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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on November, 28, 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 · 45,446 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,446 Celebrities
110 celebrities or events were found for November, 28. Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Anna Nicole Smith
Vickie Lynn Marshall (November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), better known under the stage name of Anna Nicole Smith, was an American sex symbol, model, actress and celebrity. Her highly publicized marriage to oil business executive and billionaire J. Howard Marshall, 63 years her senior, resulted in speculation that she married the octogenarian for his money, which she denied. Following his death, she began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate; her case, Marshall v. Marshall, reached the U.S. Supreme Court on a question of federal jurisdiction. Born and raised in Texas, Smith dropped out of high school and first married at the age of 17. She first gained popularity in Playboy, becoming the 1993 Playmate of the Year. She modeled for clothing companies, including Guess jeans.... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Michel Berger
Michel Berger (28 November 1947, Neuilly-sur-Seine – 2 August 1992, Ramatuelle), born Michel-Jean Hamburger, was a very successful French singer and songwriter. He was a central figure of France's pop music scene for two decades both as a singer and as a songwriter for well-known French artists like his wife France Gall, Véronique Sanson and Johnny Hallyday. He died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 47. Berger was the son of the famous doctor Jean Hamburger and concert pianist Annette Haas, both of whom were Polish Jews. Berger first became known to the French public in the 1960s as singer of hit song Salut les copains, after which he became record producer and songwriter for EMI and where he wrote amongst others Les Girafes for Bourvil in 1967. In the early 1970s, he moved to W... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Shy'm
Shy'm, born Tamara Marthe on November 28, 1985, is a French singer. She has released an album, Mes Fantaisies, in 2006 which rose to #6 in the French chart. 4 songs from that album have been released as singles, all of which charted in the top 10 in France. Tamara was born in Trappes, France to a Martinique mother and Moroccan father, in a family oriented to music and creative arts. From an early age, she became interested in dancing and singing. She started taking lessons in dancing. She earned the nickname, "Spicy Tam" as a result of the effort she put in it. In academics, she obtained her diploma at the age of seventeen. Along with her studies, she had been making demo recordings of herself, while avoiding public scrutiny. Later, she made it to Paris, France and sent the recording... Biography of John Galliano
Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano, CBE, RDI (born 28 November 1960), professionally known as John Galliano, is a British fashion designer and the head designer of Christian Dior. Early life and career Born in Gibraltar to a Gibraltarian father and a Spanish mother, Galliano moved to Streatham in southwest London at six and later to Brockley, and attended St. Anthony's RC School and Wilson's Grammar School in London. He attended St Martin's College of Art and Design, where he graduated in 1984 with a first class honours degree. He was awarded British Designer of the Year in 1987, 1994 and 1995. In 1997, he shared the award with Alexander McQueen, Galliano's successor at Givenchy. Media fashion celebrity Susannah Constantine has worked for Galliano in the past. and he has also aided the fut... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Louise Bourgoin
Louise Bourgoin, born November 28, 1981 in Vannes, is a French actress, model and TV host. She's curently dating French singer Julien Doré.... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz on November 28, 1962) is a nine-time Emmy-winning American comedian, satirist, actor, writer, author, and producer. He is perhaps best known as the host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and for his political satire. Stewart started off as a stand-up comedian but later moved on to television, hosting Short Attention Span Theater for Comedy Central. He then went on to host his own show on MTV, called The Jon Stewart Show. Stewart also hosted another show on MTV, called You Wrote It, You Watch It. Stewart began hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central in early 1999. He is also a writer and co-producer of the show. After Stewart joined it, The Daily Show steadily gained popularity and critical acclaim leading to his first Emmy Award in 2001. ... Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of William Blake
William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake's work is today considered seminal and significant in the history of both poetry and the visual arts. He was voted 38th in a poll of the 100 Greatest Britons organized by the BBC in 2002. According to Northrop Frye, who undertook a study of Blake's entire poetic corpus, his prophetic poems form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language." Others have praised Blake's visual artistry, at least one modern critic proclaiming Blake "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced." Once considered mad for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is highly regarded today for his expressiven... Biography of Claude Lévi-Strauss
Claude Lévi-Strauss (French pronunciation: ; (Brussels, 28 November 1908 – Paris, 1 November 2009) was a French anthropologist, known as the "father of modern anthropology". Early life, education and career Claude Lévi-Strauss was born to Jewish-French parents who were living in Brussels at the time, as his father, a painter, had taken a contract to paint there. He grew up in Paris, living in a street of the 16th arrondissement named after the artist Claude Lorrain, whose work he later admired and wrote about. At the Sorbonne in Paris, Lévi-Strauss studied law and philosophy. He did not pursue his study of law but agrégated in philosophy in 1931. In 1935, after a few years of secondary-school teaching, he took up a last-minute offer to be part of a French cultural mission to Braz... Biography of Ed Harris
Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, known for his performances in The Rock, The Right Stuff, Apollo 13, Pollock, and The Truman Show, among many others. Early life Harris was born in Tenafly, New Jersey to Margaret, a travel agent, and Robert L. Harris, who sang with the Fred Waring chorus and worked at the bookstore of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has an older brother, Robert, and a younger brother, Spencer. Harris graduated from Tenafly High School in 1969, where he played on the football team, serving as the team's captain in his senior year. He was a star athlete in high school and competed in athletics at Columbia University in 1969. Two years later his family moved to Oklahoma and he followed after having discovered his i... Biography of Laura Antonelli
Laura Antonelli (born November 28, 1941) is an Italian film actress. Antonelli was born Laura Antonaz in the city of Pola in what was then the Italian district of Istria (the region is now part of Croatia and the city is renamed Pula). Originally a school teacher, Antonelli began acting on the Italian television series Carosello and made her first film in 1965. Her career peaked in the 1970's when she was a well-known sex symbol in Italian and international films, appearing in period soft-core porn comedies such as "Mogliamante" (1977, U.S. title: "Wifemistress") and "Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso!" (1974, U.S. title: "Till Marriage Do Us Part"). She won the Donatello Prize in 1973 and 1981 and the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Award in 1974. In 1991, cocai... Biography of Jean Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste de Lully originally Giovanni Battista di Lulli (November 28, 1632 – March 22, 1687), was a French composer of Italian birth, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He became a French subject in 1661. Life Born in Florence, the son of a miller, Lully had little education, musical or otherwise, but he had a natural talent to play the guitar and violin and to dance. In 1646, he was discovered by the Duke of Guise and taken to France by him, where he entered the services of Mademoiselle de Montpensier (la Grande Mademoiselle) as a scullery-boy. There is some dispute over this, however; it is actually possible that he was employed to teach her Italian. With the help of this lady his musical talents were cultivated. He studied the theory of musi... Biography of Thierry Paulin
