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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on November, 17, 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 · 45,667 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,667 Celebrities
140 celebrities or events were found for November, 17. Add to favourites (266 fans)Biography of Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau (IPA: ) is a French actress. She has worked in international films such as Braveheart and The World is Not Enough. Early life Sophie Marceau was born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu on November 17, 1966 in Paris, France, the second child of Benoît and Simone Maupu. Her father, Benoît, a veteran of the Algerian War, worked as a truck driver, painter, and bartender; her mother, Simone, was a demonstrator in department stores. Her brother Sylvain is three years older. Career Marceau started her career at age 14 when Claude Pinoteau cast her in the starring role of the teenager movie La Boum (1980). The hardworking family lived a humble working class life that left Marceau with generally fond memories of childhood. During the week, she was busy helping out at the resta... Add to favourites (121 fans)Biography of Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), born Jeffrey Scott Buckley and raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known for his ethereal singing voice, Buckley was considered by critics to be one of the most promising artists of his generation after the release of his critically acclaimed 1994 debut album Grace. However, at the height of his popularity, Buckley drowned during an evening swim in 1997. His work and style continue to be highly regarded by critics and fellow musicians. Discography Albums Year Title Release Date 1993 Live at Sin-é November 23, 1993 1994 Grace August 23, 1994 1995 Live from the Bataclan October 1995 1998 Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk May 26, 1998 2000 Mystery White Boy May 9, 2000 2001 Live... Add to favourites (85 fans)Biography of Rachel McAdams
Rachel McAdams (born November 17, 1978 (birth time source: The Rachel McAdams Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Rachel McAdams by Emily Smith)) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in the Hollywood films Mean Girls, The Notebook and Wedding Crashers, which all proved to be successful at movie theaters. Early life McAdams was born in London, Ontario and grew up in nearby St. Thomas. Her father, Lance, is a truck driver, and her mother, Sandra, is a nurse. She has a younger brother, Daniel, and a younger half-sister, Kayleen. She took up competitive figure skating at the age of four and acting at age thirteen at a summer theater camp in London, Ontario named Original Kids. When the company extended to a year-round company, she was invited to continue with them. Sh... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of RuPaul
RuPaul (born RuPaul Andre Charles on November 17, 1960), and named after Paul Bergeron, is an American drag performer, dance music singer, actor, and songwriter who gained worldwide fame in the 1990s; appearing in a wide variety of television programs, films, and musical albums. Though a catty attitude is often associated with drag queens, RuPaul intentionally displayed a "love one another" attitude to be set apart from them. Although primarily known for an extravagant drag queen persona, RuPaul has performed as a man in a number of roles, usually billed as RuPaul Charles. Born in San Diego, California, RuPaul's tumultuous youth was marked by the bitter divorce of his parents. He struggled as a musician and filmmaker in Atlanta during the 1980s. It was there that he participated in unde... Add to favourites (69 fans)Biography of Martin Scorsese
Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America award winning American film director, writer and producer and founder World Cinema Foundation. Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, and the violence endemic in American society. Scorsese is widely considered to be one of the most significant and influential American filmmakers of his era. He earned an MFA in film directing from the NYU Film School. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for his film The Departed, which also won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 79th Academy Awards in 2007. Childhood Martin Scorsese was born in New York City. H... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Kat Deluna
Kat DeLuna (Born Kathleen Emperatriz de Luna in the Bronx, New York) is a bilingual American musician, of Dominican descent, who is signed to Epic Records. DeLuna was born November 17, 1987. Height: 5' 4¼" (1.63 m) At the age of 12, she was invited by the 'Queen of Merengue', Milly Quezada, to sing with her on stage in front of a big crowd of over thousand people. In April 2004, she opened for J Records musician Cassidy as part of the all Latino girl group Coquette. Kat and her family moved from The Bronx, US to the Dominican Republic, where she spent her time listening to Aretha Franklin and realized her potential as a singer. Kat was accepted to the Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey under the vocal instruction of Dr. Jerry Forderhase. Kat is said to have a 5 octave vocal ra... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Rock Hudson
Rock Hudson (November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was a popular American film and television actor, noted for his splendid, virile looks and most remembered as a romantic leading man during the 1950s and 1960s. Hudson was voted Star of the Year, Favorite Leading Man, or any number of similar titles by numerous movie magazines and was unquestionably one of the most popular and well-known movie stars of the time. He completed nearly 70 motion pictures and starred in several television productions during a career that spanned over three decades. Hudson also was one of the first major Hollywood celebrities to die from AIDS.... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Danny Devito
Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, director, and an Oscar-nominated producer, who first gained prominence for his portrayal of "Louie De Palma" on the popular ABC and NBC TV series Taxi (1978–1983). This sitcom was not widely distributed outside of North America; in most other countries he is known primarily for his film work. He currently plays Frank Reynolds on the FX show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. DeVito is well known for his height - standing only 4'10". Some of his movies make in-jokes to this fact, such as his pairing up with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Twins. His short stature also helped him grab one of his most famous roles, The Penguin in Batman Returns. He also played the ringmaster in Big Fish to make Karl the Gi... Biography of Florence Cassez
Florence Marie Louise Cassez Crepin (born 17 November 1974 in Lille (birth time source: Marc Brun, FDAF)) is a French woman convicted in Mexico of belonging to the kidnapping gang Los Zodiaco (The Zodiacs). She is currently serving a 60-year sentence for the crimes of kidnapping, organized crime, and illegal possession of firearms. The sentence and a possible extradition to her home country has created diplomatic tensions between France and Mexico. Florence Cassez continues to claim her innocence. On January 23, 2013, the Mexican Supreme Court voted to release Cassez. Relationship with Israel Vallarta In 2003, Florence Cassez arrived in Mexico in order to live and work with her brother, who was there with his Mexican wife. She met Israel Vallarta the following year thanks to her b... Biography of Lauren Hutton
Lauren Hutton (born Mary Laurence Hutton on November 17, 1943, in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American supermodel and sometimes actress. She is best known to drama fans for her starring roles in the movies American Gigolo and Once Bitten, and to everyone else for her fashion modeling. Hutton became one of the first students to attend the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida in 1960, but later she transferred to Tulane University, where she graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1964. Lauren parlayed her looks into one of the major modeling careers of the 1970s and 80s, including the first huge contract by a model with a cosmetics company. As an actress, Lauren made her film debut in the Paper Lion (1968), and she won interesting notices for her performances in ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Louis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII (November 17, 1755 - September 16, 1824), was a King of France and Navarre. The brother of Louis XVI, and uncle of Louis XVII, he ruled the kingdom from 1814 (although he dated his reign from 1795) until his death in 1824, with a brief break in 1815 due to Napoleon's return in the Hundred Days. He was a member of the House of Bourbon. Louis-Stanislas-Xavier was born on November 17, 1755 in the Palace of Versailles in France, the fourth son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and his wife, Marie-Josèphe of Saxony. His paternal grandparents were King Louis XV of France and his consort, Queen Maria Leszczyńska. His maternal grandparents were King Augustus III of Poland, also the Elector of Saxony, and his wife, the Archduchess Maria Josepha, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Jos... Biography of Astrid of Sweden
Astrid, Queen of the Belgians (born Princess Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra of Sweden) (November 17, 1905 - August 29, 1935) was the Queen consort of Léopold III of the Belgians. Princess Astrid of Sweden was born on November 17, 1905. She was the youngest daughter of Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. Astrid's paternal grandfather was King Oscar II of Sweden and her maternal grandfather was King Frederick VIII of Denmark. Astrid's sister, Princess Martha, married the future King Olav V of Norway. Her eldest sister, Princess Margaretha of Sweden married Prince Axel of Denmark, while her only brother Prince Carl, Duke of Östergötland, married morganatically. She married Léopold on November 4, 1926, and became Queen of the Belgians when her fathe... Biography of Rem Koolhaas
Remment Koolhaas, IPA: , (born November 17, 1944 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and "Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design" at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA. Koolhaas first studied scriptwriting at the Dutch Film Academy, and was then a journalist for the Haagse Post before starting studies, in 1968, in architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, followed, in 1972, by further studies at Cornell University in New York. Koolhaas is the principal of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, or OMA, and of its research-oriented counterpart AMO, nowadays based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 2005 he co-founded Volume Magazine together with Mark Wigley and Ole Bouman. Early ... Biography of Daisy Fuentes
Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban model and actress. Daisy Fuentes was born in Cuba, but moved to Madrid, Spain when she was three years old. Four years later, she emigrated to Harrison, New Jersey. Fuentes studied communications and journalism at Bergen Community College, finally being selected as the weather-girl for WNJU Channel 47, a Telemundo station. She quickly moved up the ranks, eventually becoming news anchor and reporter for the evening news. MTV took notice of the 19-year-old and snatched her up as host of MTV Internacional, which later became MTV en Español and later MTV Latin America. She began to develop acting credits and landed a role on the ABC soap opera Loving. Fuentes had appearances on shows such as Dream On, The Larry Sanders Show, ... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (born November 17, 1958 in Lombard, Illinois) is an American actress and singer of Italian descent. Mastrantonio's first credited screen appearance was in Brian DePalma's Scarface as Gina Montana, sister of Al Pacino's Tony Montana. She achieved prominence in her Academy Award nominated role in The Color of Money, opposite Paul Newman and Tom Cruise. Her other featured roles of the 1980s include Slam Dance, opposite Tom Hulce and The January Man with Kevin Kline. She starred in writer/director James Cameron's science fiction blockbuster The Abyss with Ed Harris. Her most famous role, however, may be Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, in which she was cast as a late replacement for the pregnant Robin Wright. She has since limited her roles to tho... Biography of Edith Lefel
