called the "father of modern video gaming". Video games designed by him typically feature refined control-mechanics, intuitive gameplay, simplistic story lines, and imaginative worlds in which the players are encouraged to discover things for themselves. Employed by Nintendo as an artist in 1977, he was g... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Martial Gayant
Martial Gayant (Chauny, November 16, 1962) is a former French cyclist, now a team captain of Française des Jeux. Major victories 1981 GP des Nations, amateurs 1984 Giro d'Italia: stage 10 1985 Paris-Camembert 1986 GP Ouest France-Plouay French national champion field riding 1987 Four Days of Dunkirk: Stage 4 Tour de France: Stage 11 1989 GP Fourmies 1990 Tour de l'Avenir: Stage 8 Tour de Limousin Tours de France 1987 - 34th; winner of 11th stage, wearing the yellow jersey for 2 days 1988 - 71th 1989 - 32th... Biography of Frank Bruno
Franklin Roy Bruno (born 16 November 1961 in Hammersmith, London) is an English former boxer whose career highlight was winning the WBC Heavyweight championship in 1995. Altogether, he won 40 of his 45 contests. Like Henry Cooper before him, Bruno has remained a popular celebrity with the British public since his ring career ended and still appears regularly in pantomime. Boxing career Bruno became a professional boxer in 1980, quickly racking up a streak of twenty-one consecutive wins by knockout. This streak caught the attention of international boxing magazines, such as The Ring, KO Magazine, Boxing Illustrated, Ring En Espańol. In March 1984, however, future World Heavyweight Champion, American James 'Bonecrusher' Smith, then a boxing journeyman, halted that streak when he defe... Biography of Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor. Biography Born in Hanau, Germany, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child. He entered the Hochsche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main where he studied conducting, composition and violin under Arnold Mendelssohn and Bernhard Sekles, supporting himself by playing in dance bands and musical-comedy outfits. He acted as concertmaster of the Frankfurter Museumsorchester from 1915 to 1923 and played in the Rebner string quartet from 1914 in which he played second violin, and later the viola. In 1921 he founded the Amar Quartet, playing viola, and extensively toured Europe. In 1922, some of his pieces were heard in the International Society for Contempo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mary Margaret McBride
Mary Margaret McBride (November 16, 1899 - April 7, 1976) was an American radio interview host and writer. Her popular radio shows spanned more than forty years; she is also remembered for her few months of pioneering television, as an early sign of radio success not guaranteeing a transition to the new medium. She was sometimes known as "The First Lady of Radio." Early life McBride was born at Paris, Missouri, to a farming family. Their frequent relocations disorganized her early schooling, but at the age of six she became a student at a preparatory school called William Woods "College", and at 16 the University of Missouri, receiving a degree in journalism there in 1919. She worked a year as a reporter at the Cleveland Press, and then until 1924 at the New York Evening Mail. Follo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joanna Ashnual
Joanna Ashnual, born November 16, 1948 in Seattle, Washington, is an American editor, author and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ghislain Bray
Ghislain Bray, born November 16, 1946 in Nangis, (Seine-et-Marne), is a French politician, member of UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julius Leber
Julius Leber (16 November 1891 - 5 January 1945) was a German politician of the SPD and a member of the German Resistance against the Nazi régime. Early history Leber was born in Biesheim, Alsace, out of wedlock, to Katharina Schubetzer and later adopted by her Freemason husband Jean Leber. Leber ended his school days in Breisach in 1908 with a Mittlere Reife qualification from a vocational high school, having completed training in salesmanship in a wallpaper factory in Breisach. From 1910, he attended an Oberrealschule (a higher vocational school) and also wrote newspaper reports. To finance his training, he worked as a tutor. After his Abitur in 1913, Leber studied national economics and history in Strasbourg (then Straßburg, Germany) and at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clarke (Frédéric Seron)
Clarke, born Frédéric Seron November 16, 1965 in Ličge, is a Belgian cartoonist and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Terry Labonte