Thierry Paulin (born November 28, 1963 in Fort-de-France, Martinique; died April 16, 1989 in Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, France; nicknamed the Beast of Montmartre or Dandy of Death or the Old Ladies' Killer) was a French serial killer active in the 1980's. Childhood and teenage years The child of a Martinican parents, Paulin's father flew to France just after his birth, leaving her teenage mother to fend for herself and the baby. Paulin was raised in Martinique by his paternal grandmother, who owned a restaurant and allegedly paid little attention to her grandson. When he was ten, Paulin started to live with his now married mother's, trying to blend in with his step-brothers and sisters. His behaviour starting to become erratic and violent towards the other children, eventually his mother ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig (November 28, 1881, Vienna, Austria – February 23, 1942, Petrópolis, Brazil) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. Life Zweig was the son of Moritz Zweig, a wealthy Jewish textile manufacturer, and Ida (Brettauer) Zweig, the daughter of an Italian banking family. He studied philosophy and the history of literature, and in Vienna he was associated with the avant garde Young Vienna movement. Religion did not play a central role in his education. "My mother and father were Jewish only through accident of birth," Zweig said later in an interview. Although his essays were published in the Neue Freie Presse, whose literary editor was the Zionist leader Theodor Herzl, Zweig was not attracted to Herzl's Jewish nationalism. During the First World War, ... Biography of Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is a SAG Award- and Young Artist Award-nominated American actress. She has been called a scream queen, à la Jamie Lee Curtis, because of her roles in such horror films as Final Destination 3, Death Proof, and Black Christmas, but has branched out into other genres, including comedy (Sky High), drama (Bobby) and action (Live Free or Die Hard). Early life Winstead was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the daughter of Betty Lou (née Knight) and James Ronald Winstead. When she was five, her family moved to Sandy, Utah. Her interest in performing art also began to emerge with interests in ballet and acting. As a child, Winstead appeared in the Mountain West Ballet's version of The Nutcracker. Hoping to become a ballerina, at the age of ... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Trey Songz
Tremaine Aldon Neverson (born November 28, 1984), better known by his stage name Trey Songz, is an American recording artist, producer and actor. His debut album, I Gotta Make It, was released in 2005, while his sophomore album, Trey Day, was released in 2007. His third album, Ready, was released in 2009 while his fourth studio album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure, will be released on September 14, 2010. Trey cites D'Angelo as his biggest influence and inspiration. Life and career 1984–2004: Early life Songz was born Tremaine Aldon Neverson on November 28, 1984, in Petersburg, Virginia. Raised a military brat, he recognized his vocal abilities at the age of 14 in 1998. Reluctant to sing, he began performing with encouragement by friends and family in high school. Record producer Troy Tay... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tomi Ungerer
Tomi (Jean-Thomas) Ungerer (born November 28, 1931) in Strasbourg is a French illustrator best known for his erotic and political illustrations as well as children's books. Tomi Ungerer was born in Strasbourg in Alsace. His mother Alice moved to Logelbach, near Colmar, after the death of Tomi's father, Theodore -- an artist, engineer, and astronomical clock manufacturer -- in 1936. Ungerer also lived through the German occupation of Alsace, causing his house to be requisitioned by the army of Nazi Germany. Ungerer moved to United States in 1956. The following year, Ungerer published his first children's book for Harper & Row, The Mellops Go Flying. He also did illustration work for The New York Times and for television during this time, and began to create posters denouncing the Viet... Biography of Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels (November 28, 1820 – August 5, 1895) was a German social scientist and philosopher, who developed communist theory alongside his better-known collaborator, Karl Marx, co-authoring The Communist Manifesto (1848). Engels also edited the second and third volumes of Das Kapital after Marx's death. Early Years Friedrich Engels was born in Barmen, Rhine Province of the kingdom of Prussia (now a part of Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) as the eldest son of a German textile manufacturer, with whom he had a strained relationship. Due to family circumstances, Engels dropped out of High school and was sent to work as a nonsalaried office clerk at a commercial house in Bremen in 1838. During this time, Engels began reading the philosophy of Hegel, whose teachings h... Biography of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, also known as JC/DC, born 28 November 1949 in Casablanca, Morocco, is a fashion designer. As the Marquis de Castelbajac, he is a French nobleman. He has enjoyed international success with some of his creations, including a coat of teddy bears worn by pop star Madonna and by supermodel Helena Christensen in the film Prêt-à-Porter. As well as his imaginative clothing collections the designer creates home furnishings. In 1979 de Castelbajac married fashion journalist and model Katherine Lee Chambers. They had two sons but the marriage ended in divorce. References ^ a b Diane Pernet (February 2007). "IQONS Interview with JC de Castelbajac." (html). IQONS.com. “The most amazing adventure of JC/DC’s life so far was when he was asked to dress 5,000 priest... Biography of Ryan Kwanten
Ryan Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor. Kwanten was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He began acting on the television shows A Country Practice and Spellbinder. In 1997, he joined the cast of the Australian soap opera Home and Away, playing lifeguard Vinnie Patterson. Kwanten starred on the show for several years, becoming a sex symbol. He eventually chose to leave the series in 2002, shortly after his character married and became a father. Moving to the United States, Kwanten was cast as Jay Robertson in the Lori Loughlin-starring series Summerland, which ran from 2004 to 2005. He most recently appeared in the films Flicka, with Maria Bello, Alison Lohman and Tim McGraw, and Dead Silence, a horror movie in which he played the leading role. Kwanten has... Biography of Apl.de.ap
Allan Pineda Lindo, (b. 28 November 1974) better known as apl.de.ap, is a hip hop musician, record producer, and member of the The Black Eyed Peas. He was born in the Barangay (Barrio) of Sapang Bato, Angeles City, Pampanga, in the Philippines, to a Filipina mother and African American father. Early life apl.de.ap is an original member of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas where he is the main composer. His father, a U.S. soldier stationed at nearby Clark Air Base, abandoned the family shortly after his birth. His mother, Christina Pineda, raised him and his four brothers and two sisters on her own in their small barrio. He grew up poor as heavily referenced in "The Apl Song". His house was frequently destroyed by typhoons, and he fished in the river to make money. He attended Curie... Biography of Sandra Bookman
Sandra Bookman (born November 28, 1959 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American television news reporter and anchor. She is currently a weekday reporter and the weekend anchor at WABC-TV in New York City. There she co-anchors the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekend editions of Eyewitness News. She joined the station in 1998 from WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia where she was a reporter and anchor for nine years. She has also worked at Raleigh, North Carolina's WRAL-TV and in Beaumont, Texas' KFDM-TV... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Margaret Tudor
Margaret Tudor (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541) was the eldest of the two surviving daughters of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of Henry VIII. In 1503 she married James IV, King of Scots, thus becoming the mother of James V and grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots. Most important of all, Margaret's marriage to James was to lead directly to the Union of the Crowns. Fate, it was once argued, had intended Margaret to be Queen of Scots. Born on 29 November 1489, she was christened on the 30th — St. Andrew's Day — in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, dedicated to Scotland's only royal saint. In all Margaret was to be married three times, and her history in this regard might be said to parallel that of her granddaughter, Mary I, with its liberal mixture of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Joxe
Pierre Joxe (born November 28, 1934) is a former French Socialist politician and has been a member of the Constitutional Council of France since 2001. Whereas his father, Louis Joxe, was Justice Minister of Charles de Gaulle, Pierre Joxe joined François Mitterrand's team in the Convention of the Republican Institutions and joined the Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS) in 1971. Deputy for Saône et Loire (1973-1984 and 1986-1988), he presided the regional council of Bourgogne (1979-1982) then the Socialist group in the National Assembly from 1981 to 1984 and from 1986 to 1988. Under Mitterrand's presidency, he was Interior Minister (1984-1986 and 1988-1991) then Defense Minister (1991-1993).... Biography of Judd Nelson
Judd Asher Nelson (born November 28, 1959) is an American actor. He is most known for his role as John Bender in The Breakfast Club, and Jack Richmond in Suddenly Susan. Biography Early life Nelson was born in Portland, Maine, the son of Merle (née Royte), a court mediator and former member of the Maine state legislature, and Leonard Nelson, a corporate lawyer who was the first Jewish president of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. He has two sisters, Eve and Julie. He went to school at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and studied at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, leaving part way through his sophomore year. He subsequently moved to Manhattan where he studied with Stella Adler. Career Nelson was one of the 1980s "Brat Pack", starring in such films as Joel Schuma... Biography of Philippe Sollers
