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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on November, 9, 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 · 45,435 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,435 Celebrities
129 celebrities or events were found for November, 9. Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Jennifer Ayache
Jennifer Ayache, singer with Superbus, was born on November 9, 1983 in Cannes. She is the daugter of Chantal Lauby. Like her mother, Jennifer could have become a comedian, but became impassioned with music from childhood, beginning with the drums at age 7, moving to the guitar at 13, and finally the piano a little later. She lived in the United States of America between 14 and 15 years old to study and learn English. She was inspired by Gwen Stefani and No Doubt, and and discovered 1950s swing music, and the sounds of the 1960s, such as the Beach Boys. After returning to France, with many musical compositions, she sought to assemble a group, and after her mother arranged a meeting with Michel Giovannetti they formed Superbus (named after searching a Latin dictionary). They have ha... Biography of Lou Ferrigno
Louis Jude Ferrigno (born November 9, 1951) is an American bodybuilder and actor. Ferrigno has appeared in such television shows and movies as The Incredible Hulk, Pumping Iron (with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Franco Columbu), Sinbad of the Seven Seas, and, in the title role, Hercules in 1983. He is more recently known for playing a minor role in the sitcom King of Queens. Height: 6' 3" (1.90m 1/2) Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ferrigno was raised in an Italian-American family, the son of Matthew, a New York City Police Department Lieutenant who, according to Lou, was also a weightlifter and was often very critical and negative towards him, and mother Victoria. At the age of three, Lou suffered an ear infection and permanently lost 80% of his hearing. He started weight training at age 1... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Vanessa Minnillo
Vanessa Joy Minnillo (born November 9, 1980) is an American television personality. A former Miss Teen USA, she is also mostly known for hosting TRL on MTV from 2003-2007 as well as being the New York-based correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. Early life Vanessa was born at Clark Air Base in Angeles City, Philippines to Vincent Minnillo, a U.S. Air Force aircrew member, and Helen Berecero. Her father is of Italian and Irish descent and her mother is Polynesian or Filipino. Because of her father's career, her family moved numerous times, spending time in California, Nevada, Florida, Germany and Japan before eventually settling in Charleston, South Carolina. Career Minnillo entered the public eye as Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1998, and went on to be crowned as the winner of ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem (born 9 November 1984) is a multi-ARIA Award winning Australian singer-songwriter, pianist and Logie Award winning actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the popular Australian soap Neighbours, and this assisted her in establishing an international music career. Her musical output falls under the pop and ballad genres and heavily features the piano, which she usually plays in her bare feet when performing live. Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) Goodrem has to date, achieved seven number one ARIA singles and multiple UK Top 10 singles. Her debut album, 2003's Innocent Eyes, made her one of Australia's highest selling female recording artists, spending 29 weeks at #1, selling over a million copies in Australia and 2.5 million ... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer and astrobiologist and a highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics, and other natural sciences. He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). He is world-famous for writing popular science books and for co-writing and presenting the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which has been seen by more than 600 million people in over 60 countries, making it the most widely watched PBS program in history. A book to accompany the program was also published. He also wrote the novel Contact, the basis for the 1997 Robert Zemeckis film of the same name starring Jodie Foster. During his lifetime, Sagan published more than 600 scienti... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1914 (source IMDB) – January 19, 2000), born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, was an Austrian-Jewish naturalized American actress and communications technology innovator. Though known primarily for her great beauty and her successful film career, she also co-invented the first form of spread spectrum, a key to modern wireless communication. Early life and education Lamarr was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria in 1914. While married to her first husband, Friedrich Mandl, aka Fritz Mandl Budde, an arms manufacturer, she became educated technically in her husband's business. Mandl was 13 years older than Lamarr, and extremely possessive of her. To escape him, one night she drugged her maid and took a train to London. Movie career After her flight f... Biography of Nick Lachey
Nicholas Scott Lachey (IPA ; phonetically: "la-SHAY") (born November 9, 1973) is an American pop singer and actor who rose to fame in the late-1990s as a writer and joint lead-vocalist along with founding member Jeff Timmons of the boy-band, 98 Degrees. The group also included Lachey's brother Drew Lachey and classmate Justin Jeffre. They have sold over ten million records worldwide and charted top-forty singles. Lachey starred in the hit reality television series Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica with his then-wife, fellow pop singer Jessica Simpson. The series ran on MTV for three seasons, from 2003 to 2005. The couple separated in November of 2005 and divorced in summer of 2006, amid a media frenzy. Early life Nicholas Scott Lachey was born on the border of Kentucky and Virginia in Ha... Biography of Elsa Fayer
French TV host.... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Raymond Devos
Raymond Devos (November 9, 1922, Mouscron, Belgium - June 15, 2006, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Yvelines, France) was a French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour. Early life Devos was born in Mouscron, Belgium close to the French border. Both his parents were French and he moved to Tourcoing, France at the age of two. Seven years later, his family moved to Paris. During the Second World War he was sent, like many young men of his generation, to Germany to work. On his return to France, he took acting and mime lessons at the Étienne Ducroux school, where he met Marcel Marceau. In 1948, he was part of a burlesque trio (in the older sense of the word burlesque). Career Devos' career took off in the 1950s when he began... Biography of Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922–September 8, 1965) was an American actress. She was the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Actress category and the third African American to receive a nomination in any category overall (after Hattie McDaniel and Ethel Waters). In the 1950s, Dandridge was the first African American female to appear at the Las Vegas Frontier and the Waldolf-Astoria, as well as the first to be on the front cover of Life Magazine.Career Beginnings Singing in her church's choir, her mother, Ruby Dandridge — an ambitious, small-time local performer who would become a successful stage and screen actress — created an act with her daughters that performed as "The Wonder Children", later renamed The Dandridge Sisters. The Dandridge... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Eric Dane
Eric William Dane (born November 9, 1972) is an American actor, most recently known for his role as Dr. Mark Sloan in Grey's Anatomy. Career After appearing in a high school production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, Dane decided to pursue a career in acting. He relocated to Los Angeles, where he played small roles in the television series Saved by the Bell, The Wonder Years, Roseanne, and Married With Children, among others. But in 2000, he was signed for a recurring role in Gideon's Crossing, and followed this with a two-season run in Charmed. His made-for-television movie credits included two biopics, Serving in Silence (about Margarethe Cammermeyer's experiences in the military), and Helter Skelter, in which he portrayed a member of the Charles Manson clan. Dane's first major fe... Biography of Florence Dauchez
French TV host.... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Baptiste Giabiconi
Baptiste Giabiconi (born November 8, 1989) is a French male model and singer from Marignane, France. He is currently the male face of Chanel, Fendi and Karl Lagerfeld. Career In 2008, Giabiconi signed with DNA Model Management New York. In the same year Karl Lagerfeld took Giabiconi as the male face of Chanel, closing their haute couture shows in 2009 with Freja Beha Erichsen and Lara Stone and in 2010 with Abbey Lee and Iris Strubegger. He has also appeared in editorials for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Numero Homme, V Man, Marie Claire, Purple, Giorgio Armani and L'Officiel Hommes. In spring 2010, he was photographed for the Roberto Cavalli campaign, alongside Kate Moss and became the face of Coca Cola Light, alongside Coco Rocha. Achievements He was placed at #1 on ... Biography of Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Giovanna Mezzogiorno (born November 9, 1974) is an Italian theater and film actress. Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m) Giovanna Mezzogiorno was born in Rome to two actors, Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Cecilia Stacchi. After her studies in actor practice, she worked for two years in Paris in Peter Brook's theater laboratory. Her career began in 1995, in Brook's Qui est là, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, as Ofelia. In 1997 she made her debut in the cinema world, in the Sergio Rubini's film Il viaggio della sposa, winning the Premio Flaiano as best female interpreter. After Michele Placido's Del perduto amor, in 2000 and 2001 she worked for international productions alongside with John Malkovich and Gerard Depardieu, but her fame increased greatly after her part in the lucky L'ultimo bacio ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sabri Lamouchi