Edith Lefel (November 17, 1963 - January 20, 2003) was a French singer born in Cayenne. She grew up in Martinique and has become a popular zouk-love singer. Her popular career began in 1984, when she worked with Jean-Michel Cabrimol's Maffia. She began working with the big band Malavoi in 1987. Her last recent album came out in 2002, and used elements of beguine, mazurka and merengue.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Agnolo Bronzino
Agnolo di Cosimo (November 17, 1503 – November 23, 1572), usually known as Il Bronzino, or Agnolo Bronzino (mistaken attempts also have been made in the past to assert his name was Agnolo Tori and even Angelo (Agnolo) Allori), was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. The origin of his nickname, Bronzino is unknown, but could derive from his dark complexion, or from that he gave many of his portrait subjects. It has been claimed by some that he had dark skin as a symptom of Addison's disease, a condition which affects the adrenal glands and often causes excessive pigmentation of the skin. Life Bronzino was born in Florence. According to his friend Vasari, he was a pupil first of Raffaellino del Garbo, and then of Pontormo, who was the main influence on his style. Pontormo introdu... Biography of Katie Feenstra
Katharen Ruth Feenstra (born November 17, 1982 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.) is a professional basketball player for the WNBA. Feenstra is one of the tallest players in WNBA history. At 6 feet 8 inches tall, she is tied with Lindsay Taylor, Zheng Haixia and Maria Stepanova as the second tallest player in the WNBA. Only Margo Dydek, at 7ft 2in (2.18 m), is taller. College years Feenstra went on to star on the women's basketball team while attending Liberty University, where she majored in physical education. She was a three-time Big South Conference Player of the Year, a Wade Trophy, John R. Wooden and Naismith Award nominee. She also became the Big South Conference's all-time shot blocker on February 14, 2005. Feenstra was the tallest player in Liberty University and Big South C... Biography of Peter Cook
Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian. Cook is widely regarded as the leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as 'the funniest man who ever drew breath'. He is closely associated with an anti-establishment style of comedy that first emerged in the late 1950s. Life Cook was born at Shearbridge, Middle Warberry Road, Torquay, Devon, the only son and eldest of the three children of Alexander Edward (Alec) Cook (d. 1984), a colonial civil servant, and his wife (Ethel Catherine) Margaret, née Mayo (d. 1994). He was educated at Radley School and later Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read French and German. Cook was meant to become a career diplomat, but unfortunately Britai... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., CC, O.Ont, LL.D (hon.) (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian folk singer, composer, lyricist and poet. Life Lightfoot was born November 17, 1938, to Jessica Lightfoot and Gordon Meredith Lightfoot in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. As a youth, he sang in the choir of St. Paul's United Church under the direction of choir-master Ray Williams. During this time as a "boy soprano" Lightfoot made several appearances on local radio and local operetta and oratorios as well as Kiwanis music festivals. Lightfoot remarked in 2005 that it was choir master Williams who taught him how to sing with emotion and how to have confidence in his voice. As a teenager, Lightfoot studied piano and taught himself drums and percussion instruments. Lightfoot moved to California, whe... Biography of Leslie Bibb
Leslie Louise Bibb (born November 17, 1974 in Bismarck, North Dakota) is an American actress and former fashion model. Leslie Louise Bibb was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, on November 17, 1974, and raised in Nelson County, Virginia. Her father died when she was only 3 years old. Later she and her mother, along with her three older sisters, moved to Richmond, Virginia where she attended an all-girls Catholic high school, Saint Gertrude High School. Leslie was on her high school dance team, just like her character Brooke McQueen on the show Popular. In 1990 The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Elite Agency held a nationwide modeling search. Leslie's mother took photos of her then 16-year-old daughter and sent them in. The celebrity judges, John Casablancas, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Michel Saive
Jean-Michel Saive (born November 17, 1969 in Liège, Belgium) is a Belgian professional table tennis player. Born in a table tennis playing family, Saive was predestined to become a very good table tennis player and began playing as a small boy. His father was the tenth ranking Belgian player and his mother won the Belgian ladies' doubles championships when she was pregnant with him. At the age of thirtheen Saive was the fourth ranking Belgian player and joined the national team. In 1985 he was ranked best player in Belgium, a place which he has kept until today (2006) without interruption. In 1994 he made it to world number one for 515 days (from 9 February 1994 to 8 June 1995 and from 26 March 1996 to 24 April 1996). Jean-Michel Saive has won a total of 130 medals (51 gold, 38 silve... Biography of Diane Neal
Diane Neal (born November 17, 1975 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American actress widely known for her role as Casey Novak on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She had previously appeared in the Season Three episode "Ridicule" as high-powered female rapist Amelia Chase before joining the main cast as their ADA. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Neal's family moved to Colorado when she was young. She attended college as a pre-medical major but dropped out to pursue a modeling career. Neal studied archaeology in Israel and Egypt. She was also a competitive ice skater at one point. Neal is the youngest of three sisters and has been married to Marcus Fitzgerald since July 9, 2005. Fitzgerald and Neal got engaged two weeks after their first date. They were engaged for seven years before getting m... Biography of Yram (theosopher)
Dr Marcel Louis Forhan, best known as Yram, was a French writer and occultist. Yram is the pen name of a French occultist who, like Fox and Muldoon, learned to project at will. Unlike the others he '... became sated with ordinary phenomena. To pass through stone walls, to visit friends, to roam freely in space simply for the sake of enjoying this extraordinary state, are games of which one soon wearies.' Many of his descriptions are of experiences on 'higher planes' in which he met with other beings or powerful forces. These are couched in terms of his kind of physics: of other levels involving radio-active essences, ultra-sensitive atoms and differing rates of vibration. Yram suggests that three things are necessary for astral projection: good health (the opposite of that suggested... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeff Nelson
Jeffrey Allan Nelson (born November 17, 1966 in Baltimore, Maryland), was a middle relief pitcher. He batted and threw right-handed. Jeff Nelson retired on January 12, 2007, the same day he signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees. Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 22nd round of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1984. In his Major League career Nelson pitched in 798 games with a 48-45 record, and with runners in scoring position and two out he held batters to a .191 batting average. In 55 post-season games (second all-time behind former teammate Mariano Rivera), he compiled a 2-3 mark with 62 strikeouts and a 2.65 ERA in 54.1 innings. Among hitters whom he dominated most were Troy Glaus, who in 14 at bats was hitless with 11 strikeouts. Nelson... Biography of Dylan Walsh
Dylan Walsh is an American actor, best known as Dr. Sean McNamara in the FX television series Nip/Tuck. Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m) He was born Charles Hunter Walsh in Los Angeles, California on November 17, 1963. His parents worked for the Foreign Service, and Walsh lived in East Africa, India and Indonesia before the age of 10. His family returned to the United States and settled in Virginia, where Walsh began acting in high school. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1986 with a degree in English. After graduating from college, Walsh moved to New York to act professionally. His first role was in a television movie called Soldier Boys with James Earl Jones. He then landed a role in the movie Loverboy and a regular role on the television series Kate & Allie. In 1989, he... Biography of Jean-Michel Baylet
Jean-Michel Baylet, born November 17, 1946 in Toulouse, is a French politician, businessman and publisher.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elvin Hayes
Elvin Ernest Hayes (born November 17, 1945 in Rayville, Louisiana) is a retired American basketball player. He is a member of the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team. Height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Weight 235 lb (107 kg) Early years A quiet, introverted youth, Hayes first picked up a basketball in eighth grade, by accident. He was wrongly blamed for playing a classroom prank and was sent to the principal's office. But another teacher, Reverend Calvin, saw Hayes and said he was welcome in his class. Although the youngster showed no inclination for any sports, Calvin thought he would benefit by playing basketball and put him on the school team. Hayes was so clumsy, however, that he evoked laughter with his awkward attempts at shooting and dribbling. But young Hayes was determined to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Maillot
Jacques Maillot, born November 17, 1941 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, is a French businessman.... Biography of Howard Dean
Howard Brush Dean III, MD (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont, and currently the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, the central organization of the Democratic Party at the national level. Before entering politics, Dean received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1978. Dean was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1982 and was elected lieutenant governor in 1986. Both were part-time positions that enabled him to continue practicing medicine. In 1991, Dean became Governor of Vermont when Richard A. Snelling died in office. Dean was subsequently elected to five two-year terms, serving as governor from 1991 to 2003, making him the second longest-serving Governor i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fenella Fielding
Fenella Fielding (born 17 November 1927) is an English actress popular in the 1950s and 1960s and known chiefly for her seductive image. Height 5' 5" (1.65 m) Fielding was born Fanella Feldman in London, of Romanian Jewish descent and is the elder sister of Lord Feldman. She was not related to the late actor, Marty Feldman, as has been occasionally misreported. Career Fielding began her acting career in 1954, concentrating on stage theatrical productions. She appeared in such films as: Drop Dead, Darling Lock Up Your Daughters Carry On Screaming Carry On Regardless Doctor in Clover Doctor in Distress Doctor in Trouble No Love for Johnnie Robin Hood Arrivederci Baby Guest House Paradiso Fielding appeared in many stage productions and had occasional gu... Biography of Barbara Gibb
Barbara Gibb, born november 17, 1920 in Manchester, is a British musician and the mother of Barry, Robin and Maurice, The Bee Gees.... Biography of Gene Clark
Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark (born Tipton, Missouri, November 17, 1944 - May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds. Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m) Gene Clark is best remembered for his association with the Byrds between 1964 and 1966 but there was much more to his body of work than this legacy. He was a prolific songwriter and a singer with a highly distinctive baritone voice who created a large catalogue of music in several genres but failed to achieve great commercial success. He was one of the earliest exponents of psychedelic rock, baroque pop, newgrass, country rock and alternative country. Born in Tipton, Missouri, the second eldest of thirteen children (his sister Bonnie being the eldest), Clark began ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Annette Sergent