Terrance Lee Labonte (born November 16, 1956, in Corpus Christi, Texas) is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends. He is the older brother of 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte, and the father of former Nationwide Series driver Justin Labonte. Beginnings Terry Labonte started racing quarter-midgets when he was 7 and won a national championship at nine before moving onto the local short tracks in a stock car as a teenager. Driving on both dirt and asphalt, he won track championships in his hometown, in Houston, and in San Antonio from 1975 to 1977. During this time he also met Louisiana businessman Billy Hagan. 1978-1985 L... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Oswald Mosley
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was a British politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists. Family and early life Mosley was the eldest of three sons of Sir Oswald Mosley, 5th Baronet, of Ancoats (1874–1928), and his wife, Katharine Maud Edwards-Heathcote (1874–1950), the second child of Captain Justinian Edwards-Heathcote, of Market Drayton, Shropshire. Mosley's family were Anglo-Irish but his branch were prosperous landowners in Staffordshire. His grandfather was a son of Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Catherine Wood, whose son Tonman Mosley was the 1st Lord Anslow, and grandson of Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, son of Sir John Parker Mosley, 1st Baronet, and his wife Elizabeth Bayley, and g... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paula Vogel
Paula Vogel (born 16 November 1951) is an American playwright and university professor. She received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, How I Learned to Drive. Early years Vogel was born in Washington, D.C. to advertising executive, Donald Stephen Vogel and Phyllis Rita Bremerman, a secretary for United States Postal Service Training and Development Center.She is an graduate of The Catholic University of America (1974, B.A.) and Cornell University (1976, M.A.). Vogel also attended Bryn Mawr College 1969-70, 1971-72. Career A productive playwright since the late 1970s, Vogel first came to national prominence with her AIDS-related seriocomedy The Baltimore Waltz, which won the Obie award for Best Play in 1992. She is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ton de Leeuw
Ton de Leeuw (born Rotterdam, 16 November 1926, died Paris, 31 May 1996) was a Dutch composer. He was known for his experiments with microtonality. Taught by Olivier Messiaen and others, and influenced by Béla Bartók, he was a teacher at the University of Amsterdam and later professor of composition and electronic music at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam from 1959 to 1986. Among his notable students are Gheorghi Arnaoudov, Michail Goleminov, Walter Hekster, Tristan Keuris, Liza Lim, Chiel Meijering, and Otto Sidharta. He studied ethnomusicology with Jaap Kunst in 1950-54 and the encounter with the Dagar brothers and Drupad on his first visit to India in 1961 deepened a lifelong interest in "transculturation". He also visited Japan in the 1960s. This manifested itself in his w... Biography of Corey Pavin
Corey Allen Pavin (born November 16, 1959) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 150 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1986 and 1997. Pavin was born in Oxnard, California. He attended UCLA and turned professional in 1982. He quickly established himself in the sport, with three international victories in 1983, and his first PGA Tour victory at the 1984 Houston Coca-Cola Open. He won at least one event on either the PGA Tour or the international tour nearly every year for the next decade, and topped the PGA's money list in 1991, when he was the last man to achieve this without winning at least one million dollars in prize money. Pavin's success culminated in his only major victory, the 1995 U.S. Open. Rather than marking a move to ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Josette Rey-Debove
Josette Rey-Debove, born November 16, 1929 in Calais and died February 22, 2005 in Senegal, was a French author and semiologist.... Biography of Renée Saint-Cyr
Marie-Louise Eugénie Vittore, best known as Renée Saint-Cyr, born November 16, 1904 in Beausoleil (Alpes-Maritimes), died July 11, 2004 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French actress. Theatre 1965 : Gigi de Colette, director Jean-Michel Rouzičre, with Muriel Baptiste, Philippe Dehesdin, Paul Guers, Jacqueline Ricard, Renée Saint-Cyr, Alice Tissot, Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris Filmography Actress 1933 : Toto ou Son Altesse voyage de Jacques Tourneur - Ginette 1933 : les Deux Orphelines de Maurice Tourneur - Henriette 1934 : Arlette et ses papas de Henry Roussel 1934 : Le Dernier milliardaire de René Clair - la Princesse 1935 : L'Ecole des cocottes de Pierre Colombier - Ginette 1936 : Pattes de mouches de Jean Grémillon 1937 : Les Perles de la Couronne de Christi... Biography of Jacques Dondoux
Jacques Dondoux, born November 16, 1931 in Lyon, died May 21, 2002 (intracranial hemorrhage), was a French politician and engineer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Frogier