Sabri Lamouchi (born 9 November 1971 in Lyon) is a French football midfielder of Tunisian descent. His first club was Ales in France. During his time there he impressed Auxerre and played with them for four years. He then when on to join Monaco before being snapped up by Parma of Italy. Even though he had an average season, he was again on the move this time to Italian giants Inter Milan. He also struggled there, and failed to win a place in the team. He had a spell at Genoa before joing Olympique de Marseille on loan the following year. In January 2006 the deal was made full. He played for Olympique de Marseille for six further months, until he announced that he was leaving the club on Sept. 18, 2006, although he had a contract with them that ran until June 2007. He currently plays for th... Biography of Anne Sexton
Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928, Newton, Massachusetts—October 4, 1974, Weston, Massachusetts), born Anne Gray Harvey, was an American poet and writer. Personal life Sexton was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and spent most of her life near Boston, Massachusetts. She was born to Louis Harvey and Mary Gray Staples. In 1945, she began attending a boarding school, Rogers Hall, in Lowell, Massachusetts. For a time as a young woman, she modeled at Boston's Hart Agency. Although she was already engaged to someone else, in August 1948 she eloped with Alfred Muller Sexton, known as "Kayo." The couple drove from Massachusetts to North Carolina, where the legal marrying age was 18. Before their divorce in the early 1970s, she had two children with Kayo: Linda Gray Sexton, later a novelist and memoi... Biography of Mère Denis
Jeanne Marie Le Calvé better known as La Mère Denis, born November 9, 1893, has done a lot of French spot advertising for Vedette washing machines. Her most famous words were "Ch'est ben vrai cha".... Biography of Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910. He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was renamed the House of Windsor by his son, George V. Before his accession to the throne, Edward held the title of Prince of Wales and was heir apparent to the throne longer than anyone in English or British history. During the long widowhood of his mother, Queen Victoria, he was largely excluded from political power and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. The Edwardian period, which covered Edward's reign and was named after him, coincided with the start of a new century and heralded significant changes in tech... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René La Canne
René Girier, best known as René La Canne, born November 9, 1919 in Oullins near Lyon, died January 28, 2000 in Reims, was a French outlaw. He was called public enemy number one in the fifties. Works Je tire ma révérence, Paris : La Table ronde, 1977. (OCLC 4504553) Chienne de vie, Givors : A. Martel, 1952. (OCLC 81908092) Tu peux pas savoir (avec Jean-Claude Baillon), Paris : Londreys, 1988. (OCLC 23940157) Diamant solo (avec Jean-Claude Baillon)... Biography of Chris Jericho
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by his ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian television and stage actor, author, radio host, rock musician, and professional wrestler. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), wrestling on its Raw brand, where he is the reigning World Heavyweight Champion. Jericho is also known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and internationally in Canadian, Mexican and Japanese promotions. As a part of WWE, he is credited as being the first-ever Undisputed Champion in professional wrestling history. Also, he has won the Intercontinental Championship a record eight times. Jericho is a four-time world champion, having won the WCW World H... Biography of Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Tal (Latvian: Mihails Tāls; Russian: Михаил Нехемьевич Таль, Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal, IPA: , sometimes transliterated Mihails Tals or Mihail Tal) (November 9, 1936–June 28, 1992) was a Soviet-Latvian chess player, a Grandmaster, and the eighth World Chess Champion. Tal was also a highly-regarded chess writer. Career Early years Tal was born in Riga, Latvia in a Jewish family. At the age of eight, Tal learned to play chess while watching his father, a doctor. Shortly thereafter he joined the Riga Palace of Young Pioneers chess club. His play was not exceptional at first but he worked hard to improve. Alexander Koblencs began tutoring Tal in 1949. Tal'... Biography of Roxanne Galla
Roxanne Galla, born November 9, 1975 in Houston, is an American actress and model. Her descent is 50% Polish and the rest mixed Scottish, Irish, Czech.... Biography of Thomas Charubel
John Thomas (1826-1908) - a Welsh clairvoyant, occultist and healer better known as Charubel. As a young man John Thomas took the path traditionally taken by natural clairvoyants for most of the last thousand years and studied for the Christian ministry. However, he ultimately felt forced to choose between his religious life and his occult and psychic interests and abilities. Adopting the pseudonym "Charubel", he published numerous books and was editor of several esoteric periodicals. He co-authored Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolised with the much younger mystic and astrologer Sepharial (Dr Walter Gorn Old). He developed a set of occult symbols that he is known for; these were first published in Alan Leo's Astrologer's Magazine in 1893.... Biography of Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI (born November 9, 1974 in Conegliano Veneto) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer. He currently plays for Juventus in Italy. Pelé named Del Piero in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations while Brazilian star Ronaldinho proclaimed that Del Piero is his idol. Del Piero was also voted in the list of best European players for the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll. In the year 2000, Del Piero was the world's best-paid football player from salary, bonuses and advertising revenue. Currently, Del Piero is still the highest earning Italian Player. Along with three awards in Italy for gentlemanly conduct he has also won the Golden Foot award, which ... Biography of Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness (born 9 November 1967) is an artist of Irish descent and an heiress of the Guinness family. Heritage Daphne Suzannah Diana Joan Guinness is the daughter of Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne and his second wife Suzanne Lisney (d. 2005 of lung cancer), a French beauty. The States In the mid-1980s, she lived in New York City with her sister Catherine Guinness, who was a companion of Andy Warhol. She married Spyros Niarchos, son of the Greek shipping billionaire Stavros Niarchos, in 1987 at the age of 19, but divorced in 1999 with a reported settlement of about £20 million. On December 8th 2009, she appeared in KiD CuDi's music video, Pursuit of Happiness Fashion icon Guinness is prominent in the fashion world as a style icon, journalist and noted collect... Biography of Eva Herman
Eva Herman (Eva Herrmann, born 9 November 1958 in Emden, Germany as Eva Feldker) is a German TV host and author. She worked as an anchorwoman on the nationwide Tagesschau program from 1989 to 2006 and also presented various other TV shows for Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)until September 2007. She has published two books about her concept of role male/female roles and family policy. Height: 1m70 (5' 7") In addition to the controversies these books triggered, her public comments about what she felt were benefits that the Nazis brought to German society ultimately led to her sacking amidst a widespread media outcry and her ejection from a popular chat show. Books Fernsehfrauen in Deutschland. Im Gespräch mit Eva Herman, Krüger, Frankfurt a. M. 2001, ISBN 3-8105-0930-2 Dann kamst... Biography of Joëlle Ursull
Joëlle Ursulle, born November 9, 1960 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, is a French singer. She was a member of group Zouc Machine.... Biography of Erin Sullivan
Erin Sullivan, born November 9, 1947 in Vancouver, is a consultant astrologer, author and teacher since the late 1960’s.... Biography of Raphaël Enthoven
Raphael Enthoven (born November 9, 1975 in Paris) is a professor of French philosophy. Son of the publisher Jean-Paul Enthoven, he is the former husband of Justine Lévy (the daughter of Bernard-Henri Lévy) and former companion of Carla Bruni (currently the first lady of France), with whom he had a son (Aurélien Enthoven) born July 21, 2001. The song "Raphäel" from Bruni's album Quelqu'un m'a dit is named after him. He now lives with actress Chloe Lambert, with whom he had a second son (Sacha) born in December 2008. Biography After obtaining the qualification in philosophy from École Normale Supérieure, he taught for two years at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, then at the University of Paris VII-Jussieu, and during the first two years (2002 and 2003) at the Université populaire de ... Biography of Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand (November 9, 1892 - February 23, 1930) was an American film actress and the most popular screen comedienne of the silent film era. Her later career was marked by several successive scandals, including the murder of director William Desmond Taylor, whom she was with only minutes before he was shot and killed. Early life and career Born Mabel Ethelreid Normand in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, she grew up in extreme poverty. Her father, Claude Normand, was sporadically employed as a carpenter at Sailors' Snug Harbor home for elderly seamen. Before she entered films at age 16 in 1909, Normand worked as an artist's model, which included posing for postcards illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the Gibson Girl image. She met director Mack Sennett and embarked... Biography of Mary Travers
Mary Allin Travers (born 9 November 1936, Louisville, Kentucky, died September 16, 2009 (leucemy)) was a member of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Noel "Paul" Stookey. Together, they formed one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s. Travers is a graduate of the Little Red School House. She lived in Greenwich Village, New York, as a high school student. The group Peter, Paul and Mary launched in 1961 and broke up in 1970, after which Travers pursued a solo career, recording five albums on her own. The group reformed in 1978 and have since toured extensively and issued many new albums. Travers was married to Barry Feinstein. They are divorced and have two grown daughters. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Monnet
Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet (November 9, 1888 – March 16, 1979) is regarded by many as a chief architect of European Unity. Never elected to public office, Monnet worked behind the scenes of American and European governments as a well-connected pragmatic internationalist. Early years Monnet was born in Cognac, France, into a family of cognac merchants. At the age of sixteen, he abandoned his university-entrance examinations part way through and moved to London where he spent some years in the City of London with Mr. Chaplin, the agent of his father's company. Subsequently, he travelled widely — to Scandinavia, Russia, Egypt, Canada, and the United States — for the family business. World War I In 1914, Monnet was excused from military duty for health reasons but he set to maki... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luis Felipe Scolari
Luiz Felipe Scolari, ComIH (born November 9, 1948 in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), also known as Felipão ("Big Phil"), is a Brazilian football coach, who led the Brazilian national team to victory in the 2002 World Cup. He has been the head coach of the Portuguese national team since 2003. Since 2002 he is also an Italian citizen. As of July 1, 2008, Scolari will be the manager of the Premier League side Chelsea, taking over after Euro 2008. Playing career A defender regarded as more uncompromising than skilful (he was known as "wooden leg" among his contemporaries), Scolari followed in the footsteps of his father Benjamin, who was also a professional footballer. His playing career encompassed spells with Caxias, Juventude, Novo Hamburgo and CSA, and often captained his s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cory Hardrict
Cory Hardrict, born November 9, 1979 in Chicago, is an American actor. He married Tia Mowry (April 20, 2008 - now). Filmography (source: http://farm.imdb.com/name/nm0362484/ ) 4Chosen (2010) (pre-production) Draw the Line (2009) (pre-production) .... Angler Four to the Floor (2009) (pre-production) .... Ruc Black Jesus (2008) (pre-production) .... Chris Chicago Pulaski Jones (2009) (post-production) .... Tk The Least Among You (2009) (completed) .... Roscoe He's Just Not That Into You (2009) .... Tyrone Hollywood Horror (2009) .... Stacy Gran Torino (2008) .... Duke "Lincoln Heights" .... Luc Bisgaier (9 episodes, 2007-2008) - The New Wild Ones (2008) TV episode .... Luc Bisgaier - Out with a Bang (2007) TV episode .... Luc Bisgaier - Eye for an Eye (20... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Spiro Agnew
Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States (and the first Greek American to serve in that capacity) serving under President Richard M. Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland. He is noted for his quick rise in politics - going in six years from County Executive to Vice President of the United States. During his fifth year as Vice President, in the late summer of 1973, Agnew was under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Baltimore, Maryland, on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy. In October, he was formally charged with having accepted bribes totaling more than $100,000, while holding office as Baltimore County Executive, governor of Maryland, and Vice President of the United State... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Raymond Hains
Raymond Hains (Saint-Brieuc, 1926 - Paris, October 28, 2005) was a French artist and photographer. In 1945 he briefly enrolled in the sculpture course at the École des Beaux-Arts, Rennes and met Jacques de la Villeglé that same year. He then collaborated with E. Sougez as a photographer for France-Illustration. In 1946-47 he did his first abstract photographs (Photographies hypnagogiques) inspired by Surrealism using mirrors or taken through deforming glass, which were shown in Paris in 1948. In 1950 he invented the concept of the "Ultra-lettre" and devoted himself to his lettres éclatées (shattered letters). In the 1950s, together with Jacques de la Villeglé he started using collage and found torned posters from street advertisements in creating Ultra-Lettrist psychogeographical hyp... Biography of Karoline Eichhorn
Karoline Eichhorn, born November 9, 1965 in Stuttgart, is a German actress. Filmography (source: http://french.imdb.com/name/nm0251526/ ) "Der Kleine Mann" (2009) Série TV (post-production) (unknown episodes) Summertime Blues (2009) (completed) .... Diana Die Frau, die im Wald verschwand (2008) (TV) (completed) .... Katharina Vorweg "Tatort" .... Barbara Scheuven / ... (4 episodes, 1996-2009) - Das Gespenst (2009) TV episode .... Manu Seehausen - Stille Tage (2006) TV episode .... Barbara Scheuven - Das ewig Böse (2006) TV episode .... Sieglinde Stettenkamp - Bienzle und der Traum vom Glück (1996) TV episode .... Inka Brahms "Stolberg" .... Kathrin Seegers / ... (2 episodes, 2009) ... autre titre : Kommissar Stolberg (Germany: new title) - Die falsche F... Biography of Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Russian: Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев IPA: ) (November 9 1818 – September 3 1883) was a Russian novelist and playwright. His novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction. Life Turgenev was born into a wealthy landed family in Oryol, Russia, on October 28, 1818. His father, Sergei Nikolaevich Turgenev, a colonel in the Imperial Russian cavalry, was a chronic philanderer. Ivan's mother Varvara Petrovna Lutovinova was a wealthy heiress, who had had an unhappy childhood and suffered in her marriage. Ivan's father died when Ivan was sixteen, leaving him and his brother Nicholas to be br... Biography of Jean-Pierre Soisson
Jean-Pierre Soisson (born November 9, 1934) is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement who is a deputy in the National Assembly of France for the first district of Yonne. Soisson was born in Auxerre. He was first elected to the National Assembly in the June 1968 parliamentary election and has been re-elected in every election since. He first entered the government when he became Secretary of State for Universities on May 27, 1974, serving in that position until January 12, 1976. He was Secretary of State near the Prime Minister, in charge of Vocational Training, from the latter date until August 25, 1976 and then Secretary of State near the Minister for Quality of Life, in charge of Youth and Sports, until March 29, 1977. He was Minister of Youth, Sports and Leisure from... Biography of Ivan Tourgueniev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Russian: Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев IPA: ) (November 9 1818 – September 3 1883) was a Russian novelist and playwright. His novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction. Life Turgenev was born into a wealthy landed family in Oryol, Russia on 28 October 1818. His father, Sergei Nikolaevich Turgenev, a colonel in the Imperial Russian cavalry, was a chronic philanderer. Ivan's mother, Varvara Petrovna Lutovinova, was a wealthy heiress, who had had an unhappy childhood and suffered in her marriage. Ivan's father died when Ivan was sixteen, leaving him and his brother Nicholas to be br... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Remond
Philippe Remond, born November 9, 1963 in Dijon, is a French athlete, specialist of marathon. He was World champion in 1997, et three times champion of France.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Frank
Robert Frank (born November 9, 1924), born in Zürich, Switzerland, is an important figure in American photography and film. His most notable work, the 1958 photographic book titled simply The Americans, was heavily influential in the post-war period, and earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and skeptical outsider's view of American society. Frank later expanded into film and video and experimented with compositing and manipulating photographs. Background and early photography career Frank was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Switzerland. Frank's mother, Rosa, was Swiss, but his father, Hermann, had become stateless after World War I and had to apply for the Swiss citizenship of Frank and his older brother, Manfred. Though Frank and his family remained... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gauthier de Tessières
Gauthier de Tessières, born November 9, 1981 in Clermont-Ferrand, is a French alpine skier.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Zulia Calatayud
Zulia Calatayud (born November 9, 1979 in Havana) is a Cuban runner competing mostly in the 800 metres event. Her greatest season was 2005, when she became world champion and won the World Athletics Final. Personal bests * 400 metres - 50.87 (2001) * 800 metres - 1:56.09 (2002) Born 9 November 1979, Havana, height- 1.69m weight- 59 kg Manager: Javier Sotomayor / Jesús Molina Coach: Faustino Hernández Name- Zulia Inés CALATAYUD Torres Zulia is named after a Venezuelan state, where an uncle, then a judoka, won an international competition. The youngest of nine siblings, Calatayud began to practise sports to treat asthma. She started athletics seriously in 1995. "I have always liked to run and I was one of the fastest in school", she recalls about her beginni... Biography of Laura Csortan
Laura Csortan (born November 9, 1976) is an Australian model and television presenter. Her national pageant titles include Miss Universe Australia 1997 and Miss World Australia 1998. Laura commenced her modelling career featuring in Harris Scarfe advertising catalogues. From October 2000 until November 2006, she has been a host of The Great Outdoors on the Seven Network. She formerly also co-hosted the Australian version of Wheel Of Fortune, with Larry Emdur but the show was cancelled due to low ratings six months into her debut.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Weiskopf
Thomas Daniel Weiskopf (born November 9, 1942) is an American golfer who was most successful in the 1970s. Weiskopf was born in Massillon, Ohio. He attended Benedictine High School and The Ohio State University and turned professional in 1964. His first win on the PGA Tour came at the Andy-Williams-San Diego Open in 1968, and fifteen more followed by 1982. His career season was 1973 when he won seven tournaments around the world, including British Open at Royal Troon, and he would finish that year ranked second in the world according to Mark McCormack's world golf rankings. This was to remain his only major championship victory, but he was a four time runner up at The Masters and also came second at the 1976 U.S. Open. He was a member of the United States team in the 1973 and 1975 Ryder... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Isabella of Valois
