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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on November, 6, 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 · 45,421 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,421 Celebrities
117 celebrities or events were found for November, 6. Add to favourites (49 fans)Biography of Florent Pagny
Florent Pagny (b. 6 November 1961 in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French musician. He has also acted in many French films. He records work in French, Italian, Spanish and English, and his greatest hits include "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer", "Ma Liberté de penser" (all three were #1 in France) and "Caruso" (#2 in France). As of 2008, he has sold more than 4 million copies of singles, 13 million copies of albums, becoming the 10th best selling artist in France from 1955 to 2008. Early years Pagny began his artistic career as an actor in popular films and television dramas. He appeared in La Balance, L'As des as, A Captain's Honor or Fort Saganne. In 1987, he wrote his first song : "N'importe quoi." Pagny's first album, Merci, was r... Add to favourites (66 fans)Biography of Emma Stone
Emily Jean "Emma" Stone (born November 6, 1988 (birth time source: OK! Magazine) is an American actress and singer. She made her feature film debut in 2007 with the comedy Superbad and gained wide exposure in 2008's The Rocker and The House Bunny. Early life Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Jeff and Krista Stone, and has a younger brother, Spencer. Stone was a member of the Valley Youth Theatre while growing up, a regional theater in Phoenix, Arizona where she appeared in her first stage production, The Wind in the Willows, at the age of 11. Stone attended Sequoya Elementary School and then Cocopah Middle School for sixth grade. She was home schooled for two years, at which time she appeared in 16 productions at Valley Youth Theatre, including: A Winnie-the-Pooh C... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic born November 6, 1987 in Belgrade, is a Serbian professional tennis player. She entered the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) top 20 after her debut on the 2005 French Open, when she lost in the quarterfinals. After almost two years in top 20, Ivanovic advanced into the top 10 in the WTA rankings, after winning German Open, on May 13, 2007. She is currently the No. 7 in the world and the No. 2 Serbian player simultaneously, behind Jelena Jankovic. Career Ivanovic started tennis at the age of five after seeing the sport on TV. She asked her parents to take her to the local tennis school and she was given a small raquet as a birthday present from her father shortly after. Tennis player Monica Seles was her main inspiration for wanting to be a tennis player. Ivanovic is ... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Ethan Hawke
Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an Academy Award nominated American actor, writer and film director. Early life Hawke was born in Austin, Texas, to James Steven Rosencrantz and Leslie Carole Green, who were students at the University of Texas at the time of his birth, and separated five years later. Hawke's great-grandfather was the brother of Cornelius Williams, who was the father of well-known playwright Tennessee Williams. When he was 10 he moved with his mother from Atlanta to New York where attended the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights and then moved to West Windsor , New Jersey, where he attended West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South and then transferred to and graduated from the Hun School of Princeton in 1988. He took acting classes at the McCart... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Marc Dutroux
Marc Dutroux (born 6 November 1956 in Ixelles (birth time source: BC n°1731, André Dekoster))) is a Belgian criminal, convicted of having, in 1995 and 1996, kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom died as a result. He was also convicted of having killed a suspected former accomplice, Bernard Weinstein. He was arrested in 1996 and has been in prison since then. His widely publicised trial took place in 2004. A number of shortcomings in the Dutroux investigation caused widespread discontent in Belgium with the country's criminal justice system, and the ensuing scandal was one of the reasons for the reorganisation of Belgium's law enforcement agencies. Before the kidnappings Dutroux was the eldest of five children; his parents, both tea... Biography of Althea Flynt
Althea Flynt (November 6, 1953–June 27, 1987), née Leasure, was the fourth wife of Larry Flynt and the co-publisher of Flynt's notorious adult magazine, Hustler. Leasure was born November 6, 1953 in Marietta, Ohio. Althea and her two sisters Sherry and Marsha came from an abusive home; at the age of 8, Althea watched her father shoot her mother and grandparents, and then shoot himself. She was put into an orphanage, until she ran away as a teenager. Althea met Larry at age 17 in 1971, when she applied for a job as a stripper at his club in Columbus, Ohio. Larry became interested in her when she informed him he wasn't the only one sleeping with the other strippers; they were eventually married on August 21, 1976. Althea was Hustler's first life-size centerfold, and she was involved wi... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Alain Hadès
Alain Hadès, born November 6, 1931 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, is a French astrologer and author of a lot of books in astrology.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Maria Shriver
Maria Owings Shriver (play /ˈʃraɪvər/; born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist and author of six best-selling books. She has received a Peabody Award, and was co-anchor for NBC's Emmy-winning coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics. As executive producer of The Alzheimer's Project, Shriver earned two Emmy Awards and an Academy of Television Arts & Sciences award for developing a "television show with a conscience". She was formerly First Lady of California as the wife of actor and then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and is a member of the Kennedy family. Early life Shriver was born in Chicago, Illinois. A Roman Catholic of German descent through her father and Irish American descent through her mother, she is the second child and only daughter of... Add to favourites (39 fans)Biography of Rebecca Romijn
Rebecca Alie Romijn (born November 6, 1972) is an American film and television actress and former fashion model. Early life Romijn (pronounced "Ro-maine") was born in Oakland, California to Jaap Romijn, a custom furniture maker, and Elizabeth Kuizenga, a public school English teacher and textbook author. Her father, a native of Barneveld, is Dutch, and her mother is a second-generation Dutch American who met Romijn's father while studying in Europe. Romijn's maternal grandfather, Dr. Henry B. Kuizenga, was a Presbyterian minister and seminary professor. Many sources say that she was once nicknamed the "Jolly Blonde Giant" but she has admitted to making that up 'for a laugh'. While studying music (voice) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, she became involved with fashion model... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Françoise Dolto
Françoise Dolto (1908–1988), was a French doctor and psychoanalyst, famous for her search on childhood. She worked with Jacques Lacan, and said that children have a language before the language (with the body). Françoise Dolto was the mother of Carlos, a singer; and the sister of Jacques Marette, a minister. Bibliography * Psychanalyse et pédiatrie, 1971 * Cas Dominique, 1971 * L'image inconsciente du corps, éd du Seuil, 1984 * La Cause des enfants, éd. Robert Laffont, Paris, 1985 * Lorsque l'enfant paraît, éd. du Seuil, Paris, 1990 * Autoportrait d'une psychanalyste, éd. du Seuil, Paris, 1989 * Paroles d’adolescents ou le complexe du Homard, éd. Hattier, 1989 * La Difficulté de vivre, éd. Gallimard, Paris, 1995 * Tout est langage, é... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Sally Field
Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award winning American actress. She is also a two-time Emmy Award winner who became a household name at age 20 as Sister Bertrille in the 1960s sitcom, The Flying Nun. She is currently starring as Nora Holden Walker on the ABC hit drama, Brothers & Sisters, as a grieving matriarch who helps out in the family business. Her newest film, Two Weeks came out in early 2007. Early life Field was born in Pasadena, California. Her parents, Richard Dryden Field and Margaret Field (a Southern-born actress), divorced in 1950. Her mother subsequently remarried, to actor and stuntman Jock Mahoney. She attended Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California. Among her classmates were famed financier Michael Milken and fellow actres... Biography of Nadine Morano
Nadine Morano, born November 6, 1963 in Nancy, is a French politician, member of UMP (Union pour un mouvement populaire).... Biography of Jacques Charrier
Jacques Charrier is a French actor, producer, comedian and painter, born November 6, 1936 in Metz. He was one of the husbands of Brigitte Bardot and had a son with her, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier.... Biography of Eugen Jonas
Dr. Eugen Jonas is a Slovak psychiatrist and physician, born November 6, 1928 in Novezamky birth time source: Astrodatabank).... Biography of Erin Ellington
Erin Ellington (born November 6, 1968 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American fitness model. Following a two-year sojourn into the joys of motherhood, Erin Ellington has returned to the spotlight. One of the world’s most beautiful fitness models, Erin resumed her career during Summer 2007 – much to the relief of her many fans around the globe. “I’m one of those lucky ones,” Erin reflected during a break from a grueling day of shooting. “Most girls can only dream of the career I’ve been able to pursue,” said the stunning model who has graced magazine covers and countless magazine layouts, as well as print advertising. Like many success stories, Erin Ellington’s multi-faceted life cannot be captured fully in the unidimensional photographs that reveal only her rare beauty. “It was hard w... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Thandie Newton