Pierre Frogier (born November 16 1950, Nouméa, New Caledonia) is a French politician, who was President of the Government of New Caledonia from 2001 to 2004. He was born in Nouméa. He was elected President of that collectivity by the territorial Congress (Congrčs du territoire) on April 5, 2001, reelected in November 2002 when the government collapsed following the resignation of a minister, and left office on June 10, 2004, when a new government was elected after his party, the anti-independence The Rally–UMP, lost parliamentary elections. When the new government collapsed, Frogier ran for president in elections two weeks later, on June 24, 2004, in which he was defeated, received 4 of the 11 votes in Congress.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christophe Masse
Christophe Masse, born November 16, 1963 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), is a French politician, member of PS (Parti Socialiste).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Groppi
Father James Edmund Groppi (November 16, 1930–November 4, 1985) was a Roman Catholic priest and noted civil rights activist. Early years, education, ordination as priest James Groppi was born in the Bay View neighborhood on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Italian immigrant parents. Giocando and Giorgina Groppi had twelve children, of which James was the eleventh. In this working class community, Giocando joined others from Italy in Milwaukee's grocery business, opening "Groppi's" store in Bay View, where James and his siblings worked. Typical of boys in heavily Catholic south side Milwaukee, James attended a parochial grade school (Immaculate Conception), but went on to the public high school in Bay View, where he was captain of the basketball team in his senior year. A year ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jules Violle
Jules Louis Gabriel Violle (November 16, 1841, Langres - September 12, 1923, Fixin) was a French physicist and inventor. He is notable for having determined the solar constant at Mont Blanc in 1875, and, in 1881, for proposing a standard for luminous intensity, called the Violle, equal to the light emitted by 1 cm˛ of platinum at its melting point. (It was notable as the first unit of light intensity that did not depend on the properties of a particular lamp, but it was made obsolete by the candela, the standard SI unit.) Throughout his life, Violle taught at several colleges including the University of Lyon and the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in Paris. He was one of the founders of the Institut d'optique théorique et appliquée and the École supérieure d'optique. He improved an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roland Bertin
Roland Bertin (born 16 November 1930 in Paris) is a French actor and comedian. He has appeared in 100 films and television shows since 1970. Awards and nominations * 1979 : Prix du Syndicat de la critique : meilleur comédien dans Trois Sśurs et Avec ou sans arbres * 1990 : Prix du Syndicat de la critique : meilleur comédien dans Galileo Galilei * 2009 : Moličre du comédien dans un second rôle pour Coriolan Selected filmography * The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1970) * Little Marcel (1976) * Monsieur Klein (1976) * The French Woman (1977) * The Bronte Sisters (1979) * The Woman Cop (1980) * Diva (1981) * The Trout (1982) * The Wounded Man (1983) * Jenatsch (1987) * The Hairdresser's Husband (1990) * Cy... Biography of Rosina Cardano
Rosina Cardano, born November 1-, 1904 in Milan, is an Italian astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eddie Condon
Albert Edwin Condon (16 November 1905 – 4 August 1973), better known as Eddie Condon, was a jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in the so-called "Chicago school" of early Dixieland, he also played piano and sang on occasion. Condon was born in Goodland, Indiana. After some time playing ukulele, he switched to banjo and was a professional musician by 1921. He was based in Chicago for most of the 1920s, and played with such jazz notables as Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden and Frank Teschemacher. In 1928 Condon moved to New York City. He frequently arranged jazz sessions for various record labels, sometimes playing with the artists he brought to the recording studios, including Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller. He organised racially-integrated recording sessions - ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marc Camoletti
Marc Camoletti (November 16, 1923 – July 18, 2003) was a French playwright best known for his classic farce Boeing-Boeing. Camoletti was born a French citizen in Geneva, Switzerland, though his family had Italian origins. His theatrical career began in 1958 when three of his plays were presented simultaneously in Paris, the first, La Bonne Anna, running for 1300 performances and going on to play throughout the world. Boeing-Boeing (1962) was an even greater success, and remains Camoletti's signature hit. The original London production, in an adaptation by Beverley Cross, opened at the Apollo Theatre, transferred to the Duchess, and ran for seven years, racking up more than 2,000 performances. A later play, Don't Dress for Dinner, also ran for seven years in London, again transferr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dwight Gooden
