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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on November, 19, 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 · 45,414 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,414 Celebrities
110 celebrities or events were found for November, 19. Add to favourites (249 fans)Biography of Jodie Foster
November 19, 1962) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director, and producer. She has also won two Golden Globes, BAFTA and a Screen Actors Guild Award. After appearing as a child in several commercials, Foster won her first role in the 1970 TV movie Menace On The Mountain, followed by several Disney productions. Foster did not experience her breakout role until 1976, when she received moderate recognition and acclaim for her role as a pre-teenage prostitute in Taxi Driver, for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She won an Oscar for Lead Actress in 1988, for playing a rape victim in The Accused. What many perceive as Foster's breakout performance came in 1991 with The Silence of the Lambs, in which she played the role of Clarice Starli... Add to favourites (102 fans)Biography of Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan (born November 19, 1961) is an American actress who specializes in romantic comedies, but has also worked in other film genres. Early life Born Margaret Mary Emily Hyra in Fairfield, Connecticut to Susan Jordan (née Ryan), a former English teacher, and Harry Hyra, a math teacher, she went by the name Peggy (also her grandmother's nickname) as a child. She has two sisters, Dana and Annie, and a brother, Andrew. Ryan was raised in the Catholic religion and graduated from Saint Pius X Elementary School in Fairfield, where her mother taught the sixth grade. There, Ryan was confirmed into the Catholic Church, choosing Anne as her confirmation name. Ryan's mother had appeared in one television commercial and later worked briefly as an assistant casting director in New York City. She s... Add to favourites (24 fans)Biography of Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (November 19, 1917 – October 31, 1984) was an Indian politician who served as Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 to 1984. Born in the politically influential Nehru dynasty, she grew up in an intensely political atmosphere. Her grandfather Motilal Nehru and father Jawaharlal Nehru were prominent Indian nationalist leaders. While studying at Somerville College, University of Oxford, England during the late 1930s, she became a member of the radical pro-independence London based India League. Returning to India in 1941, she became involved in the Indian Independence movement. In September, 1942 she was arrested by the British authorities and detained without a charge. She was ultimately released o... Biography of Richard Attias
Richard Attias (born November 19, 1959) is a Moroccan global events producer, former chairman of PublicisLive and presently the Executive Chairman of the Experience Corporation. Attias was the producer of the World Economic Forum in Davos for over fifteen years. Background Attias was born on November 19, 1959 in Fez, Morocco, and graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, an engineering school in France. He began his career as a sales executive at IBM France and in 1986 became the General Manager of Econocom France and Econocom Japan, a computer leasing company. During the 1990s, Attias founded an Event Management Company and produced various global events including the Zurich Insurances Convention and Boris Yeltsin's visit to France. Richard was awarded the contr... Biography of Laurent Blanc
Laurent Robert Blanc (born 19 November 1965 in Alès) is a French football manager and former player. His last managerial post was at Ligue 1 club Bordeaux. He is set to replace Raymond Domenech as France coach following the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Blanc formerly played professional football for numerous clubs, notably Montpellier, Barcelona, Marseille, Internazionale, and Manchester United often operating in the sweeper position. He is also a former French international playing in several international tournaments, which includes the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000, which France won. On 28 June 1998, Blanc scored the first golden goal in World Cup history against Paraguay. Blanc has the nickname Le Président, which was given to him following his stint at Marseille. Th... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney (November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American Film and Stage actress. Acclaimed as one of the most beautiful women of the 20th century, she is probably best-remembered for her performance in the title role of Laura (1944) and her Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Actress in Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Other notable roles Martha Strable Van Cleve in Heaven Can Wait (1943), Isable Bradley Maturin in The Razor's Edge (1946) , Lucy Muir in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Ann Sutton in Whirlpool (1949) and Maggie Carleton McNulty in The Mating Season (1951) and Anne Scott in The Left Hand of God (1955). She was born Gene Eliza Tierney in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Howard Sherwood Tierney and Belle Lavina Taylor. She had an older brother, Howard Sherw... Biography of Patrick de Carolis
French journalist, TV host, writer and manager of France Television since 2005.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Ted Turner
Robert Edward Turner III (born November 19, 1938 (1938-11-19) (age 68) in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is best known as the founder of the cable television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition to CNN, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. As a philanthropist, he is well known for his $1 billion pledge to the United Nations donated through his United Nations Foundation. Turner's media empire began with his father's billboard business which he took over at the age of 24 after his father's suicide. The billboard business, Turner Outdoor Advertising, was worth approximately one million dollars when Turner took it over in 1963. Purchase of an Atlanta UHF stati... Biography of Larry King
Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an award-winning American television/radio host. Since 1987, King has hosted a nightly interview program on CNN called Larry King Live. Early life King was born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jennie (née Gitlitz), a garment worker, and Edward Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense plant worker, both of whom had emigrated from Russia. He was raised in a "very cultural Jewish" family. His father died at 44 of a heart attack when King was nine, and his mother had to go on relief to support Larry and his younger brother. His father's death affected King greatly, and King lost interest in school, ruining his chances to go to college. After graduating from high school, he worked to help support his mother. Miami radio A ... Biography of Jason Scott Lee
Jason Scott Lee (李截, pinyin: Lǐ Jié, born November 19, 1966) is an American movie actor. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Lee was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sylvia and Robert Lee, a bus driver. Lee was raised in Hawaii. As a third-generation Chinese American, he is three-quarters Chinese American and one-quarter Hawaiian. He attended high school with Carrie Ann Inaba, of Dancing with the Stars, and dated her briefly. In the mid-1990s, Lee had a few leading roles in feature films. Since that time, he has not broken into the ranks of major stardom, but continues to receive supporting roles. He currently owns the Ulua Theatre, which opened in 2005, where he performed as Pale in the production of Burn This. As a non-Caucasian actor with an ambiguous ethnic a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kerri Strug
Kerri Allyson Strug (born November 19, 1977) is an American gymnast from Tucson, Arizona. Career, pre-1996 Olympics Strug was trained by the legendary coach Bela Karolyi, and joined the United States National Team in 1991. In 1992, at age 14, she won a team bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics, at which she was the youngest member of the entire U.S. team. Karolyi retired from coaching after the 1992 Games, leaving Strug to decide whether to continue or quit gymnastics. During this time, she switched gyms multiple times. Shortly after Karolyi's retirement, Kerri moved to Dynamo to train under the coaching of Steve Nunno, where she was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. At the 1993 Nationals, Kerri placed 3rd in the all-around, 2nd on the uneven bars, and 3rd on floor exercise. She compl... Biography of Richard Virenque
Richard Virenque (born November 19, 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a retired French professional bicyclist. Height : 1m79. Weight 65kg. He is known as a climbing specialist and for his role in a highly-publicized doping scandal. From 1994 to 1998, he was in team Festina. His top placing in the general classification of the Tour de France and his multiple wins of the Polka dot jersey placed him at the top of the French hopefuls as a potential winner of the Tour de France. However, in 1998 team Festina was shattered by a doping scandal (see the doping scandals of the Tour de France) after health assistant Willy Voet was arrested with large quantities of prescription drugs and illegal drugs used for doping. Richard Virenque denied doping himself intentionally, while Willy Voet charged ... Biography of Jose Raul Capablanca