Anette Sergent Palluy, born November 17, 1962 in Chambéry, is a French athlete.... Biography of Bernard Montgomery
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (IPA: /məntˈgʌmərɪ əv ˈæləmeɪn/; 17 November 1887–24 March 1976), often referred to as "Monty", was a British Army officer. He successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign during World War II, and troops under his command were largely responsible for the expulsion of Axis forces from North Africa. He was later a prominent commander in Italy and North-West Europe, where he was in command of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord until after the Battle of Normandy. Early life Montgomery was born in Kennington, London in 1887, the fourth child of nine, to an Anglo-Irish ... Biography of Isaac Hanson
Clarke Isaac (Ike) Hanson (b. November 17, 1980 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is one of the singers in the band Hanson. He also plays both electric and acoustic guitars, as well as the piano, the bass and synth. Early life Firstborn child of Clarke Walker Hanson, born June 1, 1954) and Diana Frances Hanson (née Lawyer April 30, 1954), Isaac Hanson is the eldest of seven children: brother of Jordan Taylor Hanson (also going by his middle name; Taylor) (born March 14, 1983) and Zachary Walker Hanson (Zac Hanson) (born October 22, 1985), Jessica Grace, July 31, 1988), Avery Laurel (November 4, 1990), Joshua Mackenzie, January 7, 1994), and Zoë Genevieve (January 14, 1998). Isaac formed a band with his brothers Taylor and Zac, which was originally called The Hanson Brothers, and eventually became... Biography of Tania Zaetta
Tania Zaetta (born November 17, 1970, surname is pronounced Zay-etta) is an Australian actress and television presenter. Career On television in 1995 she co-hosted the Seven Network show Who Dares Wins with Mike Whitney She also appeared in Baywatch in 1999. In 2005 she played a minor role as an American billionaire's wife in the Bollywood film Bunty Aur Babli, and she was also in Salaam Namaste. In 2005 she has also appeared on Australia's Dancing with the Stars where she was the first person to be voted off. Zaetta hosted a series of TV specials in New York on The Great Outdoor Games for the American sports network ESPN, and in San Francisco to host TV specials for the 2000 Summer X Games. Zaetta's was on The Blue Planet, Network Ten's style travel show, and is currently a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Reyt
Michel Reyt, born November 17, 1925, was a French politician and businessman, member of PS (Parti Socialiste). His name appears in a French political scandal.... Biography of Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Stephen Ross OBE (born 17 November 1960) is an English television and radio presenter, actor, screenwriter and film critic. Ross began his television career as a programme researcher, before debuting as a television presenter for The Last Resort With Jonathan Ross on Channel 4. Over the next decade he had several radio and television roles, many through his own production company, Channel X. In 1995 he sold his stake in Channel X, and embarked on a career with the BBC. On the BBC, Ross began presenting The Film Programme in 1997, began his own radio show on BBC Radio 2 in 1999, and from 2001 he has hosted the BBC One prime time chat show, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, for which he won three British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards for Best Entertainment Pe... Biography of John Boehner
John Andrew Boehner (pronounced /ˈbeɪnər/ BAY-nər; born November 17, 1949) is the U.S. Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district, serving since 1991, and the Republican House Minority Leader since 2007. The district includes several rural and suburban areas near Cincinnati and Dayton and a small portion of Dayton itself. Following the 2010 midterm elections, with the Republicans becoming the majority party in the House of Representatives, it is widely presumed that Boehner will be elected Speaker of the House of Representatives once the 112th Congress takes office on January 3, 2011. Early life, education and career Boehner was born in Reading, Ohio, the son of Mary Anne (née Hall) and Earl Henry Boehner, the second of twelve children in a German-Ir... Biography of Claudia Pandolfi
Claudia Pandolfi, born November 17, 1974 in Roma, is an Italian actress. She was finalist for Miss Italia.... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Sarah Harding
Sarah Nicole Harding (born 17 November 1981, in Ascot) is an English singer in the girl group Girls Aloud, and model. Harding grew up as a Catholic in Poynton, Cheshire, England, and is the oldest member of Girls Aloud. Early career Harding attended Hazel Grove High School from 1993 to 1998, and later attended Stockport College. She then worked as part of the promotions team for 2 nightclubs in The Grand Central Leisure Park in Stockport. Harding was also a regular singer at karaoke nights in the Whistling Jig, Puss and Boots pub as well as many others and did some vocals for Project G on some unreleased tracks. Project G was a band for which Harding provided Lead vocals, long before Girls Aloud came along. She did some photoshoots for promotion but no album, nor known singles exist. S... Biography of Vespasian
Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian (Rieti, November 17, 9 – June 23, 79), was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 until his death in 79. Vespasian was the founder of the shortlived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96. He was succeeded by his sons Titus (79–81) and Domitian (81–96). Vespasian descended from a family of equestrians which rose into the senatorial rank under the emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Although he attained the standard succession of public offices, holding the consulship in 51, Vespasian became more reputed as a successful military commander, partaking in the Roman invasion of Britain in 43, and subjugating the Judaea province during the Jewish rebellion of 66. While preparing to besiege the city of Jerusalem d... Biography of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
Jean le Rond d'Alembert (November 16, 1717 – October 29, 1783) was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist and philosopher. He was also co-editor with Denis Diderot of the Encyclopédie. D'Alembert's method for the wave equation is named after him. Childhood Born in Paris, d'Alembert was the illegitimate child of the writer Claudine Guérin de Tencin and the chevalier Louis-Camus Destouches, an artillery officer. Destouches was abroad at the time of d'Alembert's birth, and a couple of days after birth his mother left him on the steps of the Saint-Jean-le-Rond de Paris church. According to custom, he was named after the patron saint of the church. D'Alembert was placed in an orphanage for found children, but was soon adopted by the wife of a glazier. Destouches secretly paid for th... Biography of Stephanie Clement
Stephanie Clement, born November 17, 1944 in Pueblo, Colorado, is an American pro astrologer and author. She has written "Counseling Techniques in Astrology", "What Astrology Can Do For You" and other astrological books.... Biography of Alexandre Delpérier
Alexandre Delpérier, born November 17, 1967 in Bergerac, is a French TV host and radio host (NRJ, Chérie FM, RMC).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Nora
Pierre Nora (b. November 17, 1931) is a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française June 7, 2001. Bibliography 1961: Les Français d'Algérie (Julliard) 1970–1979: Vincent Auriol. Journal du Septennat 1947–1954 (Armand Colin) 1973: Faire de l'histoire (Gallimard) 1987: Essais d'ego-histoire (Gallimard) 1984–1992: Les Lieux de mémoire (Gallimard), abridged translation, Realms of Memory, Columbia University Press, 1996–1998 References Hue-Tam Ho Tai, "Remembered Realms: Pierre Nora and French National Memory" in The American Historical Review, June 2001, Essay on the English translation of Lieux de Mémoire as Realms of Memory, edited by Pierre Nora... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Wells
John Wells (17 November 1936–11 January 1998) was an English actor, writer and satirist, educated at Eastbourne College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. The son of a clergyman, he was born in Ashford, Kent and died in Sussex. Wells started in cabaret at Oxford and began his television career as a writer on That Was The Week That Was, the 1960s weekly satire show that launched the careers of David Frost and Millicent Martin, among others, and also appeared in the television programme Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, as well as in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Besides making cameo appearances in films such as Casino Royale (1967), television dramas like Casanova (1987), and comedy shows like Yes Minister, he also wrote television scripts and screenplays, notably Princess Carab... Biography of Soichiro Honda
Soichiro Honda (本田 宗一郎, Honda Sōichirō, November 17, 1906 – August 5, 1991) was a Japanese engineer and industrialist, and founder of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.. Soichiro was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. Honda spent his early childhood helping his father, Gihei, a blacksmith, with his bicycle repair business. At the time his mother, Mika, was a weaver. At 15, without any formal education, Honda arrived in Tokyo to look for work. He obtained an apprenticeship at a garage in 1922, and after some vacillation over his employment, he stayed for six years, working as a car mechanic before returning home to start his own auto repair business in 1928 at the age of 22. In 1937 Honda began producing piston rings for small engines which lead to man... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexei Urmanov
Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov (Russian: Алексей Евгеньевич Урманов) (born November 17, 1973 in Leningrad) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 1994 Olympic champion. Career Urmanov was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union, and competed for the Soviet Union internationally. He won the silver medal at the 1990 World Junior Figure Skating Championships for that country. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Urmanov chose to compete for Russia. In 1991, at age 17, he became the first skater to perform a quadruple jump at the European Figure Skating Championships. He competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where he placed 5th. Following his gold medal ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Domenico Schiattarella
Domenico Schiattarella (born November 17, 1967 in Milan), known as Mimmo, is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 7 Formula One Grands Prix for Simtek, debuting on October 16, 1994, and finishing when the team folded the next year. He scored no championship points, with a best finish of 9th in the 1995 Argentine Grand Prix. He has also participated in several CART races and American Le Mans Series events.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Merete Van Kamp
Merete Van Kamp (born November 17, 1961 in Kolding) is a Danish-born model turned actress who found success in American television. She played the lead role in the 1983 TV movie Princess Daisy and then was a major cast member in the drama series Dallas as Grace Van Owen during the 1985-1986 season. She has also guest-starred on Hotel and Remington Steele and appeared in the film The Osterman Weekend. She is often mistaken for Michelle Pfeiffer, due to their similarities in looks.... Biography of Hubert Lyautey
Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey (November 17, 1854 - July 27, 1934) was a French general, the first Resident-General in Morocco from 1912 to 1925 and from 1921 Marshal of France. Early life Lyautey was born at Nancy (Lorraine). He graduated from the French military academy of Saint-Cyr in 1873. He made his career by serving in the colonies and not in the more prestigious metropolitan France. The first years after graduating, Lyautey served as a cavalry officer in Algeria. He served from 1894 to 1897 in Indochina. He served from 1897 to 1902 under Joseph Galliéni, whom he had met in Indochina, in Madagascar. Lyautey reached general officer's rank in 1902 when he was made général de brigade. Madagascar Louis Lyautey played a key role in the invasion of Madagascar (1896-1898), in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Gerbault