Dwight Eugene Gooden (born November 16, 1964), nicknamed "Doc Gooden" or "Dr. K", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in the National League in the middle and late 1980s. Life and career A native of Tampa, Florida, Gooden was drafted in the first round in 1982, the fifth player taken overall. He spent one season in the minors, in which he led the Class-A Carolina League in wins, strikeouts and ERA while playing for the Lynchburg Mets. Gooden had 300 strikeouts in 191 innings, a performance which convinced Triple-A Tidewater Tides manager, future Mets skipper Davey Johnson, that he was capable of making the unusual leap to the majors. 1984 - 1994: New York Mets 1984 Gooden made his major-league debut on April 7, 1984 wi... Biography of Christoffer Svensson
Christoffer Svensson, born November 16, 1983 in Stockholm, is a Swedish actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1036096/ ) # "Svensson Svensson" .... Joakim (1 episode, 2007) - Episode #3.11 (2007) TV episode .... Joakim # Den nya människan (2007) .... Axel ... aka "The New Man" - USA (literal title) # "Brandvägg" (2006) TV mini-series .... Jonas # Virus (2006/I) .... Alexander Jakobsson # Heartbreak Hotel (2006) .... Mattias Ek # Om Gud vill (2006) .... Bachelor #2 ... aka "God Willing" - International (English title) # "Livet enligt Rosa" .... Magnus (3 episodes, 2005) - Del 6 (2005) TV episode .... Magnus - Del 4 (2005) TV episode .... Magnus - Del 2 (2005) TV episode .... Magnus # Sjätte juni (2004) (V) .... Fredrik # "En ö i havet" ....... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Terry Buske
Terry Buske, born November 16, 1952 in Freeport, Illinois, is an American astrologer and editor.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Zina Garrison
Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963 in Houston, Texas) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games. Career An African-American and the youngest of seven children, Garrison started playing tennis at the age of 10 and entered her first tournament at the age of 12. Her success as a junior player quickly made the tennis world take notice. At the age of 14 she won the national girls' 18s title. And then in 1981, she won both the Wimbledon and US Open junior titles and was ranked the World No. 1 junior player. Garrison graduated from Sterling High School in Houston in 1982. Ga... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Todd Wall
Todd Wall, born on November 16, 1970 in The Bronx, New York, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908493/) 2011 Somebody's Hero Mark 2004-2008 New York - Police judiciaire (TV series) CSU Shea / Shock Jock – Submission (2008) … Shock Jock – Coming Down Hard (2004) … CSU Shea 2001-2006 Les Soprano (TV series) Jackie Jr.'s Friend / Man #2 – Luxury Lounge (2006) … Man #2 – Army of One (2001) … Jackie Jr.'s Friend (uncredited) 2005 Courage & Stupidity (short) Steven 2004 Full Moon Fables Ed Sherman 2001 Écarts de conduite Nice Guy at Party (uncredited) 2000 Mon beau-pčre et moi Caterer #2 (uncredited) 1997 L'associé du diable Bar Patron #1 (uncredited) 1997 Dating Frank 1996 As the World Turns (TV series) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George S. Kaufman
George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 – June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals, notably for the Marx Brothers. One play and one musical that he wrote won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama: You Can't Take It With You (1937, with Moss Hart), and Of Thee I Sing (1932, with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin). He also won the Tony Award as a Director, for the musical Guys and Dolls. Biography Early years Born to a Jewish family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he graduated from high school in 1907 and "tried law school for three months" but grew disenchanted and took on a series of odd jobs, including "selling hatbands". Kaufman then began his career as a journalist... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Masaki Miura
Masaki Miura, born on November 16, 1975 in Wakayama, is a Japanese actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1459511/) 2011 Tomato no shizuku (post-production) 2011 Me wo tojite giragira (video) Kakitani 2011 Mahoro ekimae Tada benriken 2010 Kaitanshi jokei Hiroshi 2010 Usotsuki Mî-kun to kowareta Mâ-chan Det. Fujita 2010 Tsumetai nettaigyo 2010 Musubime 2010 Zettai reido: Mikaiketsu jiken tokumei sôsa (TV series) – Episode #1.7 (2010) 2010 Outrage Sannokai thug 2010 Danchizuma: Hirusagari no jôji 2010 Bungo: Nihon bungaku shinema (TV series) 2009 Kanikôsen Kobori 2009 Nisesatsu Kenjo Ogasawara 2008 Yôgisha X no kenshin 2008 Biru to doubutsuen Eto 2008 Namida tsubo Minagawa 2007 Kaze no sotogawa ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mel Patton