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (November 19, 1888 – March 8, 1942) was a Cuban world-class chess player in the early to mid-twentieth century. One of the first five unofficial grandmasters, he held the title of world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. Capablanca was also a Cuban diplomat and a highly-regarded chess writer. Early years Referred to by many chess historians as the Mozart of chess, Capablanca was a chess prodigy whose brilliance was noted at an early age. Richard Réti said about him 'Chess was his mother tongue'. According to Capablanca, he learned the rules of the game at the age of four by watching his father play. He said he noticed his father make an illegal move with his knight, accused him of cheating, and then demonstrated what he had done. Capablanca was taken t... Biography of Michelle Vieth
Michelle Vieth Paetau (November 19, 1979, Marshalltown, Iowa) is an American-born Mexican actress of telenovelas. She was married to actor Héctor Soberón from 2002 to 2003. Her family moved to Acapulco when she was three, and at the age of 15 she was invited to be an extra in the telenovela Acapulco, cuerpo y alma. Chilean producer Valentín Pimstein invited her to a casting for Televisa, however it was suggested that she first enroll in the Centro de Educación Artistica (CEA) to study acting and modeling. Two years later, she auditioned for Mi pequeña traviesa and she obtained the leading role. In 2003, she was one of the celebrities living in the house of Big Brother VIP Mexico, and the fourth member to be expelled from the show. After her divorce from Héctor Soberón, an explicit ho... Biography of Jack Welch
John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. (born November 19, 1935 (1935-11-19) (age 71)) was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. Welch gained a solid reputation for uncanny business acumen and unique leadership strategies at GE. During his tenure, GE increased its market capitalization by over US$400 billion. He remains a highly-regarded figure in business circles due to his innovative management strategies and leadership style. Welch's net worth is estimated at US$720 million. Early life and career Welch was born in Peabody, Massachusetts to Irish-Catholic parents John, a Boston & Maine Railroad conductor, and Grace, a housewife. Welch attended Salem High School and later the University of Massachusetts Amherst ("UMass"), graduating in 1957 with a Bachelor of Scien... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza (Hebrew: עפרה חזה, pronounced ) (November 19, 1957 – February 23, 2000) was a popular Israeli singer, actress and international recording artist. Of Yemenite Jewish ancestry, Haza was born the youngest of nine children in the poor Tel Aviv neighborhood of Hatikvah (meaning "hope" in Hebrew). She became an instant local, then national, success story, the subject of great pride for many Israelis of Yemenite origin. Her voice has been described as mezzo-soprano, of near-flawless tonal quality, capable of lending itself to a variety of musical styles with apparent ease. Inspired by a love of her Yemenite-Jewish culture, the appeal of her musical art quickly spread to a wider Middle Eastern audience, somehow bridging the divide... Biography of Allison Janney
Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an Emmy-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her portrayal of C. J. Cregg on the American television series The West Wing and of Prudy Pingleton on the 2007 film adaption of the musical Hairspray. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Personal life Janney was born in Dayton, Ohio to Macy (née Putnam), a former actress and homemaker, and Jervis Spencer Janney, Jr., a real estate developer and jazz musician. She has two older brothers, Jay and Hal. She attended The Miami Valley School in Dayton, where she was named a distinguished alum in 2004 and the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. She then attended Kenyon College. She went on to study drama at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. She att... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Calvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is a well-known Jewish fashion designer. In 1968, he launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. In addition to clothing, Calvin Klein also gave his name to a range of perfumes, including CK One and CK Be (fragrances for both genders), now owned by Coty Inc. Swatch Group manufactures watches and jewelry under the Calvin Klein and Calvin Klein Jeans brands. Born Richard Klein in The Bronx to Hungarian immigrants, he attended the High School of Industrial Art and he graduated, at 20 years of age, from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology. He did his apprenticeship in 1962 at an oldline cloak-and-suit manufacturer, and spent five years designing at other New York shops. He later launched his first company with a chil... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Daria Werbowy
Daria Werbowy (born November 19, 1983) is a Ukrainian-Canadian supermodel. Personal life Daria Werbowy is a popular Canadian model of Ukrainian descent. Although born in Krakow, Poland, Werbowy holds Ukrainian citizenship. When she was three years old, Werbowy's Ukrainian parents moved to Mississauga, a suburb west of Toronto, Canada. At age fourteen, Werbowy was 5'11", willowy and sporting braces. She attended Cawthra Park Secondary School. Professional career Daria Werbowy had never seriously considered modeling, but found herself launched into the business after meeting a schoolmate's mother who headed Toronto's Susan J. Model & Talent Management. At age 14, Werbowy won a national modelling contest, but after a year of working with Susan J. Model & Talent, however, Werbowy th... Biography of Erika Alexander
Erika Alexander (born November 19, 1969 in Winslow, Arizona) is an American actress. Alexander got her big break as Pamela "Pam" Tucker on the critically-acclaimed NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show. She later starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg in the 1990 civil rights epic, The Long Walk Home. Perhaps her most memorable role was as Maxine 'Max' Shaw on the FOX sitcom, Living Single, a role she played for five years. Erika's role as Pam Tucker brought a fresh spin to The Cosby Show. She played a girl who is sent to live with relatives when her grandmother is taken ill. At first she doesn't feel she fits in due to strict rules, but she soon learns that the rules are out of love. Pam is a simple girl who wants to go to college, but doesn't really have the grades. She is usually with her best fr... Biography of Dick Cavett
Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett (born November 19, 1936) is an American television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussion of issues. Early life Cavett was born in Gibbon, Nebraska, where he was raised, the son of Eva (née Richards) and Alva B. Cavett, both teachers. When grilled by Lucille Ball on his own show about his heritage, he said he was "Scottish, Irish, English, and possibly partly French, and, and uh, a dose of German". He also mentioned one grandfather "came over" from England, the other from Wales. Cavett's mother died when he was ten; his father, Alva, later remarried. In eighth grade, Cavett directed a live Saturday-morning radio show sponsored by the Junior League, and played the title role in The Winslow Boy. One of his classmates at Lincol... Biography of Sushmita Sen
Sushmita Sen (Hindi: सुष्मिता सेन ; born 19 November 1975 in Hyderabad, India) is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood films. She is a former beauty queen, who was crowned Miss Universe 1994. She was the first Indian woman to be crowned Miss Universe. Sen was born to a Bengali Hindu family. Her father, Shubeer Sen, was a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander and her mother, Subhra Sen, was as a fashion artist and jewelry designer. She has a brother, Rajeev Sen, and a sister, Neelam Sen. She was born in St.Theresa's hospital, Hyderabad, and grew up in New Delhi. She attended school at the Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute. She graduated from Maitreyi College, Delhi. In 2000, she adopted a daughter, named Ren... Biography of James Garfield
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831–September 19, 1881) was the twentieth President of the United States. He had also served as a major general in the United States Army, and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield was the second U.S. President to be assassinated — Abraham Lincoln was the first. Garfield had the second shortest presidency in U.S. history, after William Henry Harrison's. In office for six months and fifteen days, President Garfield, a Republican, actually served for less than four months before being fatally shot on July 2, 1881. Early life Garfield was born in Orange Township, now Moreland Hills, Ohio of Welsh ancestry. His father, Abram Garfield, died in 1833, when James Abram was 17 months old; he was brought up and cared for by his mother, ... Biography of Terry Farrell
Terry Farrell (born November 19, 1963) is an American actress and former fashion model, best known for her roles in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Becker. The source for her time of birth is http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/terryfarrell.html. Early life Farrell was born Theresa Lee Farrell in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Kay Carol Christine Bendickson and Edwin Francis Farrell, Jr. Later, her mother married David W. Grussendorf, who adopted Terry and her sister, Christine. Before becoming a model, she played a Christmas elf at a mall in Cedar Rapids. In 1978, at age fifteen, she left her hometown for a summer in Mexico City as a foreign exchange student. That time in her life made her fond of big cities, so in her junior year of high school, the ... Biography of Mia Molinari