Isabelle of Valois (9 November 1389 – 13 September 1409) was a Princess of France, daughter of King Charles VI and Isabella of Bavaria-Ingolstadt. She was Queen consort of the Kingdom of England from 1396 to 1400. She was born in Paris. Her younger siblings included John, Dauphin; Catherine of Valois and Charles VII of France. Catherine of Valois later married King Henry V of England. On 31 October, 1396, when Isabelle was six, she married the widower King Richard II of England, in a move for peace with France. Although the union was political, Richard II and the child Isabella developed a mutual respectful relationship. Isabella was moved to Wallingford Castle for protection while Richard went on a military campaign in Ireland. When, on his return to England, Richard II was imprison... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dietrich Thurau
Dietrich ("Didi") Thurau (born 9 November 1954 in Frankfurt) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. His biggest career achievements include winning the one-day classic, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, his home country's Deutschland Tour and surprising the entire field at the 1977 Tour de France by capturing four stage wins and holding onto the yellow jersey from the opening prologue for 19 days through stage 15. Thurau did win the maillot blanc as best young rider although he lost the overall lead to eventual winner Bernard Thévenet. In the latter part of his career he was a force in track cycling's six-day racing events. Major achievements 1975 Tour de Picardie GP de Fourmies 1976 1st, Points classification, Vuelta a España German Road Race Champion 1977 – Ti-Ra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marie Dressler
Marie Dressler (November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was an Academy Award-winning Canadian actress. Biography Born Leila Marie Koerber in Cobourg, Ontario to parents Alexander Rudolph Koerber (who was Austrian) and Anna Henderson. The young Dressler was able to hone her talents to make other people laugh, and began her acting career when she was fourteen. In 1892 she made her debut on Broadway. At first she hoped to make a career of singing light opera, but then gravitated to vaudeville. Career During the early 1900s she became a major vaudeville star. In 1902, she met fellow Canadian Mack Sennett and helped him get a job in the theater. In addition to her stage work, Dressler recorded for Edison Records in 1909 and 1910. After Sennett became the owner of his namesake motion picture... Biography of France Dhélia
France Dhélia (Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois, France, November 9, 1894 - Paris, May 3, 1964) was a French actress. She often performed under the name Mado Floréal.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Octave Gélinier
Octave Gélinier, born November 9, 1916 in Corbigny, Nièvre, died in 2004, was a French economist, author and engineer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Suard
Pierre Suard, born November 9, 1934 in Lons-le-Saunier, is a French businessman. He was CEO of Compagnie Générale d’Electricité (now Alcatel Alsthom) (1986-1995).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lei Clijsters
Leo Albert Jozef "Lei" Clijsters (November 9, 1956 – January 4, 2009) was a Belgian professional footballer, who played as a tough defender. He was mainly associated with the club Y.R. K.V. Mechelen, with whom he won the European Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup. Also a prominent member of the Belgian national team, he is the late father of tennis players Kim and Elke Clijsters. Club career Clijsters, a native of Opitter, started his football career with Opitter FC. Later, he played for Club Brugge, K.S.K. Tongeren, K. Patro Maasmechelen, K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk, Y.R. K.V. Mechelen and R.F.C. de Liège. With Mechelen, he won the Belgian Cup in 1987, going on to conquer the subsequent Cup Winners' Cup and European Super Cup. He added the Belgian League in 1988-89, alwa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giuseppe Panini
Giuseppe Panini, born in Pozzo di Maranello November 9, 1925 and died in Modena October 18, 1996, was an Italian businessman and editor, the founder of Edizioni Panini di Modena.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aureliano Pertile
Aureliano Pertile (Montagnagna, November 9, 1885) was an Italian opera singer. He was one the leading tenors in the early 20th century.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Stanford White
Stanford White (November 9, 1853, New York – June 25, 1906) was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings, some of which can be found to this day in places like Sea Gate, Brooklyn. His design principles embodied the "American Renaissance". In 1906 White was murdered by millionaire Harry K. Thaw, leading to a widely-reported trial. Birth Stanford White was the son of Shakespearean scholar Richard Grant White and Alexina Black Mease (1830–1921). McKim, Mead and White A quote by Stanford White: Two men set off to build a dream; for one it ended with a scheme. The other saw t... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hetty P. de Boer-Jongkind
Hetty P. de Boer-Jongkind, born November 9, 1951 in Amsterdam, died December 4, 1993, was a Dutch author and astrologer, holistic practitioner.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barbara Watterson
Barbara Watterson, born November 9, 1939 in Edinburgh, is a British author and historian, a specialist of ancient Egypt.... Biography of Imre Kertész
Imre Kertész (Hungarian pronunciation: ; born November 9, 1929) is a Hungarian Jewish author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002 "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". Biography He was born on 9 November 1929 in Budapest, Hungary. At the age of 14 he was deported with other Hungarian Jews during World War II to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and was later sent to Buchenwald. Kertész' best-known work, Fatelessness (Sorstalanság), describes the experience of fifteen-year-old György (George) Köves in the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Zeitz. Some have interpreted the book as quasi-autobiographical, but the author disavows a strong bi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Sérusier
Paul Sérusier (November 9, 1864 in Paris — October 7, 1927 in Morlaix) was a French painter. Education He studied at the Académie Julian and was a monitor there in the mid 1880s. In the summer of 1888 he travelled to Pont-Aven and joined the small group of artists centered there around Paul Gauguin. While at the Pont-Aven artist's colony he painted The Talisman under the close supervision of Gauguin. He was a Post-Impressionist painter, a part of the group of painters called Les Nabis. Sérusier along with Paul Gauguin named the group. Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard and Maurice Denis became the best known of the group, but at the time they were somewhat peripheral to the core group. He later taught at the Académie Ranson and published his book ABC de la peinture in 1921. Writi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Léon-Etienne Duval
Léon-Etienne Duval (November 9, 1903—May 30, 1996) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Algiers in Algeria from 1954 to 1988, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Léon-Etienne Duval was born in Chenex near Annecy, and there attended the seminary before going to Rome, where he studied alongside Marcel Lefebvre at the Pontifical French Seminary. Ordained to the priesthood on December 18, 1926, he then did pastoral work in Annecy until 1942, whilst teaching at the seminary and serving as Director of Works. During World War II, Duval supported the French Resistance and was wary of the Vichy regime. He was an honorary canon and vicar general of Algiers from 1942 to 1946. On November 3, 1946, Duval was appointed Bishop of Constantine by Pop... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matti Rag Paananen
Matti Rag Paananen, born November 9, 1939 in Turku, is a Finnish musician, composer and actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654959/ ) Rakastunut rampa (1975) (uncredited) .... Village idiot Kylä (1957) ... aka By, En (Finland: Swedish title) ... aka The Village (International: English title) Composer Rakastunut rampa (1975)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sargent Shriver
Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (born November 9, 1915) is an American Democratic politician and activist. Known as "Sargent", Shriver is best known as part of the Kennedy family, the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and the Democratic Party's replacement candidate for U.S. vice president — having replaced nominee Thomas Eagleton, who resigned from the ticket — during the 1972 U.S. presidential election. Upon the death of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Shriver is one of only four living spouses (along with Joan Kennedy, Vicki Kennedy, and Ethel Kennedy) of the children of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy. Early life and career Shriver was born in Westminster, Maryland to Robert Sargent Shriver, Sr. and his wife Hilda Shriver. Of German ancestry, the Shriver family is... Biography of Jana Pittman-Rawlison
Jana Rawlinson (born November 9, 1982 in Sydney as Jana Pittman) is an Australian athlete who specialises in the 400 m run and 400 m hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 and 2007. She also won the gold medal in this event at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and was part of Australia's winning 4 x 400 m relay teams at both events. Early career Rawlinson attended Matthew Pearce Primary School and Mount Saint Benedict College in North Western Sydney . Rawlinson, who competed until April 2006 under her maiden name Pittman, won the 400 m hurdles at the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Bydgoszcz and became treble champion in 200 m, 400 m and 400 m hurdles at the national championships of that year. In 2000, she became the firs... Biography of Evi Hanssen
Evi Hanssen, born November 9, 1978 in Zoersel (birth time source: email), is a Belgian actress, TV host and dancer. She is the wife of Frederick Di Bono (September 2005 - ). Filmography "Samson en Gert" .... Sofie (5 episodes, 1994-1996) ... aka "Samson Soap" ... aka "Samson" (Belgium: Flemish title) - Burgemeester op T.V. (1996) TV episode .... Sofie - De vleesetende plant (1996) TV episode .... Sofie - TV Samson (1995) TV episode .... Sofie - Een trein door het dorp (1995) TV episode .... Sofie - De tweelingzuster (1994) TV episode .... Sofie... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hideyo Noguchi
Hideyo Noguchi (野口 英世, Noguchi Hideyo?, November 9, 1876 – May 21, 1928), also known as Seisaku Noguchi (野口清作, Noguchi Seisaku?), was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who discovered the agent of syphilis in 1911. Early life Noguchi Hideyo was born in Inawashiro, Fukushima prefecture in 1876. When he was three and a half years old he fell down into a fireplace and suffered a burn injury on his left hand. There was no doctor in the small village, but one of the men examined the boy. "The fingers of the left hand are mostly gone," he said, "and the left arm and the left foot and the right hand are burned; I know not how badly." In 1883 he entered Mitsuwa elementary school. Thanks to generous contributions from his teacher Kobay... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Buz Myers