Melvin Emery "Mel" Patton (born November 16, 1924) is an American track and field athlete, who won two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Born in Los Angeles, California, Mel Patton or Pell Mell, as he was nicknamed in the late 1940s, made his mark in track and field while a student at the University of Southern California, where he was coached by the famous Dean Cromwell. He also attended University High School in Los Angeles. Patton won the NCAA 100 yd (91 m) dash title in 1947 and in 1948 and 1949 completed the 100 and 220 yd (91 and 201 m) sprint double at that same meet. In 1947, he tied the 100 yd (91 m) dash world record of 9.4, then lowered it to 9.3 the following year. In 1949, he set a 220 yd (201 m) world record on a straightaway of 20.2, breaking a Jesse Owens recor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mathieu Bozzetto
Mathieu Bozzetto (born November 16, 1973) is a professional snowboarder from France. His specialties are the parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom. Career highlights Olympic Winter Games 1998 - Nagano, 5th at giant slalom 2002 - Salt Lake City, 6th at parallel giant slalom 2006 - Torino, 4th at parallel giant slalom 2010 - Vancouver, Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze medal at parallel giant slalom FIS World Snowboard Championships 1997 - Innichen, 4th at giant slalom 1999 - Berchtesgaden, 14th at giant slalom 1999 - Berchtesgaden, 13th at parallel gs 1999 - Berchtesgaden, Silver medal icon.svg 2nd at parallel slalom 2001 - Madonna di Campiglio, 86th at giant slalom 2001 - Madonna di Campiglio, 5th at parallel slalom 2001 - Madonna ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jo Jo White
Joseph Henry "Jo Jo" White (born November 16, 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American former professional basketball player. White played college basketball at the University of Kansas, entering the NCAA Tournament and losing a double overtime thriller to UTEP, then known as Texas Western, in the Midwest regional final (UTEP went on to win the championship, which was depicted in the 2006 Disney film Glory Road, with Texas Western playing Kansas in the 1966 college basketball tournament). After college, White played on the 1968 USA Olympic basketball team in Mexico, which went undefeated (9-0), beating Yugoslavia 65-50 in the title game. After the Olympics, White was drafted in 1969 in the first round (9th pick overall) by the NBA's Boston Celtics, who at that time had just won... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eric Fréchon
Eric Fréchon, born November 16, 1963 in Corbie, Somme, is a French chef. He has worked for Pavillon de la grande cascade, hôtel le Bristol, la Tour d'Argent and hôtel Crillon. He is Chief in Bristol. March 2, 2009: Michelin awards third star to Le Bristol’s Frechon : Eric Frechon, the chef of the luxury Paris hotel Le Bristol, whose “stuffed macaroni” with black truffle, artichoke and duck foie gras is a favorite of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, was awarded a third Michelin star.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Werner Lambersy
Werner Lambersy, born on November 16, 1941 in Antwerp, is a Belgian poet. He lives in Paris. Works Caerulea, 1967 Ŕ Cogne-mots, 1968 Haute tension, 1969 Temps festif, 1970 Silenciaire, 1971 Moments dičses, 1972 Groupes de résonances, 1973 Protocole d'une rencontre, 1975 Maîtres et maisons de thé, 1979 Le Déplacement du fou, 1982 Paysage avec homme nu dans la neige, 1982 Géographies et mobiliers, 1985 Komboloď, suivi de Chand-Mala, 1985 Noces noires, 1987 L'Arche et la cloche, 1988 Un Goűt de champignon aprčs la pluie, 1988 Architecture nuit, 1992 L'Écume de mer est souterraine, 1993 Le Nom imprononçable du suave, 1993 Anvers ou les anges pervers, 1994 Front de taille. Edition ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Claude Arifon
Jean-Claude Arifon, born November 16, 1926 in Marseille and died July 8, 2005, was a French athlete, a 400-meter hurdles specialist. He was September 9, 1948 the best performer in Europe with 51'6".... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anatoly Dobrynin
Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin (Russian: Анатолий Фёдорович Добрынин, November 16, 1919 – April 6, 2010) was a Russian statesman and a former Soviet diplomat and politician. He was Soviet Ambassador to the United States, serving from 1962 to 1986 and most notably during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was appointed by Nikita Khrushchev. Early life Dobrynin was born in the village of Krasnaya Gorka, near Mozhaisk in the Moscow Oblast. His father was a locksmith. He attended the Moscow Aviation Institute and after graduation went to work for the Yakovlev Design Bureau. He entered the Higher Diplomatic School in 1944 and graduated with distinctio... Biography of Amar'e Stoudemire
Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire (pronounced /əˈmɑreɪ ˈstɒdəmaɪər/;) (born November 16, 1982) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Phoenix Suns. He is a 6-foot-10-inch (208 cm) and 249-pound (113 kg) power forward/center. Stoudemire won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2003, made five appearances in the NBA All-Star Game, made first-team All-NBA Team in 2007, and won Bronze Medal with the United States men's national basketball team at the 2004 Olympic Games. Stoudemire's first name had previously been listed in the Phoenix Suns media guide as Amaré or Amare, but it was changed to Amar'e in October 2008. Stoudemire told NBA.com that his name had always been spelled Amar'e, but the media had been spelling it incorrectl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elizabeth Drew
Elizabeth Drew (born November 16, 1935, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American political journalist and author. A graduate of Wellesley College, she was Washington correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly (1967-73) and The New Yorker (1973-92). She made regular appearances on "Agronsky and Company," and hosted her own interview program for PBS between 1971 and 1973. Drew was a panelist for the first debate in the 1976 U.S. Presidential election, and moderated the debate between the Democratic candidates for the nomination in the 1984 race. Drew has written 13 books, including Washington Journal: The Events of 1973-74 (1975), an account of the Watergate scandal; Portrait of an Election: The 1980 Presidential Campaign (1981); On the Edge: The Clinton Presidency (1994); and Citizen McCain (2002... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jonas Ĺkerlund
Jonas Ĺkerlund (born November 16, 1966 in Bromma, Sweden) is a Swedish film director, best known for making music videos. Jonas Ĺkerlund was a member of the Swedish black metal band Bathory from 1983 through 1984. He first found fame as main video director for Swedish pop act Roxette. In 1998 he worked with Madonna for the song "Ray of Light", he has since worked with superstars such as Metallica, Christina Aguilera, and U2. He directed the music video for the Smashing Pumpkins' single Try, Try, Try, from which a short film Try was spawned. He also turned his hand to designer and photographer for the Roxette album Room Service in 2001. In 2002 his first full length movie, Spun debuted. He directed recent adverts for Swedish clothing retailer MQ and the re-imagining of the Devo song "Wat... Biography of Brooke Elliott
Brooke Elliott (born November 16, 1974) is an American actress and singer. She has previously appeared in musical theatre, including the US tours of Beauty and the Beast and Wicked, and the Broadway productions of Taboo and The Pirate Queen. She is perhaps best known for her current role as Jane Bingum on Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva, for which she has received positive reviews. Early life Brooke was born in Fridley, Minnesota, to Robert, a city manager, and Kathleen Elliott on November 16, 1974. Brooke has one sister, Jamie Alexander, and one brother, Adam Elliott. Her parents have said that she began to sing when she was three years old, and footage exists of her at that age singing You Light Up My Life. Her family moved on several occasions, first to Blaine, Minnesota, and then out o... Biography of Kayte Christensen
Kayte Lauren Christensen (born November 16, 1980 in Lakeview, Oregon) is an American Color commentator and former professional basketball player who has competed internationally and for the Phoenix Mercury, Houston Comets and Chicago Sky in the WNBA. Christensen has served as a color commentator for ESPNU and was alongside play-by-play announcer Doug Sherman on the call of the 2011 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship game. Biography Kayte Lauren Christensen was born in Lakeview, Oregon to Randy and Cathy Christensen. She grew up on her family's ranch in the Modoc County sawmill town of Likely, California, with two sisters and a younger brother. High school and college Christensen attended South Fork Elementary School, then Modoc High School in Alt... Biography of Antoine Kombouaré
Antoine Kombouaré (born 16 November 1963 in Nouméa, New Caledonia) is the manager of football Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain and a former professional football defender. Playing career Antoine Kombouaré started his career at FC Nantes and moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 1990. At the Parisian club, he became famous for a winning header he scored in the dying seconds of a UEFA Cup quarter final against Real Madrid, in the 1992-93 season. The header qualified PSG for the next round with a 4-1 scoreline. Kombouaré had already scored a decisive goal in similar circumstances against Anderlecht in the previous round. His habit of netting tie-deciding headers earned him the name of "Casque d'Or", which means "Golden Helmet" in French. In 1994-95, during a UEFA Champions League quarter fina... Biography of Çağla Kubat