Alain Gerbault (1893-1941) was a French aviator and tennis champion, who made a circumnavigation of the world as a single-handed sailor. He eventually settled in the islands of south Pacific Ocean, where he wrote several books about the islanders' way of life. Early life Alain Gerbault was born on November 17, 1893 in Laval, to an upper-middle-class family. He spent much of his youth in Dinard, near the ancient port of St. Malo; he spent his summers playing tennis and football, as well as hunting and fishing. At college he studied civil engineering. At the age of twenty-one, Gerbault joined in the Flying Corps, serving as an officer; by the end of the war, he was a decorated hero. After the war, he took up tennis, becoming the French champion, and also bridge, at which he achieved ... Biography of Michael Adams
Michael Adams (born November 17, 1971 in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK) is a British Grandmaster of chess. His highest ranking is world number 4, achieved several times from October 2000 to October 2002. and he has achieved a peak Elo rating of 2755. On the September 2009 FIDE rating list he has fallen to 50 in the world, and after a decade as the top-rated British chess player, has lost this position to Nigel Short. Notable have been his results in World Chess Championship tournaments. Several times a Candidate, he reached the semi-finals in 1997, 1999 and 2000. At the 2004 FIDE Championship, he reached the final, narrowly losing out to Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the tie-break games. Early career In 1980 Adams was spotted as a promising young player; this led to European Junior Champi... Biography of Arman (artist)
Arman (November 17, 1928 – October 22, 2005) was a French artist. Born Armand Pierre Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman is a painter who moved from using the objects as paintbrushes ("allures d'objet") to using them as the painting itself. He is best known for his "accumulations" and destruction/recomposition of objects. Arman's father, Antonio Fernandez, an antiques dealer in Nice, was also an amateur artist and photographer, as well as a cellist. From his father, Arman learned oil painting and photography. After receiving his bachelor's degree in philosophy and mathematics in 1946, Arman began studying at the Ecole Nationale d'Art Decoratif in Nice. He also began learning Judo at a police Judo School in Nice where he met the artists Yves Klein and Claude Pascal. The trio would bond cl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicolas Appert
Nicolas Appert (November 17, 1749 - June 1, 1841), born in Châlons en Champagne was the French inventor of airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of canning," was a confectioner. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte offered a 12,000 franc reward to anyone who could devise a method for the food preservation in order to provide his troops with daily rations in order to keep his armies adequately supplied while on the march. After 14 or 15 years of experimentation, Appert submitted his invention and won the prize in 1810. The following year, Appert published L'Art de conserver les substances animales et végétales (or The Art of Preserving Animal and Vegetable Substances for Many Years). This was the first cookbook of its kind on modern food preservation methods. The House of Ap... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dino Martin
Martin, Dean Paul Martin, best known as Dino Martin, born November 17, 1951 in Santa Monica, California, is an American actor, musician and tennis pro. He is the first son of Dean Martin and his second wife, Jeanne Biegger.... Biography of Francis Regardie
Francis Regardie, born November 17, 1907 in London, died (heart attack) April 10, 1985 in Los Angeles, was a British author and occultist, member of Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (or, more commonly, the Golden Dawn) was a magical order of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, practicing a form of theurgy and spiritual development. It was possibly the single greatest influence on twentieth century Western occultism. Concepts of magic and ritual that became core elements of many other traditions, including Wicca, Thelema, and other forms of magical spirituality popular today, are drawn from the Golden Dawn tradition. The three founders, Dr. William Robert Woodman, William Wynn Westcott, and Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers were Freemasons and m... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Sorrento
Paul Anthony Sorrento (born November 17, 1965 in Somerville, Massachusetts) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1989 through 1999, Sorrento played for the Minnesota Twins (1989-91), Cleveland Indians (1992-95), Seattle Mariners (1996-97) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998-99). He batted left handed and threw right handed. Sorrento played college baseball for the Florida State University Seminoles under head coach Mike Martin. He also coaches a select baseball team called the Bellevue Red Sox (from Bellevue, Washington) with Bill Haselman. Career In an 11-season career, Sorrento posted a .257 batting average with 166 home runs and 565 RBI in 1093 games played. Best seasons 1996: .289 BA, 23 HR, 93 RBI 1997: .269 BA, 31 HR, 80 RBI Milestones and firsts Sor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy
Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy or Dormont De Belloy (November 17, 1727, Saint-Flour, Auvergne - March 5, 1775) was a French dramatist and actor. He was educated by his uncle, a distinguished advocate in Paris, for the bar. To escape from a profession he disliked he joined a troupe of comedians playing in the courts of the northern sovereigns. In 1758 the performance of his Titus, which had already been produced in Saint Petersburg, was postponed through his uncles exertions; and when it did appear, a hostile cabal procured its failure, and it was not until after his guardians death that de Belloy returned to Paris with Zelmire (1762), a fantastic drama which met with great success, latter becoming an opera by Rossini. This was followed in 1765 by the patriotic play, Le Siège de Calai... Biography of Brent Carver
Brent Carver (born November 17, 1951, Cranbrook, British Columbia) is a Canadian actor. Carver is known for a variety of stage and film roles, including The Wars, Kronborg: 1582, Lilies, Larry's Party, Elizabeth Rex, Millennium, and Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love. Internationally, he is best known for his performances on Broadway in Kiss of the Spider Woman for which he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical in 1993, Fiddler on the Roof and Parade. Carver originated the role of Gandalf in the stage production of The Lord of the Rings and has appeared in several Soulpepper Theatre Company productions such as The Wild Duck, Don Carlos and the Pirate King in the 1985 production of The Pirates of Penzance. Carver played the character Leo in CBC tel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Seaver
George Thomas Seaver (born November 17, 1944) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who broke into the major leagues in 1967 and retired in 1987. He played for four different teams in his career, but is primarily associated with the New York Mets. Nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise", Seaver had 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts and a 2.86 ERA during a 20-year career. In 1992 he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He won the National League Rookie of the Year Award and three Cy Young Awards as the league's best pitcher. As the Mets' all-time leader in wins, Seaver is considered one of the greatest players in club history, as well as one of the best starting pitchers in the history of baseball. Early life & development Seaver was born in Modesto, C... Biography of Meurig Morris
Meurig Morris, born November 17, 1899 in London, was a Bristish trance-medium.... Biography of Isamu Noguchi
Isamu Noguchi (野口 勇, Noguchi Isamu?, November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988) was a prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known for his sculpture and public works, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions, and several mass-produced lamps and furniture pieces, some of which are still manufactured and sold. Among his furniture work was his collaboration with the Herman Miller company in 1948 when he joined with George Nelson, Paul László and Charles Eames to produce a catalog containing what is often considered to be the most influential body of modern furniture . His work lives on around the world and at the The Noguchi Museum in New York City. Biogr... Biography of Misha Auer
Mischa Auer (17 November 1905, St. Petersburg, Russia – 5 March 1967, Rome) was a Russian actor. He was born Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky (Михаил Семёнович Унсковский), but this is usually seen as Mischa Ounskowsky, Mischa being the German transliteration of Misha (the diminutive form of Mikhail), and Ounskowsky being the French transliteration of his surname. Ounskowsky renamed himself Auer after his grandfather, the violinist Leopold Auer. He began stage work in the 1920s, then moved to Hollywood, where he first appeared in 1928 in Something Always Happens. He appeared in several small and mostly uncredited roles into the 1930s, appeari... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Vitrac
Roger Vitrac (1899–1952) was a French surrealist playwright and poet. Born in Puisac, Roger Vitrac moved to Paris in 1910. As a young man, he was influenced by symbolism and the writings of Lautréamont and Alfred Jarry, and he developed a passion for theatre and poetry. A year after his baccalauréat, he published a collection of poems, Le Faune noir. During his three year long military service, he met Marcel Arland, François Baron, Georges Limbour and René Crevel, who together founded the literary revue, Aventure. Through the group, Vitrac met André Breton and Louis Aragon at Café Certa in 1921, where many Dada activities took place until it became one of the surrealist group's headquarters. In the early twenties, Vitrac joined the surrealist movement and contributed to the first few... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frank Fay
Frank Fay (November 17, 1897 – September 25, 1961) was a movie and stage actor, comedian, master of ceremonies, and most famous for playing 'Elwood P. Dowd' (whose friend is an invisible 6-foot rabbit) in the play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase on Broadway. James Stewart would play the role in the film version. Born Francis Anthony Donner in San Francisco, California to Irish Catholic parents. He took the professional name of Frank Fay after concluding that his birth name was not suitable for the stage. He enjoyed considerable success as a variety artist starting around 1918, telling jokes and stories in a carefully planned "off the cuff" manner that was very original for the time. Jack Benny stated that he modeled his early stage character on Fay. Fay projected s... Biography of Félix Hemmen
Félix Hemmen, born November 17, 1990, is a French musician and guitarist, member of rock group BB Brunes, with Adrien Gallo, Karim Réveillé and Bérald Crambes. Discography Album 2007 : Blonde comme moi (disque d'or) Singles Le Gang (chanson) (sorti en 2006) Dis-moi (sorti le 18 juin 2007) Houna (Toutes mes copines) (2008) Perdus cette nuit (2008) J'écoute les Cramps (2008) Mr Hyde (2008) Confusion Printanière Dynamitez-Moi Pas comme ça Sixty-eight... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fabrice Salanson
Fabrice Salanson, born November 17, 1979 in Montereau, Loiret, died June 3, 2003 in Dresde, Germany, was a French professional bicycle racer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Fouchet
Christian Fouchet (November 17, 1911 - August 11, 1974) was a French politician. He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He was the French Minister of National Education from November 28, 1962 to April 6, 1967.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frédy Girardet