Buz Myers, born November 9, 1941 in Painesville, Ohio, died March 12, 2000, was an American healer, author, lecturer, counselor and professional astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Danzel
Danzel (Born Johan Waem, November 9, 1976 in Beveren-Waas, Belgium) is a Belgian House, Techno and Dance musician who reached the Top 10 in late 2004 with the single "Pump It Up". In 2006 he tried to represent Poland with "Undercover" in Eurovision. Albums The Name Of The Jam (2004) You Are All Of That Pump It Up He No D'Samba The Tabledancer Broom Money Happy Days Nu Nu The Feeling Is So Right Wonderland Downtown Home Again Unlocked (2008) Don't Leave Me With The Light On 3:46 You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 3:16 Clap Your Hands 3:12 My Arms Keep Missing You 3:04 Legacy 4:13 My Direction 3:36 Undercover 3:03 Jump 3:12 Blue 3:31 Heaven Is A Part Of Me 3:12 Dancin' Schoez 3:35 Turn On My Own 3:14 Shame 2:56 Unlocked 3:22 What... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Piero Cappuccilli
The Italian baritone Piero Cappuccilli (9 November 1929 - 12 July 2005) was a famous opera singer, best known for his Verdi roles, particularly Macbeth and Simon Boccanegra. He was renowned for his extraordinary breath control and smooth legato. Opera fans considered Cappuccilli one of the finest Italian baritones of the second half of the 20th century. Born in Trieste, Cappuccilli originally intended to become an architect, but after encouragement from relatives decided to pursue a career in opera. He made his operatic debut in 1957 at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan, singing Tonio in Pagliacci. In 1960, he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, singing Giorgio Germont in Verdi's La traviata. Cappuccilli spent most of his career singing in Europe, with only infrequent travels to North ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bille August
Bille August (born November 9, 1948 in Brede, Denmark) is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. Most of his projects have been in co-operation with Swedish production and with a mainly Swedish cast. He was partially educated in Sweden and also married to Swedish actress Pernilla August from 1991 to 1997. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won both the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. He later went to Hollywood, directing several films, but so far none have been as successful as his early work. Selected filmography Zappa (1983) based on the book by Danish write... Biography of François Dermaut
François Dermaut (November 9 1949, Roubaix, France) is a French comic books author.... Biography of Emile Gaboriau
Émile Gaboriau (November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873), was a French writer, novelist, and journalist, and a pioneer of modern detective fiction. Life Gaboriau was born in the small town of Saujon, Charente-Maritime. He became a secretary to Paul Féval, and after publishing some novels and miscellaneous writings, found his real gift in L'Affaire Lerouge (1866). The book, which was Gaboriau's first detective novel, introduced an amateur detective. It also introduced a young police officer named Monsieur Lecoq, who was the hero in three of Gaboriau's later detective novels. Monsieur Lecoq was based on a real-life thief turned police officer, Eugène François Vidocq (1775-1857), whose memoirs, Les Vrais Mémoires de Vidocq, mixed fiction and fact. It may also have been influenced by the vi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Josef Polig
Josef Polig (born November 9, 1968 in Vipiteno) is an Italian former Alpine skier. He participated in the World Cup from 1988 to 1995 without getting a podium place. Not very many had given the italian medal chances when he participated at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville. But Polig surprised everyone by winning the gold medal in the combined event.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh (born Mary Wayne Marsh, November 9, 1894 in Madrid, New Mexico, died February 13, 1968 in Hermosa Beach, California) was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years. Early life The most frequently told of many stories of Marsh's childhood is that her father, a railroad auditor, died when she was four. Her family moved to San Francisco where her stepfather was killed in the great earthquake of 1906. Her great-aunt then took Mae and Marguerite, her older sister, to Los Angeles, hoping her show business background would open doors for jobs at various movie studios needing extras. However, her father, S.C. Marsh, was a bartender, not a railroad auditor, and he was alive at least as late as June, 1900, when Mae Marsh was nearly six. Her stepfather, oil-field ins... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jos van Immerseel
Jos van Immerseel is a Flemish harpsichordist. Van Immerseel studied organ, piano and harpsichord at the Antwerp Conservatory under Flor Peeters, Eugène Traey and harpsichordist and musicologist Kenneth Gilbert. He created the Collegium Musicum there, developing his interest in Renaissance and Baroque music, later expanding his activities to include the Classical and early Romantic eras. He is now in demand as a fortepianist in concert halls across Europe, where he is known for his refined sensitivity to the rhetorical aspects of music and for his skills in improvisation. (His cadenzas were singled out in reviews of his Beethoven concerto recordings.) He performs on his own instruments, travelling with his fortepiano when necessary. In 1987 van Immerseel established the period instru... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tom Fogerty
Tom Fogerty (November 9, 1941, in Berkeley, California – September 6, 1990, in Scottsdale, Arizona) was a musician best known as the guitarist in Creedence Clearwater Revival and the elder brother of John Fogerty, the lead singer and guitar player in that band. Career Tom Fogerty began playing rock and roll in high school, just as John Fogerty did. He and his brother had separate groups. Tom's band, Spider Webb and the Insects (which featured Jeremy Levine of the Seeds), signed a recording contract with Del-Fi Records but broke up in 1959 before releasing any records. John's band, The Blue Velvets, began backing Tom, and eventually Tom joined John's band, and the group made three singles for Orchestra Records in 1961 and 1962, with Tom as lead singer. In the mid 1960s, the group was ca... Biography of Chad Ogea
Chad Wayne Ogea (born November 9, 1970 in Lake Charles, Louisiana) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He made his MLB debut in 1994 and played his final game in 1999. Professional playing career Ogea played his first five major league seasons with the Cleveland Indians and his final season with the Philadelphia Phillies. He may best be remembered for his surprising hitting ability in the 1997 World Series against the Florida Marlins. 1997 World Series Chad Ogea, having lost two games in the ALCS and winning no games in June, July, or August, managed to win two World Series games, both of them against Marlins ace Kevin Brown. In that Series, he gave up just two earned runs for an ERA of 1.54. But what was the most amazing was his hitting in that Series. In Game 6, Chad manage... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Winifred Westover
Winifred Westover, an American actress, was born on 9 November 1899 in San Francisco and died on 19 March 1978 in Los Angeles. Her career in film started with a small part in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance in 1916. In 1919 she starred in John Petticoats with William S. Hart, who proposed to her. They married on 7 December 1921 and had a son, William S. Hart Jnr. They separated in 1922 after three months of marriage and divorced in 1927. She retired to raise her son in 1923 but made a comeback in 1930 with the help of her ex-husband. The film was a melodrama called Lummox but it was unsuccessful and she left her career in film. She appeared in a few TV episodes during 1969. Selected filmography * Intolerance 1916 * John Petticoats 1919 * The Village Sleuth 1920 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Julio Romero de Torres
Julio Romero de Torres ( November 9, 1874 – May 10, 1930 ) was a Spanish painter. He was born and he died in Córdoba, Spain, where he lived most of his life. As the son of well known painter Rafael Romero Barros, director of Córdoba's Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes, Julio began his training at the Escuela de Bellas Artes from the age 10. The Museum of Julio Romero de Torres at his former residence in Córdoba houses examples of his works, as well as works by Francisco Zurbarán, Alejo Fernández, Antonio del Castillo and Valdés Leal. Some of his important works at the museum include Amor místico y amor profano, El Poema de Córdoba, Marta y María, La saeta, Cante hondo, La consagración de la copla, Carmen, and La chiquita piconera. Julio Romero De Torres was born on November 9th 187... Biography of Muhammad Iqbal
Sir Muhammad Iqbal (علامہ محمد اقبال / Allama Muḥammad Iqbāl; November 9, 1877 - April 21, 1938), commonly referred to as Allama Iqbāl (علامہ اقبال, ʿAllāma meaning "The Learned One") in Pakistan, was a Lahori Muslim poet, philosopher and politician in British India. He is one of the greatest and most influential Urdu and Persian poets of all times. He wrote his works in Persian and Urdu. After studying in Cambridge, Munich and Heidelberg, Iqbal established a law practice, but concentrated primarily on writing scholarly works on politics, economics, history, philosophy and religion. He is best known for his poeti... Biography of Robert David Hall
Robert David Hall (born November 9, 1947) is an American actor, best known for his role as coroner Dr. Albert Robbins M.D. on the television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Biography Born in East Orange, New Jersey, Hall attended Tustin High School in California and went on graduate from UCLA in 1971 with a degree in English Literature. Mr. Hall is a former professional musician and accomplished guitarist, and is also proficient on piano and mandolin. For several years he was a high profile radio DJ in Los Angeles. He has also done extensive voice work on television commercials and cartoons. In 1978, Robert had to have both of his legs amputated as a result of an accident in which an 18-wheeler truck crushed his car. The accident also caused the gasoline tank of the car to ex... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André François