Philippe Sollers (born Philippe Joyaux 28 November 1936, Talence, France) is a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the avant garde journal Tel Quel (along with the writer and art critic Marcelin Pleynet),published by Seuil which ran until 1982. In 1982 Sollers then created the journal L'Infini published by Denoel which was later published under the same title by Gallimard for whom Sollers also directs the series. Sollers was at the heart of the intense period of intellectual unrest in the Paris of the 1960s and 1970s. Among others, he was a friend of Jacques Lacan, Louis Althusser and Roland Barthes. These three characters are described in his novel, Femmes (1983) alongside a number of other figures of the French intellectual movement before and after May 1968. From A strange s... Biography of Randy Newman
Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an Academy Award- winning American songwriter, arranger, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores. Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a "character" far removed from Newman's own biography, often utilizing the literary device of an unreliable narrator. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.S. nationalist who complains of worldwide ingratitude toward America and proposes a brutally ironic final solution ("Let's drop the big one"). Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His film sc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franck Junillon
Franck Junillon, born November 28, 1978 in Montpellier, is a French handball player.... Biography of Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, (November 28, 1907 – September 26, 1990) was one of the leading Italian novelists of the twentieth century whose novels explore matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism. He is best known for his anti-fascist novel Il Conformista (The Conformist), the basis for the film The Conformist (1970) by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other novels of his translated to the cinema are Il Disprezzo (A Ghost at Noon or Contempt) filmed by Jean-Luc Godard as Le Mépris (Contempt) (1963); La Noia (Boredom), filmed with that title by Damiano Damiani in 1963 and released in the US as The Empty Canvas in 1964; and La Ciociara filmed by Vittorio de Sica as Two Women (1960). Biography Early years Alberto Pincherle (the pen-name "Moravia" is the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci (pronounced /ɑːˈmændoʊ jəˈnuːtʃɪ/) (born November 28, 1963 (some sources give 1964), Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish comedian, writer, satirist and radio producer. Background Iannucci's father is from Naples, Italy, while his mother is from Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at St. Aloysius' College, Glasgow, the University of Glasgow, and University College, Oxford, where he read English. He abandoned graduate work on 17th-century religious language with particular reference to Milton's Paradise Lost to pursue his broadcasting career. Career Iannucci has an extensive history in British radio and television. First receiving widespread fame in the early 1990s as the producer for On the Hour and then The Day Today, he ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ernst Roehm
Ernst Julius Röhm, also spelled Ernst Roehm in English, (Munich November 28, 1887 – July 2, 1934) was a German military officer and later the commander and co-founder of the Nazi Sturmabteilung, also known as the SA. Early career Röhm's parents, Julius and Emilie (née Baltheiser) Röhm, had three children. Ernst Röhm was a native of Munich and served as an Oberleutnant with the 13th Infantry Regiment of the Bavarian Army during World War I. In September 1914 in Lorraine, France he was severely wounded in the face and carried the scars for the rest of his life. He was later promoted to Hauptmann, or captain. When the war ended in 1918 Röhm joined the Freikorps, one of many private militias formed in Munich to combat communist insurrection. In 1920 he became a member of the National So... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frances Yates
Dame Frances Amelia Yates DBE (1899–1981) was a noted British historian. She taught at the Warburg Institute of the University of London for many years. Yates' father, a devout Anglican, was a naval engineer who began working in the shipyards as a teenager & supervised the construction of British warships in the years leading up to World War I. Although one of her older sisters attended Girton, like many independent women scholars, Frances was educated at home by her mother. The youngest of four children, she grew up in a middle class family whose Victorian worldview influenced her later scholarship. She wrote extensively on the occult or neoplatonist philosophies of the Renaissance. Her books Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (1964), The Art of Memory (1966), and The Rosicru... Biography of Lilian Baels
Princess Lilian of Belgium (born Mary Lilian Baels) (November 28, 1916 – June 7, 2002) was best known as Princess de Réthy, the controversial second wife of King Léopold III of the Belgians. Childhood and early adulthood Mary Lilian Henriette Lucie Josephine Ghislaine Baels was born in Highbury, London, England, one of eight children of Henri Baels, an attorney and fish trader from Ostend, Belgium, and his wife Anne Marie de Visscher, who were living in England during World War I. In 1936, Henri Baels became Belgian Minister of Agriculture and King Léopold III appointed him Governor (Royal representative) of the province of West Flanders. An avid golfer, and regular visitor to the Knokke-le-Zoute golf course, Baels's daughter Lilian attracted the attention of King Léopold, a widower... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robb Nen
Robert Allen Nen (born November 28, 1969 in San Pedro, California) is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball, who spent most of his career as a closer. He is the son of former major league first baseman Dick Nen. He currently works in the Giants' front office as a special assistant to General Manager Brian Sabean. Nen is best known for his years with the San Francisco Giants (1998-2002). He also played with the Texas Rangers (1993) and Florida Marlins (1993-97); in 1997, Nen won a World Series championship with the Marlins. After the 2002 season, Nen injured his throwing arm and has not played since. Nen was known for an unusual delivery in which he tapped his toe on the ground before releasing the ball. His signature pitch, a slider, was nicknamed "The Termina... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gloria Grahame
Gloria Grahame (November 28, 1923 - October 5, 1981) was an Academy Award-winning American film actress. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Early life Grahame was born Gloria Hallward in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Jean McDougal, who used the stage name Jean Grahame, was a stage actress and acting teacher who taught Gloria acting during her childhood and adolescence. She was signed to a contact with MGM Studios after Louis B. Mayer saw her performing on Broadway. Career Changing her name to Gloria Grahame, she made her film debut in Blonde Fever (1944) and scored her most widely praised role as the neurotic small town girl Violet, who is saved from a disgraceful and disheartening future by George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life (1946). MGM was not able to develop her potential a... Biography of Stephen Roche
Stephen Roche (born November 28, 1959 in Dundrum near Dublin, Ireland (birth time source: Patrick de Jabrun)) is a retired professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming only the second cyclist to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia stage races, plus the world cycling championship. Roche's rise coincided with that of fellow Irishman Seán Kelly although the two were never team-mates. Although one of the finest cyclists of his generation and admired for his pedalling style, he struggled with knee injuries and never contended in the Grand Tours post-1987. Although a Tour de France victor, Roche never competed at peak fitness in a truly open and competitive race including the prominent riders of his g... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Florence Moncorgé-Gabin
French writer, Jean Gabin's daughter, one of the most famous french actor.... Biography of Hope Lange
Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an Academy Award-nominated American stage, film, and television actress. Early life Lange was born into a theatrical family in Redding Ridge, Connecticut. Her father, John George Lange, was a musician and the music arranger for Florenz Ziegfeld and conductor for Henry Cohen. Her mother, Minnette (née Buddecke), was an actress before becoming a restaurant owner. Following her father’s death, Lange worked as a waitress in her mother’s Greenwich Village restaurant. She sometimes walked the dog of former First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, who had a nearby apartment. When her photo appeared in the newspaper, she received an offer to work as a New York City advertising model. Career In 1943, Lange made her Broadway debut i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aitor Ocio