Frédy Girardet, born November 17, 1936 in Lausanne, is a chef, owner of Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville in Crissier, in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.... Biography of Mademoiselle K
Mademoiselle K is a four-person French rock band currently signed with EMI, as of July 2007. The band takes its name from its leader, Katerine Gierak, and so the K is for Katerine (birth time source: birth certificate). Early days At age four she had decided to take music as her only path when she saw a guitarist in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. Her mother then signed her up for early music classes when she was five years old. She said in an interview that she had wanted to learn the piano, but since she and her family couldn't afford one and also didn't have the room for a piano, she instead learned the recorder. At about the same time she had also started studying music including scales, rests and other music theory. In her school she had met a music teacher of the name Annick ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucien Michard
Lucien Michard, born November 17, 1903 in Epinay-sur-Seine, is a French cyclist. He won a Gold Medal at the Paris Olympics in 1924.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eunice Barber
Eunice Barber (born November 17, 1974 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is an athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump. Barber initially competed for Sierra Leone and then for France from 1999 onwards. She won the heptathlon at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999, the long jump in 2003 and finished second in heptathlon in 2003 and 2005. Debut Barber participated in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona in the heptathlon and 100 m hurdles. She also participated in the heptathlon at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, but failed to finish. Breakthrough At the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, she beats her personal bests in six (out of seven) events in the heptathlon and gets the fourth place. The next year, she finished fifth in the heptathlon at the 1996 Olympi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Bachman
Tom Bachman, born November 17, 1947 in Akron, Ohio, is a Chinese and American composer and keyboard player and musician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Hayward
David Hayward, born November 17, 1940 in Winchendon, Massachusetts, is an American jazz musician, author and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bob Mathias
Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 (birth time source: Gauquelin) - September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and United States Congressman. Early life and athletic career Bob Mathias was born in Tulare, California and took up the decathlon at the suggestion of his coach, Virgil Jackson, at Tulare High School early in 1948. During the summer, he qualified for the United States Olympic team for the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London. In the Olympics, Mathias' naïveté for the decathlon was exposed. He was unaware of the rules in the shot put and nearly fouled out of the event. He almost failed in the high jump but was able to recover. Mathias overcame his difficulties and won the Olympic gold medal easily. He was the youngest gold medalist t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Etienne MacDonald
Etienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, 1st Duc de Taranto (November 17, 1765 – September 7, 1840) was Marshal and a French military leader during the Napoleonic Wars. Family background He was born in Sedan, France. His father, Neil MacEachen (later MacDonald) of Glenuig/Arisaig came from a Jacobite family from Glenuig/Arisaig, in the west of Scotland. He was a close relative of the celebrated Flora MacDonald, who played a key role in ensuring the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart after the failure of the 1745 Rising. Military life In 1785 MacDonald joined the legion raised to support the revolutionary party in the Netherlands against the Prussians, and after it was disbanded he received a commission in the regiment of Dillon. On the breaking out of the Revolution, the r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roland Joffé
Roland Joffé (born November 17, 1945 in London) is a film director who began his career in television. His early television credits included episodes of Coronation Street and an adaptation of The Stars Look Down for Granada. He gained a reputation for hard-hitting political stories with the series Bill Brand and factual dramas for Play for Today. Roland Joffe is the son of Marc Joffe (born in Riga) and so is not related to the French film director Arthur Joffé as often wrongly stated. His first two feature films (The Killing Fields, 1984, and The Mission, 1986) each garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Joffé worked closely with producer David Puttnam on each film. The Killing Fields detailed the friendship of two men, an American journalist for the New York Times,... Biography of Lee Strasberg
Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982) was an Academy Award-nominated Jewish-American director, actor, producer, and acting teacher. Career In 1931, Strasberg became one of the co-founders of the Group Theatre, a company which included such legends as Elia Kazan, Clifford Odets, John Garfield, Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Franchot Tone, and Robert Lewis. Strasberg left the Group Theatre in 1935 because his controversial theories on acting were challenged by Stella Adler, who in 1934 visited Russian Master Acting Trainer Constantin Stanislavski. Adler claimed that Stanislavski had abandoned the theories that had influenced Strasberg. In 1936, Strasberg became a naturalized citizen of the United States. In 1949, he began a lengthy career at the Actors Studio in New York ... Biography of Susan Rice
Susan Elizabeth Rice (born November 17, 1964) is an American foreign policy advisor and United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Rice served on the staff of the National Security Council and as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during President Bill Clinton's second term. Rice is the United States' third woman ambassador to the UN, following Madeleine Albright and Jeane Kirkpatrick. She is also the first black woman to hold the position. Rice was confirmed by the United States Senate by unanimous consent on January 22, 2009. Rice was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in the Shepherd Park area. Her father, Emmett J. Rice, is a Cornell University economics professor and former governor of the Federal Reserve System. Her mother is education policy scholar Lois Dick... Biography of Georges Barbarin
Georges Barbarin, born November 17, 1882 in Issoudun, died in 1965, was a French poete, author and esoteric researcher. Selected bibliography La Clé Les clés de la santé L'Invisible et moi Affirmer et vous obtiendrez : Comment le verbe crée La Vie commence à 50 ans Les Clés du bonheur Le secret de la grande pyramide Comment on soulève des montagnes : Le Pouvoir de votre pensée L'énigme du grand sphinx Georges Barbarin. Guide spirituel de l'homme moderne Le docteur soi même Le secret de la grande pyramide ou la fin du monde adamique Dieu est-il mathématicien ? ou au seuil de la porte interdite La vie agitée des eaux dormantes Je et moi ou le dédoublement spirituel France, fille aînée de l'esprit Le règne de l'agneau La sorcière Dieu est il tout puissant Jesusa de guip... Biography of Mario Soldati
Mario Soldati (Turin, November 17 (Wikipedia Italia), 1906 - Lerici, June 19, 1999) was an Italian writer, film director. Soldati studied Letters in Turin, and History of Art in Rome. He started publishing novels in 1929 although his fame came with America primo amore, published in 1935, a diary about the time he spent teaching at Columbia University. He won literary awards for the work. He began directing in 1938 and his most famous films are Piccolo mondo antico (1941) and Malombra with Isa Miranda, both based on novels by Antonio Fogazzaro; these two films belong to the early 1940s movement in Italian cinema known as calligrafismo Other popular films were Eugenie Grandet, based on Balzac's novel, with Alida Valli; ; 'Fuga in Francia' (1948) The River Girl (starring Sophia Lo... Biography of Carlo Verdone
Carlo Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born in Rome. Early life Carlo Verdone was born in Rome to Mario Verdone, an important Italian film critic, and during his youth he earned a degree in Modern Literature at Sapienza University of Rome and a degree in Film Direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During 1970s he started a television career highlighting his innovative and varied comic style. Movie career Verdone made his debut as director in 1980 with the movie Fun is beautiful, in which he played three different characters. He used the same formula of the first work in 1981, when he directed Bianco, rosso e Verdone, a funny movie about three men during the election day. The movie, produced by Sergio Leo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Toni Sailer
Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer (17 November 1935 - 24 August 2009) was an Austrian alpine ski racer, who is considered to be among the best the sport has ever produced. Up to and including 1956 the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships and the Winter Olympics were held together as one. Therefore during that era the Olympic Champion was also the World Champion; though there were no medals awarded for the "Alpine skiing combined" at the time. Career Sailer, nicknamed "Blitz from Kitz" (Blitz = German word for "bolt of lightning" or "flash"), was born in Kitzbühel. He was the first skier at the Winter Olympics to win all three alpine skiing events, taking gold in the downhill, slalom, and giant slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. He was the fifth athlete to win t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rachel de Queiroz
Rachel de Queiroz (November 17, 1910–November 4, 2003) was a Brazilian author and journalist. She began her career in journalism in 1927 and entered the literary world with the novel O Quinze in 1930. It was recently made into a film. In 1964 she became Brazil's representative to the UN and in 1977 she became the first woman writer to enter the Academia Brasileira de Letras. She won the Camões Prize (1993) and the Prêmio Jabuti. She died of heart disease in her apartment at Rio de Janeiro about two weeks before her 93rd birthday.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jimmy Dunnachie
James Francis Dunnachie, known as Jimmy Dunnachie, JP (November 17, 1930 – September 7, 1997) was a British politician from Scotland. He served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament from 1987 until 1997. He briefly served on the front bench as a Whip but was not a prominent figure in politics. Early life Dunnachie was born in Glasgow and educated at St Margaret's School in Kinning Park. His father was a ship's rigger and on leaving school he was apprenticed to Fairfield's yard on the Clyde before becoming a fitter at the Rolls Royce plant at Hillington in 1953. He was already active in the Amalgamated Engineering Union as a shop steward, and only joined the Labour party in 1967. Political career Dunnachie began his political career on Glasgow Corporation in 1972 in Pollokshaws ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Arbus
André Arbus, born November 17, 1903 in Toulouse, died in 1969, was a French architect, sculptor and decorator.... Biography of Dominique Meens
Dominique Meens, born November 17, 1951 in Saint-Omer, is a French musician and writer.... Biography of Derek Clayton
Derek Clayton (born 17 November 1942) was an Australian long-distance runner, born in Borrow, England and raised in Northern Ireland. He set the world best for the marathon in the Fukuoka Marathon, Japan on 3 December 1967 in 2:09:36.4, in what is considered a classic race, the first marathon race ever run in less than two hours and ten minutes. He went on to break this time in Antwerp on 30 May 1969 by more than a minute, this time stood as the world best for nearly another 12 years. His personal best time of 2:08:33.6 is still a world class marathon time. Clayton represented Australia at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, finishing in 7th place (2:27:23). Four years later he ended up in 13th position (2:19:49) in the same event.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeremy Hanley