André François (November 9, 1915 – April 11, 2005), born André Farkas, was a Hungarian-born French cartoonist. He was born to a Hungarian Jewish family in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Timişoara, Romania), He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest (1932-33). He moved to Paris in 1934 and entered to the atelier of the famous poster artist Adolphe Cassandre (1935-36). He became a French citizen in 1939. He worked as a painter, sculptor and graphic designer, but is best remembered for his cartoons, whose subtle humor and wide influence bear comparison to those of Saul Steinberg. François initially worked for French leftist newspapers (Le Nouvel Observateur) and illustrated books by authors such as Jacques Prévert, but gradually reached a larger audience, publishing in lea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arthur Santiago
Arthur Santiago, born November 9, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1871834/ ) # Emilio (2008) .... Juan # "The Shield" .... Galindo, Jr. (1 episode, 2007) - The Math of the Wrath (2007) TV episode .... Galindo, Jr. # King of California (2007) .... McDonald's Manager ... aka "California Treasure" - Japan (English title) # Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006) (voice) .... Alex Romero # "Threshold" .... David Arroyo (1 episode, 2005) - Blood of the Children (2005) TV episode .... David Arroyo # "Strong Medicine" .... Rafael Rodriguez (1 episode, 2005) - Dying Inside (2005) TV episode .... Rafael Rodriguez # "American Family" (1 episode, 2002) ... aka "American Family: Journey of Dreams" - USA ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Dumesnil
Jacques Dumesnil, born Marie Émile Eugène André Joly November 9, 1904 in Paris, and died May 8, 1998 in Bron, Rhône, was a French actor. Filmography * 1931 : Mon ami l'assassin de Solange Bussi * 1932 : Danton de André Roubaud : Fabre d'Églantine * 1932 : Rivaux de la piste de Serge de Poligny * 1933 : Le Maître de forges de Fernand Rivers * 1933 : Belle de nuit de Louis Valray : Jean Fournier * 1933 : L'Or de Karl Hartl et Serge de Poligny * 1934 : Trois de la marine de Charles Barrois : Stephen Warren * 1934 : Le Roi des Champs-Élysées de Max Nosseck * 1935 : Un homme de trop à bord de Gerhard Lamprecht et Roger Le Bon * 1935 : Lucrèce Borgia de Abel Gance : Giannino Sforza, duc de Milano * 1936 : Le cœur dispose de Georges Lac... Biography of Alexandra Gentil
Alexandra Gentil, born on November 9, 1991 in Nice, is a French actress. Filmographie (source : http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm2973168/) 2007-2011 Fais pas ci, fais pas ça (TV series) Tiphaine / Tiphaine Bouley – Le nouveau voisin (2011) … Tiphaine – La frite et le dindon (2010) … Tiphaine – Le problème avec ma mère (2010) … Tiphaine – Aimez-vous Chopin? (2010) … Tiphaine – Couper le cordon (2010) … Tiphaine See all 25 episodes » 2009 Joueuse Lisa 2009 Duel en ville (TV movie) Pauline... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Fernando Meirelles
Fernando Meirelles (born November 9, 1955 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director in 2004 for his work in the Brazilian film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films. He was also nominated for the Golden Globe Best Director award in 2005 for The Constant Gardener. Background His father is a gastroenterologist who traveled regularly to Asia and North America (among other regions of the world), which gave opportunity for Fernando to have contact with different cultures and places, by accompanying his father. At age 12, he received a movie camera as a gift, and this hobby continued ever since. He studied at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Sã... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mezz Mezzrow
Milton Mesirow, better known as Mezz Mezzrow (9 November 1899–5 August 1972) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois. Mezzrow is well-known for organizing and financing historic recording sessions with Tommy Ladnier and Sidney Bechet. Mezzrow also recorded a number of times with Bechet and briefly acted as manager for Louis Armstrong. However, he is remembered as much for being a colorful character in his autobiography Really The Blues as for his music. It takes its title from a musical piece by Sidney Bechet. The book was co-written by Bernard Wolfe and first published in 1946. Music career Mezzrow has never been ranked as one of the best jazz musicians (some critics have ranked his musical abilities as below mediocre), but he organized and took part ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adam Dunn
Adam Troy Dunn (born November 9, 1979, in Houston, Texas) is a Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Washington Nationals. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. At six feet, six inches (198 cm) in height and weighing 275 pounds, Dunn was given the nickname "Big Donkey" and is one of the National League's most feared sluggers. On July 4, 2009, he became the 123rd player to hit 300 career home runs. Amateur career Dunn was a standout quarterback at New Caney High School in Texas. After graduating from high school, Dunn attended the University of Texas and focused on football as a quarterback. The Cincinnati Reds drafted Dunn in the second round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft. Professional career Despite his high strikeout totals, Dunn exhibi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Gueneley
Philippe Gueneley, born November 9, 1938 in Dole, Jura, is a French Catholic Bishop, the Bishop of Langres (1999 - ).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dominique Schnapper
Dominique Schnapper (born November 9, 1934 in Paris) was a member of the Constitutional Council of France from 2001 to 2010. She is also a scholar and professor of sociology. She has been named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and an Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. She is the daughter of the French intellectual Raymond Aron.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chandra Leigh
Chandra Leigh, born on November 9, 1979 in Montgomery, Alabama, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1346700/) 2011 My Big Redneck Wedding (TV series documentary) (researcher - 10 episodes) – Lindsay and Russell (2011) (researcher) – Sara and Joe (2011) (researcher) – Intervention: Bonnie Johnson and Batten Family (2011) (researcher) – Baby: Ashley and Lee (2011) (researcher) – Kim & Mike (2011) (researcher) See all 10 episodes » 2002-2011 The Bachelor (TV series) (cast coordination assistant - 17 episodes) – Episode #15.11 (2011) (cast coordination assistant) – After the Final Rose (2011) (cast coordination assistant) – The Women Tell All (2011) (cast coordination assistant) – Episode #15.9 (2011) (cast coordination assistant) – Episod... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sébastien Bazin
Sébastien Bazin, born November 9, 1961 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), is a French businessman, the Chairman of Paris Saint-Germain (February 3, 2009 - ). Paris Saint-Germain Football Club or PSG, is a French football club based in Paris. Their home stadium is Le Parc des Princes. Paris Saint-Germain has been playing in the French Ligue 1 since 1974, the current championship record.... Biography of Marco Bellochio
Marco Bellocchio (born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and films Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellochio had a strict Catholic upbringing - his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolteacher. He began studying philosophy in Milan but then decided to enter film school, making his first film, Fists in the Pocket, (Pugni in tasca), funded by family members and shot on family property, in 1965. He made a big impact on radical Italian cinema in the mid-sixties, and was a friend of Pasolini. In 1968 he joined the Communist Union, and began to make politically militant cinema. More recently however, in a 2002 interview, he remarked : "I can talk about my personal ideas but Marxism has little to do with it now. Today politics means adminis... Biography of Michel Sordi
Michel Sordi (born November 9, 1953) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haut-Rhin department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Florence Chadwick
Florence May Chadwick (November 9, 1918 – March 15, 1995) was an American swimmer who was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. She also made contributions to various youth groups. Born in San Diego, Chadwick had her first swimming competition win at the age of ten, and at the age of eleven competed in her first "challenging" competition, a rough water swim. She placed fourth in the event. Chadwick's biggest contribution to swimming history occurred on August 8, 1950, when she crossed the English Channel in 13 hours and 20 minutes, breaking the then-current world record held by American swimmer Gertrude Ederle. One year later, Chadwick crossed the English Channel yet again, from England to France; this time, in 16 hours and 22 minutes, thus making her the fi... Biography of Ion Overman
Ion Overman (born November 9, 1976) is an American actress. Overman was born in Los Angeles, California and made her acting debut in the 1995 movie The Walking Dead. In 2000, she was cast as Gabriela Garza in the daytime soap opera General Hospital, a character who also appeared in the General Hospital spinoff Port Charles. She left the role in 2002. From 2005 to 2006, she starred in the short-lived UPN sitcom Love Inc.. She also starred in the 2006 movie Phat Girlz. She has also made guest appearances in numerous television shows and movies, including Beverly Hills, 90210, CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, and The L Word. She was most recently a pivotal character in Tyler Perry's movie Madea Goes to Jail. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653887/) No Warning (2009) (pre-p... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laurent Heynemann
Laurent Heynemann, born on November 9, 1948 in Paris, is a French film director. Filmography Cinema 1977 : La Question avec Jacques Denis et Nicole Garcia 1979 : Le Mors aux dents avec Jacques Dutronc, Michel Piccoli et Michel Galabru 1981 : Il faut tuer Birgit Haas avec Philippe Noiret et Jean Rochefort 1983 : Stella avec Thierry Lhermitte, Nicole Garcia et Jean-Claude Brialy 1986 : Les mois d'avril sont meurtriers avec François Berléand et Jean-Pierre Marielle 1990 : Faux et usage de faux avec Philippe Noiret et Robin Renucci 1991 : La Vieille qui marchait dans la mer avec Jeanne Moreau et Michel Serrault 2001 : Un Aller simple avec Jacques Villeret, Barbara Schulz et Lorànt Deutsch Television 1985 : Série noire : Meurtres pour mémoir... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucien Genin