Spanish footballer, central defender.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexander Godunov
Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Александр Борисович Годунов, November 28, 1949 — May 18, 1995) was a Russian ballet dancer and actor, whose defection caused a diplomatic incident between the USA and the USSR. Godunov was born in Sakhalin, USSR. He joined the Bolshoi Ballet in 1971 and rose to become premier dancer before defecting to the USA in 1979. After briefly dancing with the American Ballet Theatre, he gave up ballet and turned to film acting. Godunov's roles were varied, including a good-natured Amish farmer in Witness, a violent German terrorist in Die Hard, a comically narcissistic symphony conductor (referred to as "the ma... Biography of Gato Barbieri
Leandro Barbieri (born on November 28, 1934 in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina) better known as Gato Barbieri (Spanish for "Barbieri the Cat") is an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist and composer who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and from his latin jazz recordings in the 1970s. Born to a family of musicians, Barbieri began playing music after hearing Charlie Parker's "Now's the Time." He played the clarinet, then the alto saxophone while performing with the Argentine pianist Lalo Schifrin in the late 1950s. By the early 1960s, while in Rome, he was playing the tenor saxophone, and also worked with the trumpeter Don Cherry. By now influenced by John Coltrane's late recordings, as well as those from other 'Free jazz' saxophonists such as Albert Ayler and Ph... Biography of Rita Mae Brown
Rita Mae Brown (b. November 28, 1944) is a prolific American writer, most known for her mysteries and other novels (Rubyfruit Jungle). She is also an Emmy-nominated screenwriter. Early life Brown was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Florida, and as of 2004 lives outside Charlottesville, Virginia. In the 1960s, Brown attended the University of Florida but transferred. She moved to New York and attended New York University, where she received a degree in classics and English. Later she received another degree in cinematography from the New York School of Visual Arts. She also holds a doctorate in political science from the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. In the late 1960s, Brown turned her attention to politics. She became active in the American Civil ... Biography of Joe Dante
oseph James "Joe" Dante (born November 28, 1946 (source: Steinbrecher)) is an American film director and producer of films generally with humorous and scifi content. His films include Piranha (1978) and The Howling (1981), both from scripts by John Sayles; Segment 3 of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Gremlins (1984), his first major hit, and its sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Explorers (1985), Innerspace (1987), Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); The 'Burbs (1989), Matinee (1993), Runaway Daughters (1994), The Second Civil War (1997), The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998), Small Soldiers (1998), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), and Homecoming (2005). In 1995-1996, Dante worked on The Phantom, and when he was removed from the film, he chose screen credit (as executive pr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laura Mill
Laura Mill, born November 28, 1897 in Glasgow, died March 10, 1990, was a Scottish psychiatrist, daugter of a minister.... Biography of Marc Le Fur
Marc Le Fur (born November 28, 1956) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Côtes-d'Armor department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Biography of Nancy Mitford
Nancy Freeman-Mitford, CBE (28 November 1904, London - 30 June 1973, Versailles), styled The Hon. Nancy Mitford before her marriage and The Hon. Mrs Rodd thereafter, was an English novelist and biographer, one of the "Bright Young Things" on the London social scene in the inter-war years. She was born at 1 Graham Street (now Graham Place) in Belgravia, London, the eldest daughter of Lord Redesdale and was brought up at Asthall Manor in Oxfordshire. Novelist and biographer She is best known for her series of novels about upper-class life in England and France, particularly the four published since 1945; but she also wrote four well-received, well-researched popular biographies (of Louis XIV, Madame de Pompadour, Voltaire, and Frederick the Great). She is one of the noted Mitford sister... Biography of Agnieszka Holland
Agnieszka Holland (born November 28, 1948) is an award-winning Polish film and TV director and screenwriter. Best recognized for her highly political contributions to Polish New Wave cinema, Holland ranks as one of Poland's most prominent filmmakers. Biography Personal life Holland was born in Warsaw, Poland, the daughter of journalists Irena (née Rybczynska) and Henryk Holland. Her Jewish father's parents were killed in the ghetto, and her mother was a Catholic who fought in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and was a member of the Polish Underground. Holland was raised without religion. Holland's mother later re-married to journalist Stanislaw Brodzki. Holland is the mother of Kasia Adamik, another Polish film director. Career Holland graduated from the Prague Film and TV Academy (F... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Falcon
André Falcon, born November 28, 1924 in Lyon and died July 22, 2009 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography Actor * 1954 : Le Vicomte de Bragelonne de Fernando Cerchio * 1965 : Les Deux Orphelines de Riccardo Freda * 1966 : Paris brûle-t-il ? de René Clément * 1968 : Baisers volés de François Truffaut * 1969 : Tout peut arriver de Philippe Labro * 1971 : Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide, de Jacques Deray * 1971 : Sans mobile apparent de Philippe Labro * 1972 : L'aventure c'est l'aventure de Claude Lelouch * 1973 : L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la lune de Jacques Demy * 1973 : État de siège de Costa-Gavras * 1973 : Le Silencieux de Claude Pinoteau * 1973 : La Serpent de Henr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Léo Lagrange
Léo Lagrange (born Bourg (Gironde), on 28 November 1900 - died Évergnicourt, on 9 June 1940) was a French Socialist Under-Secretary of State for Sports and for the Organisation of Leisures during the Popular Front (1936-1938). A member of the Éclaireurs de France scouting association during his youth, he joined the SFIO socialist party after the scission of the Tours congress in 1920 and wrote articles in the Populaire (Popular), the press organ of the SFIO. Elected official appointed in 1932 at the time of the second Coalition of the left, he was then named under-secretary of State in the Popular Front government of Léon Blum. He participated in the organisation of the People's Olympiad in Barcelona, organized to counter the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin which were used as a propaganda ins... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Karen Gillian
Karen Sheila Gillan (born 28 November 1987) is a Scottish actress who is best known for her current portrayal of Amy Pond in the British science fiction series Doctor Who. Personal life Gillan was born and brought up in Inverness, Scotland. Her father, John Raymond, a Day Centre Manager, and mother, Marie, live in Kinmylies. At age 16, she decided to pursue her interest in acting, studying the craft at Edinburgh's Telford College. Later, she secured a place at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts drama school in London on the BA (Hons) Acting degree course. Her cousin Caitlin Blackwood has portrayed the young Amy Pond in three episodes of Doctor Who. Gillan is currently dating photographer Patrick Green. Career Gillan has taken part in numerous modelling events including 200... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Serge Joncour
Serge Joncour, born November 28, 1961, is a French writer. Selected bibliography * Vu, Le Dilettante, 1998, Folio, 2000 * Kenavo, Flammarion, 2000 * Situations délicates, Flammarion, 2001 * In vivo, Flammarion, 2002 * UV, Le Dilettante, 2003 o Adapté en film en 2007: U.V. o traduit vers l'allemand par Nathalie Mälzer-Semlinger: Ultraviolett, Klett & Cotta, 2008 * L'Idole, Flammarion, 2004 * Les Collègues, L'idée bleue, 2006 * Que la paix soit avec vous, Flammarion, 2006 * Combien de fois je t'aime, Flammarion, 2008 * L'homme qui ne savait pas dire non, Flammarion, 2009... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alfonso XII of Spain
Alfonso XII (born Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo) (Madrid, 28 November 1857 – El Pardo, 25 November 1885) was king of Spain, reigning from 1875 to 1885, after a coup d'état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic. Alfonso was the son of Isabella II of Spain, and allegedly, Francis of Assisi de Borbon, her King Consort. His true biological paternity is uncertain, though his legal paternity is not: his mother was married to her (presumed homosexual) cousin Francis of Assisi de Borbon, the King Consort of Spain, at the time of Alfonso's conception and birth. Some theories suggest that Alfonso's biological father might have been either Enrique Puigmoltó y Mayans, Captain of the Royal Guard, or General Francisco... Biography of Daniel Henney