Çağla Kubat (Turkish pronunciation: ) (born 16 November 1979) is a Turkish model, actress and windsurfer who is member of Fenerbahçe sailing & windsurfing team. She is 5 feet 10ľ (1.80m) tall. She was born in İzmir. She graduated from Istanbul Technical University with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. She won the Miss Turkey pageant and represented her country at Miss Universe 2002. Çağla is also a champion windsurfer, having won the IFCA windsurfing European Slalom Championship in 2005, in Alaçatı, and hopes to make the Turkish national team for the next Olympic games. In 2006, in her first PWA (Professional Windsurfers Association) event, she placed 6th in IFCA Slalom World Championship. She further starred in successful leading female roles in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Wayne Cooper (basketball)
Artis Wayne Cooper (born November 16, 1956 in Milan, Georgia) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was born in Milan, Georgia. Cooper was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1978 NBA Draft. A 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) forward-center from the University of New Orleans, Cooper played in 14 NBA seasons from 1978 to 1992. He played for the Warriors, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets. In his NBA career, Cooper played in 984 games and scored a total of 7,777 points. His best season as a professional came during the 1985-86 NBA season as a member of the Nuggets, appearing in 78 games and averaging 13.1 ppg.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Genevičve Lhermitte
Genevičve Lhermitte, born on November 16, 1966 in Brussels, is a Belgian homicide. She has killed her five children. After killing her son and four daughters, aged between two and 14, teacher Genevieve Lhermitte laid the bodies on their beds with cuddly toys under their arms, a court heard. Then she stabbed herself in the chest before ringing police to confess what she had done. External link: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/belgian-mother-genevieve-lhermitte-on-trial-364928... Biography of Arie Haan
Adrianus ("Arend" or "Arie") Haan (Dutch pronunciation: ) (born 16 November 1948 in Finsterwolde, Netherlands) is a former Dutch footballer and coach, who scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Dutch national squad of the 1970s. At club level he enjoyed a successful career with AFC Ajax, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Standard Ličge and PSV Eindhoven. He participated seven times in European Cup finals with five victories and two defeats. Playing career Haan joined AFC Ajax in 1969, and was a member of Ajax that won the European Champions' Cup for three consecutive years, from 1971 until 1973, the Intercontinental Cup in 1972 and two European Super Cups in 1972 and 1973. Also, with Ajax he won three Dutch Championships in 1969–70, 1971–72 and 1972–73 and the Dutch Cup from 1970 until 1972. In 1970 hi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anne Juliana Gonzaga
Anne Catherine Gonzaga, O.S.M. (November 16, 1566 – August 3, 1621) was an Archduchess of Austria who went on to become a Servant of Mary upon the death of her husband, the Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria. Biography Anne Juliana was born Anne Catherine in Mantua, Italy on November 16, 1566 to Duke William Gonzaga and his wife, Eleonora of Austria. She had two siblings, and was baptized in the Catholic Church in her infancy. Her godfather was Philip II of Spain. Anne Catherine was raised in a pious Catholic household, and Eleanor was particularly fond of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Legend has it that as an infant, Anne Catherine would be given a rosary by her parents to quiet her down. At about age 5, Anne Catherine became severely ill and nearly died. She contracted a high fever and h... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeanne d'Albret
Jeanne d'Albret (16 November 1528 – 9 June 1572), also known as Jeanne III or Joan III, was the queen regnant of Navarre from 1555 to 1572. She married Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, and was the mother of Henry of Bourbon, who became King of Navarre and of France as Henry IV, the first Bourbon king. She became the Duchess of Vendôme by marriage. She was the acknowledged spiritual and political leader of the French Huguenot movement, and a key figure in the French Wars of Religion. Early years and first marriage Jeanne was born in the palace of the royal court at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France at five o'clock in the afternoon on 16 November 1528, the daughter of Marguerite of Angoulęme and Henry II of Navarre. Her mother, the daughter of Louise of Savoy and Charles, Count of A... Biography of Martha Plimpton