Lucien Genin, born in Rouen November 9, 1894 and died in Paris, August 26, 1953, was a French painter of Montmartre and Saint Germain-des-Prés. He won Price of Art Institute of Chicago in 1932 for "Place du Tertre".... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hermann Weyl
Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician. Although much of his working life was spent in Zürich, Switzerland and then Princeton, he is associated with the University of Göttingen tradition of mathematics, represented by David Hilbert and Hermann Minkowski. His research has had major significance for theoretical physics as well as pure disciplines including number theory. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century, and an important member of the Institute for Advanced Study during its early years. Weyl published technical and some general works on space, time, matter, philosophy, logic, symmetry and the history of mathematics. He was one of the first to conceive of combining general relativity with the laws of ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sharon Stouder
Sharon Strouder (born November 9, 1948 in Altadena, CA) is an American swimmer. She was fifteen when she won three golden and one silver medals in the 1964 Summer Olympics. Strouder swam sprint butterfly and sprint freestyle. She was the second woman in history to go under one minute barrier in the 100 meter freestyle, the event she got her silver medal in at the 64 olympics. In 1964 she twice broke the world record in the women's 200m butterfly. She was inducted in to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1972.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacqueline Plessis
Jacqueline Plessis, born November 9, 1918 in Le Havre, is a French actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687218/ ) Ironía del dinero, La (1959) ... aka Bonjour la chance (France) Si Paris nous était conté (1956) .... La reine Eléonore ... aka If Paris Were Told to Us (International: English title) Nana (1955) .... Impératrice Eugénie Village magique (1955) .... Colette ... aka Magic Village (International: English title) ... aka Vacanze d'amore (Italy) Sept péchés capitaux, Les (1952) .... La Paresse (segment "Paresse, La/Sloth") ... aka The Seven Deadly Sins (UK) (USA) ... aka Sette peccati capitali, I (Italy) ... aka Sette peccati, I (Italy) Vendetta di una pazza, La (1951) Mujer, el torero y el toro, La (1950) Taverna della libertà, La... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Enrico De Nicola
Enrico Roberto De Nicola (November 9, 1877 – October 1, 1959) was an Italian jurist, journalist, politician, and the first provisional Head of State of the newborn republic in 1946–1948. Enrico De Nicola was born in Longano, Provincia di Isernia, and became famous as one of the most esteemed penal lawyers in Italy. He was elected a deputy for the first time in 1909 and he filled minor governmental posts until the advent of fascism, when he retired from political life. He was appointed senator by King Victor Emmanuel III in 1926, but he never took part in the workings of the Assembly. After 1943, when fascism ended, De Nicola was perhaps the most influential mediator for the creation of the title "Lieutenant-General of the Realm", by which the king's son Prince Umberto took over most ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Se7en (singer)
Se7en (born Choi Dong-Wook, November 9, 1984) is a South Korean pop/R&B singer. He began training under a management agency YG Entertainment at the age of fifteen. After four years of training in voice and dance, he made his debut in 2003 and became successful throughout Asia. Career Se7en has worked exclusively under the YG Entertainment label. Much of his career is composed of constant promotions for his songs through live performances on TV, radio shows, and occasionally, concerts. He also began learning Japanese in preparation for his promotional activities for his Japan debut in 2005. Se7en has traveled throughout Asia, particularly Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and China. He has also performed a few times in the United States, specifically Los Angeles (Grand Olympic and Hollywood B... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin
Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, born November 9, 1821 in Guebwiller, died May 20, 1910 in Trottberg bei Gebweiler, was a French musician, composer and editor.... Biography of Charles Wolf
Charles Joseph Étienne Wolf (November 9, 1827 in Vorges – July 4, 1918) was a French astronomer. In 1862, Urbain Le Verrier offered him a post as assistant at the Paris Observatory. In 1867 he and Georges Rayet discovered Wolf-Rayet stars. Note however that the nearby red dwarf Wolf 359 was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf and not by him.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roxanne Shanté
Roxanne Shanté (born Lolita Shanté Gooden on November 9, 1969) is an American hip-hop pioneer. Born and raised in the Queensbridge Projects, Shanté first gained attention through the Roxanne Wars and her association with the Juice Crew. Early life and career Shanté's career began at the age of fourteen when she entered the influential world of record producer Marley Marl, radio DJ Mr. Magic, and Tyrone Williams, who were talking about how UTFO had canceled its appearance at a show that it was promoting. Shanté offered to record an answer to UTFO's recent hit "Roxanne, Roxanne," which was about a woman who rejects the members of the group. The men agreed and the result was "Roxanne's Revenge," a confrontational and profane song in which Shanté assumed the role of Roxanne, dissing UTFO... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Trefouel
Jacques Trefouel, born November 9, 1897 in Le Raincy, died July 11, 1977 in Paris, was a French chemist. He was a member of Académie des Sciences in 1965 and Academie de médecine in 1967.... Biography of Hervé Bernard-Omnes
Hervé Bernard-Omnes, born November 9, 1966 in Dinan, is a French comedian, director and playwright.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daiki Kamikawa
Daiki kamikawa (上川 大樹, Kamikawa Daiki?, born November 9, 1989 in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi) is a Japanese judoka. He won the gold medal in the openweight division at the 2010 World Judo Championships.... Biography of Bryn Terfel
Bryn Terfel Jones CBE (Welsh pronunciation: ; born 9 November 1965 (source for his time of birth: his twitter account)) is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly Figaro and Leporello, but has subsequently shifted his attention to heavier roles, especially those by Wagner. Biography Bryn Terfel Jones was born in Pant Glas, North Wales, the son of a farmer. His first language is Welsh, but he became proficient in English as he grew up. He knew of another Welsh baritone named Bryn Jones, so chose Bryn Terfel as his professional name. He had an interest in and talent for music from a very young age. A family friend taught him how to sing, starting with traditional Welsh songs. After winning numerous competiti... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Duclerc
Charles Théodore Eugène Duclerc (9 November 1812 - 21 July 1888) was a French politician of the Third Republic who served as prime minister from 1882 to 1883. Duclerc's Ministry, 7 August 1882 - 29 January 1883 Charles Duclerc - President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste Billot - Minister of War Armand Fallières - Minister of the Interior Pierre Tirard - Minister of Finance Paul Devès - Minister of Justice and Worship Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry - Minister of Marine and Colonies Jules Duvaux - Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts François de Mahy - Minister of Agriculture Anne Charles Hérisson - Minister of Public Works Adolphe Cochery - Minister of Posts and Telegraphs Pierre Legrand - Minister of Commerce Changes 13 Septemb... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ryo Kase
Ryō Kase (加瀬 亮, Kase Ryō?, born November 9, 1974 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He grew up in Bellevue, Washington until he was seven. He portrayed Shimizu, one of the lower-ranked Japanese soldiers, in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima. He starred in Masayuki Suo's film I Just Didn't Do It. Filmography * Sora no ana (2001) * Hush! (2001) * Misuzu (2001) * Rock 'n' Roll Missing (2002) * Bright Future (2003) * Kakuto (2003) * Nobody Knows (2004) * Custom Made 10.30 (2005) * About Love (2005) * Scrap Heaven (2005) * The Passenger (2005) * Funky Forest (2006) * Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) * Honey and Clover Live action movie (2006) * I Just Didn't Do It (Soredemo Bo... Biography of Paula Broadwell
Paula Dean Kranz Broadwell (born November 9, 1972) is an American writer, academic, and anti-terrorism professional. She is the co-author with Vernon Loeb of the The New York Times Best Seller, All In: The Education of General David Petraeus, a sympathetic biography of then International Security Assistance Force commander David Petraeus. On November 9, 2012, she was reported to have been involved in the extramarital affair with Petraeus that triggered his resignation as Director of the CIA when it was discovered by the FBI. Early life and education Broadwell grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota, and attended Century High School, where she was homecoming queen and valedictorian of the class of 1991. Broadwell graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1995. S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ivan Moravec
Ivan Moravec (born 9 November 1930) is a Czech concert pianist whose performing and recording career, spanning nearly half a century, has gained him a world-wide following. A life-long resident of Prague, Moravec's first musical interest was in opera, which he attended as a child with his father. He also recalls turning pages as his father, an amateur pianist and singer, sight-read and sang through opera scores. Piano studies began later with Erna Grünfeld (niece of the Austrian pianist Alfred Grünfeld). At twenty, he entered the Prague Conservatory, then went on to the Prague Academy of Arts, where he studied with Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová, daughter of Vilém Kurz. In 1957, after hearing Moravec play in Prague, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli invited him to attend master classes in Arr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bill Guerin