Daniel Phillip Henney (born November 28, 1979, Korean: 다니엘 헤니) is an American expatriate actor in South Korea. Despite speaking no Korean, Henney became a household name through the Korean hit drama, My Name is Kim Sam Soon. His father is British and his mother is a Korean-American adoptee. Henney debuted as a model in several Korean and foreign ads. Henney was part of an academic scandal where many sources stated that he had an Economics degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago to bolster his image, while in actuality he had no college degree. In 2009, he portrayed Agent Zero in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This was his first Hollywood role. Education Carson City-Crystal High School graduated in 1998 (Carson City, Michigan) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Johnny Newman
John Sylvester Newman, Jr. (born November 28, 1963, in Danville, Virginia) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6' 7" and 210 lb (95 kg) guard/forward, Newman starred at the University of Richmond, before going on to play in the National Basketball Association. In his 16 seasons (1986–2002) in the NBA, he was a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets, and Dallas Mavericks. Amateur career Newman attended George Washington High School in Danville, playing for the Eagles under local Hall of Fame coach Harry Johnson before going on to play college basketball at Richmond. Newman is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Newman graduated from Richmond in 1986 as the school's all-tim... Biography of Anton Rubinstein
Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein (November 28, 1829 – November 20, 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor. As a pianist he was regarded as a rival of Franz Liszt, and he ranks amongst the great keyboard virtuosos. He also founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, which, together with Moscow Conservatory founded by his brother Nikolai Rubinstein, helped establish a reputation for musical skill among the subjects of the czar of Russia. Life Prodigy Rubinstein was the twentieth child born to Jewish parents in Vichvatinetz. Before he was 5 years old, his paternal grandfather ordered all members of the Rubinstein family to convert from Judaism to Russian Orthodoxy. Rubinstein, brought up as a Christian at least in name, lived in a household where three languages were spoke... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hugh McKenna
Hugh McKenna, born November 28, 1949 in Airdrie, is a Scottish musicien, a former member of creative band Sensational Alex Harvey Band, with Chris Glen, Jimmy Grimes, Alex Harvey and Ted McKenna.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Shaffer
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM (born November 28, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario (birth time source: John McKay-Clements, The Canadian Astrology Collection, Astrodatabank)) is a Canadian musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and composer, best known for his work alongside comedian David Letterman. He is the bandleader and sidekick on the Late Show with David Letterman, and has appeared on Letterman's shows since 1982. Early years As a child, Shaffer had lessons on the piano, and moved on to playing the organ by his teenage years, in a band with his schoolmates in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Educated at the University of Toronto, he began playing with jazz guitarist Tisziji Muñoz, performing in bands around the bars there, where he found an interest in musicals, and completed his studies, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Guédon
Louis Guédon (born November 28, 1935 in Sables-d'Olonne (Vendée)) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Vendée department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of José Souvignet
José Souvignet, born November 28, 1966 in Tours, is a French pilot. His plane crashed August 30, 1995 in Bosnia and he was held captive with the others people of the plane by the Serbs. They were finally released two days after.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Casamayor
Louis Casamayor, born November 28, 1911 in Paris, died October 29, 1988, was a French lawyer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Hart
Gary Hart (born Gary Warren Hartpence, November 28, 1936) is an American politician, lawyer, author, professor and commentator. He formerly served as a Democratic Senator representing Colorado (1975–1987), and ran in the U.S. presidential elections in 1984 and again in 1988, when he was considered a frontrunner for the Democratic nomination until various news organizations reported that he was engaged in an extramarital affair. Since retiring from the Senate, he has emerged as a consultant on national security, and continues to speak on a wide range of issues, including the environment and homeland security. In 2001, he earned a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford. In 2006, Hart accepted an endowed professorship at the University of Colorado at Denver. He also serves as Chairman for Counci... Biography of Victor Cousin
Victor Cousin (28 November 1792 – 13 January 1867) was a French philosopher. Early life The son of a watchmaker, he was born in Paris, in the Quartier Saint-Antoine. At the age of ten he was sent to the local grammar school, the Lycée Charlemagne, where he studied until he was eighteen. The lycée had a connection with the university, and when Cousin left the secondary school he was "crowned" in the ancient hall of the Sorbonne for the Latin oration delivered by him there, in the general concourse of his school competitors. The classical training of the lycée strongly disposed him to literature. He was already known among his compeers for his knowledge of Greek. From the lycée he passed to the Normal School of Paris, where Pierre Laromiguière was then lecturing on philosophy. In the s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maximilienne (actress)
Henriette Adeline Genty, best known as Maximilienne, born November 28, 1884 in Paris (source: birth certificate) and died August 28, 1978 in Nice, was a French actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561589/ ) # Énigme aux Folies Bergère (1959) .... Mme Rosenthal ... aka "The Enigma of the Folies-Bergere" - International (English title) # Houla-houla (1959) .... Mlle. Lelongbec # Premier mai (1958) (uncredited) .... Une religieuse # Fric-frac en dentelles (1957) .... Madame Mouilletu # "Paris Precinct" .... Sara (1 episode, 1955) ... aka "World Crime Hunt" - USA (syndication title) - The Cemetery (1955) TV episode .... Sara # Le congrès des belles-mères (1954) # La cage aux souris (1954) .... Mlle Frador # Drôle de noce (1952) .... La veuve Cornil # Dan... Biography of Thomas Ring
Thomas Ring, born November 28, 1892 in Nurnberg, died August 24, 1983, was a German author, astrologer, philosopher, artist and painter.... Biography of Barbara Morgan
Barbara Radding Morgan (born November 28, 1951) is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She also participated in the Teacher in Space program as the backup to Christa McAuliffe for the ill-fated STS-51L mission of Space Shuttle Challenger. She then trained as a Mission Specialist, and flew on STS-118 in August 2007. Leading up to STS-118, Morgan joined Sally Ride and Shannon Lucid as female astronauts widely covered by the media. Early life and education Morgan was born to Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Radding in 1951 and raised in Fresno, California, where she attended Hoover High School. Following graduation in 1969, she was accepted to Stanford University in Palo Alto, where she graduated with distinction in 1973 with a B.A. in Human Biology. She obtained her teaching credenti... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Smillie
James Smilie (born in November 28, 1944 in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland) emigrated from the Glasgow tenements, carving out a career in Australia before returning to the United Kingdom to star in London's West End. A dynamic and versatile leading man, he has played the starring role in Kiss Me, Kate at the Old Vic for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is known internationally as Dr. Dan Marshall, the bearded plastic surgeon from the television series Return to Eden. Television drama and light entertainment shows were interwoven with stage plays, among them: Orin in Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra; Chance Williams in Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth; Eilif in Mother Courage and Her Children; Tom Jones in Tom Jones; the children's television series Crackerjack and Advent... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Ritchie
Michael Brunswick Ritchie (November 28, 1938 - April 16, 2001) was an American film director. Ritchie was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the son of Patricia (née Graney) and Benbow Ferguson Ritchie, who was a college professor. His sister, Elsie, acted in two of his films ( The Candidate and Smile). He attended Berkeley High School in Berkeley California before becoming interested in film, graduating from Harvard University in 1960. In 1994, Ritchie purchased the hacienda-style house at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in the Brentwood district of LA where Marilyn Monroe died in 1962. He bought it for $995,000. He was the brother of Elsie Ritchie. In 1994 Ritchie moved to Manhattan with his wife, Jimmie Ritchie, and daughters Lillian (b. 1986) and Miriam (b. 1988). Filmography * Downh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gilbert Gantier