Martha Campbell Plimpton (born November 16, 1970) is an American actress, singer and former model. Plimpton is a screen, stage and television actress. She first appeared as Jonsy in the feature film The River Rat (1984) before rising to prominence in the Richard Donner film The Goonies (1985) portraying the character Stef. She then appeared in The Mosquito Coast (1986) portraying Emily Spellgood. Plimpton's role garnered her further success within the feature film industry. Throughout her career Plimpton has appeared in many feature films including critically successful films Running on Empty (1988), Parenthood (1989), Eye of God (1997), The Sleepy Time Gal (2001), Hair High (2004) and Small Town Murder Songs (2011). Plimpton has also developed and established a very successful career i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of French Affair
French Affair is a German-French pop-dance band, established in 1999, which have found biggest popularity in German speaking countries. They scored a number of hits in Europe between 2000 and 2003, including "My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da)", "Do What You Like", "Sexy" and "Comme ci comme ça". Career The band's lead singer, Barbara Alcindor (often called herself French Affair), was born in Paris, and has worked as a fashion model in London. She met the Dreyer Brothers production team and signed with the BMG, before scoring a hit "My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da)" in early 2000. The single was a major hit in Europe, peaking within top 5 in many countries. It was followed by "Do What You Like", which also met with success, and a debut album, Desire. 2001 saw the release of a new trac... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Princess Cecilia of Sweden
Cecilia of Sweden, (Swedish: Cecilia Gustavsdotter Vasa) (Stockholm, 16 November 1540 – Brussels, 27 January 1627), was Princess of Sweden as the daughter of King Gustav I and his second queen, Margareta Leijonhufvud, a Swedish noble and Margravine of Baden-Rodemachern through marriage with Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern. She was regent of Baden-Rodemachern in the 1580s. Early life As a child, she had a delicate health and was often sick, but as an adult, she became healthy, beautiful, and energetic. Princess Cecilia is often talked about as the "Black Sheep" of her family; she was a controversial person, the centre of many scandals throughout her lifetime. Several negotiations were made to arrange a marriage, but the scandals she was involved in prohibited the plans f... Biography of Josh Silver
Josh Silver (born November 14, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York) was the keyboardist and producer for the band Type O Negative. He joined the band at frontman Peter Steele's request. He played for Type O Negative until they disbanded due to Steele's death On April 14, 2010. Silver, who is Jewish, was also a founding member, along with Steele, of the short-lived rock group Fallout, the band that gave birth to Carnivore, which ultimately led to Type O Negative. After the breakup of Fallout, Silver formed hard rock band Original Sin.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Beatrice of Naples
Beatrice of Naples (16 November 1457 – 23 September 1508) was the daughter of Ferdinand I of Naples and Isabella of Taranto. She was second queen consort to both Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary so she was Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. Biography Beatrice received a good education at her father's court in Naples. Beatrice was engaged in 1474 and married Matthias in Hungary 22 December 1476: she was crowned Queen of Hungary in Székesfehérvár. The marriage secured an alliance between Hungary and Naples: In 1480, when an Ottoman fleet seized Otranto in the Kingdom of Naples, at the earnest solicitation of the pope he sent the Hungarian general, Balázs Magyar, to recover the fortress, which surrendered to him on 10 May 1481. Again in 1488, Matthias ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Glenn Burke
Glenn Lawrence Burke (November 16, 1952 – May 30, 1995) was a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics from 1976 to 1979. Burke was the first and only Major League Baseball player known to have been out to his teammates and team owners during his professional career. He was the first to publicly acknowledge his homosexuality. He died from AIDS-related causes in 1995. "They can't ever say now that a gay man can't play in the majors, because I'm a gay man and I made it." – Glenn Burke Early athletic career Burke was an accomplished high school basketball star, leading the Berkeley High School, California "Yellow Jackets" to an undefeated season and the 1970 Northern California championships. He was voted to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Bausil
Albert Bausil, born on November 16, 1880 in Castres (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on March 2, 1943 in Perpignan, is a French poet, writer, comedian, radio host, and journalist.... |
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