Thandiwe Adjewa "Thandie" Newton (born on November 6, 1972 in Zambia) is an English BAFTA Award-winning actress. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Early life Newton was born in Zambia, to a Zimbabwean health-care worker, Nyasha, and a white English lab technician and artist, Nick Newton. The name "Thandiwe" means "beloved" in Ndebele and the name "Thandie" is pronounced TAN-dee. Newton played a character named "Beloved" in the film adaptation of the Toni Morrison novel Beloved in 1998. According to Newton, her mother is a Zimbabwean Shona Princess. She was raised in Zambia and Penzance, England, and educated at Downing College, University of Cambridge. Career Newton made her film debut in Flirting (1991). This Australian movie was also a launch pad for a young Nicole Kidman, with whom s... Biography of Jean Shrimpton
Jean Shrimpton (born 7 November 1942 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) is a former English Supermodel (before the term was used) and actress, who graduated from Lucie Clayton's modelling school at the age of 17 in 1960. Nicknamed 'The Shrimp', she was an icon of Swinging Sixties London, possessing some of the gamine features that also made a huge success of the younger Twiggy. She starred alongside Paul Jones in the 1967 movie Privilege, and was name-checked in the Smithereens song, Behind the Wall of Sleep. In 1965, Shrimpton caused a sensation in very conservative Melbourne in Australia when she arrived for the Victoria Derby race during Melbourne Cup week. She shocked everybody by wearing a daring white shift dress which ended high above her knees, a forerunner of the miniskirt which... Biography of Paul Gilbert
Paul Brandon Gilbert (born November 6, 1966 in Illinois) is a guitarist best known for his work with Racer X and Mr. Big. Following his departure from Mr. Big in 1996, Gilbert pursued a solo career. Height: 2m00 (6' 6" 3/4) Early history Born in Carbondale, Illinois, into a middle class family, Paul started playing guitar at the age of 5, but soon gave up, becoming frustrated with just learning simple nursery rhymes. Around age 9, he took up the guitar again, but with a skewed memory of the technique. Paul revealed at an Ibanez sponsored guitar clinic August 12, 2005 in Concord, CA at Spitzer's Music, that he "played only with upstrokes, used only the low 'E' string and only used middle finger on the fretboard." Frustrated after trying to play the intro to "Barracuda" by Heart, he ... Biography of Laura Flessel
Laura Flessel-Colovic (born November 6, 1971 in Pointe-à-Pitre) is a French épée fencer. She is currently number one on the all-time list of French female Winter or Summer Olympic medal winners with five medals, two more than those on joint second place: Micheline Ostermeyer, Marielle Goitschel, Pascale Trinquet-Hachin, Perrine Pelen, Anne Briand-Bouthiaux, Marie-José Pérec, Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, Félicia Ballanger and Laure Manaudou. She is married and has one daughter. Honours Summer Olympics Gold Medal in individual épée in 1996 Gold Medal d'or in team épée in 1996 Silver Medal in individual épée in 2004 Bronze Medal in individual épée in 2000 Bronze Medal in team épée in 2000 World Championships Gold Medal in individual épée in 1998 Gold Medal in team épée in 1998 ... Biography of Lamar Odom
Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6, 1979) is an American professional basketball forward for the Los Angeles Lakers. Early life Odom was born in South Jamaica, Queens, New York. His father was a heroin addict and his mother died of colon cancer when he was twelve years old. He was raised by his grandmother Mildred. In his first three years of high school, Odom played for Christ The King Regional High School in Middle Village, New York. He transferred first to Redemption Christian Academy in Troy, New York for the basketball season and then to St. Thomas Aquinas High School in New Britain, Connecticut. Odom was named the Parade Magazine Player of the Year in 1997. He was named to the USA Today All-USA 1st Team as a senior. During his youth, Odom was teamed with Elton Brand of the P... Biography of Joanna of Castile
Joanna of Aragon and Castile (Spanish: Juana de Aragón y de Castilla) (November 6, 1479 – April 12, 1555), called Joanna the Mad (Juana La Loca), Queen regnant of Castile and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was the second daughter of Ferdinand, king of Aragon, and Isabella, queen of Castile, and was born at Toledo. Life In 1496 at Lille, Joanna was married to the archduke Philip the Handsome, son of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and at Ghent in February 1500, she gave birth to future emperor Charles V. The death of her only brother John, Prince of Asturias, her eldest sister Isabella of Asturias, queen of Portugal, and then of the latter's infant son Miguel, Prince of Asturias, made Joanna the heiress of the Spanish kingdoms. Her only living sibling was Catheri... Biography of Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman I (Ottoman Turkish: سليمان Sulaymān, Turkish: Süleyman; almost always Kanuni Sultan Süleyman) (6 November 1494 – 5/6 September 1566), was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He is known in the West as Suleiman the Magnificent and in the East, as the Lawgiver (in Turkish Kanuni; Arabic: القانونى, al‐Qānūnī), for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system. Suleiman became the pre-eminent monarch of 16th century Europe, presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire's military, political and economic power. Suleiman personally led Ottoman armies to conquer the Christian strongholds of Belgrade, Rhode... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frank Vandenbroucke
Frank Vandenbroucke (Mouscron, 6 November 1974 – Saly, Senegal, 12 October 2009), was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. He was the great hope of Belgian cycling in the 1990s but a remarkable talent which appeared in his adolescence in athletics and then in cycle racing dissipated in a succession of drugs problems, rows with teams, suicide attempts and finally being disowned by world cycling. His former wife described him as a cocaine addict. He is known to have had numerous drug and family problems, and to have attempted suicide. He died of a pulmonary embolism in October 2009. Background Frank Vandenbroucke was born in Mouscron and grew up in Ploegsteert, a village in the southern, French-speaking half of Belgium. In 1978, when he was four and cycling in the village square... Biography of Agrippina the Younger
Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor (Latin for the ‘younger’, Classical Latin: IVLIA•AGRIPPINA; from the year 50, called IVLIA•AVGVSTA•AGRIPPINA, Greek: η Ιουλία Αγκιππίνη, November 6, 15 - between 19-23 March, 59), was a Roman Empress. She was a great granddaughter of Emperor Augustus; great niece and adoptive granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius; sister to Emperor Caligula; wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Emperor Nero. She has been described by the ancient and modern sources as ‘ruthless, ambitious, violent and domineering’. She was a beautiful and a reputable woman. According to Pliny the Younger, she had canine teeth which meant a sign of good fortune. Many ancient historians accuse Agrippina o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thomas Lièvremont
Thomas Lièvremont (born 6 November 1973) is a French rugby union. Height 1,88 m Weight 109 kg Lièvremont was born in Perpignan. He currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14. His usual position is as a number eight. He was a part of the Biarritz team that won the 2005-06 Top 14, and runners-up of the 2005-06 Heineken Cup. He has also played for the France national team. He made his international debut for France in a 1996 match against Wales, and was a part of their 1999 Rugby World Cup squad.... Biography of Taryn Manning
Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1976) is an American actress, fashion designer, and singer-songwriter. She is the vocalist for electronic duo Boomkat and co-owner of the clothing brand Born Uniqorn. Manning gained her first major role as an actress in 2001 when she played the role of Maddy in Crazy/Beautiful. She is well known for her film portrayals in Crossroads, 8 Mile, A Lot Like Love, Hustle & Flow, Weirdsville and Jack and Jill vs. the World. She has appeared in film genres ranging from drama and comedy to science fiction. Early life Taryn Manning was born to Sharyn and Bill Manning , who divorced when she was two months old. Her mother took Taryn and her brother Kellin to Tucson, Arizona. At the age of 12, Manning and her mother moved to California, where she attended school i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph 'Adolphe' Sax (November 6, 1814 – February 3, 1894) was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician (clarinetist), best known for inventing the saxophone. Adolphe Sax was born in Dinant in Wallonia, Belgium. His father, Charles-Joseph Sax, was an instrument designer himself, who made several changes to the design of the horn. Adolphe began to make his own instruments at an early age, entering two of his flutes and a clarinet into a competition at the age of fifteen. He subsequently studied those two instruments at the Royal School of Singing in Brussels. Having left the school, Sax began to experiment with new instrument designs, while his father continued to produce conventional instruments to bring money into the household. Adolphe's first important invention ... Biography of Lori Singer
Lori Singer (born November 6, 1957) is an American actress and cellist. She is perhaps best known for her role of Ariel Moore, the daughter of Reverend Shaw Moore (played by John Lithgow) in the 1984 film Footloose, which also starred Kevin Bacon. Madonna reportedly auditioned for the role of 'Ariel' losing out to then relatively unknown Lori Singer. Biography Early life Singer was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the daughter of Leslie (née Wright), a concert pianist, and Jacques Singer, a symphony orchestra conductor. Her brothers are actor Marc Singer and violinist Gregory Singer and her cousin is film director Bryan Singer. Film and Television Career Lori Singer first came to fame when she was cast as Julie Miller in the TV series Fame from 1982-1983. She portrayed a cellis... Biography of Michel Bouquet