William Robert Guerin (born November 9, 1970 in Worcester, Massachusetts (birth time source: Frances McEvoy, Astrodatabank)) is an American former professional ice hockey player and current player development coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Guerin played eighteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) winning two Stanley Cup championships with the New Jersey Devils and Pittsburgh Penguins teams. Internationally, Guerin represented the United States in the Olympics in 1998, 2002 and 2006, and participated in two Ice Hockey World Championships. Guerin was the first player of Hispanic descent to play in the National Hockey League. While playing hockey, Guerin lived in Moorestown Township, New Jersey with his wife and children. Playing career Guerin was drafted in the 1989 NHL... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joel Zumaya
Joel Martin Zumaya (born November 9, 1984) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and known for his record-breaking fastballs. Baseball career Zumaya was drafted out of Bonita Vista High School in the 11th round by the Tigers, the 320th overall selection of the 2002 MLB Draft. He was chosen because of his power arm, but it was not clear whether he would be able to develop adequate control of an off-speed pitch. He is known for his 100 MPH fastball. Minor league career Zumaya began his stint in the Tigers minor league system as a starting pitcher. Because he was drafted straight out of high school, Zumaya frequently pitched against players older than himself. In 2003, the 18-year-old Zumaya made great strides pitching for the Low-A affiliate West Michiga... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jens Christian Grøndahl
Jens Christian Grøndahl (born November 9, 1959 in Lyngby-Taarbæk) is a Danish writer. His novel An Altered Light was shortlisted for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Bibliography Kvinden i midten - 1985 Syd for floden - 1986 Rejsens bevægelser - 1988 Det indre blik - 1990 Skyggen i dit sted - 1991 Dagene skilles - 1992 Stilheden i glas - 1993 Indian summer - 1994 Tavshed i oktober - 1996 (translated into English, Silence in October 2000) Lucca - 1998 (translated into English under same title 2002) Hjertelyd - 1999 Virginia - 2000 (translated into English under same title, 2003) Et andet lys - 2002 (translated in English, An Altered Light 2005) Piazza Bucarest - 2004 Røde hænder - 2006 ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Benny Mardones
Benny Mardones (born November 9, 1946) is an American pop singer and songwriter who is best known for his hit single "Into the Night", which hit the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart twice, in 1980 and again in 1989. Career Due to the success of "Into the Night," Curb Records signed Mardones and he recorded "Into the Night '89." The track appeared on his self-titled release (known as the "Blue Album" by his fans.) Not long after that, Mardones appeared on a Showtime tribute to Roy Orbison, alongside such luminaries as Bob Dylan, John Fogerty, Johnny Cash and k.d. lang. Elvis Presley's band was the house band for the evening. When Mardones came on stage to sing "Running Scared," few people knew his name, but when he finished the song, he received a standing ovation. Even though... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frank Selvy
Franklin Delano "Frank" Selvy (born November 9, 1932 in Corbin, Kentucky) is a former basketball player. Selvy was an All-State basketball player at Corbin High School and was a teammate of College Football Hall of Fame inductee Roy Kidd. 100-point college game Selvy is best remembered for scoring 100 points in a college game for South Carolina's Furman University against Newberry College on February 13, 1954, the only NCAA Division I player ever to do so. The game was played towards the end of Selvy's final collegiate season, and Furman coach Lyles Alley had designated the game "Frank Selvy Night" in order to garner recognition for the player who was already certain to finish the season leading the nation in scoring and earn first-team All-American honors, two accomplishments he had... Biography of Caroline Flack
Caroline Louise Flack (born 9 November 1979) is an English television presenter, known for presenting I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! NOW! from 2008 to 2010 and The Xtra Factor since 2011. Career Flack got her first television break playing Bubbles on the sketch show Bo' Selecta! in 2002. She then went on to present the International Pepsi Chart Show, before moving to Channel 4 where, in 2005, she presented links between videos on E4 Music and co-presented The Games: Live at Trackside on E4 alongside Justin Lee Collins. She also had a regular segment in the video games show When Games Attack in 2005. A year later, she was a co-presenter on the Saturday morning show TMi alongside Sam and Mark which aired on BBC Two and the CBBC Channel. Subsequently she hosted CBBC show Escape fr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Scottie Thompson
Susan Scott "Scottie" Thompson (born November 9, 1981) is an American film, television and stage actress. Early life Thompson grew up in Richmond, Virginia, where she attended Collegiate School. From an early age she began learning ballet, jazz and modern dance. She danced with the Richmond Ballet for many years, took a year off after graduating to dance with the company, and then went on to study for a degree in Performance Studies and Literature at Harvard University. Thompson started dancing with the Harvard Ballet Company and acted in many theater productions. She was the publicity manager for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals in 2003, worked for Let's Go Travel Guides, and was credited as associate editor for the travel book Let's Go: Vietnam. Thompson graduated in 2005 with a bachelo... Biography of French Montana
Karim Kharbouch (born November 9, 1984) better known by his stage name French Montana, is an Moroccan-born American rapper. He is the founder and CEO of Cocaine City Records. In 2012, he signed a joint venture recording deal with Maybach Music Group and Bad Boy Records. Montana is known for his frequent collaborations with Max B, and more recently with Rick Ross along with his group Coke Boys, which consists of rappers Chinx Drugz, Cheeze and Flip. His debut album Excuse My French is set to be released on May 21, 2013. Early life French Montana was born Karim Kharbouch in 1984 in Rabat, Morocco, where he lived for the first 13 years of his life. Growing up, he was consumed by playing football and rapping, describing them as his two favorite childhood hobbies. In 1996, French emigrated ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Duval
avid Robert Duval (born November 9, 1971) is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour. Background and career Early years Duval was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of golf instructor and club professional Bob Duval and Diane Poole Duval, a member of the FSU Flying High Circus during college. His brother Brent was two years older, and sister Diedre was five years younger. During his early years, his father was club professional at Timuquana Country Club, where he learned to play golf under his father's guidance. When David was nine, his brother Brent developed aplastic anemia. The family sought treatment at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, where David underwent surgery to donate bone marrow... Biography of Analeigh Tipton
Analeigh Christian Tipton (born November 9, 1988) is an American figure skater, actress, and fashion model, most noted for placing third on Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model and for her role in the films Crazy, Stupid, Love and Warm Bodies. Life and career 1988-2007: Early life Analeigh Tipton was born on November 9, 1988 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. When Tipton was 8, her family relocated to Sacramento, California, where she later attended St. Francis High School and the New York Film Academy's Film School program at Universal Studios, Los Angeles. She studied at Marymount College in Palos Verdes, California. Tipton was also a supporter of the Invisible Children. She participated in the Global Night Commute in the Cesar Chavez park. Prior to America's Next Top Model, Tipton was ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Big Pun
Christopher Lee Rios (November 9, 1971 (source: Imdb) – February 7, 2000), better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was a Puerto-Rican American rapper who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx in the late 1990s. He first appeared on albums from The Beatnuts, on the track "Off the Books" in 1997, and on Fat Joe's second album Jealous One's Envy in 1995, on the track "Watch Out", prior to signing to Loud Records as a solo artist. Pun's lyrics are notable for technical efficiency, having minimal pauses to take a breath, heavy use of alliteration as well as internal and multi-syllabic rhyming schemes. He died from a heart attack at age 28. About.com ranked him #25 on its list of the 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987–2007), while MTV2 ranked him #11 on i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Scarface (rapper)
Brad Terrence Jordan (born November 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Scarface, is an African-American rapper from Houston, Texas and a member of the Geto Boys. He is originally from South Park, Houston. In 2012, The Source ranked him #16 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time, while About.com ranked him #10 on its list of the 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987-2007). Career He began his career as Akshun (pronounced Action) recording solo for Lil' Troy's Short Stop Records, a local label in Houston. After releasing the 12" single "Scarface", he would go on to sign with Rap-A-Lot Records and join a group who were collectively known as Geto Boys replacing one member who left, and released the group's second album Grip It! On That Other Level (1989), a highly successful... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nikki Blonsky
Nicole Margaret "Nikki" Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is best known for her role as Tracy Turnblad in the 2007 film Hairspray and as Maggie Baker in the 2008 television movie Queen Sized. She is also known for her starring role in the ABC Family original series Huge. Personal life Blonsky was raised in Great Neck, New York, in Nassau County on Long Island, the daughter of Karen (née Smeja), a school aide, and Carl Blonsky, a municipal worker for the village water pollution control district. She grew up singing, since she was three years old, and started taking vocal training lessons at the age of eight. Blonsky was raised in her mother's Catholic religion (her father is Jewish). During her time, she joined the theater program at the... |
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