Mia Molinari, born november 19, 1971, is an Italian dancer.... Biography of Douglas Henshall
Douglas James Henshall (born 19 November 1965), sometimes credited as Dougie Henshall, is a Scottish actor. He is currently known for his lead role in Primeval. Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m) Douglas Henshall was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He grew up in Barrhead and attended Barrhead High School. Whilst at school he joined The Scottish Youth Theatre based in Glasgow. After leaving school, he moved to London to train at Mountview Theatre School. While in London he received critical acclaim for his theatre work, notably Life of Stuff at the Donmar Warehouse (1993) and American Buffalo at the Young Vic (1997). He returned to Glasgow and joined the 7:84 theatre company. One of his first successful film roles was as Edgar in Angels and Insects (1995) before going on to star in Orphans (1997)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William H. Sheldon
William Herbert Sheldon (November 19, 1898 – September 17, 1977) was an American psychologist and numismatist. Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, Sheldon distinguished himself in both fields; in psychology, Sheldon pioneered the use of anthropometry in the development of his categories of somatotypes, and in numismatics, Sheldon authored Penny Whimsy, the first work to extensively catalog the varieties of early American large cents. He also developed the "Sheldon scale" that graded coins on a numeric basis from 1 to 70 . Through the use of many photographs and measurements of nude figures (mainly Ivy League students), Sheldon assigned people into three categories of body types in the 1940s: endomorphic, mesomorphic, and ectomorphic. He also assigned personality traits to the body types a... Biography of Ferdinand de Lesseps
Ferdinand Marie Vicomte de Lesseps (November 19, 1805–December 7, 1894) was the maker of the Suez Canal, which joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas for the first time in 1869, and substantially reduced sailing distances and times between the West and the East. He attempted to repeat this success with an effort to build a lockless version of the Panama Canal during the 1880s, but the project was finally completed by the United States in 1914, once developments in medicine had been made which combatted the serious problems of malaria and yellow fever in the area. Background The origins of de Lesseps' family are traceable back as far as the end of the 14th century. His ancestors, it is believed, came from Scotland, and settled at Bayonne during the region's occupation by the English. ... Biography of Robert Beltran
Robert Adame Beltran (born November 19, 1953) is an American actor best known for his role as Commander Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager. Beltran is the son of first generation Mexican-American parents and refers to himself as being “Latindio” (a portmanteau of Latino and Indio). He was born in Bakersfield, California where he attended East Bakersfield High School and Bakersfield College. He has seven brothers and two sisters, including the well-known Latin Jazz musician Louie Cruz Beltran and is a Christian. Career Beltran graduated from California State University, Fresno with a degree in Theater Arts and moved to Los Angeles to begin his acting career. He has been working steadily since 1979 in both theater and film. Beltran had his first film role in Zoot Suit in 1981, but his ... Biography of Adele Silva
Adele Silva (born 19 November 1980 in Norbury, Greater London) is an English actress and television personality. She was educated at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and has been on stage and television since she was a child. Career Silva's first TV appearance was as Squeak in the 1989 Doctor Who story Survival. As a young girl she also appeared in Mr Majeika, The Bill and EastEnders. She is best known for playing the role of Kelly Windsor in the television soap opera Emmerdale. She first played this role from 1993 to 2000 before returning to the soap in 2005. Her plotlines have been amongst the most daring in the soap opera, including a relationship with her stepbrother and running off with one of her school teachers. When she returned in 2005, she promised to be the “biggest bitch... Biography of Kathleen Quinlan
Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born November 19, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, mostly seen on television and in motion pictures. Biography Personal life Quinlan was born in Pasadena, California, the daughter of Josephine (née Zachry), a military supply supervisor, and Robert Quinlan, a television sports director. She was raised in Mill Valley, California, where she attended Tamalpais High School and began her acting career. She has been married to actor Bruce Abbott since April 12, 1994. They have two children. Career Quinlan made her film debut in George Lucas' 1973 nostalgic look at the early sixties, American Graffiti at the age of 19 (although she did appear in an uncredited role in 1972's One is a Lonely Number). She has appeared in over 50 films, but i... Biography of Julienne Mullette
Julienne Mullette, born November 19, 1940 in Sydney, is an Australian-American astrologer and author. She is the founder of ISAR, the International Society of Astrological Research.... Biography of Sandrine Holt
Sandrine Holt (born November 19, 1972, in London, England), (Chinese: 何家蓓; pinyin: Hé Jiābèi) originally named Sandrine Ho is a model turned actress. She is currently married to rock producer/engineer Travis Huff. She was born to a Chinese father and a French mother. At the age of five, she moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which has been her home ever since. Holt attended St. Joseph's Morrow Park High School in Willowdale. She worked as a runway model in Paris before she became an actress. Holt debuted as an actress in 1991, appearing in Black Robe by Bruce Beresford. She has played characters of various ethnic origins: Polynesian in Rapa Nui (1994); Chinese in the telemovie and subsequent TV show Once a Thief (by John Woo, based on his Once a Thief Hong K... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gail Devers
Yolanda Gail Devers (born November 19, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is a three-time Olympic 100 m champion in athletics for the US Olympic Team. Devers grew up near National City, CA and graduated from Sweetwater High School in National City, CA. A young talent in the 100 m and 100 m hurdles, Devers was in training for the 1988 Summer Olympics, started experiencing health problems, suffering from among others migraine and vision loss. She qualified for the Olympics 100 m hurdles, in which she was eliminated in the semi-finals, but her health continued to deteriorate even further. In 1990, she was diagnosed with Graves' disease, and started radiation therapy. Amazingly, Devers recovered quickly and resumed training. At the 1991 World Championships, she won a silver medal in the 1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nathan Leopold
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) and Richard A. Loeb (June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936), more commonly known as Leopold and Loeb, were two wealthy University of Chicago students who murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924, and were sentenced to life in prison. The duo was motivated to murder Franks by their desire to commit a perfect crime. Franks' family, originally Jewish, had renounced their Jewish faith to convert to Christianity. Richard Loeb was born to a Catholic mother and a Jewish father. Once apprehended, Leopold and Loeb retained Clarence Darrow as counsel for the defense; Darrow’s summation in their trial is noted for its influential criticisms of the capital punishment and retributive, as opposed to rehabilitative, penal systems. Mo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Josette Amiel
Josette Amiel, born November 19, 1930 in Vanves, is a French former ballet dancer who performed with the Paris Opera Ballet as an Etoile.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Ragueneau
Philippe Ragueneau (19 November 1917 - 22 October 2003) was a French journalist and writer. He was born in Orléans (Loiret) and died in in Gordes (Vaucluse). Ragueneau was a hero of World War II a and friend of the General Charles de Gaulle. French medals Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur Compagnon de la Libération (17 November 1945) Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (3 citations) Médaille de la Résistance Médaille Coloniale Croix du Combattant Volontaire Médaille Commémorative des Services Volontaires dans la France Libre Foreign medals Africa Star (Great Britain) 1939-45 War Medal / mention in dispatches (Great Britain) Silver Star (United States)... Biography of Stéphane Paoli
Stéphane Paoli, born November 19, 1948 in Rabat, Morocco, is a French journalist. He is the son of French journalist Jacques Paoli.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Billy Sunday
William Ashley "Billy" Sunday (November 19, 1862 – November 6, 1935) was an American athlete and religious figure who, after being a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s, became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century. Born into poverty, Sunday spent some years in an orphanage before taking a series of odd jobs in several small Iowa towns as he demonstrated his prowess in amateur athletics. His exceptional speed provided him the opportunity to play baseball in the major leagues for eight years. He was known for his daring base-running and dramatic outfield play, but he was only an average hitter. Converted to evangelical Christianity in the 1880s, Sunday left baseball for the Christian minis... Biography of Ginger Chalford