Sir Jeremy James Hanley, KCMG (born 17 November 1945) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom and a chartered accountant. He stood unsuccessfully at the Lambeth Central by-election, 1978 before becoming Member of Parliament for Richmond and Barnes in 1983. On his first day in the House of Commons he ended up sitting next to Ian Paisley. He introduced himself, saying: "How do you do? I did not realise that you were on our side." To which Paisley famously replied: "Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side." During the John Major government, he served as a junior minister in the Northern Ireland Office, then from 1994 to 1995 as Conservative Party Chairman with the Cabinet sinecure of Minister without Portfolio, and subsequently as Minister of State a... Biography of Charles Blanc
Charles Blanc (November 17, 1813, Castres (Tarn) - January 17, 1882, Paris) was a French art critic, brother of Louis Blanc. After the February Revolution of 1848, he was director of the department for the visual arts at the ministry of the interior. He published the Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles (Par. 1849-69, 14 Vols.), which was translated to English and German. Works Le trésor de la curiosité (1857-1858, 2 Vols.) L'œuvre complet de Rembrandt (4. Aufl. 1873, 2 Vols.) Grammaire des arts du dessin (1867, 3. Ed. 1876) Ingres, sa vie et ses ouvrages (1870) L'art dans la parure et dans le vêtement (1875) Les artistes de mon temps (1876) Voyage de la Haute-Egypte, observations sur les arts égyptien et arabe (1876)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Bober
Robert Bober, born November 17, 1931 in Berlin, is a French film director, screenwriter and author. Works * Quoi de neuf sur la guerre ?, 1993 * Berg et Beck , 1999 * Laissées-pour-compte , 2005... Biography of Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini (born November 17, 1983 in Southern California) is an American writer. He is best known as the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and an as yet untitled fourth book. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book. Christopher Paolini was raised in the Paradise Valley, Montana area. His family members include his parents, Kenneth Paolini and Talita Hodgkinson, and his sister, Angela Paolini. Home schooled for the duration of his education, Paolini graduated from high school at the age of 15 through a set of accredited correspondence courses from American School of Correspondence in Lansing, Illinois. Following graduation, he started his work on what would become the novel Eragon the first of a se... Biography of Jean Starobinski
Jean Starobinski (born November 17, 1920 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss literary critic. Jean Starobinski studied classical literature, and then medicine at the University of Geneva, and graduated from that school with a doctorate in letters (docteur ès lettres) and in medicine. He taught French literature at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Basel and at the University of Geneva, where he also taught courses in the history of ideas and the history of medicine. His existential and phenomenological literary criticism is sometimes grouped with the so-called "Geneva School." He has written landmark works on French literature of the 18th century – including works on the writers Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Denis Diderot, Voltaire, etc. – and also on authors of other periods (... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Malcolm Gray Bruce
Malcolm Bruce, MP (born November 17, 1944) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Gordon. Early Life Malcolm Bruce was born in Birkenhead, he was educated at The Wrekin College in Shropshire, England, prior to attending Queen's College (now the University of Dundee) at the University of St Andrews, where he received a degree in economics and political science, and Strathclyde University where he received a second degree in marketing. He was a trainee journalist with the Liverpool Post for a year from 1966 prior to him becoming a section buyer with the Boots Group in 1967. After a brief spell with A. Goldberg & Son, he was appointed in 1971 as a research and information officer with the North East Scotland Development Authority. He contested the pa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François-Louis Français
François Louis Français (November 17, 1814 - 1897), French painter, was born at Plombières-les-bains (Vosges), and, on attaining the age of fifteen, was placed as office-boy with a bookseller. After a few years of hard struggle, during which he made a precarious living by drawing on stone and designing woodcut vignettes for book illustration, he studied painting under Gigoux, and subsequently under Corot, whose influence remained decisive upon Français's style of landscape painting. He generally found his subjects in the neighbourhood of Paris, and though he never rivalled his master in lightness of touch and in the lyric poetry which is the principal charm of Corot's work, he is still counted among the leading landscape painters of his country and period. He exhibited first at the P... Biography of Leonard Roberts
Leonard Roberts is an American actor. Early life Leonard Roberts was born on November 17, 1972, in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1995, Roberts graduated from DePaul University Theater School with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting. Career He is best known for his roles as Sean Taylor in Drumline and Forrest Gates in the fourth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He is also known among Smallville fans as playing the role of Nam-Ek, and D.L. Hawkins on the NBC science-fiction drama Heroes. Filmography CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2010) - Kyle Decker Criminal Minds (2010) - Kaman Scott Castle (2010) - Special Agent Jason Avery Red Sands (2009) - SSgt. Marcus Howston Private Practice (2009) - Ryan ER (2009) - Police Officer Heroes (2006–2007) - D.L. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aleksander Bardini
Aleksander Bardini (17 November 1913 – 30 July 1995) was a Polish theatre and opera director, actor, notable professor at the State Theatre School in Warsaw. He appeared in 30 films between 1937 and 1994. Selected filmography Landscape After the Battle (1970) Spiral (1978) No End (1985) The Last Manuscript (1987) The Decalogue (1988) Korczak (1990) The Double Life of Véronique (1991) Prince of Shadows (1991)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Michel Bardet
Jean-Michel Bardet, born on November 1964 in Briançon, is a French catholic priest and singer, a member of a group called ""Les prêtres".... Biography of Pierre Véry
Pierre Véry, born in Bellon November 17, 1900 and died in Paris October 12, 1960, was a French writer. Works Pont-Égaré (1929) Le Testament de Basil Crookes (1930) Danse à l'ombre (1931) Les Métamorphoses (1931) Clavier universel (1933) Le Meneur de jeux (1934) Meurtre au quai des orfèvres (1934) Monsieur Marcel des pompes funèbres (1934) L'Assassinat du Père Noël (1934) Les Quatre Vipères (1934) Le Réglo (1934) Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1935) Le Gentleman des antipodes (1936) Les Trois Claude (1936) Le Thé des vieilles dames (1937) Goupi-Mains rouges (1937) Mam'zelle Bécot (1937) Les Veillées de la tour pointue (1937) Monsieur Malbrough est mort (1937) L'Inspecteur Max (1937) Série de sept (1938) Madame et le mort (1940) Mort depuis 100 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Babinski
Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (November 17, 1857, Paris – October 29, 1932, Paris) was a French neurologist of Polish ethnicity. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage. Life Babiński was the son of a Polish engineer and his wife who in 1848 fled Warsaw for Paris because of a Russian reign of terror instigated to stall Polish attempts at achieving independence. Babiński received his medical degree from the University of Paris in 1884. He came early to Professor Charcot at Paris' Salpêtrière Hospital and became his favorite student. Charcot's 1893 death left Babiński without support, and he subsequently never participated in qualifying academic competitions. Free of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James R. Allen
General James Rodgers Allen (1925-1992) was commander in chief of the Military Airlift Command, with headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, He served as a pilot in combat during parts of the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and otherwise was in training, training others, or contributing in planning, administrative or management capacities. While a planner in the Pentagon, "he was a principal architect of a joint Army-Air Force helicopter raid in 1970 on a camp in North Vietnam, where American prisoners were believed to be held. No prisoners were found." He was Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy during 1974-1977, and was its seventh Superintendent in that role. During his superintendency, the first women cadets started at the academy: on 26 Jun 1976, 157 ... Biography of Harry Lloyd
Harry Lloyd (born 17 November 1983) is an English actor. He played Will Scarlet in the first two seasons of the BBC drama Robin Hood which began in 2006. Most recently he starred in 2011's Game of Thrones as Viserys Targaryen, rightful heir to the throne of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Background Lloyd was born in London, England; and is the great-great-great-grandson of the Victorian writer Charles Dickens (his mother, children's publisher Marion Dickens, is the daughter of Captain Peter Dickens RN). He is the cousin of biographer and writer Lucinda Hawksley and actor and performer Gerald Dickens. Lloyd was educated at Eton College and while there, made his TV debut at the age of 16 as James Steerforth in the BBC's 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield and then in 2002, he was ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raymond Guyot
Raymond Guyot, born November 17, 1903 in Auxerre (Yonne), died April 17, 1986 in Paris, was a French politician, member and executive of PCF (French Communist Party).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jerome James
Jerome Keith James (born November 17, 1975 in Tampa, Florida) is an American professional basketball player. James played at Florida A&M University, and was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 1998 NBA Draft. Over the course of his career, he has played for the Kings, Seattle SuperSonics and New York Knicks. He has also played for the Harlem Globetrotters. NBA career James has averaged 4.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in 358 career games (180 games started). James played well for the Seattle SuperSonics during the 2005 NBA playoffs, averaging 12.5 points and 6.8 rebounds in 11 games against the Kings and San Antonio Spurs. After the 2004–05 season, James signed a 5-year, $30 million free-agent contract with the Knicks on the strength of an outstanding p... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kang Kek lew
Kang Kek Iew or Kaing Kek Iev, also less accurately romanized as Kaing Guek Eav a.k.a. Comrade Duch a.k.a. Hang Pin or Duch or Douch, (b. Nov 17, 1942) was a leader in the Khmer Rouge during its rule of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. He is best known for heading the Khmer Rouge special branch and running the infamous Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp in Phnom Penh. Early years Kang Kek Iew was born in Choyaot village, Kampong Chen subdistrict, Kampong Thom Province, and is of Chinese-Khmer ancestry. A star pupil in his school, he passed his Brevet d'Etudes Secondaire de Première in 1961 at the age of fifteen. He finished the first half of his Baccalaureate in 1962 at the Lycée Suravarman II in the town of Siem Reap. The same year he was offered a place in the prestigious Lycée Sisowath in Phn... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Curt Goetz