Michel Bouquet, born November 6, 1925 in Paris, is a famous French actor. Filmography Actor 1947 : Monsieur Vincent, de Maurice Cloche 1947 : Brigade criminelle, de Gilbert Gil 1948 : Manon, de Henri-Georges Clouzot 1949 : Pattes blanches, de Jean Grémillon 1951 : Deux sous de violettes, de Jean Anouilh 1951 : Trois femmes, d' André Michel 1953 : Peter Bruegel, l'ancien, d'Edmond Lévy, Arcady et Gilbert Pignol 1955 : Villages de Paris court-métrage de François Reichenbach 1955 : La Tour de Nesle d'Abel Gance 1955 : Nuit et brouillard (film) (commentaire) court-métrage de Alain Resnais 1956 : Auprès de ma blonde court-métrage 1956 : Novembre à Paris court-métrage de François Reichenbach 1957 : Le Piège de Charles Brabant 1959 : Katia de Robert Siodmak ... Biography of Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (born November 6, 1931) is an American multiple award-winning television-, stage- and film director, writer, and producer. Born Michael Igor Peschkowsky in Berlin, Germany, he and his German-Russian Jewish family moved to the United States to flee the Nazis in 1939. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1944. While attending the University of Chicago in the 1950s, he began work in improvisational comedy with the Compass Players, a precursor to The Second City, and later started the long-running Midnight Special folk music program on radio station WFMT. Nichols formed a comedy team with Elaine May, with whom he appeared in nightclubs, on radio, released best-selling records, made guest appearances on several television programs and had their own show on ... Biography of Kelly Rutherford
Kelly Rutherford (born November 6, 1968) is an American actress known for her roles of Stephanie "Sam" Whitmore on Generations and Megan Lewis on Melrose Place from 1996 to 1999. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Career In addition to her work on Generations and Melrose Place, Rutherford also starred in the early 1990s Homefront as Judy Owen, in 1995's The Great Defender as Frankie Collet, in 1996's Kindred: The Embraced as Caitlin Byrne, in 2003's Threat Matrix as Special Agent Frankie Ellroy Kilmer, and had a recurring role in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Dixie Cousins. She had a small role on Scream 3 in 2000. Most recently, Rutherford starred as Samantha "Sonny" Liston, on the cancelled TV series E-Ring. Rutherford currently stars in the CW teen drama Gossip Girl. Perso... Biography of Charles II of Spain
Charles II of Spain (Carlos Segundo) (November 6, 1661, Madrid, Spain - November 1, 1700, Madrid, Spain) was King of Spain, Naples, Sicily, nearly all of Italy (except Piedmont, the Papal States and Venice), and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from Mexico to the Philippines. Charles was the only surviving son of his Habsburg predecessor, King Philip IV of Spain and his second Queen (and niece), Mariana of Austria, another Habsburg. His birth was greeted with joy by the Spaniards, who feared the disputed succession which could have ensued if Philip IV had left no male heir. Charles II is known in Spanish history as El Hechizado ("The Bewitched") from the popular belief — to which Charles himself subscribed — that his physical and mental disabilities were caused by "sorcery" rather th... Biography of Glenn Frey
Glenn Lewis Frey (born November 6, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as one of the founding members of the rock band The Eagles. Early life Growing up in Royal Oak, Michigan, Frey became part of the mid-1960s Detroit rock scene. One of his earliest bands was called the Mushrooms and included fellow Dondero High School students Doug Roberts (later replaced by Lenny Mintz) on drums and Doug Gunsch and Bill Barnes on guitar. His first professional recording experience was performing acoustic guitar and background vocals on Bob Seger's Ramblin' Gamblin' Man in 1968. Frey and Seger would remain friends and occasional songwriting partners in later years. Frey then moved to Los Angeles to follow a girlfriend who was an aspirin... Biography of Daniella Cicarelli
Daniela Cicarelli Lemos (born November 6, 1978, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil) is a TV show hostess for MTV Brasil and also a fashion model. Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m) Career Daniela Cicarelli has been a model since age 12 and won the Elite national competition at 14. She attracted attention in Brazil in early 2001 due to a Pepsi TV commercial and became very well known. In 2002 she was already as popular in Brazil as Gisele Bundchen and had several commercial deals. In 2003 she began hosting a summer show for MTV Brasil, working in other shows on that channel since then. That year, Cicarelli started dating football player Ronaldo. This made her widely known in Spain leading her to command fees ten times higher for appearing at fashion events. In 2003, she signed with MTV t... Biography of George Young
George Redburn Young (born 6 November 1947 in Cranhill, Glasgow, Scotland) is an Australian rock musician, songwriter and record producer, best-known as the co-writer of the international hits, "Friday On My Mind" and "Love is in the Air"; and for his production of the hard rock band, AC/DC, which features his younger brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Career Born in the east end of Glasgow, Scotland, Young's father's name was William, and his mother's name was Margaret (her maiden name also being Young); they emigrated to Australia in 1963. His older brother Alex was later a member of the group Grapefruit. Starting his career in Sydney, George Young first achieved international success in the 1960s as the rhythm guitarist in the band The Easybeats; Young co-wrote nearly all of their... Biography of Robert Musil
Robert Musil born Robert Edler von Musil (November 6, 1880, Klagenfurt, Austria – April 15, 1942, Geneva, Switzerland) was an Austrian writer. His unfinished long novel The Man Without Qualities (German: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften) is generally considered to be one of the most important modernist novels. Musil was the son of Alfred Edler von Musil (1846-1924) and his wife Hermine (1853-1924), who lived together with an unrelated "uncle" Heinrich Reiter (b. 1856). The elder Musil was an engineer, appointed in 1891 to the chair of Mechanical Engineering at the German Technical University in Brno, and awarded a hereditary peerage in the Austro-Hungarian empire shortly before it collapsed. The younger Musil had a short stature, but was strong and skilled at wrestling, and by his early teen... Biography of Brad Davis
Robert Creel Davis (November 6, 1949 - September 8, 1991), better known as Brad Davis, was an American actor. He was perhaps best known for his role in the 1978 film Midnight Express. Early life Davis was born in Tallahassee, Florida, to Eugene Davis, a dentist whose career declined due to alcoholism, and his wife, the former Anne Creel. His brother, Gene, is also an actor. According to an article in The New York Times published in 1987, Davis' mother sexually abused him as a child. As an adult, he was an alcoholic and an intravenous drug user before becoming sober in 1981. Davis was known as "Bobby" during his youth, but took Brad as his stage name in 1973. Career At 17, after winning a music talent contest, Davis worked at Theatre Atlanta. He later moved to New York City and a... Biography of John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known particularly for American military and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition and resultant prominence, he is known as "The March King". In public he was typically referenced by his full name. Sousa was born in Atlanta,Georgia,on Nov. 6, 1854. His parents were of Portuguese, Spanish and Bavarian (German) descent; his grandparents were Portuguese refugees. Sousa started his music education, playing the violin, as a pupil of John Esputa and G. F. Benkert for harmony and musical composition at the age of six. He was found to have absolute pitch. When Sousa reached the age of 13, his father, a trombonist in the Marine Band, enlisted his son in th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Judy Lewis
Judy Lewis (born November 6, 1935) is an American actress, producer, and therapist. She is the daughter of the actors Clark Gable and Loretta Young. She is the niece of actresses Polly Ann Young and Sally Blane. She is the half-sister of John Clark Gable. Her credits include appearances on TV soap operas such as General Hospital, Kitty Foyle, and The Secret Storm. She also produced the short-lived Another World spin-off, Texas and was a script writer for NBC Daytime's Search for Tomorrow. In 1958, Lewis guest starred in the episode entitled "Attack" of the syndicated western series Mackenzie's Raiders, starring Richard Carlson. In 1960, she guest starred as a girlfriend of a U.S. Navy officer in the episode "Tiger Blood" of the syndicated series The Blue Angels. In the 1961-1962 tele... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nigel Havers
The Hon. Nigel Allan Havers (born 6 November 1951) is a BAFTA nominated English actor. He is probably best known for his BAFTA-nominated role as Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film Chariots of Fire. He is also known for his role as Dr. Tom Latimer in the British comedy Don't Wait Up. Havers' father Lord Havers was a barrister, known for successfully defending Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on drug charges in 1967 and being chief-prosecutor of Peter Sutcliffe in 1981, as well as for his brief service as Lord Chancellor in 1987. His brother Philip Havers QC pursued a career in the legal profession. Acting life and romance Havers' first acting job was in the radio series Mrs Dale's Diary and he subsequently went onto working for the Prospect Theatre Company initially 'c... Biography of Michael Jones
Michael Jones, born November 6, 1987, is an American child with suffered of poltergeist activity. Michael forexample, sees dead people, such as the movie, "The Sixth Sense."... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christine de Veyrac