Ginger Chalford, born November 19, 1946 in Lebanon, Tennessee, is an American writer, healer, psychologist and astrologer.... Biography of Jessicah Schipper
Jessicah Lee Schipper OAM (born November 19, 1986 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian swimmer. She trains at the Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton club in Brisbane, under veteran coach Ken Wood. Schipper made her debut for Australia at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, winning the bronze medal as part of the 4x100 m medley relay team. In 2004 she competed in the Athens Olympics, placing 4th in the 100 m butterfly with the time of 58.22 s. She also collected the gold medal in the 4x100 m medley relay, having swum the butterfly leg in the heats of the event. At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal she won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly with the time of 2.05.65 s, only 0.04 seconds behind Otylia Jędrzejczak of Poland, who consequently record... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eileen Collins
Eileen Marie Collins (b. 19 November 1956 in Elmira, New York) is a retired American astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. A former military instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle. She retired on May 1, 2006 to pursue private interests, including service as a board member of USAA. Astronaut experience Collins first flew the Space Shuttle as pilot in 1995 aboard STS-63, which involved a rendezvous between Discovery and the Russian space station Mir. In recognition of her achievement as the first female Shuttle Pilot, she received the Harmon Trophy. She was also the pilot for STS-84 in 1997. In addition to becoming the first female shuttle pilot, Collins also became the first female Commander of a U.S. Spac... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-François Clervoy
Jean-François André Clervoy (born November 19, 1958) is a French spationaut and a veteran of three NASA space shuttle missions. Clervoy was born in Longeville-lès-Metz, France. He has a twin brother, Patrick, a military physician. He joined the French Air Force, where he trained as a test pilot. He was selected as an spationaut candidate by France in 1985 and trained extensively at the Russian Star City before being named to the European Space Agency's astronaut corps in 1992. He has flown on three space shuttle flights as a mission specialist, including STS-66 (1994), STS-84 (1997) and as flight engineer on STS-103 (1999), a Hubble Space Telescope repair mission. He is now working on the Automated Transfer Vehicle program as support spationaut. He is also president of Novespace, the... Biography of Jack Dorsey
Jack Dorsey (born November 19, 1976) is an American software architect and businessperson best known as the creator of Twitter. BusinessWeek called him one of technology's "best and brightest." MIT's Technology Review named him in the TR35, an outstanding innovator under the age of 35. Early years Dorsey grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. By age 14, he was interested in dispatch routing. Some of his open source software in this genre is still in use by taxicab companies. He went to high school at Bishop DuBourg High School, and attended Missouri University of Science and Technology. While working on dispatching as a programmer he later moved to California. In Oakland in 2000, Dorsey started his company to dispatch couriers, taxis, and emergency services from the Web. His other projec... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Disarcina
Gary Thomas DiSarcina (born November 19, 1967 in Malden, Massachusetts) is a Minor league baseball manager and a former shortstop in Major League Baseball. He was raised in Billerica, Massachusetts and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was drafted by the California Angels in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft. He currently lives in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He is currently the manager of the Lowell Spinners. DiSarcina wore several numbers over the course of his career. He wore the number 4 during his first season. He then changed to number 11 for the following 2 seasons. Once becoming a starter in 1992 he wore number 33, an unusual number for a shortstop, as a tribute to Larry Bird, a hero of his hometown. He then changed to the number 9 for his remaining 4 season... Biography of Christian Bregou
Christian Bregou, born November 19, 1941 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French journalist and businessman. He was President of CEP Communication group.... Biography of Charlie Kaufman
Charles Stuart "Charlie" Kaufman (born November 19, 1958) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. His works include Being John Malkovich; Human Nature; Adaptation.; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; and Synecdoche, New York. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Eternal Sunshine. Early career Between 1983 and 1984, Kaufman wrote comedic articles and spoofs on spec for National Lampoon magazine, along with colleague and friend Paul Proch. His work included parodies of Kurt Vonnegut and the X-Men. After moving to Los Angeles, Kaufman got his start in television by writing two episodes for Chris Elliott's Get a Life during the 1991-92 season. During the 1993-94 season, Kaufman worked on Fox's sketch comedy show The Edge. He later worked as a writer ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Gaxotte
Pierre Gaxotte (January 29, 1895- November 21, 1982) was a French historian. Biography Gaxotte was born in Revigny-sur-Ornain, Lorraine. He is famous for his critical vision of the French Revolution, notably in The French Revolution (1928), and for his rehabilitation of the French 18th century (Louis XV's Century, 1933). He is also known as a right-wing journalist of the Entre-deux-Guerres period. He was elected at the Académie Française in 1953.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Tucker
William Tucker, born November 1896 in London, died December 9, 1981, was a British author, lecturer, astrologer and astrology teacher.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of June Caprice
June Caprice (November 19, 1899 - November 9, 1936) was an American silent film actress. Early life and career Born Helen Elizabeth Lawson in Arlington, Massachusetts, she began her acting career in live theatre and in 1916 signed with the Fox Film Corporation. In 1916 William Fox searched to find a second Mary Pickford. By the summer of that year he believed he had located the woman he predicted would be the best known female on the screen within six months time. She made her debut on July 9 at the Academy of Music (Manhattan) on 14th Street (Manhattan), in Caprice of the Mountains. A New York Times film critic said of her, she is young, pretty, graceful, petite, with an eloquence of gesture that augurs a bright future in the movies. Adopting the stage name June Caprice, she ma... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Caillié
René Caillié (November 19, 1799 – May 17, 1838) was a French explorer, and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu. Caillié was born at Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon, Deux-Sevres, Poitou, the son of a baker. He was born in to the lowest levels of European society. The orphaned son of a prison convict, uneducated, frail, and thin, he was the anti-hero of the traditional military commander adventurer. The reading of Robinson Crusoe kindled in him a love of travel and adventure, and at the age of sixteen he made a voyage to Senegal whence he went to Guadeloupe. Returning to Senegal in 1818 he made a journey to Bondu to carry supplies to a British expedition then in that country. Ill with fever he was obliged to go back to France, but in 1824 was again in Senegal with the idea of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Brett
Philippe Brett, born November 19, 1959 in Paris, is a French businessman, founder with Pierre Girard-Hautbout of OFDIC. Office français pour le développement de l'industrie et de la culture is a French organization which helped Saddam Hussein.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marie Desmoulin
Marie Desmoulins, born November 19, 1966 in Charleroi, raised in France, died February 28, 2003, was a musician and pianist. She is the sister of Helene Desmoulins, also a pianist. They often played together.... Biography of Wilhelm Dilthey
Wilhelm Dilthey (November 19, 1833 – October 1, 1911) was a German historian, psychologist, sociologist, student of hermeneutics, and philosopher. He could be considered an empiricist, in contrast to the idealism prevalent in Germany at the time, but his account of what constitutes the empirical and experiential differs from British empiricism and positivism in its central epistemological and ontological assumptions, which are drawn from German literary and philosophical traditions. Hermeneutics Dilthey was inspired in part by the works of Friedrich Schleiermacher on hermeneutics, which he helped revive. Both figures are linked to German Romanticism. The school of Romantic hermeneutics stressed that historically embedded interpreters — a "living" rather than a Cartesian or "theoretica... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stephen Hill
Stephen Hill, born November 19, 1954 in Watford, is an American astrologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bertel Thorvaldsen