Gilbert Gantier, born November 28, 1924 in Paris, is a French politician, member of former UDF (Union for French Democracy, a French centrist political party).... Biography of Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (Spanish pronunciation: ) (born 28 November 1961) is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. Some of his works include Y tu mamá también, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, A Little Princess and Children of Men. Early life Cuarón was born in México City. He is the son of Alfredo Cuarón, a nuclear physicist who worked for the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency for many years. He studied Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and filmmaking at CUEC (Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos), a faculty of the same University. There, he met director Carlos Marcovich and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, and they made what would be his first short film, Vengeance is mi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Grace Canoletti
Grace Canoletti, born November 28, 1975 in Sao Leopoldo, is a Brazilian model.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leandro Barbosa
Leandro Mateus Barbosa (born November 28, 1982 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional basketball player, who plays at the guard position with the Toronto Raptors in the National Basketball Association. In Brazil also called Leandrinho Barbosa, or just nicknamed "Leandrinho" (Little Leandro), in USA is "The Brazilian Blur", referring to the fact that he is one of the fastest players in the NBA. Pre-NBA career This biographical section of an article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (September 2008) Barbosa started his career at Palmeiras when he was 17. He pl... Biography of Daniel Duval
Daniel Duval , born on November 28, 1944 in Vitry-sur-Seine, is a French actor, film director, and screenwriter. He married actress Anna Karina (1978-1981). Filmography Actor 1973 : La Décharge de Jacques Baratier 1974 : Que la fête commence de Bertrand Tavernier 1974 : Le Voyage d'Amélie de Daniel Duval 1975 : L'Agression de Gérard Pirès 1977 : Ben et Bénédict de Paula Delsol 1978 : Va voir maman, papa travaille de François Leterrier 1978 : Le Dernier Amant romantique de Just Jaeckin 1979 : La Dérobade de Daniel Duval 1979 : Historien om en moder de Claus Weeke 1980 : Le Bar du téléphone de Claude Barrois 1981 : L'Amour trop fort de Daniel Duval 1984 : Le Juge de Philippe Lefebvre 1984 : Un été d'enfer de Michael Schoc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-David Morvan
Jean-David Morvan (born November 28, 1969, in Reims, Marne, France) is a French comics author. Jean-David Morvan studied arts at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels. Morvan first tried being a comics artist, but soon realised that his true strength is storytelling, and so now he is best known as a comics writer. He resides in Reims, France. His main series are Spirou et Fantasio, Sir Pyle and Merlin, all with José Luis Munuera, and Wake with Philippe Buchet. Awards * 2002: nominated for the Youth Award (9-12 years) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, France * 2004: nominated for the Youth Award (9-12 years) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival * 2006: Youth Award (9-12 years) at the Angoulême International Comics Festival - nominated... Biography of Christophe Mouze
Christophe Mouze, born November 28, 1959 in Paris, is a yoga teacher and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Warfield
Paul Dryden Warfield (born November 28, 1942 in Warren, Ohio) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the 1960s and 1970s known for his speed, fluid moves, grace, jumping ability and hands. Football career Warfield graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Ohio in 1960. He was a star running back and defensive back for the Panthers, joining the varsity as a sophomore in 1957. In 1958, Warfield ran for 810 yards and scored 15 touchdowns - a campaign highlighted by a 6-0 victory over the powerhouse Massillon Tigers. Warfield ran for 1158 yards in 1959 and hit the paydirt 13 times. Warfield also set a state mark in the long jump. He graduated from The Ohio State University where he shined as a two time all Big 10 halfback in the 1962-1963 season and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kenneth Elliott
Kenneth Elliott, born on November 28, 1929 in Dundee, is a Scottish musician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matt Williams
Matthew Derrick Williams (born November 28, 1965 in Bishop, California), nicknamed "Matt the Bat" is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and right-handed batter who played for the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians and Arizona Diamondbacks. Williams was originally selected by the New York Mets out of Carson High School in Carson City, Nevada, but he did not sign. In high school, Matt also started as quarterback on the Carson Senators football team. Two of his baseball high school team mates, Bob Ayrault and Charlie Kerfeld also played in the major leagues. The Giants later drafted him out of UNLV in the first round (3rd pick) of the 1986 amateur draft. Despite his several leg injuries and lower-back ailments, Williams was a dangerous hitter when he got the pitch he was looki... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of S. Epatha Merkerson
S. Epatha Merkerson (born Sharon Epatha Merkerson and later legally changed to simply "S. Epatha Merkerson; born November 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a Golden Globe, Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Obie Award and four NAACP Image Awards. She has also received two Tony Award nominations. She is best known for her role as NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (1993–2010) on the long-running NBC police procedural drama series Law & Order. She appeared in 390 episodes of the series, more than any other cast member. Early life Merkerson, the youngest of five children, was born in Saginaw, Michigan, the daughter of Ann Merkerson, who at the time was the only female in the vehicles operation unit at the Detroit Post Office. Her father worked ... Biography of Nino Castelnuovo
Francesco "Nino" Castelnuovo (born 28 October 1936 in Lecco, Italy) is an Italian actor. His perhaps most prominent role was starring as Guy Foucher in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Castelnuovo has had notable appearances in The English Patient, Rocco and His Brothers, L'Emmerdeur, Camille 2000, and The Five Man Army among others. Biography After graduating from the Piccolo Theatre School of Milan, he landed a small part in Un Maledetto Imbroglio (The Facts of Murder) (1959), directed by Pietro Germi, and continued to play supporting roles in such films as Il Gobbo (The Hunchback), directed by Carlo Lizzani and Rocco and His Brothers (both released in 1960), directed by Luchino Visconti. When the popular American television show, Disneyland, traveled to Italy in 1962, Castelnuovo appear... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mary Adams Lloyd
Mary Adams Lloyd, born November 28, 1873 in Brooklyn, New York, died August 18, 1946, was an American lecturer, teacher, writer, professional astrologer and specialist in numerology.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Penny Burke
Penny Burke, born November 28, 1966 in New York, is an American ballet dancer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guillaume Dustan
Guillaume Dustan (November 29, 1965, Paris – October 3, 2005), born William Baranès, was an openly gay French writer and journalist. Biography William Baranès was born in 1965. He graduated from the École nationale d'administration and worked as a legal judge before turning to writing. He used the nom de plume Guillaume Dustan from 1995 onwards. His first novel, Dans ma chambre, brought him fame. His work has been compared to Renaud Camus, Marguerite Duras, Herve Guibert, Celine's Journey to the End of the Night, Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, and Bret Easton Ellis. He also edited Le Rayon Gay, a collection of books, for Balland. He was short film producer. Some of his films include Nous and Back. He acted in the 2005 film PROCESS written & directed by CS Le... Biography of Alistair Darling
Alistair Maclean Darling (born 28 November 1953) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West since 1987, and was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer on 28 June 2007. Prior to this, he held a number of Cabinet positions, being one of only three people to have served in Cabinet continuously since Labour was elected in 1997. Early life Alistair Darling was born in London the son of a civil engineer, Thomas, and his wife, Anna. He is the great-nephew of Sir William Darling who was Conservative MP for Edinburgh South (1945–1957). He was educated in Kirkcaldy, and the private Loretto School, Musselburgh, East Lothian, then attended the University of Aberdeen where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B). He became the head of Aberdeen U... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marc Matz
Marc Matz, born on November 28, 1949 in Brooklyn, New York (birth time source: Maritha Pottenger, Astrodatabank), is an American writer.... Biography of Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam)