Curt Goetz (real name Kurt Walter Götz; born 17 November 1888 in Mainz, Germany; died 12 September 1960 in Grabs St. Gallen, Switzerland) was a Swiss-German writer, actor and film director. Curt Goetz was regarded as one of the most brilliant comedy writer of his time in the German-speaking world. Together with his wife Valérie von Martens he acted in his own plays and also filmed them. He was a distant relative of the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw. Life and work Kurt Walter Götz was born in Mainz as the son of the Swiss wine examiner Bernhard Götz, and his German wife of Italian and French descent, Selma, born Rocco. His father died in 1890. His mother then went with the two-year-old Curt to Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, where she managed a private clinic. In 1906 he completed the City ... Biography of Ronnie Devoe
Ronnie DeVoe (or De Voe), aka R.D., (born Ronald Boyd DeVoe, Jr. on November 17, 1967 in Roxbury, Massachusetts) is one of the members of the R&B sextet New Edition. DeVoe was the last member, prior to Johnny Gill to join the group after being brought in by his uncle (the group's choreographer) Brooke Payne. In 1981, the group took second place at a talent show. Their performance caught the eye of music impresario Maurice Starr who decided to manage the boys and signed them to his Streetwise record label. DeVoe, and fellow New Edition members Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell and Ralph Tresvant, were the biggest teen group for the better half of the mid-1980s, almost achieving the success of their role models, The Jackson 5. In 1990, after New Edition broke up, Devoe, along wit... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Boudet
Henri Boudet, born November 17, 1837 in Quillan, Aude, died March 30, 1915 in Axat (bowel cancer), was a French Catholic priest and writer. Bibliography Du Nom de Narbonne (Circa 1880) La Vraie Langue Celtique ou le Cromleck de Rennes-Les-Bains (1886) Remarques sur le Dialecte Languedocien (1894) Le Livre d'Axat (1896) External link (in French): http://www.rennes-le-chateau-archive.com/index.htm?id=boudet_ses_ecrits.htm... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shannan Click
Shannan Click (born November 17, 1981) is an American model. She has appeared in a variety of international editions of Vogue and the 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Early Life and Discovery Click was born in San Dimas, California in 1981. She was discovered by an agent while at Huntington Beach. Career Click's first major modeling gig was with GUESS?. A year later, she began her international runway career, walking for designers like Miu Miu, Prada, Alexander McQueen, and Luella Bartley. She has walked in other seasons for many fashion houses, such as Yves Saint Laurent, Dior Cosmetics, Chanel, and Louis Vuitton. Her most recent campaign work includes Pepe Jeans, Pretty by Elizabeth Arden, GAP, and Tommy Hilfiger. Other campaigns include Levi's, Emporio ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Auberon Waugh
Auberon Alexander Waugh (IPA: /ˈɔːbərən ˈwɔː/) (November 17, 1939 – January 16, 2001) was a British author and journalist. Life and career Born at his maternal grandparents' house at Pixton Park, Dulverton, Somerset, he was known as "Bron" by friends and family. He was the second child and first son of the novelist Evelyn Waugh and his wife, Laura (née Herbert). His paternal grandfather was author and publisher Arthur Waugh and his uncle was Alec Waugh. His maternal grandfather was diplomat and traveller Aubrey Herbert, and through him Auberon Waugh was related to Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, a leading member of the Conservative Party, Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, ambassador to the United States, and George Herbert, 5th Earl... Biography of Bojana Novakovic
Bojana Novakovic (Serbian: Бојана Новаковић / Bojana Novaković; born 17 November 1981) is a Serbian Australian actress who works in Australia and the United States. Early and personal life Novakovic was born in 1981 in Serbia. She moved to Australia in 1988, at the age of seven. Novakovic was initially interested in becoming a social worker or doctor, but after a significant set of events, she changed her mind and decided to pursue performing arts. Novakovic studied at The McDonald College in Sydney, (where she was Dux of 1999) and graduated from NIDA with a BA in Dramatic Arts in 2002. She has a younger sister, Valentina, who is also an actress, currently performing in the Australian soap ... Biography of Martin Barre
Martin Lancelot Barre (born 17 November 1946, in Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is an English rock musician. Barre has been the guitarist for rock band Jethro Tull since 1969. He has appeared on every Jethro Tull album except This Was. His sound has been marked by a blend of Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton style blues with the baroque complexities of early 1970s progressive rock and traditional European folk music sounds. He has also acted as a flautist both on-stage for Tull, and in his solo work. Early career Barre began his career playing saxophone with the Birmingham band, The Moonrakers, in the early 1960s. During late 1966, he joined Beau Brummell's former backing band, The Noblemen, with fellow ex-Moonraker, Chris Rodger, and the group subsequently changed their ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Véra Belmont
Véra Belmont, born November 17, 1931 in Paris, is a French screenwriter, director and producer. She married Joël Holmès (one child) and then Jean-Marie Estève. Filmography Director 1979 : Prisonniers de Mao 1985 : Rouge baiser 1991 : Milena 1997 : Marquise 2008 : Survivre avec les loups Producer 2007 : Survivre avec les loups de Véra Belmont 1997 : La trêve de Francesco Rosi 1997 : Marquise de Véra Belmont 1994 : Farinelli de Gérard Corbiau 1991 : Milena de Véra Belmont 1985 : Rouge baiser de Véra Belmont 1982 : Légitime Violence de Serge Leroy 1981 : La Guerre du feu de Jean-Jacques Annaud 1980 : Tendres Cousines de David Hamilton 1979 : La Guerre des polices de Robin Davis 1975 : Souvenirs d'en France d’André Téchiné 1974 : Un condé d’Yves... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Cox (musician)
Go West is an English pop duo, formed in 1982, by lead vocalist/drummer Peter Cox (born 17 November 1955, in Kingston, Surrey, England); and guitarist/vocalist Richard Drummie (born 20 March 1959, in Twickenham, London, England). While they have had many successful singles in their native United Kingdom, they are generally best known in the United States for their hits "King of Wishful Thinking" and "Faithful." On 16th October 2009 Peter Cox was announced as the new lead singer with Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Career Go West had a publishing deal and possessed a portastudio, but lacked a band or recording company. Cox and Drummie decided, with support from John Glover, their manager, to find a musical producer, and record just two of their songs. The tracks "We Close Our Eyes" and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brad Bradley
Brad Bradley (born November 17, 1980) is a professional wrestler best known for his appearances in World Wrestling Entertainment as Ryan Braddock. Ring name(s) Brad Bradley Bradley Jay Jay Bradley Ryan Braddock Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Weight 248 lb (112 kg) Career Early career Bradley started his wrestling training at the Steel Domain Wrestling school in Chicago, where he trained alongside such wrestlers as Phil Brooks (CM Punk) and Scott Colton (Colt Cabana). Bradley suffered several setbacks in his career as he suffered from an overactive thyroid, which would cause him to fall asleep during matches. He worked for several independent promotions in the Mid-West, most notably for IWA Mid-South, before signing a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robin Li
Robin Li (simplified Chinese: 李彦宏; traditional Chinese: 李彥宏; pinyin: Lǐ Yànhóng; born November 17, 1968) is a Chinese entrepreneur, co-founder of China's most popular search engine Baidu. Li studied information management at Peking University and the State University of New York, Buffalo. In 2000 he founded Baidu with Eric Xu (徐勇). He has been the CEO of Baidu since January 2004, which was listed on NASDAQ in August 2005. Li has been listed as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011. Early years Li was born in Yangquan, Shanxi, China, where he spent most of his childhood. Both of his parents were factory workers. Li was the fourth of five children, and the only boy among the fi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri de Raincourt
Henri de Raincourt (born 17 November 1948 in Saint-Valérien (Yonne)) is a French politician, formerly a senator representing the Yonne department, and currently Minister for Relations with Parliament. He was elected senator of the Yonne on 28 September 1986, and reelected on 24 September 1995 and 26 September 2004. From 15 January 2008 to 23 June 2009, he was Chairman of the Union for a Popular Movement in the Senate. He was appointed Minister for Relations with Parliament in the government reorganization of 23 June 2009, replacing Roger Karoutchi. A farmer by profession, Henri de Raincourt is the son of Philippe de Raincourt (1909-1959), senator of the Yonne from 1948 to 1959. He is also a 4G-grandson of the Marquis de Sade.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Petra Burka
Petra Burka (born 17 November 1946) is a former world champion figure skater and now coach. Biography Burka was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 17 November 1946, the daughter of renowned figure skater Ellen Burka, and came to Canada with her parents in 1951. In 1961, she was the Junior Canadian Skating Champion and the Senior Canadian Champion between 1964-1966. In 1965 she won the World Figure Skating Championships, the first Canadian to win the event since Barbara Ann Scott in 1947. She represented Canada at the 1964 Olympics and won the bronze medal. She was also two times bronze medallist at the World Championships. Burka is credited as being the first woman to land a triple jump, a triple salchow at the 1965 Canadian Championships. Her other achievements were winning Can... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nick Markakis
Nicholas William Markakis (born November 17, 1983 in Glen Cove, New York) is a Major League Baseball right fielder currently with the American League's Baltimore Orioles. Early life Markakis was born on Long Island, New York, but he later moved to Woodstock, Georgia with his family. Nick's family includes his parents, Dennis and Mary Lou; his brother Dennis, his brother Michael, also an alumnus of Young Harris College; and his brother Greg. Markakis is Greek College/Olympic career. At Young Harris College, Markakis played as both an outfielder and a pitcher, hitting .439 with 21 home runs and 92 RBIs, while also gathering a 12–0 win–loss record as a pitcher with 1 save and a 1.68 earned run average in 15 games. Most Major League teams viewed Markakis as a pitching prospect, but... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jamie Moyer
Jamie Moyer (born November 17, 1962 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He is the oldest player in the major leagues and has the most wins, losses, and strikeouts of any active Major League pitcher. He has been likened to Phil Niekro. Moyer has pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners and Philadelphia Phillies. He made the All-Star team in 2003, while with the Mariners. Moyer has won numerous awards for philanthropy and community service, including the 2003 Roberto Clemente Award, the 2003 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, the 2003 Hutch Award and the 2004 Branch Rickey Award. Amateur career High school Moyer attended Souderton Area High Sc... Biography of Amanda Brown (musician)
Amanda Gabrielle Brown (born 17 November 1965) is an Australian composer, classically trained musician, singer and songwriter, renowned for her role as the violinist of the band The Go-Betweens and more recently a session musician and soundtrack composer. 1980s Brown's early bands (during the early 1980s) were Climbing Frame, Tender Mercies (with John Willsteed, also later with the Go-Betweens) and Blood Brothers, in which she played violin, oboe, guitar and keyboards. In 1986, The Go-Betweens – soon after signing a new contract (this time with Beggars' Banquet) – discovered Amanda Brown playing live in a cafe. She later joined the band in London, her addition expanding the lineup to a five-piece, for which she provided backing vocals, violin, oboe, guitar and keyboards and arrangeme... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Terry Fenwick