(Albert) Bertel Thorvaldsen (19 November 1770 – 24 March 1844) was a Danish / Icelandic sculptor. Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen in 1770 (according to some accounts, in 1768), the son of an Icelander who had settled in Denmark and there carried on the trade of a wood-carver. This account is disputed by some Icelanders, who claim Thorvaldsen was born in Iceland. Thorvaldsen had claimed descent from Snorri Thorfinnsson, the first European born in America. Young Thorvaldsen attended Copenhagen's Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), winning all the prizes including the large Gold Medal. As a consequence, he was granted a Royal stipend, enabling him to complete his studies in Rome, where he arrived on 8 March 1797. Since the date of his birth had never ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is the junior United States Senator from Iowa and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1984, Harkin was a candidate for his party's presidential nomination in 1992, and is currently chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Life before Congress Harkin was born in Cumming, Iowa. His father, Patrick Harkin, an Irish American was a coal miner and his mother, Frances, was a Slovene immigrant who died when he was ten. He attended Dowling Catholic High School which is currently located in West Des Moines, Iowa. Harkin attended Iowa State University and was a member of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. He graduated from there in 1962 and served in the United States Navy from 1962 to 1967.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anton Walbrook
Anton Walbrook, born German: (Adolf) Anton (Wilhelm) Wohlbrück (19 November 1896, Vienna, Austria – 9 August, 1967, Garatshausen) was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom. Life Originally known as Adolf Wohlbrück, he was descended from ten generations of actors though his father broke with tradition and was a circus clown. Walbrook studied with the director Max Reinhardt and built up a career in Austrian theatre and cinema. In 1936 he went to Hollywood to reshoot dialogue for the multinational The Soldier and the Lady (1937) and in the process changing his name from Adolf to Anton. Instead of returning to Austria, Walbrook, who was half-Jewish and gay, settled in England and continued working as a film actor making a speciality of playing continental Europeans. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hervé Claude
Hervé Claude, born November 19, 1945 in Paris, is a French journalist, novelist and writer. He is openly gay and lives with sculptor Matei Negreanu.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was a soldier from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Kentucky (then part of Virginia) militia throughout much of the war. Clark is best known for his celebrated captures of Kaskaskia (1778) and Vincennes (1779), which greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory. Because the British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Clark has often been hailed as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest." Clark's military achievements all came before his 30th birthday. Afterwards he led militia in the opening engagements of the Northwest Indian War, but was accus... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Garrick Utley
Garrick Utley (born November 19, 1939, Chicago, Illinois) is an American TV journalist. He established his career reporting about the Vietnam War and has the distinction of being the first full-time television correspondent covering the war there. Early life Utley graduated from Westtown School in 1957 and from Carleton College in 1961. His mother and father both were correspondents for NBC radio in the mid-20th century, based in Chicago. Career NBC News Utley served as weekend anchor during much of the 1970s, and frequently substituted for John Chancellor during that decade and for Tom Brokaw in the 1980s on NBC Nightly News. One noteworthy Nightly News broadcast Utley appeared on aired on January 22, 1973, the day the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its momentous Roe v... Biography of Edmond Jurien de La Gravière
Jean Pierre Edmond Jurien de la Gravière (November 19, 1812 – March 4, 1892) was a French admiral, son of Admiral Jurien, who served through the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars and was a peer of France under Louis-Philippe. He entered the navy in 1828, was made a commander in 1841, and captain in 1850. During the Crimean War he commanded a ship in the Black Sea. He was promoted to be rear-admiral on December 1, 1855, and appointed to the command of a squadron in the Adriatic in 1859, when he absolutely sealed the Austrian ports with a close blockade. In October 1861 he was appointed to command the squadron in the Gulf of Mexico, and two months later the expedition against Mexico. On January 15, 1862 he was promoted to be vice-admiral. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 he had c... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Adams
Philippe Adams (born November 19, 1969 in Mouscron, Belgium) is a racing driver who participated during the 1994 Formula One season for the Lotus team. Prior to his brief career in Formula One he was 12th in the 1991 Japanese Formula 3 Championship, second in the 1992 British Formula 3 Championship and champion in the 1993 British Formula 2 Championship. After Formula One he went into national saloon car categories. His backers were reputed to have agreed to pay Lotus £500,000 for the drive, but the money was not forthcoming, his performance was moderate and the deal fell through.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roy Campanella
Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993), nicknamed "Campy", was an American baseball player — primarily at the position of catcher — in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Widely considered to have been one of the greatest catchers in the history of the game, Campanella played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1940s and 1950s, as one of the pioneers in breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. His career was cut short in 1958 when he was paralyzed in an automobile accident. Playing career Negro League Campanella's father John was of Italian descent; however, because his mother Ida was African American, he was barred from Major League Baseball before 1947, the season that non-white players were admitted ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dominique Arnould
Dominique Arnould (born November 19. 1966 in Luxeuil-les-Bains in Haute-Saône, France) is a former professional road, cyclo-cross, and mountain bike cyclist. As a professional, the greatest wins in Arnould’s career were the World Cyclo-Cross World Championships in 1993 and a stage win in the 1992 Tour de France. In addition Arnould was the Cyclo-Cross Champion of France five times between 1989 and 2003. He also raced professionally for the Giant mountain bike team, earning several top ten results at world championships in this discipline as well. He retired from professional cycling in 2004 and assumed the position of Directeur Sportif for the French ProTour cycling team Bbox/Bouygues Télécom. Palmarès Medal record Competitor for France Cyclo-cross World Championships Gold 19... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luigi Beccali
Luigi Beccali (November 19, 1907 - August 29, 1990) was an Italian athlete, winner of 1500 m at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Born in Milan, Luigi Beccali, as a youth, was fascinated by cycling and track and field athletics, but choose the latter, when he met the coach Dino Nai. Luigi Beccali, an Italian champion in 1500 m from 1928 to 1931, became a national hero overnight when he won the Olympic 1500 m gold at Los Angeles. While mounted on the victory platform he was the first person to give the Fascist salute. In 1933, Beccali ran three world records. At first he equalled Jules Ladoumègue's world record 3:49.2, then lowered it to 3:49.0. At the end of the year he also set the 1,000 yd (910 m) world record of 2:10.0. Beccali won the 1500 m at the first European Championships in 1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Manse
Jean Manse, born November 19, 1899 in Marseille, died August 25, 1967 in Marseille, was a French screenwriter, playwright and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Lesur
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, known often simply as Daniel-Lesur (November 19, 1908, Paris, France – July 2, 2002) was a French organist and composer. His mother, Alice Lesur, was an accomplished composer in her own right; some of her music was even published. Daniel-Lesur was a student of Charles Tournemire. In 1935 he became a professor of counterpoint at the Schola Cantorum under its new director, Nestor Lejeune. The following year he co-founded the group La Jeune France along with composers Olivier Messiaen (with whom he would remain a lifelong friend), André Jolivet and Yves Baudrier, who were attempting to re-establish a more human and less abstract form of composition. La Jeune France developed from the avant-garde chamber music society La spirale, formed by Jolivet, Messiaen, and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Frenay
Henri Frenay (1905-1988) was a French military officer and French resistance member. Henri Frenay was born in Lyon, France on 19 November 1905, into a Catholic family with a military tradition. He studied the Germanic languages at the University of Strasbourg. Afterwards he became a soldier like his father and studied in Saint Cyr and l'Ecole Superieure de Guerre and reached the rank of captain in 1934. At the outbreak of World War II, he rejoined the French army. German forces captured him in Vosges. He escaped from a POW camp in Alsace on 27 June 1940 and made his way to Marseille. At first Frenay supported the Vichy Regime but was soon disillusioned by the Nazi tendency of the Pétain regime, and he subsequently formed the French Resistance group Mouvement de Liberation Nationale i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dayron Robles