Matthew David "Matt" Cameron (born November 28, 1962 in San Diego, California) is an American musician who serves as the drummer for the American rock bands Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. After getting his start with the Seattle, Washington-based rock bands Bam Bam and Skin Yard, he first gained fame as the drummer for the grunge rock band Soundgarden, which he joined in 1986 and remained in until the band's break-up in 1997, triggered by creative friction. In 1998, Cameron was invited to drum on Pearl Jam's U.S. Yield Tour. He soon became a permanent member and has remained in the band ever since. Additionally, Cameron has served as the drummer for the side project bands Hater and Wellwater Conspiracy, also acting as the lead singer for the latter. Biography Early life Matt Cameron wa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arthur Okun
Arthur Melvin "Art" Okun (November 28, 1928 in Jersey City, New Jersey - March 23, 1980 Washington D.C.) was a U.S. economist. He served as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors between 1968 and 1969. Before serving on the C.E.A., he was a professor at Yale University, and afterwards was a fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. He formulated Okun's law about the relationship between unemployment and economic growth.... Biography of Johnny Simmons
John James "Johnny" Simmons (born November 28, 1986) is an American actor. Simmons was born in Montgomery, Alabama and grew up in Dallas, Texas, where he attended Nathan Adams Elementary, T. C. Marsh Middle School and is a 2005 graduate of W. T. White High School. Filmography * My Ambition (2006) * Numb3rs (TV) - "Killer Chat" (2006) * Evan Almighty (2007) * Boogeyman 2 (2008) * Trucker (2008) * The Spirit (2008) * Jennifer's Body (2009) * Hotel for Dogs (2009) * The Greatest (2009) * Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) * The Conspirator (2010)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Terry Holladay
Terry Holladay (born 28 November 1955 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American former professional tennis player who played between 1974 and 1987, reaching the quarter finals of both the U.S. Open and the Wimbledon Championships, whose tennis career is particularly remembered for her pregnancy and its impact on protected rankings. Holladay was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and grew up in La Jolla, San Diego, California, attending and graduating from La Jolla High School. Following her retirement from tennis, Holladay became a realtor. In 2000, she survived breast cancer. She married Dr. Philip Arthur Higginbottom, with whom she founded the Dina Humanitarian Foundation. Tennis career She turned professional in 1974 and regards 1976 as her best year. She represented th... Biography of Sunny Mabrey
Sunny Mabrey (born November 28, 1975 in Gadsden, Alabama) is an American model and actress who appeared in and music videos, such as "Nookie" from Limp Bizkit, before debuting in movies. She appeared in The New Guy, XXX: State of the Union, and was the lead actress in Species III. She recently appeared in Desperate Housewives as Karl Mayer's (Richard Burgi) new pregnant wife Marissa Mayer and as a flight stewardess, Shelley, in the Season 3 premiere of Mad Men. Mabrey married actor Ethan Embry in 2005. She is from Gadsden, AL. She started her career in front of the cameras as a fashion model at the age of 18. She has performed in commercials for The Gap. Filmography * LateLine (1998) (TV) (episode: Gale Gets a Life) * Angel (2002) (TV) (episode: Provider) * The New ... Biography of Martina Stella
Martina Stella (born November 28, 1984 in Florence) is an Italian television and film actress. Acting career Stella made her cinematic debut at the age of 16 in 2001 in L'ultimo bacio. The film was a success in Italy, and was nominated for multiple 2001 David di Donatello awards, including Best Film. L'ultimo bacio was released internationally, with the title The Last Kiss for English-speaking audiences. Reviews of Stella's performance as Francesca, a beautiful teenager who seduces a man in a committed relationship, were generally positive. One American reviewer compared her to "a young Reese Witherspoon", while another described her portrayal in greater depth: In an American movie, Francesca would be presented as a virgin with a Britney Spears-like come-on or trivialized a... Biography of Dawn Robinson
Dawn Robinson-Allen (November 28, 1968) is an American R&B/soul/Dance-pop singer mostly best known for her work as a member of hit Urban/Dance-pop group, En Vogue. Robinson was born in New London, Connecticut. Following her departure from En Vogue in 1997, Robinson joined Lucy Pearl for a brief period of time from 1999 to 2001. Besides occasional modeling and background vocal work for Dr. Dre's Aftermath Records, Robinson also released a solo album entitled Dawn, released by Atlantic Records on 29 January 2002. The single "Envious" only received light to moderate airplay on radio and video outlets. In 2005, Robinson returned sporadically to En Vogue who toured nationally while attempting to negotiate a new recording contract with The Firm Management for the original En Vogue. All four m... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Morris Louis
Morris Louis (Morris Louis Bernstein) (November 28, 1912 - September 7, 1962) is a United States abstract expressionist painter, one of the many such painters to emerge in the 1950s. From 1929 to 1933, he studied at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts (now Maryland Institute College of Art) on a scholarship, but left shortly before completing the program. He worked at various odd jobs to support himself while painting and in 1935 was president of the Baltimore Artists’ Association. From 1936 to 1940, he lived in New York and worked in the easel division of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. During this period, he knew Arshile Gorky, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jack Tworkov. He also dropped his last name. Color Field Painting He returned to his native Bal... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roy Tarpley
Roy James Tarpley (born November 28th, 1964, in New York, New York, USA) is an American former professional basketball player, who was notable during his career for being banned from the NBA because of his drug addiction. Pro career He starred at the University of Michigan, and in 1986 he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the seventh pick of the NBA Draft. Tarpley made the NBA All-Rookie Team in his first season and seemed destined for success until his career was cut short in 1991, when he was expelled from the league for violating the NBA's drug-use policies. He returned to the Mavericks briefly in 1994, but he was then permanently banned from the NBA in December 1995 for using alcohol and violating the terms of a court-imposed personal aftercare program. Another problem ... Biography of Marc-André Fleury
Marc-André Fleury (born November 28, 1984) is a French Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) first overall by the Penguins in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Fleury played major junior for four seasons with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, earning both the Mike Bossy Trophy as the league's top prospect and the Telus Cup as the top defensive player in 2003. He joined the Penguins in 2003–04 and won a Stanley Cup championship with the team five years later in 2009. Internationally, Fleury has represented Canada twice as a junior, winning back-to-back silver medals at the World Junior Championships in 2003 and 2004. He won a gold medal with Team Canada at the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gina Tognoni
Gina Tognoni (born November 28, 1973; St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actress. Career Tognoni has won Miss Rhode Island Teen USA in 1991 and Miss Rhode Island Teen All-American in 1993. In 1995, she was cast as Kelly Cramer on ABC's soap opera One Life to Live, a role she originated and portrayed to 2001. Tognoni returned to daytime television as Dinah Marler on CBS's Guiding Light in July 2004 and won her first Daytime Emmy in 2006 for her work on the soap. In 2007, she was nominated again in the same category but lost out to Genie Francis. She won her second Emmy in 2008, becoming only the second actress to become a repeat winner in the Supporting Actress category. On September 20, 2009, it was announced that Tognoni would be appearing in the webseries Venice: The Series, as Sa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marc Haerberlin
Marc Haeberlin, born on November 28, 1954 in Colmar, is a French Michelin 3-star chef. External links: http://www.dininginfrance.com/auberge_alsace.htm http://www.soshiok.com/article/10106... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fabio Grosso
Fabio Grosso, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI (born 28 November 1977 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. Grosso is primarily a left wingback, but can also play as left back. He is also a free kick, penalty kick and corner kick specialist. He scored the decisive late first goal against Germany in the 2006 World Cup semi-final and also scored the winning penalty in the penalty shootout against France in the final that won the trophy for the Azzurri. Club career Renato Curi Grosso was born in Rome, but hails from Chieti in Abruzzo, where his family soon returned. Grosso joined Renato Curi Angolana in 1994, and played in the club's youth system until 1995. He was promoted to the senior squad for the 1995–1996 season, and so... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aymar du Chatenet