Christine de Veyrac (born 6 November 1959 in Toulouse) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. She is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism. She is a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council and a substitute for the delegation for relations with Israel. She used to be the parliamentary attaché of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Career Master's degree in international public law (Toulouse, 1983) National Secretary of the UMP (since 2003) Deputy Mayor of Toulouse with responsibility for inter... Biography of Aloys Senefelder
Johann Alois Senefelder (6 November 1771, Prague – 26 February 1834, Munich) was an Austrian actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in 1796. Born Aloys Johann Nepomuk Franz Senefelder in Prague where his actor father was appearing on stage. He was educated in Munich and won a scholarship to study law at Ingolstadt. The death of his father in 1791 forced him to leave his studies to support his mother and eight siblings, and he became an actor and wrote a successful play Connoisseur of Girls. Problems with the printing of his play Mathilde von Altenstein caused him to fall into debt, and unable to afford to publish a new play he had written, Senefelder experimented with a novel etching technique using a greasy, acid resistant ink as a resist on a smooth... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Armand Fallières
Clément Armand Fallières (November 6, 1841 – June 22, 1931) was a French politician, president of the French republic from 1906 to 1913. He was born at Mézin in the département of Lot-et-Garonne, France, where his father was clerk of the peace. He studied law and became an advocate at Nérac, beginning his public career there as municipal councillor (1868), afterwards mayor (1871), and as councillor-general of the département of Lot-et-Garonne (1871). Being an ardent Republican, he lost this position in May 1873 upon the fall of Thiers, but in February 1876 was elected deputy for Nérac. In the chamber he sat with the Republican Left, signed the protestation of May 18, 1877, and was re-elected five months later. In 1880 he became under-secretary of state in the department of the interi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tiffany Holmes
Tiffany Holmes, born November 6, 1944 in New York, is an American author and astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raymond Savignac
Raymond Savignac, often just abbreviated to "Savignac", was a French graphic artist famous for his commercial posters. He was born on November 6, 1907 in Paris, and died on October 31, 2002 in Trouville-sur-Mer (Calvados), aged 94. His work is distinguished by a humorous simplicity. Self-taught, he started designing posters under the direction of Cassandre, but met with his greatest success with the poster for Monsavon soap, which featured the udders of a cow directly supplying the "milk soap" with milk. Another famous poster was called "La Guerre des boutons" (War of Buttons). A permanent display of his work may be found at the Montebello Museum in Trouville, where he spent his last years. There is also a beachfront walk dedicated to him. Many of his posters depicted the Norman s... Biography of Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang (traditional Chinese: 楊致遠; simplified Chinese: 杨致远; pinyin: Yáng Zhìyuǎn; born November 6, 1968) is a Taiwanese American entrepreneur and the Co-founder, former CEO and Chief Yahoo! of Yahoo! Inc. As of 2008, his net worth is estimated to be US$2.3 billion and is ranked 524th among the richest people in the world according to Forbes. Early life Born in Taipei, Taiwan on November 6, 1968, Yang moved to San Jose, California at the age of ten, with his mother and brother. His father died when Yang was two. He claimed that despite his mother being an English teacher, he only knew one English word (shoe) on his arrival. Mastering the English language in only three years, he was soon placed into an AP English class. Yang graduated ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of James Jones
James Ramon Jones (November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977) was an American author known for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. Life Jones was born and raised in Robinson, Illinois, the son of Ramon and Ada M. (nee Blessing) Jones. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1939 and served in the 25th Infantry Division before and during World War II, first in Hawaii at Schofield Barracks on Oahu, then in combat on Guadalcanal, where he was wounded in action. His wartime experiences inspired some of his most famous works. He witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which led to his first published novel, From Here to Eternity. The Thin Red Line reflected his combat experiences on Guadalcanal. His last novel, Whistle, was based on his hospital stay in Memphis, Tennessee, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ron Underwood
Ron Underwood (November 6, 1953) is an American film director. Underwood was born in Glendale, California but spent some of his teenage years living as an exchange student in Sri Lanka. After graduating from high school he briefly attended medical school, but dropped out after finding the courses too dull. After this he decided to follow a career in the film industry; film having been a passion of his since childhood. He enrolled at University of Southern California's prestigious film school, and upon graduation began working as a staff director and cameraman for Barr films, a company specializing in the production of educational films. One of the first motion pictures Underwood worked on was Futureworld (1976) as a Production Assistant. The film starred Blythe Danner and Peter Fonda... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Garnier
Charles Garnier (6 November 1825 - 3 August 1898) was a French architect, designer of the Palais Garnier and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Education Student of Louis-Hippolyte Lebas at the École royale des Beaux-Arts de Paris beginning in 1842, he obtained the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1848. The subject of his final examination was entitled:"Un conservatoire des arts et métiers, avec galerie d'expositions pour les produits de l'industrie". He became a pensioner at the Académie de France à Rome from 17 January to 31 December 1849. He traveled through Greece which provided him the subject of his fourth year submission, presented at the Paris Salon in 1853. He visited Greece with Edmond About and Constantinople with Théophile Gautier. He worked on the Temple of Aphaea in Aegina where he... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Véronique Neiertz
Véronique Neiertz, born November 6, 1942 in Paris, is a French politician, member of PS (parti socialiste).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maha Guru Metta
Maha Guru Metta, born November 6, 1942 in Losarang, is an Indonesian Spiritual Teacher.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Erik Kramer
William Erik Kramer (born November 6, 1964 in Burbank, California), is a former American football quarterback. He attended John Burroughs High School in Burbank, CA. After attending Los Angeles Pierce College and playing as their quarterback, Kramer transferred to North Carolina State University where he finished a successful college football career. He was not drafted by an NFL team, but did see action in 1987, when he played for the Atlanta Falcons as a replacement player during the NFL players strike. He would then spend some time in the CFL with the Calgary Stampeders. Kramer would return to the NFL in 1991, when he became a surprise starter for the Detroit Lions after injuries sidelined Rodney Peete. Kramer played in 13 games, led the Lions to a 12-4 record, their first playoff victor... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Crozier
Michel Crozier (born 6 November 1922 in Sainte-Menehould, Marne) is a French sociologist and member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques since 1999. He is also an officer of the Légion d'honneur and a commander of the Ordre National du Mérite, as well as a laureate of the Prix Tocqueville.... Biography of Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris (November 6, 1914 – November 3, 2002), was an American stage and character actor. Two of his best-known roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in The Third Man, and the comic villain Dr. Zachary Smith, in the popular 1960s sci-fi television series, Lost in Space. Near the end of his career, he provided the voice of "Manny", a praying mantis in the animated feature A Bug's Life. The second of three children, Harris was born Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin to a poor family in the Bronx, New York. His parents, who eked out a living in Manhattan's garment district, were Sam and Jennie Charasuchin. Jonathan's ancestry was Russian-Jewish and Polish. His family resided in a six-tenant apartment complex. To raise money, his mother took in boarders, some of whom were giv... Biography of Emmanuelle Bercot
Emmanuelle Bercot, born November 6, 1967 in Paris, is a French director, screenwriter, author and actress. Filmographie Actress 1991 : Ragazzi de Mama Keïta 1994 : État des lieux de Jean-François Richet 1996 : La Divine poursuite de Michel Deville 1998 : La Classe de neige de Claude Miller 1998 : Ça commence aujourd'hui de Bertrand Tavernier 1999 : Une pour toutes de Claude Lelouch 2001 : Clément de Emmanuelle Bercot 2003 : À tout de suite de Benoît Jacquot 2005 : Camping sauvage de Christophe Ali 2007 : Enfances co-réalisé par Safy Nebbou, Isild Le Besco, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Corinne Garfin, Ismaël Ferroukhi et Yann Le Gal Director 1995 : True Romanès 1997 : Les Vacances 1998 : La Puce 1998 : Le Choix d'Elodie (TV) 2000 : La Faute a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alain Etchegoyen
Alain Etchegoyen (November 6, 1951, Lille – April 9, 2007, Le Mans), was a philosopher and novelist. He was the last Plan Commissionner before that Commission was abrogated. He wrote some twenty books, essays and novels. A former student of the École Normale Supérieure, he was a professor in classes prépas at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and in a professional lycée in Hauts-de-Seine. Career Etchegoyen started his career (1979–1982) in CNRS, then went to the Industry and Research Ministry (1982–1984), before working in the Plan Commission (1984–1985). In 1985, Etchegoyen founded the Association de l'édition du Corpus des textes philosophiques de langue française. In the middle of the 1980s he created a consulting company, with Michelin among its customers. At the end of the 1980s he... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Caran d'Ache (cartoonist)