Dayron Robles (born November 19, 1986 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban hurdler who holds the current world record in the 110 metre hurdles of 12.87 seconds, which he set on June 12, 2008 at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic. At the 2006 World Indoor Championships in Moscow he finished second with a new personal best time (indoor) of 7.46 seconds, a time which he has since improved to 7.33, making him the second-fastest ever indoors, behind Colin Jackson. At the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia he didn't advance from the heats due to fact that he stopped running, thinking that fellow hurdler Liu Xiang had made a false start. This was great disappointment for Robles, who had posted 9 of the 11 fastest times of the winter season and was a favorite for winning the gold me... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Luc Benoziglio
Jean-Luc Benoziglio, born November 19, 1941 in Monthey, is a Swiss writer. He lives in Paris. Bibliography * 1972 - Quelqu'un bis est mort * 1973 - Le Midship * 1974 - La Boîte noire * 1976 - Béno s'en va-t-en guerre * 1978 - L'Écrivain fantôme * 1980 - Cabinet-portrait (prix Médicis 1980) * 1986 - Le Jour où naquit Kary Karinaky (prix Jacques-Audiberti 1986) * 1989 - Tableaux d'une ex (prix Passion) * 1991 - La Pyramide ronde * 1993 - Peinture avec pistolet * 1998 - Le Feu au lac (prix littéraire Lipp) * 1999 - Peinture avec pistolet * 2001 - La Pyramide ronde * 2004 - La Voix des mauvais jours et des chagrins rentrés * 2005 - Louis Capet, suite et fin (prix Michel Dentan) Awards * 1974, Prix Del D... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gabriel Hanotaux
Albert Auguste Gabriel Hanotaux, known as Gabriel Hanotaux, (november 19, 1853 – april 11, 1944) was a French statesman and historian. He was born at Beaurevoir in the département of Aisne. He studied history at the École des Chartes, and became maître de conférence in the École des Hautes Études. His political career was that of a civil servant rather than a party politician. In 1879 he entered the ministry of foreign affairs as a secretary, and rose step by step through the diplomatic service. In 1886 he was elected deputy for Aisne, but, defeated in 1889, he returned to his diplomatic career, and on 31 May 1894 was chosen by Charles Dupuy to be minister of foreign affairs. With one interruption (during the Ribot ministry, from 26 January to 2 November 1895) he held this portfolio ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gustave-Auguste Ferrié
Gustave-Auguste Ferrié (November 19, 1868 - February 16, 1932) was a French radio pioneer and army general. Ferrié was born in Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, Savoie. After graduating from the École Polytechnique, Paris, in 1891, he became an officer in the French army's Engineers Corps, specializing in its military telegraph service. After being named to a committee exploring wireless telegraphy between France and England, in 1899 he carried out such communications in collaboration with Guglielmo Marconi. In 1903 Ferrié invented a novel electrolytic detector, invented independently by Dr. Michael I. Pupin (1899), Professor Reginald A. Fessenden (1903), and W. Schloemilch (1903). That same year he also proposed setting antennas on the Eiffel Tower for long-range radiotelegraphy. Under his... Biography of Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb (November 19, 1889 – October 13, 1966) was an American actor, dancer, and singer known for his Oscar-nominated roles in such films as Laura, The Razor's Edge, and Sitting Pretty. In the theatrical world he was known for his appearances in the plays of Noël Coward, notably Blithe Spirit, as well as career on Broadway in a number of incredibly successful musical revues. Early life Originally called Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck, Webb was born in a rural part of Marion County, Indiana, which would, in 1906, become Beech Grove, a self-governing city entirely surrounded by Indianapolis. As a result, virtually all printed sources give the larger city as his place of birth. He was the only child of Jacob Grant Hollenbeck (1867 – May 2, 1939), the ticket-clerk son of a grocer from an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anna Seghers
Anna Seghers (November 19, 1900–June 1, 1983) was a German writer famous for depicting the moral experience of the Second World War. Life Born Netty Reiling in Mainz in 1900 of Jewish descent, she married Laszlo Radvanyi, a Hungarian Communist in 1925. In Cologne and Heidelberg she studied history, the history of art and Chinese. She joined the Communist Party of Germany in 1928, at the height of its struggle against the burgeoning National Socialist German Workers Party. Her 1932 novel, Die Gefährten was a prophetic warning of the dangers of Fascism, which led to her being arrested by the Gestapo. After German troops invaded the French Third Republic in 1940, she fled to Marseilles and one year later to Mexico, where she founded the anti-fascist 'Heinrich-Heine-Klub', named af... Biography of Lindsay Ellingson
Lindsay Marie Ellingson (born November 19, 1984 in San Diego, California) is an American fashion model. She has modeled for Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Proenza Schouler, Valentino, Christian Dior, and others. Ellingson was discovered at a ProScout event that she attended in Orange County, California. Biography Ellingson first walked the runway in the Spring/Summer 2005 ready-to-wear shows. She has walked in numerous shows including Shiatzy Chen, Blumarine, Chanel, Christian Dior, John Galliano, Gucci, Valentino, Lacoste, Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta, Zac Posen, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Giorgio Armani. Her campaigns include Moschino, DKNY, MAC, Dolce and Gabbana, Charles David, H&M, and Tommy Hilfiger. She has graced the covers of Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle, D Magazine, GQ and L'Offici... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jenni Meno
Jenni Meno, born on November 19, 1970 in Westlake, Ohio, is an American pair skater. She first partnered with Scott Wendland and won two medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She began skating with her future husband Todd Sand in April 1992. They competed in two Olympics and won three national titles and three medals at the World Figure Skating Championships. Meno and Sand became engaged the day of their short program at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. They were married July 22, 1995. Following their amateur career, the pair skated professionally in the Stars on Ice tour for six seasons. More recently, Meno and Sand had their first son, Jack, in 2004, and their second son, Matthew Kenneth Sand, on August 14, 2006. Meno also appeared in the 2006 FOX television ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Patriarche
Paul Patriarche, born on November 19, 1934 in Bastia, Corsica, is a French politician (Liberal Democracy), and a former Member of Parliament.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leila Sebbar
Leïla Sebbar is an Algerian author. is the daughter of a French mother and an Algerian father. She spent her youth in colonial Algeria but now lives in Paris. She writes about the relationship between France and Algeria and often juxtaposes the imagery of both countries to show the difference in cultures between the two. Leila Sebbar was born on 19 November 1941 in Aflou, Algeria, to a French mother and an Algerian father. She lives in Paris and writes in French. Sebbar deals with a variety of topics, and either adopts a purely fictional approach or uses psychology to make her point. Many of Sebbar's novels express the frustrations of the Beur, the second generation of Maghribi youth who were born and raised in France and who have not yet integrated into French society. Her book Parl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roy Kupsinel
Roy Kupsinel, born November 19, 1928 in Lynn, Massachusetts, is an American holistic physician, editor and publisher.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frankie Fraser
Francis Davidson Fraser (born 19 November, 1923, and better known as "Mad" Frankie Fraser) is a former British criminal and gang member who spent 42 years in prison for numerous violent offences. Early life Born in Lambeth, south London, Fraser was a deserter during World War II, on several occasions escaping from his barracks. It was during the war that Fraser first became involved in serious crime, with the blackout and rationing, combined with the lack of professional policemen due to conscription, providing ample opportunities for criminal activities. In 1941, he was sent to Borstal for breaking into a Waterloo hosiery store and was then given a 15-month prison sentence at Wandsworth Prison for shopbreaking. Such were the criminal opportunities during the war, Fraser later joked ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Francis Delaisi
Francis Delaisi, born François-Almire Delaisi on November 19, 1873 in Bazougers, died on August 22, 1947 in Paris, was a French journalist, writer, and economist. Bibliography L'Eglise et l'empire romain. De l'étable de Bethléem au dôme de Sainte-Sophie, Paris : "Pages libres", 1904. Etudes sur l'Histoire politique de l'Eglise catholique. La force allemande, Paris : "Pages libres", 1905 La Démocratie et les financiers, Durand Ier, roi de France. La Guerre sociale, 1910 La guerre qui vient, La Guerre sociale, 1911 Contre la loi Millerand, Les Temps nouveaux, 1912 La coopérative de construction, La renaissance des cités, 1919 Les aspirations autonomistes en Europe : Albanie, Alsace-Lorraine, Catalogne, Finlande, îles grecques, Irlande, Macédoine, Polog... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Guyard
Jacques Guyard, born on November 19, 1937 in Paris, is a French politician, member of the Socialist party and a former member of Parliament.... Biography of Laksmi Rodríguez