Aymar du Chatenet, born on November 28, 1964 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, is a French journalist, editor, and author. His wife is the author Anne Goscinny, the daughter of French writer, humorist, and cartoonist René Goscinny. Bibliography * La Cinq. Derrière l’écran, images d’une crise. En collaboration avec Frédéric Dézert et Nicolas Maupied. Ed France-Empire, 1992. * Mitterrand de A à Z. Dictionnaire critique et impertinent. Avec Bertrand Coq. Ed. Albin Michel. 1995. * Le dictionnaire Goscinny. (Ouvrage collectif) Ed. JC Lattès, 2003. * René Goscinny. La première vie d’un scénariste de génie. Avec Christian Marmonnier. Ed. La Martinière. 2005. * René Goscinny. Faire rire quel métier ! Avec Caroline Guillot. Ed. Gallimard-Découvertes. 2009.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Andrew Bogut
Andrew Michael Bogut (born 28 November 1984) is an Australian professional basketball player. He plays for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. Bogut was selected first overall by the Bucks in the 2005 NBA Draft. The 7-foot, 260-pound center was a star at the University of Utah for two years before declaring for the draft. Bogut is the first Australian player to be drafted number one overall. He was also the second Utah player to be drafted number one overall. Early years Bogut was born to Croatian immigrants Mišo and Ankica (née Jurišić) Bogut in Endeavour Hills, Victoria, Australia. His father is from Osijek and his mother was a native of Karlovac. Bogut grew up playing Australian rules football and tennis in addition to basketball. In his childhood, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cecilia Colledge
Magdelena Cecilia Colledge (28 November 1920 – 12 April 2008) was a British figure skater. She was the 1936 Olympic silver medalist, the 1937 World Champion, the 1938-1939 European Champion, and a six-time (1935–1938, 1946) British national champion. Colledge is credited as being the first female skater to perform a double jump, as well as being the inventor of both of the camel spin and the layback spin. Biography Cecilia Colledge grew up in London. Her father, Lionel, was a throat surgeon. Her brother Maule was in the Royal Air Force and died during World War II. Colledge began skating after watching the 1928 World Figure Skating Championships, which were held in London. Reports differ on her influence to begin skating; some state that she was inspired by Sonja Henie, others ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Betty Parris
Elizabeth "Betty" Parris (November 28, 1682 – March 21, 1760) was one of the accusers during the Salem witch trials. In the winter of 1691–1692, Betty, the nine-year-old daughter of the Salem, Massachusetts' Reverend Samuel Parris (1653–1720) and his wife Elizabeth, was the first to claim illness due to being "bewitched". Her contortions, convulsions and outbursts of gibberish at first baffled everyone, especially when other girls began to show similar symptoms. Shortly after her illness the Salem witch trials began, with the girls accusing neighbors of witchcraft. Appearances in fiction and films Betty Parris appears in fiction in John Neal's historical novel, Rachel Dyer (1828). She remains Samuel Parris' daughter in the narrative. Betty Parris is also a supporting character in Ar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Steeve Briois
Steeve Briois, born on November 28, 1972 in Seclin, Nord (birth time source: email), is a French politician, general secretary of the Front national, a nationalist political party in France. The party was founded in 1972, seeking to unify a variety of French far-right currents of the time.... Biography of Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias
Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias (Spanish: Felipe Próspero José Francisco Domingo Ignacio Antonio Buenaventura Diego Miguel Luis Alfonso Isidro Ramón Víctor, English: Philip Prosper Joseph Francis Dominic Igancio Anthony Buenaventura Diego Michael Louis Alfonso Isidor Ramon Victor, German: Philipp Prosper Joseph Franz Dominic Ignacio Anton Buenaventura Diego Michael Ludwig Alfons Isidor Ramon Viktor; November 28, 1657 (gregorian calendar) – November 1, 1661) was the first male child of the marriage between Philip IV of Spain and Mariana of Austria to survive infancy. Spain had had no heir since the death of Prince Balthasar Carlos, the son of Philip and his first queen, Isabella, eleven years before, and the question of a successor to Philip, as Spain's strength continued to ebb, had be... Biography of Terri Seymour
Terri Seymour (born 28 November 1974) is an English television presenter and sometime actress. Early life She was born as Terri Louise Seymour in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire in 1974. Career Seymour first was a commercial model appearing in catalogues and advertisements, as well as a video appearance on UK Rock Band Marillion's No One Can and as a dancer in the German based Karl Keaton one hit wonder Love's Burn from 1991, then became co-host of Wheel of Fortune on the British television network ITV in 2001. In 2000, she appeared in NBC's television miniseries In the Beginning featuring concealed frontal nudity for her role of Eve, and in 2002 played a small role in the British film 24 Hour Party People. She is also a correspondent on Extra and occasional reporter on ITV2's ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Walt Weiss
Walter William Weiss (born November 28, 1963) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball and current manager of the Colorado Rockies. Weiss was a member of the 1998 National League All-Star Team. He also won the 1988 Rookie of the Year award. Early career Initially drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 10th round of the 1982 amateur draft, Weiss decided to put his professional baseball career on hold and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In June 1985, Weiss was the 12th overall pick in the 1985 draft. At the age of 23, Weiss made his first major league appearance for the Oakland Athletics in September 1987. The club was impressed enough with the young shortstop's talent that they traded starter Alfredo Griffin that December, ensuring Weiss would assu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chamillionaire
Hakeem Seriki (born November 28, 1979), better known by his stage name Chamillionaire, is an American rapper, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment. Chamillionaire was also the founder and an original member of The Color Changin' Click until the group split in 2005. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Chamillionaire has an estimated net worth of $15,000,000. He began his career independently with local releases in 2002, including collaboration album Get Ya Mind Correct with fellow Houston rapper and childhood friend Paul Wall. He signed to Universal Records in 2005 and released The Sound of Revenge under Universal. It included hit singles "Turn It Up" featuring Lil' Flip and the number-one, Grammy-winning hit "Ridin'" featuring Krayzie Bone... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alan Ritchson
Alan Ritchson (born November 28, 1984) is an American actor, singer, and fashion model. He is best known for his modeling career as well as his portrayals of the superhero Aquaman on The CW's Smallville and Thad Castle on Spike TV's Blue Mountain State. Personal life Ritchson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota to David (born June 5, 1956), a retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant, and Vickie (born June 21, 1958), a high school teacher. He is the middle of three brothers; Eric, the oldest and Brian, the youngest. During his childhood, his family moved to Rantoul, Illinois. At age 10, Ritchson's family finally settled in Niceville, Florida. He attended Niceville High School and graduated in 2001. Toby Turner was a fellow classmate. Alan also tried out for American Idol and was... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Françoise Vatel
Françoise Vatel (born Françoise Watel, 28 November 1937, Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 24 October 2005 in Soissons), was a French actress. Vatel began her film career at the age of 16 in Jean Gourguet's Les Premiers outrages, and she worked with the director again in Les promesses dangeureuses, La Putain sentimentale and Les frangines. She worked then in the theatre, playing for several years in Claude Magnier's Oscar. She appeared also in films of the Nouvelle Vague, in Luc Moullet's Brigitte et Brigitte and Les Contrebandières and Claude Chabrols Les Cousins among others. Selected filmography Film 1955 : Les Premiers Outrages by Jean Gourguet : Brigitte Lambert, known as Bichette 1956 : Les Promesses dangereuses by Jean Gourguet : Marie-Tit... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jade Puget
Jade Errol Puget (born November 28, 1973 in Santa Rosa, California) is an American musician and producer, best known as the guitarist for the punk rock band AFI (joined in 1998), and the keyboardist/synthesizer operator for the electronic duo Blaqk Audio. Puget is vegetarian and straight edge. Career Before joining AFI on November 2, 1998, Jade Puget played in various bands, including Loose Change and Redemption 87. His first album with AFI was 1999's Black Sails in the Sunset. The first song he wrote for the band was "Malleus Maleficarum". Puget's addition to the band introduced fans to a more melodically acute and dynamic sound that was vastly different from earlier material. It is debatable that Puget had a large part in bringing AFI to the mainstream. AFI next released the All... |
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