Caran d'Ache was the pseudonym of the 19th century French satirist and political cartoonist Emmanuel Poiré. "Caran d'Ache" comes from the Russian word karandash (карандаш), meaning pencil (of Turkic origin; "kara dash" meaning black stone). While his first work glorified the Napoleonic era, he went on to create "stories without words" and as a contributor to newspapers such as the Lundi du Figaro, he is sometimes hailed as one of the precursors of comic strips. The Swiss art products company Caran d'Ache is named after him. Born in Moscow, 6 November 1858, he was the grandson of an Officer-Grenadier in Napoleon's Grande Armée who, wounded during the Battle of Borodino, had stayed behind in Russia. After his grandfather's death he was a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Meynard
Philippe Meynard, born November 1970, is a French politician, Mayor of Barsac. He is openly gay.... Biography of Pat Tillman
Patrick Daniel Tillman (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) was an American football player who left his professional sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002. He joined the United States Army Rangers and served multiple tours in combat before he was killed by friendly fire in the mountains of Afghanistan. Details about the circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of controversy and military investigations. He is the second recently active professional football player to be killed in combat; the first was Bob Kalsu of the Buffalo Bills, who died in the Vietnam War in 1970. Football career Pat Tillman was born in San Jose, California. He started his college career as a linebacker for Arizona State University in 1994, when he secured the last ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Camille Laurens
Camille Laurens, born November 6, 1957 in Dijon, is a French writer. Works * Index, 1991 * Romance, 1992 * Les Travaux d'Hercule, 1994 * Philippe, 1995 (récit de son accouchement et de la mort de son bébé) * L'Avenir, 1998 * Quelques-uns, 1999 * Dans ces bras-là, 2000. Prix Femina Prix Renaudot des Lycéens * L'Amour, roman, 2003 * Le Grain des mots, 2003 * Cet absent-là, 2004 * Ni Toi ni moi, 2006. Nommé au Goncourt des lycéens * Tissé par mille, 2008.... Biography of Frank Carson
Frank Carson (born November 6th 1926 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish comedian and actor, best known on television in series such as The Comedians and Tiswas. Early life Carson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland where he attended St Patrick's Primary School and worked as a plasterer in the building trade and electrician. Frank's family were of Italian descent, with his grandmother hailing from Sicily. He grew up in an area of Belfast called 'little Italy', which no longer exists. Carson spent 3 years with the Parachute Regiment in the Middle East in the 1950s. Television career Carson became a popular performer on Irish TV, he then went to England to work as a stand-up club comedian and had success on the long running TV music-hall revival show, The Good Old ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marco Vassi
Marco Vassi, born November 6, 1937 in New York, is an American author and erotic writer. Praised by Norman Malier, Kate Millett, Saul Bellow, and Gore Vidal, he was not only the penultimate sexual explorer, but a literary craftsman whose own life experiences became the stuff of his fiction—expanded, of course, by a grand imagination and a full sense of the absurd. Tragically, Vassi died from pneumonia after he had contracted AIDS (source: ereads, http://www.ereads.com/author.asp?authorid=136 ) Works Contours of Darkness - Erotic Literature Devil's Sperm is Cold, The (The Vassi Collection Volume 8) - Erotic Literature Gentle Degenerates, The - Erotic Literature In Touch - Erotic Literature Saline Solution, The - Erotic Literature Slave Lover (The Vassi Collect... Biography of Chris Glen
Chris Glen is a Scottish bassist who has played in Tear Gas, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (SAHB) and The Michael Schenker Group. He also toured with Ian Gillan for a short period along side fellow SAHB drummer Ted McKenna. In recent years he has been involved with the reformed SAHB with Max Maxwell as well as his own band Chris Glen and the Outfit. He is currently touring with The Michael Schenker Group in support of In the Midst of Beauty, MSG's new studio album.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Katherine Ramsey
Katherine Ramsey, born November 6, 1874 in Edinburgh, was a Scottish politician, the wife of the Duke of Atholl.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dick Cathcart
Charles Richard Cathcart (November 6, 1924 – November 8, 1993) was an American Dixieland trumpet player. Born and raised in Michigan City, Indiana; Cathcart was best known as a member of the Lawrence Welk orchestra, in which he appeared on the Maestro's television program from 1962 to 1968. Before that, he played with bands led by Ray Noble and Ben Pollack and had stints with Bob Crosby and Alvino Rey. He also worked as a studio musician for MGM Studios from 1946 to 1949. Cathcart was also close friends with actor/producer Jack Webb, whom he met while they both served in World War II. He later provided the music on Webb's radio and television series Dragnet, and made his acting debut in the movie version as well. He also appeared in Webb's other film Pete Kelly's Blues in which he pl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (November 6, 1919 - July 2, 2004) was an award-winning Portuguese poet and writer. Sophia, as she is often referred to in Portugal, was born in Porto to a wealthy aristocratic family. She inherited the surname 'Andresen' from her paternal grandfather, a Danish merchant. She received a strict Catholic upbringing, and was to remain a fervent believer until the end of her life. After spending her childhood in Porto she moved to Lisbon, where she attended the Universidade de Lisboa. As a student, she was activelly involved in Catholic movements. Politically, she defended constitutional monarchy and openly criticized Salazar's dictatorship. In 1946 she married lawyer and politician Francisco Sousa Tavares. They had five children, among whom journalist and bes... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lisa Azuelos
Lisa Azuelos, or Lisa Alessandrin, born November 6, 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French film director, screenwriter and writer, the daugther of French singer and actress Marie Laforêt and Judas Azuelos. Filmographie Screenwriter LOL (Laughing Out Loud) ® (2008) (writer) (as Lisa Azuelos) Comme t'y es belle! (2006) (writer) (as Lisa Alessandrin) Cavalcade (2005) (writer) 15 août (2001) (writer) (as Lisa Azuelos-Alessandrin) ... autre titre : August 15th (International: English title) Femme rêvée, La (1996) (TV) (writer) (as Lisa Alessandrin) Ainsi soient-elles (1995) (writer) (as Lisa Alessandrin) ... autre titre : Femmes ... autre titre : Mujeres a flor de piel (Spain) "Classe mannequin" (2 episodes) ... autre titre : Model Academy - Héritage amoureux (?... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chic Murray
Charles "Chic" Murray (6 November 1919 - 29 January 1985) was a comedian and actor. Born Charles Thomas McKinnon Murray in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. He appeared in various roles on British television and film, notably in the 1967 version of Casino Royale; and he portrayed Bill Shankly in a musical. In 2005, Murray was named in The Comedian's Comedian. Life and career Chic Murray began an apprenticeship in engineering at Kincaid's shipyard in 1934, whilst employing his musical talents in amateur groups such as "The Whinhillbillies" and "Chic and His Chicks". He formed a double-act with his wife, Maidie Dickson. Billed as "The Tall Droll with the Small Doll" (and also as "Maidie and Murray") their combination of jokes and songs made them a popular attraction on television and i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paolo Emilio Taviani
Paolo Emilio Taviani (November 6, 1912 - June 18, 2001) was an Italian politician. One of the founders of the Christian Democracy (DC), he was Minister of Defense from 1953 to 1958, and then Minister of the Interior from 1961 to 1968 and from 1972 to 1974. As Minister of Defense, he organized the creation of the Italian NATO stay-behind network, dubbed Gladio . Named Senator for life by president Francesco Cossiga (DC) in 1991, he died of a stroke ten years later, aged 88. Biography Taviani was born in Genoa, Liguria. A captain in the artillery during World War II, he went into exile and became a partisan leader in 1943. Joining the National Liberation Committee for Liguria, he took part in the Genoa revolt against the Nazis. Taviani was then decorated for his services to the Resis... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bernard Charlan
Bernard Charlan, born November 6, 1915 in Paris, died in 2001, was a French actor. Filmography Actor 1944 : La Cage aux rossignols de Jean Dréville 1947 : Clochemerle de Pierre Chenal 1948 : Scandale de René Le Hénaff 1950 : Et moi j'te dis qu’elle t'a fait d'l'œil de Maurice Gleize 1951 : Le Passage de Vénus de Maurice Gleize 1953 : Minuit, Champs-Elysées de Roger Blanc 1955 : À la manière de Sherlock Holmes d'Henri Lepage 1957 : Ce joli monde de Carlo Rim 1957 : Un certain Monsieur Jo de René Jolivet 1957 : Miss Pigalle de Maurice Cam 1959 : Chaque minute compte de Robert Bibal 1960 : La Famille Fenouillard d'Yves Robert 1960 : Les Moutons de Panurge de Jean Girault 1962 : Le Temps des copains de Robert Guez 1962 : Le Glaive et la balance d'André Cayat... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nadine Denize
Nadine Denize, born November 6, 1943 in Rouen, is a French mezzo soprano singer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ray Conniff
Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 in Attleboro, MA – October 12, 2002) was an American musician. He was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music arranging from a course book. After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II (where he worked under Walter Schumann), he was hired by Mitch Miller, then head of A & R at Columbia Records as their home arranger, and he worked with several artists, including Rosemary Clooney, Marty Robbins, Frankie Laine, Johnny Mathis, Guy Mitchell and Johnnie Ray. He wrote a top 10 arrangement for Don Cherry's "Band of Gold" in 1955. This was a single that sold more than a million copies. Amongst the hit singles he backed with his orchestra (and eventually with a male chorus) were "Yes Tonigh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bobby Beausoleil
Robert Kenneth "Bobby" Beausoleil (born November 6, 1947, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actor, musician and associate of the Charles Manson "Family". He was convicted of killing music teacher and fellow associate Gary Hinman on July 27, 1969, and has been imprisoned since his arrest for that crime. Music career Circa 1965, Beausoleil was a member of Arthur Lee's band The Grass Roots (not The Grass Roots of "Midnight Confessions" and "Live For Today" fame), which later changed its name to Love. Lee claimed to have bestowed the nickname "Bummer Bob" on Beausoleil due to a drug burn. Beausoleil claims that Lee named his band Love in reference to another of his many nicknames — "Cupid." Circa 1966, Beausoleil joined a band called The Orkustra; bandmate David LaFlamme went on... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Edward Yang
Edward Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨德昌; traditional Chinese: 楊德昌; pinyin: Yáng Déchāng; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007), along with Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Tsai Ming Liang, was one of the leading filmmakers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese Cinema. He won the Best Director Award at Cannes for his 2000 film Yi Yi ("A One and a Two"). Edward Yang was born in Shanghai in 1947, and grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. After studying Electrical Engineering in National Chiao Tung University, he enrolled in the graduate program at the University of Florida, where he received his Masters Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1974. During this time and briefly afterwards, Yang worked at the Center for Informatics Research. Yang always had a gre... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Aurel
Jean Aurel (November 6, 1925, Rastolita, Romania - August 24, 1996, Paris, France) was a French film director and scriptwriter. Selected filmography * 14-18 (1963) * De l'amour (1964)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arthur Pillans Laurie
Arthur Pillans Laurie,, born November 6, 1861 in Edinburgh and died in 1949, was a Scottish chemist.... Biography of Louis Haeusser
Louis Haeusser, born November 6, 1881 in Bonnigheim, was a German Messiah and guru, a self-appointed new Christ.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Pérol
François Pérol, born November 6, 1963 in Le Creusot, is a French politician, the president Nicolas Sarkozy's deputy chief of staff. French bank Caisse d'Epargne said February 26, 2009 it had named Francois Perol, a senior aide to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as chief executive of the group which is merging with rival Banque Populaire. Perol was also named as head of Banque Populaire on Thursday, but will begin as head of the new merged giant only when legislation covering the two institutions is changed sometime between now and the middle of the year. The merger of Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne, which reported a loss for the first time in its history on Thursday, is expected to create France's second-biggest bank.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Francy Boland
François or Francy Boland (born November 6, 1929 in Namur Belgium; died August 12, 2005 in Geneva) was a classically trained Belgian jazz composer and pianist. He first gained notice in 1949 and worked with Belgian jazz greats like Bobby Jaspar. Later he worked with multi-national jazz bands like Kurt Edelhagen's and in 1961, with drummer Kenny Clarke, he founded The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, which rapidly became one of the most noted Big Bands assembled outside the United States. After it broke up in 1972 he concentrated on composing. He lived in Europe, primarily Switzerland, from 1976 and did musical arrangements for Sarah Vaughan among others. He was also part of One World, One Peace, an effort involving Pope John Paul II. He died in 2005.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Westenthaler
Peter Westenthaler (born "Peter Hojač", November 6, 1967, Vienna) is an Austrian politician. He assumed his mother's maiden name Westenthaler instead of his former surname Hojač (Czech). A member of Jörg Haider's Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) up to the so-called "Knittelfeld Putsch" of 2002, he then worked for Frank Stronach's Magna Steyr, and in June 2006 was elected chairman of the newly founded Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ). As leader of the BZÖ, Westenthaler was engaged in a heated dispute with FPÖ chairman Heinz-Christian Strache over which of the two political parties is the legal successor to the former FPÖ (the party before the split of 2005 which was a candidate at the Austrian legislative election, 2002). On August 30, 2008, Peter Westenthaler was off... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Ledoux
Patrick Ledoux, born November 6, 1934 in Uccle, is a Belgian director, screenwriter, actor and composer. Filmographie (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0496629/ ) Director Lettre de prison (1979) ... aka Brief uit de gevangenis (Belgium: Flemish title) Un tramway nommé Bruxelles (1979) Berthe (1976) Hermelin, Der (1970) (TV) Klann - grand guignol (1969) Noces de plumes (1968) Ultra, je t'aime (1968) Heer Halewijn (1966) Château des mélomanes, Le (1965) Légendes (1965) Hommage à une reine (1964) Eugène Isaye (1963) Homme seul, L' (1963) Concerto pour hommes et vérité (1961) Composer Berthe (1976) Récif corail, Le (1973) ... aka Koraalrif, Het (Belgium: Flemish title) ... aka The Coral Reef (Belgium: English title) Toilettes pour le bal (1971... Biography of Robert Hübner
Robert Hübner (born November 6, 1948 in Cologne, West Germany) is a respected German chess Grandmaster, chess writer, and papyrologist (recognised as an expert in Egyptian hieroglyphics). In the July 2005 FIDE rating list he was ranked 65th in the world with an Elo rating of 2636. Over the chess board Hübner's technique is recognised as being efficient and ruthless. However his rise to the top of the chess world was hampered by his withdrawals and the strangest tiebreak loss in Candidates matches. He withdrew from his 1971 Candidates Match against Tigran Petrosian over a dispute about intolerable conditions. He withdrew from a 1980 Candidates Match against Viktor Korchnoi. Finally his 1983 Candidates Quarter Final match against Vasily Smyslov was awarded on tie break to Smyslov by the s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roland Alexandre
Roland Alexandre, born on November 6, 1927 in Paris, died on February 1, 1956 (suicide), was a French actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0018886/) 1956 Les Duraton Me André Martin, avocat de 'Radio Monde' 1955 Das Fräulein von Scuderi Olivier Brusson 1955 Napoléon Le comte de Blanc-Mesnil (uncredited) 1954 La maison du souvenir Gioacchino Rossini 1953 La dame aux camélias Armand Duval (as Roland Alexandre de la Comédie Française) 1953 Le témoin de minuit L'aviateur 1952 Les plaisirs de Paris Jean-Pierre 1952 Monsieur Taxi Georges Verger (as Roland Alexandre de la Comédie-Française) 1951 Un grand patron Jacques Brulanges (as Roland Alexandre de la Comédie Française) 1951 L'étrange Madame X Marcel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexis Lauren
Alexis Lauren, born November 6, 1933 in Gardiner, Maine, is an American astologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adolphe Belot
Adolphe Belot, born November 6, 1829 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, died December 17, 1890, was a French author and novelist. Publications : * Mademoiselle Giraud, ma femme, 1870 * La Femme de feu, 1872 * Hélène et Mathilde, 1874 * Les baigneuses de Trouville, suite de mystères mondains, 1875 * Mme Vittel et Mlle Lelièvre (Suite des Baigneuses de Trouville), 1877 * Folies Jeunesse, 1877 * La fièvre de l'inconnu, 1878 * L’Article 47, 1879 * Bon Ami, 1889 * Chère Adorée, 1890 * La Bouche De Madame X***, 1882 * Le pigeon, 1884 * Mélinite, 1888 * La Petite Couleuvre, 1891 * P'tit homme, 1892 * Adulter. Dernière Aventure Parisienne, 1895 * Les Stations de l’amour, 1896 * Select luxure, ou Variation su... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Louis Mourier
Jean-Louis Mourier, born on November 6, 1962 in Paris, is a French artist and cartoonist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nell McAndrew
Nell McAndrew (born Tracey Jane McAndrew, 6 November 1973,Belle Isle, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) is an English glamour model. Career McAndrew started her modeling career as a catalogue and magazine model and as Marilyn Monroe lookalike. She was required to shave her head for a modeling assignment in Germany. In the UK she was featured as a Page Three girl in the Daily Star. She shot to fame as the Lara Croft model for the video game Tomb Raider between 1998 and 1999. McAndrew was fired from her stint as Croft in 1999 after posing nude for the cover of Playboy, the first British woman to do so. This was partly due to the fact Playboy printed references to Lara Croft and Tomb Raider on the cover, which were removed when Eidos, the maker of the game, threatened a lawsuit. She ha... Biography of Jean-Claude Biette
Jean-Claude Biette, born November 6, 1942 in Paris, died June 10, 2003, was a French film director. Filmography * 1973 : La Sœur du cadre (CM) * 1977 : Le Théâtre des matières * 1980 : Loin de Manhattan * 1983 : L'Archipel des amours (segment : Pornoscopie) * 1989 : Le Champignon des Carpathes * 1992 : Chasse gardée * 1995 : Le Complexe de Toulon * 1998 : Trois Ponts sur la rivière * 2002 : Saltimbank Bibliography * Poétique des auteurs, Paris, éd. de l'Etoile, 1988. * Lucio Colletti, Le Marxisme et Hegel, traduit de l'italien par Jean-Claude Biette et Christian Gauchet, Paris, éditions Champ Libre, 1976... Biography of Hervé Mathoux