Terence William 'Terry' Fenwick (born 17 November 1959 in Seaham, County Durham) is an English football coach and former player. He is the current head coach for San Juan Jabloteh of the TT Pro League in Trinidad and Tobago. Career Player He started his career at Crystal Palace and went on to play for major clubs such as Queens Park Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur. During this period he was a regular for the England national football team. He became the first full back to score a goal from open play in an FA Cup Final when he equalized against Tottenham Hotspur in the 1982 final. He holds the English record for most yellow cards, three, in a single World Cup tournament, which he achieved in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. During that World Cup, Fenwick was also noted for being passed by Di... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Azita Ghanizada
Azita Ghanizada (pronounced "Ghani-za-da"; born November 17, 1979) is an Afghan American actress in the United States who has appeared in a number of television series. Life and career Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, her family fled her native country when she was still a baby in the wake of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. They travelled to the United States and were granted asylum as political refugees. Raised by a conservative family, she has two sisters; her parents separated when she was in middle school. Ghanizada is a graduate of James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia and has a degree in English and Communications from Virginia Tech. Ghanizada learned to speak English from watching television; that combined with the family's regular trips to a local cinema that showed Bollyw... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicole Forrester
Nicole Forrester (born 17 November 1976) is a Canadian high jumper. She was discovered working at McDonald's by Dave Hunt, who suggested she learn how to high jump. She was born in Toronto, Ontario. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Thessaloniki. She is currently completing her PhD in Sports Psychology at Michigan State University. Major competitions record Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing Canada 1999 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 3rd 1.85 m World Championships Seville, Spain 32nd (q) 1.80 m 2001 Universiade Beijing, China 2nd 1.94 m Jeux de la Francophonie Ottawa, Canada 2nd 1.89 m 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 3rd 1.87 m 2003 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ... Biography of Maureen Dor
Maureen Dor, born on November 17, 1970 in Ixelles (birth time source: act n° 2633, André Dekoster), is a Belgian actress, singer, and TV host. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0971424/) 2012 Il était une fois, une fois Intervenante belge 2007 Atout 5 (TV series) Debbie Rose – La saga d'Attila (2007) … Debbie Rose (voice) – Les cinq doigts de la main (2007) … Debbie Rose (voice) 2007 Un château en Espagne Cécile 2007 Fragile(s) Anaïs 2003 La crim' (TV series) Fred – Derrière le miroir (2003) … Fred – Sacrifice (2003) … Fred – Hache de guerre (2003) … Fred – Délit d'amour (2003) … Fred – L'âme du violon (2003) … Fred See all 12 episodes » 2003 Comment devient-on capitaliste? (TV movie) Babou 2001 H (TV series) – Une histoire de dent... Biography of Susse Wold
Susse Wold (born 17 November 1938) is a stage and screen actress whose career has spanned five decades. Born Lise Wold in Denmark, she is the daughter of actress Marguerite Viby. She quickly became a leading lady at the Det Kongelige Teater (Royal Danish Theatre). In addition to her many TV, film and stage roles, Wold has toured the world reading H. C. Andersen's work. She is married to the Danish actor Bent Mejding. Career highlights Matador, an acclaimed Danish TV series about a small city in Denmark during the 1930s and 1940s with all the accompanying drama of the occupation by neighboring Nazi Germany. Knighted in the Order of the Dannebrog by the Queen of Denmark Margrethe II of Denmark. Recipient of the H. C. Andersen Award. Won the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (Tra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vilma Degischer
Vilma Degischer, born on November 17, 1911 in Vienna, Austria, died on May 3, 1992 in Baden, was an Austrian actress. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0214748/) 1991 Strauss Dynasty (TV mini-series) Dancing old woman – Episode #1.1 (1991) … Dancing old woman 1988 Trostgasse 7 - eine Kindheit in Wien 1934-1938 Großmutter Wirth 1988 Der Leihopa (TV series) Frau Weghuber / Reisebekanntschaft – Alles braucht seine Zeit (1988) … Reisebekanntschaft – Auch das noch! (1988) … Frau Weghuber 1983 Mich wundert, daß ich so fröhlich bin (TV movie) Therese Reimann 1979 Kleine Gaben (TV movie) segment Im Café 1978 Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor (TV movie) Mutter 1976 Der Talisman (TV movie) Frau von Cypressenburg 1973 Johannes Heesters 70 Jahr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Viva Bianca
Viva Bianca (born Viva Skubiszewski, pronounced scooby-shev-ski) is an Australian actress born on November 17, 1983 in Melbourne, best known for her role as Ilithyia on the Starz network series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Vengeance. Bianca graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts where she received a best actress award. She is the daughter of Cezary Skubiszewski, a Polish Australian composer for film, television and orchestra. Bianca cites Cate Blanchett and Heath Ledger as Australian actors who have influenced her. Career Bianca has appeared in many Australian TV Series such as Eugenie Sandler P.I., Marshall Law, All Saints and The Strip. She has also appeared in the Australian films Accidents Happen and Bad Bush. Bianca starred as Ilithyia, t... Biography of Roberta Collins
Roberta Collins (November 17, 1944 – August 16, 2008) was a film and television actress who was known for her attractive physique, blonde, curly hair, and Marilyn Monroe appearance. She starred in many exploitation films, including the prostitute, Clara in Tobe Hooper's Eaten Alive, and the character, Matilda the Hun in the science fiction film, Death Race 2000. Collins died August 16, 2008 of an apparent heart attack. Filmography The Big Doll House (1971) Women in Cages (1971) Unholy Rollers (1972) Sweet Kill (1973) The Roommates (1973) Wonder Women (1973) Terror on the Beach (1973) Three the Hard Way (1974) Caged Heat (1974) Death Race 2000 (1975) Train Ride to Hollywood (1975) The Witch Who Came From the Sea (1976) E... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gemma Spofforth
Gemma Mary Spofforth (born 17 November 1987) is a British swimmer who is a world record-holder and former world champion in the backstroke. She is a member of Great Britain's 2012 Olympic team, and competed in the 100-metre backstroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where she achieved fifth place in 59.20 seconds. Spofforth was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, England. She had pancreatitis in 2005, taking a year in and out of the water undecided on plans to continue swimming. This was a turning point in her career as she finished up at Portsmouth High School. Her decision on where to attend university rested on whether she would continue swimming. Spofforth represented 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, coming fourth in the 100-metre backstroke, four one-hundredths of a seco... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cyril Ramaphosa
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (born 17 November 1952) is the Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC) trade union leader, activist, politician and businessman. He was born in Soweto, Gauteng province. While Ramaphosa was previously a major figure in South African national politics, he has in recent years become a prominent figure in the business community. Widely respected as a skilful and formidable negotiator and strategist, Ramaphosa is best known for building up the biggest and most powerful trade union in South Africa — the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) — as well as for the crucial role he played, with Roelf Meyer of the National Party, during the negotiations to bring about a peaceful end to apartheid and steer the country towards its first democratic elections in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Krzysztof Warzycha
Krzysztof "Kristof" Warzycha (Polish pronunciation: ; Greek: Κριστόφ Βαζέχα) (born November 17, 1964 in Katowice) is a former Polish professional footballer. For the majority of his career he played for Greek club Panathinaikos FC. He is currently the head coach of Egaleo. Club career KS Ruch Chorzów Krzysztof Warzycha played for the Polish team KS Ruch Chorzów and won the Polish Championship in 1989 and being top scorer in the Polish premier league the same year. Panathinaikos Krzysztof Warzycha joined Panathinaikos in December 1989, and won 5 Greek championships (1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2004), 5 Greek cups (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004), 2 Greek super cups 1993, 1994, while he was the highest scorer of the Greek ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacqueline Aguilera
Jacqueline María Aguilera Marcano (born November 17, 1976 in Valencia, Carabobo) is a model and beauty queen who became the fifth woman from Venezuela to capture the Miss World crown. Former Miss World 1994 Aishwarya Rai handed over her crown to Aguilera after her reign as the Miss World for a year. Top Model of the World She participated in Top Model of the World 1995, held in Miami, Florida, where she became Venezuela's first titleholder in history. Miss World Venezuela Aguilera competed in 1995 as Miss Nueva Esparta in her country's national beauty pageant, obtaining the title of Miss World Venezuela and the right to represent her country in Miss World 1995. Miss World 1995 At the Miss World Pageant on November 18, 1995 in Sun City, South Africa, she won the crown as the 4... Biography of Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt was born 17 November 1700, Oranienbaum Castle (modern day Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, Wittenberg) near Dessau – and died 4 March 1771, Wildenbruch Castle. In his lifetime, from 1711 to 1771, he held the titles Prince in Prussia and Margrave of Brandenburg, with the style Royal Highness. He was made a knight of the Order of the Black Eagle. In the 19th century he was retrospectively known by the title Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in order to differentiate his branch of the Hohenzollern dynasty. He was the second owner of the Prussian secundogeniture of Brandenburg-Schwedt. His parents were Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau. He was the nephew of King Frederick I of Prussia. Life Frederick... Biography of Rocsi
Raquel Roxanne Diaz (born November 17, 1983), better known by her stage name Rocsi, is an American television personality. Diaz is best known as the host on BET's 106 & Park from 2006 until 2012 and hosts her own daily nationally syndicated radio show, Rocsi on the Radio. In the fall of 2012, she was announced as a new correspondent of Entertainment Tonight with Nancy O'Dell. Early life and career Diaz was born in F but moved with her family to New Orleans, Louisiana. She is Honduran and Chilean descent. Rocsi announced on 106 & Park on July 30, 2009, that she suffered from anorexia during her years in middle school and high school due to her love for cheerleading. She graduated from West Jefferson High School in Harvey, Louisiana. She was later a DJ on a Boston radio station. In 2004,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Rosy
Maurice Rosy (17 November 1927 birth time source: Acte n°102, André Dekoster) - 23 February 2013), is a Belgian comics writer who also worked as artistic director of Spirou during its golden period. Biography Rosy was born in Fontaine-l'Évêque. He was employed by Charles Dupuis in 1954 as "giver of ideas" of the comics magazine Spirou and two years later assumed the position of artistic director, which he remained until 1971. Along with Yvan Delporte, he is credited with responsibility of the magazine's success during the 1950s and 1960s. In the early 1950s he wrote scenarios for André Franquin's series Spirou et Fantasio, and Jijé's Jerry Spring, before he took over the writing of Tif et Tondu from Luc Bermar, collaborating with Will over a period of thirteen years. As Spirou too... |
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