Laksmi Rodríguez de la Sierra Solórzano (born November 19, 1985 in San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan model who was crowned Miss Venezuela International 2008 on September 10, 2008, during the Miss Venezuela 2008 pageant, when she represented the Monagas state. Rodríguez studies Social Communication at the Santa María University, in Caracas. Rodríguez will represent Venezuela in the Miss International 2009 beauty pageant, will be held in November 28, 2009 in Chengdu, China.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alfred Mézières
Alfred Jean François Mézières (Réhon, 19 November 1826 - Réhon, 10 October 1915) was a French journalist, politician and historian of literature. Works De Fluminibus inferorum, thesim proponebat Facultati litterarum parisiensi (1853) Étude sur les œuvres politiques de Paul Paruta (1853) Mémoires sur le Pélion et l'Ossa (1853) Description de la Laconie (1853) Shakespeare, ses œuvres et ses critiques (1860) Prédécesseurs et contemporains de Shakespeare (1863) Contemporains et successeurs de Shakespeare (1864) Le Jubilé de Shakespeare, souvenirs de Stratford-sur-Avon (1864) Dante et l'Italie nouvelle (1865) Pétrarque (1868) La Société française : le paysan, l'ouvrier, la bourgeoisie ; l'aristocratie ; les femmes, études morales sur le... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gillo Pontecorvo
Italian director and writer, director of THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robin Dunne
Robin Dunne (born November 19, 1976) is a Canadian actor, known for a lead role in As If, a series of appearances in the sequels/prequels Cruel Intentions 2, Au Pair II, The Skulls II, Species 3, and the Mila Kunis vehicle American Psycho II: All American Girl, and Jewel, as well as recurring guest roles on Dawson's Creek and Dead Like Me. Dunne also appeared in Just Friends and can currently be seen in Sanctuary. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and attended The Etobicoke School of the Arts. He was once married to actress Heidi Lenhart. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382216/ ) "Supernatural" .... Alastair (2 episodes, 2009) - On the Head of a Pin (2009) TV episode .... Alastair - Death Takes a Holiday (2009) TV episode .... Alastair Cadavres (... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Auguste Vacquerie
Auguste Vacquerie (November 19, 1819 in Villequier - February 19, 1895 in Paris), French journalist and man of letters, was born at Villequier (Seine Inferieure) on 19 November 1819. He was from his earliest days an admirer of Victor Hugo, with whom he was connected by the marriage of his brother Charles with Léopoldine Hugo. His earlier romantic productions include a volume of poems, L'Enfer de l'esprit (1840); a translation of the Antigone (1844) in collaboration with Paul Meurice; and Tragaldabas (1848), a melodrama. He was one of the principal contributors to the Evenement and followed Hugo into his exile in Jersey. In 1869 he returned to Paris, and with Meurice and others founded the anti-imperial Rappel. His articles in this paper were more than once the occasion of legal proceedings... Biography of Zeenat Aman
Zeenat Aman (Hindi: ज़ीनत अमान, Urdu: زینت امان) (born 19 November 1951) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Hindi films, notably in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the second runner up in the Miss India Contest and went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific in 1970. Upon making her debut in Bollywood, Aman was credited with making a lasting impact on the image of its leading actresses by bringing the western heroine look to Hindi cinema, and throughout her career has been considered a sex symbol. Early life Zeenat Aman was born in Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay) to a Muslim father, Amanullah Khan and a Hindu mother, Scinda. Her father was a script writer who was one of the writers for such movi... Biography of Vladimir Radmanović
Vladimir Radmanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Радмановић; born November 19, 1980) is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played with the Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Charlotte Bobcats. Radmanović has represented the Yugoslavian national basketball team and the Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team. He earned gold medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championships with Yugoslavia. He also participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics with Serbia and Montenegro. Pre-NBA Born into the Serbian family of a JNA officer hailing... Biography of Giovacchino Forzano
Giovacchino Forzano, born November 19, 1884 in Borgo San Lorenzo and died October 28, 1970, was an Italian writer, director, editor, composer and producer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287506/ ) Writer, screenwriter "Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD" (1 episode, 2007) - Puccini's Il Trittico (2007) TV episode (libretto) (segment "Gianni Schicchi") (libretto) (segment "Suor Angelica") Gianni Schicchi (2004) (TV) (libretto) Trittico, Il (1983) (TV) (libretto) (segment "Gianni Schicchi") (libretto) (segment "Suor Angelica") Gianni Schicchi (1981) (TV) (libretto) "Zenés TV színház" (1 episode, 1975) - Gianni Schicchi (1975) TV episode (libretto) Was de wind, 't (1970) (TV) (writer) Gianni Schicchi (1961) (TV) (libretto) "Armchair Theatre" (1 epis... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tommy Thompson
Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941), a United States politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin and the 7th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Thompson was a candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, but dropped out early after a poor performance in polls such as the Iowa Straw Poll. Early life Thompson was born in Elroy, Wisconsin, where his father, Allen, ran and owned a gas station and country grocery store, and his mother, Julia, was a teacher. He is a former Captain in the United States Army and United States Army Reserve, and holds a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Political career State Assembly Thompson was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1966, became assistant Assembly minority leader in 1973, and As... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fernand Crommelynck
Fernand Crommelynck ( b. Nov. 19, 1886, Paris, France; d. March 17, 1970, Saint-Germaine-en-Laye) was a Belgian dramatist. He was born into a family of actors, the child of a French mother and a Belgian father and he himself was also an actor. His work is known for farces in which commonplace weaknesses are developed into monumental obsessions. In his earliest works Crommelynck already demonstrated the grasp of style and content that in his maturity culminated in works of great poetic force. The dramatic structure in Nous n'irons plus au bois" (1906), Le sculpteur de masques (1908) and Le marchand de regrets (1913), was already based on the logical development of an absurd premise. Crommelynck's masterpiece was Le cocu magnifique in 1920, a 'lyrical farce' on the theme of a lover's j... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Kane
Patrick Timothy Kane, Jr. (born November 19, 1988) is an American professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Blackhawks selected him with the first overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Minor and junior Kane attended the St. Martin of Tours school, started playing for the Cazenovia Chiefs in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. He played for the West Seneca Wings, Buffalo Regals, and Depew Saints. When Kane was fourteen he played junior hockey for the USA Bobcats, scoring many goals and earning the title of MVP. Kane relocated to Michigan where he lived with former NHL player, Pat Verbeek, having been convinced to play for the Honeybaked AAA hockey club in Detroit. The club is a part... Biography of Francesco Reda
Francesco Reda (born November 19, 1982 in Cosenza) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Quick Step.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of George Emil Palade
George Emil Palade (November 19, 1912 – October 7, 2008) was a Romanian-American cell biologist. In 1974, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve, for discovering the vacuole. Palade also received the U.S. National Medal of Science in Biological Sciences for "pioneering discoveries of a host of fundamental, highly organized structures in living cells..." in 1986,(National Medal of Science), and was previously elected a Member of the US National Academy of Science in 1961. George Emil Palade was born on November 19, 1912 at Iaşi, Romania; his father was a Professor of Philosophy at the University and his mother was a high school teacher. Both parents strongly encouraged George to further develop his abilities through higher edu... Biography of Jason Pierce
Jason Pierce (born 19 November 1965, Rugby, Warwickshire, England), also known as J. Spaceman or Spaceman, is an English musician. He was formerly the joint leader – with Peter Kember – of the alternative rock band Spacemen 3, and is now the leader and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized. In between his work with Spiritualized and Spacemen 3, Pierce has been active with a network of free jazz players and improvisers, collaborating with acclaimed artists, including Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, jazz pianist Dr. John, Primal Scream, Daniel Johnston, and Yoko Ono among others. Pierce was seriously ill with pneumonia in 2005. Both his lungs had filled with liquid, his weight plunged to seven stone and technically he died twice. In 2006, Pierce released his first solo album,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eek-A-Mouse