Hervé Mathoux, born November 6, 1966 in Clermont-Ferrand, is a French sports journalist, TV host and radio host.... Biography of Valérie Benguigui
Valérie Benguigui, born on November 6, 1965, is a French actress, comedian, and director. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0071116/) 2011 Les Tuche Claudia 2010 L'Italien Hélène 2010 Tête de turc Yelda 2010 Les invités de mon père Karine Paumelle 2009 La sainte Victoire Michèle Dalembert 2009 Jusqu'à toi Myriam 2009 La famille Wolberg Marianne 2009 Safari Magalie 2008 Drôle de Noël! (TV movie) Mélanie 2008/III Baby Blues France Laud 2008 Entre les murs 2006-2007 Kaamelott (TV series) Prisca, la voyante – Le garçon qui criait au loup: Le garçon qui criait au loup (2007) … Prisca, la voyante – Le garçon qui criait au loup: Les itinérants (2007) … Prisca, la voyante – Le garçon qui criait au loup: Le théâtre fantô... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Maupi
Marcel Maupi, born Marcel Louis Alexandre Barberin on November 6, 1881 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), died on January 10, 1949 in Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes), was a French actor and comedian. Filmography 1927 : Mon Paris d'Albert Guyot 1928 : Le Sous-marin de cristal de Marcel Vandal 1929 : Noces d'argent de Maurice Champreux - court métrage - 1930 : Maison de danses de Maurice Tourneur 1931 : Mam'zelle Nitouche de Marc Allégret 1931 : La Dame de chez Maxim's de Alexander Korda - Le sous-préfet 1932 : Fanny de Marc Allégret - Innocent Mangiapan, le chauffeur du Ferry-Boat 1932 : Le Picador de Jaquelux 1932 : Plaisirs de Paris de Edmond T. Gréville 1932 : La Merveilleuse Journée de Robert Wyler et Yves Mirande - Octave 1932 : Mirag... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel (born November 6, 1959) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada with eight World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title. Life and career Seidel was born in New York City. Originally a tournament backgammon player for eight years, he eventually started playing the stock market, and then moved on to poker. He was one of the group of now famous players from the Mayfair Club, including Howard Lederer and Dan Harrington. In his first major tournament, Seidel was runner-up in the 1988 World Series of Poker main event to Johnny Chan. This final hand was featured in the movie Rounders. Seidel made the WSOP main event final table again in 1999, finishing in 4th place in the event won by Noel Furlong. He won his first WSOP bracelet in 1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laure Junot d'Abrantes
Laure Junot, Duchesse d'Abrantès (November 6, 1784–1838) was the wife of French general Jean-Andoche Junot. She was born Laure (Laurette) Martin de Permond at Montpellier. She was the daughter of Charles Martin de Permond and his wife Panoria, to whom during her widowhood the young Napoleon Bonaparte made an offer of marriage - such at least is the version presented by the daughter in her celebrated Memoirs. Her mother, Panoria, was descended from the Comnene family, the last Greek dynasty from the Empire of Trebizond. The Martin de Permond family, after various vicissitudes, settled at Paris, and Bonaparte certainly frequented their house a good deal after the downfall of the Jacobin party in Thermidor 1794. Mlle. Permon was married to Junot in 1800, early in the Consulate. She at o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ernie Wright
Ernest Henry Wright (November 6, 1939 – March 20, 2007) was an American professional football offensive tackle who played for 13 seasons, from 1960 AFL season to 1969 in the American Football League, and 1970-1972 in the NFL. He was an original Los Angeles Charger, and LA/San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame coach Sid Gillman called the tandem of Wright and Hall of Famer Ron Mix "The best pair of offensive tackles in Pro Football'" He also played for the AFL's Cincinnati Bengals, both in the American Football League and in the NFL. Wright was a starter for the Chargers in their 51-10 victory over the Boston Patriots in the 1963 AFL Championship game, and was an AFL All-Star in 1961, 1963 and 1965. He was one of only twenty men who played all ten years of the AFL's existence. Wright died of c... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bob Addis
Robert Gordon Addis, (born November 6, 1925, in Mineral City, Ohio), more commonly known as Bob Addis, was a Major League outfielder. Career Breaking into the big leagues at age 24, on September 1, 1950, Addis played his first game for the Boston Braves. He would play 16 more games in that season, hitting safely seven times and scoring the same number of times. He played the 1951 season with the Braves too, this time appearing in 85 games, and contributing 55 hits and 23 runs with a single home run. The 1952 season would be played with the Chicago Cubs, and it would be a career best season for him. In 93 games, and 252 at bats, he picked up 86 hits, 13 doubles, two triples, 38 runs, and a home run which capped off 20 RBI for Addis. The next season, he played 10 games in Chicago gettin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aimable Pelissier
Aimable Jean Jacques Pélissier, 1st Duc de Malakoff (November 6, 1794 - May 22, 1864), was a marshal of France. He was born at Maromme (Seine Inférieure), of a family of prosperous artisans, his father being employed in a powder-magazine. After attending the military college of La Flèche and the special school of St Cyr, he entered the army in 1815 as sub-lieutenant in an artillery regiment. Brilliant examination results in 1819 secured his appointment to the staff. He served as aide-de-camp in the Spanish campaign of 1823, and in the expedition to the Morea, 1828-1829. In 1830 he took part in the expedition to Algeria, and on his return was promoted to the rank of chef d'escadron. After some years' staff service in Paris he was again sent to Algeria as chief of staff of the provi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Racine
Louis Racine (November 6, 1692 - January 29, 1763), was a French poet. The second son of the dramatist Jean Racine, he was born in Paris. Interested in poetry from childhood, he had been dissuaded from trying to make it his career by Boileau on the grounds that the gift never existed in two successive generations. In 1722, Louis Racine's small means induced him to accept a position in the revenue in Provence, but a marriage with a certain Mademoiselle Presle secured his independence. In 1755 he lost his son in the disasters consequent on the Lisbon earthquake. This misfortune, commemorated by Écouchard Lebrun, broke Racine's spirit. He sold his library, and gave himself up to the practice of religion. In 1719 he had become a member of the Académie des Inscriptions, but had never offe... Biography of Mélissa Nkonda
Mélissa Nkonda, born on November 6, 1990 in Saint-Saulve (Nord), is a French singer of Algerian and Cameroonian descent. Discography Albums Nouveaux Horizons (mai 2011) Singles Nouveaux Horizons Nouveaux Horizons feat Soprano (2011)... Biography of André Marty
André Marty (6 November 1886 - 23 November 1956) was a leading figure in the French Communist Party, the PCF, for nearly thirty years. He was also a member of the National Assembly, with some interruptions, from 1924 to 1955; Secretary of Comintern from 1935 to 1944; and Political Commissar of the International Brigades in Spain from 1936 to 1938. Early years Marty was born in Perpignan, France, into a left-leaning but comfortable family; his father was a wine merchant. As a youngster, Marty tried to win a place in open competition for the prestigious École Navale , the French naval academy, but failed and instead became apprenticed to a boiler maker. He later joined the French navy, becoming a mechanical engineering officer aboard the battleship Jean Bart. In April 1919, the Jean Bart... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raymond Dumay
Raymond Dumay, born November 6, 1916 in Replonges, died July 28, 1999 in Paris, was a French writer and journalist. He was the first author to write and publish a a guide to French wines ("Le Guide du vin" , Stock, 1967). First novel: L'Herbe pousse dans la prairie Last novel: Le Rat et l'Abeille Price of "roman populaire" for Vanina mon amour.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mathieu Lievremont
Matthieu Lièvremont (born November 6, 1975 in Perpignan) is a French rugby union player, usually playing as a flanker but sometimes as well as number 8. He currently plays for US Dax. The younger brother of Marc and Thomas Lièvremont, both French international players, he received his first international cap on June 28, 2008 against Australia while Marc was France's head coach, which sparkled some controversy.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Bourgue
Maurice Bourgue, born November 6, 1939 in Avignon, is a French famous musician, composer, oboist and conductor.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clonie Gowen
Cycalona (Clonie) Gowen (born November 6, 1971) is an American professional poker player, based in Dallas, Texas. Gowen was born in Florida, and grew up in Kiowa, Oklahoma. (Her first name was inspired by the fact that she was born during a powerful storm.) She won Miss Teen McAlester, Oklahoma, at age 15, and as a teenager moved to Corsicana, Texas. She was a member of the varsity basketball team and placed seventh in state high jump. Poker Gowen was introduced to poker by her boyfriend's father, and started playing while living in Dallas, driving to Shreveport, Louisiana, on the weekends. She earned national recognition when she followed up her Top 10 finish at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Costa Rica Classic with a win at the WPT Ladies' Night event in 2003, then the highest rated ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franklin E. Sigler
Private First Class Franklin Earl Sigler (6 November 1924 – 20 January 1995) was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Iwo Jima campaign — a one-man assault on a Japanese gun position which had been holding up the advance of his company for several days, and for annihilating the enemy gun crew with hand grenades. Although painfully wounded during his attack, he directed the fire of his squad and personally carried three of his buddies who were wounded to safety behind the lines. The nation's highest military decoration was presented to PFC Sigler during ceremonies at the White House. President Harry S. Truman awarded the medal to him on Friday, 5 October 1945. Franklin Earl Sigler was born in Montclair or Glen Ridge, New Jersey on 6 November 1924. (Sources differ, but the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michael Cerveris
Michael Cerveris (born November 6, 1960) is an American singer, guitarist and actor. Early life Cerveris was born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in Huntington, West Virginia. His father was a professor of music and his mother was a dancer, who met while students at the Juilliard School. He is a 1979 graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and a 1983 cum laude graduate of Yale University. Acting career Broadway * In The Next Room or the vibrator play * Hedda Gabler * Cymbeline * Titanic * LoveMusik (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Drama League award nominations) * Sweeney Todd (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Drama League award nominations, Drama Critics Circle citation) * Assassins (2004 Tony Award winner, Outer Critics Circle Award winner, Or... Biography of Greg Graffin
Gregory Walter Graffin, Ph.D. (born November 6, 1964) is an American punk rock musician, college professor, and author. He is most recognized as the lead vocalist and songwriter of the noted Los Angeles band Bad Religion, which he co-founded in 1979 and is the band's only constant member, even though it now features two of their original members, guitarist Brett Gurewitz (who left and rejoined the band twice) and bassist Jay Bentley (who left in 1982, but returned in 1986). He also embarked on a solo career in 1997, where he released the album American Lesion. His follow-up album, Cold as the Clay was released nine years later. Graffin obtained his Ph.D. at Cornell University and has lectured courses in life sciences and paleontology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He also re... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guy Clark
Guy Clark (born 6 November 1941) is an American country music artist. In his career, he has released more than twenty albums, primarily on major labels. He has also written singles for other artists, including Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Rodney Crowell. Biography Clark was born in Monahans, Texas. His early musical influences were the Spanish music and songs he heard in West Texas. Career He is an accomplished luthier and often plays his own guitars. He achieved success as a songwriter with Jerry Jeff Walker’s recordings of "L.A. Freeway" and "Desperados Waiting For A Train". Artists such as Johnny Cash, David Allan Coe, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson, Rodney Crowell and The Highwaymen have recorded Clark’s songs. Emmylou Harris has accom... Biography of Kwon Hae-hyo
Kwon Hae-Hyo, born on November 6, 1965 in Seoul, is a South Korean actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1040587/) 2012 Deurim hai (TV series) Joo, Jung-wan – Episode #2.10 (2012) … Joo, Jung-wan – Episode #2.9 (2012) … Joo, Jung-wan – Episode #2.6 (2012) … Joo, Jung-wan 2010 Ma-eum-i Doo-beon-jjae I-ya-gi Bong-goo 2007 Eeo siti (TV series) Min Byung Kwan – Episode #1.2 (2007) … Min Byung Kwan – Episode #1.1 (2007) … Min Byung Kwan 2005 Nae ireumeun Kim Sam-soon (TV series) Lee Hyun Moo 2003 Cheongpung myeongwol 2002 Paemilli Cho Keom-sa 2002 Dangsinyeopi joha (TV series) Lee Ji-won 2002 Mongjungin 2002 Gyeoul yeonga (TV series) Kim 2001 Igeoshi beobida 2001 Sun Mool Hak-su (as Hae-ho Kwon) 2001 Haru 1999 A+ ... Biography of Peter Collins (racing driver)
Peter John Collins (6 November 1931 – 3 August 1958) was a Formula One driver from England. He participated in 35 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1952. He won 3 races, achieved 9 podiums, and scored a total of 47 championship points. Early life and racing career Peter Collins was born on 6 November 1931. He grew up in Mustow Green, on the South side of Kidderminster in Worcestershire, United Kingdom. The son of a motor garage owner and haulage merchant, Collins became interested in motor vehicles at a young age. At 16 he was expelled from school after having been caught riding ‘dodgem’ cars at a local fairground during school hours. Becoming an apprentice in his father’s garage, he soon began competing in local trials races. In common with many British drivers o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Walter Johnson (baseball)
Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946), nicknamed "Barney" and "The Big Train", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Washington Senators (1907–1927). He would later serve as manager of the Senators from 1929–1932 and for the Cleveland Indians from 1933–1935. One of the most celebrated and dominating players in baseball history, Johnson established several pitching records, some of which remain unbroken. He remains by far the all-time career leader in shutouts with 110, second in wins with 417, and fourth in complete games with 531. He once held the career record in strikeouts with 3,509 and was the only player in the 3,000 strikeout club for over 50 years until Bob Gibson recorded his 3,000th strikeou... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Englert
François Englert (born 6 November 1932 in Etterbeek (birth time source: André Dekoster, Act n° 1161) is a Belgian theoretical physicist. He was awarded the 2010 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics (with Gerry Guralnik, C. R. Hagen, Tom Kibble, Peter Higgs, and Robert Brout), the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2004 (with Brout and Higgs) and the High Energy and Particle Prize of the European Physical Society (with Brout and Higgs) in 1997 for the mechanism which unifies short and long range interactions by generating massive gauge vector bosons. He has made contributions in statistical physics, quantum field theory, cosmology, string theory and supergravity. Academic career He graduated as an electrical-mechanical engineer in 1955 from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adam LaRoche
David Adam LaRoche (born November 6, 1979 in Orange County, California), is a Major League Baseball first baseman. In 2011, the Washington Nationals signed him to a two-year deal. He is the son of Dave LaRoche and the brother of third baseman Andy LaRoche who is currently a member of the Cleveland Indians organization. College baseball career Adam LaRoche was a 1998 graduate of Fort Scott (KS) High School, where he played baseball. He was named an All-American in baseball as a senior. His uncle, Dave Regan, was his high school head coach. He played for his father, Dave, at Fort Scott Community College in 1999 before transferring to Seminole (OK) Junior College in 2000, where he was an All-American and the MVP of the Junior College World Series. Professional baseball career He ha... Biography of Kjetil Rekdal
Kjetil André Rekdal (born 6 November 1968 in Vestnes) is a Norwegian football coach and a former footballer. He is currently managing Aalesund in Norwegian Tippeligaen. His previous tenure was at Kaiserslautern of the 2. Bundesliga from 1 July 2007 until his contract was terminated on 9 February 2008. Playing as a midfielder, his 83 caps with the national team makes him the seventh most capped player in the team's history. Club career Rekdal started playing football for the local club Fiksdal/Rekdal in 1979, later as a 16-year old he would start his professional career with the local Tippeliga club Molde FK, becoming the second-youngest player in the league. In 1988 he signed with the Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and stayed with them for two years before moving to the Belgi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leopoldo de' Medici
Leopoldo de' Medici (6 November 1617 – 16 November 1675) was an Italian cardinal, scholar, patron of the arts and Governor of Siena. He was the brother of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Biography Prince Leopoldo was born at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany then ruled by his father, Grand Duke Cosimo II. His mother Maria Magdalena of Austria was a sister of Queen Margarita of Spain and Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. Leopoldo was educated under Jacopo Soldano, Father Flaviano Michelini and Evangelista Torricelli. When his brother was elected Grand Duke, Leopoldo acted as his advisor for manufactures, agriculture and trades. Leopoldo, a disciple of Galileo, took a real interest in the proceedings of the justly celebrated ac... Biography of Jung Byung Hee
Jung Byung Hee (Hangul: 정병희; Hanja: 鄭丙熙; November 6, 1987 ), also known as G.O, is a South Korean idol singer and the main vocalist of the 5 member boy band MBLAQ. Personal life Jung Byung Hee (정병희) or G.O is the main vocalist of Korean boy band MBLAQ. He is the second oldest member of the group after leader Seung Ho. Before MBLAQ, G.O. was a former member of Korean group, TYKEYS, a 3-member band that debuted in 2007. He is the youngest in his family and has two older sisters. His hometown is in South Gyeongsang Province called Changwon. Music career Ty Keys In 2007, G.O. debuted with Ty Keys, co-ed R&B group composed of a female and male vocalist and one male rapper. When the company went bankrupt, he went to cour... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles-Robert Ageron
Charles-Robert Ageron (1923–2008) was a French historian specializing in colonial Algeria. He was born on November 6, 1923 in Lyon (birth time source: Didier Geslain) and died on September 3, 2008 in Kremlin-Bicêtre. Education and career Born in Lyon, teacher of history, he taught at the Gautier high school in Algiers from 1947, then at the Lakanal high school in Sceaux from 1957. He was a research associate at CNRS from 1959 to 1961. He became assistant and then associate professor at the Sorbonne University, where he taught until 1969. At the same time in 1968, led by Charles-André Julien, he presented his thesis on the situation of Muslims in Algeria and France from 1871 to 1919. He was appointed professor at the University of Tours in 1970, then at the Université Paris XII in ... |
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