Eek-A-Mouse (born Ripton Joseph Hylton, November 19, 1957, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is one of the early artists to be described as a "singjay". Biography Eek-A-Mouse began his music career when he was in college, releasing two roots reggae singles under his own name, which were produced by his mathematics tutor, Mr. Dehaney. These early works were influenced by the music of Pablo Moses. He then went on to work for various sound systems over the next few years and also released a few more singles. He adopted the stage name "Eek-A-Mouse" in 1979, taking the name of a racehorse he always bet on; it was a nickname his friends had used for some time. He began recording for Joe Gibbs in 1979, having a hit straight away with "Once a Virgin", now showing the influ... Biography of Yfke Sturm
Yfke Sturm (born November 19, 1981 in Almere, Flevoland) is a Dutch model. Youth Born in Almere, Netherlands, Yfke Sturm is the daughter of an environmental inspector and a journalist. Yfke grew up playing sports with her two brothers and planning a future in sports medicine. That all changed one day in 1998 when Sturm was approached by a scout for Elite Models at a store in Almere. The 5’11" girl agreed to enter the 1998 Elite Model Look Contest. Career Sturm won both the 1998 Dutch and the international Elite Model Look Contest. Shortly afterwards, she signed an exclusive contract with Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. Sturm remained in school and traveled to New York, Paris and Amsterdam to model. Sturm has posed for and appeared on the cover of many international fashion mag... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anita Lizana
Anita Lizana de Ellis (born November 19, 1915, Santiago, Chile - died August 21, 1994) was a World No. 1 tennis player from Chile and the first Latin American female to win a Grand Slam singles championship. She won the U.S. Championships in 1937, defeating Jadwiga Jedrzejowska in the final 6–4, 6–2. According to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, she was ranked in the world top ten in 1936 and 1937 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of World No. 1 in those rankings in 1937.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ryan Howard
Ryan James Howard (born November 19, 1979, in St. Louis, Missouri) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicknamed "The Big Piece", Howard stands 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm) and weighs 240 pounds (110 kg). He bats and throws left-handed. Howard was the 2006 National League MVP. Howard is the fastest player to reach both the 100 and 200 home run milestones in Major League Baseball history, passing the marks in 2007 and 2009, respectively. Due to Howard's reputation as an extreme pull hitter, opposing managers often utilize an unusual infield shift with him at the plate, with the third baseman playing shortstop, the shortstop playing second base, and the second baseman playing in shallow right field. Biography College Howard played for Southwest M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Lotterer
André Lotterer (born 19 November 1981 in Duisburg) is a German auto racing driver. Racing career Lotterer succeeded in both German and British Formula 3 championships en route to being named Jaguar Racing's Formula One test driver in 2002. He was passed up for a race seat in 2003 with Eddie Irvine retiring and Pedro de la Rosa leaving, as the team chose Mark Webber and Antônio Pizzonia instead. Lotterer driving the Lexus SC430 for TOM'S at the 2010 Super GT Fuji 400km race. Lotterer contested a one-off Champ Car event at the end of 2002 for Dale Coyne and scored a point. Since then he moved to Japan doing very well in both Formula Nippon and the Japanese Super GT Championship for Lexus, winning the latter in 2006 and 2009. He had also tested Toyota TF108 in 2009. Lotterer also... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dianne de Leeuw
Dianne Margaret de Leeuw (born 19 November 1955 in Orange, California, USA) is a Dutch figure skater. She is the 1975 World champion, the 1976 European champion, and the 1976 Olympic silver medalist. Career De Leeuw was born in Orange, California, USA. Her mother is Dutch and her father had dual US/Dutch citizenship. Dianne de Leeuw skated for the Netherlands, despite having been born and having spent most of her youth in the U.S. She was voted the female athlete of the Netherlands in 1975 by winning the World Ice Skating Championship. She was known for her classic skating style and beautiful pantyhosed legs. She was also flag carrier at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games for the Netherlands. Following her retirement from skating, she became a coach. She has coached at the Westminst... Biography of Petr Sýkora (ice hockey)
Petr Sýkora (Czech pronunciation: ; born November 19, 1976) is a professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for Dynamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Sýkora has previously played for the New Jersey Devils, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota Wild. He is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, having won with the Devils in 2000 and the Penguins in 2009. On September 12, 2011, it was announced that Sykora would attend the New Jersey Devils training camp on a tryout contract hoping to return to the team that drafted him. Playing career Before being drafted, Sýkora spent several seasons in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and the International Hockey League (IHL). As a Cleveland Lumberjack, Sýkora became the youngest playe... Biography of Jeremy Scrivener
David Jeremy Scrivener (born 19 November 1965) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his appearances on the television series Bananas in Pyjamas and The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End. Jeremy was a student of National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, from which he graduated in 1992. Filmography Television Bananas in Pyjamas – Morgan (1992–2000) The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End – Nik (1993) Shorts Bitch (1995) Theatre Away, State Theatre Company of South Australia – Tom (1987)... Biography of Ann Curry
Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956) is an American television personality, news journalist and photojournalist. In June 2012, she became the National and International Correspondent/Anchor for NBC News and the Anchor at Large for the Today show. She was co-anchor of Today from June 9, 2011 to June 28, 2012 and the program's news anchor from March 1997 until becoming co-anchor. She was also the anchor of Dateline NBC from 2005 to 2011. Biography Curry was born in Guam to Bob Curry, an American from Pueblo, Colorado who is of Cherokee, French, German, Scottish and Irish descent, and Hiroe Nagase, who is from Japan. Her father, a career Navy man, met her mother during the U.S. occupation of Japan following the Second World War. The U.S. military initially did not allow the marriage, but ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aimee Brooks
Aimee Brooks (born November 19, 1974) is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles in horror movies. She had acted in Critters 3 with Leonardo DiCaprio. Her most recent film is Closed for the Season in 2010. Brooks also appeared in the television series Valerie, Blossom, Eerie, Indiana, Brooklyn Bridge, Criminal Minds, Shark and was a series regular in the sitcom Muddling Through. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111846/) 2010 Closed for the Season Kristy 2006 Shark (TV series) Amber Sellers – Love Triangle (2006) … Amber Sellers – Dr. Feelbad (2006) … Amber Sellers 2005 The Mangler Reborn (video) Jamie 2005 Esprits criminels (TV series) Housewife – Won't Get Fooled Again (2005) … Housewife 2004 Les sauvages (TV series) Sheila – ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marc Thompson (voice actor)
Marc Thompson (born Novembr 19, 1970) is an American voice actor at 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post and DuArt Film and Video. He lent his voice to Anthony DeMartino, Timothy O'Neill, Kevin Thompson and Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III on the series Daria. He has also provided the narration and voices for many Star Wars audiobooks since 2006.He was a minister of the International Churches of Christ, Greater New York Chapter. He earned a BFA in 1997 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Filmography Anime/Animation Ah! My Goddess Almighty One Bringing Up Bobby - James Wyler Chaotic - Peyton, Klay, Chaor Daria - Kevin Thompson, Anthony DeMartino, Timothy O'Neill, Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III, and Jamie White Dinosaur King - Seth, Foolscap, Addi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lorna Maitland
Lorna Maitland (born November 19, 1943) is a film actress noted mostly for her large-breasted figure, with measurements of 42D-22-36. She appeared in three Russ Meyer films: Lorna, Mudhoney and Mondo Topless. Her given name is Barbara Popejoy. She was born in Glendale, California. Career Lorna was a dancer in Las Vegas when she answered an ad in Daily Variety placed by Russ Meyer for the lead in Lorna (1964). Maitland was 20, weighed 135 pounds and measured 42D–25–36. She was one of 132 actresses who applied, but Maitland was not chosen, her audition photos having been accidentally overlooked. During the first day of shooting, in September 1963, Meyer hired Maitland to replace his initial choice, whom he considered too small chested. At that time, Maitland was three months pregnant, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Védrines
Henri Védrines, born on November 19, 1911 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on February 12, 1995 in Montluçon (Allier), was a French politician (communist), a member of Parliament (1945-1958).... |
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