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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on October, 11, 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 · 45,458 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,458 Celebrities
123 celebrities or events were found for October, 11. Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Srivastav Bachchan (born October 11, 1942) (/əmitaːbʱ bətʃtʃən/; Devanagari: अमिताभ बच्चन, is a successful Hindi film actor. He is also a film producer and the former television presenter of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati. He started his movie career in 1969, with Saat Hindustani and continues today to be a prominent figure in the Bollywood film industry. He is regarded as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema and one of the top-paid actors of the industry. He was also, briefly involved in politics in 1984, as he was elected to the Indian Parliament but resigned prematurely in 1987. He is married to actress Jaya Bhaduri and is the father of actor Abhishek Bachchan and fathe... Biography of Marc-Laurent Turpin
Marc-Laurent Turpin, born comte de Gâvre, d’Orcheghem et Morhem October 11, 1968 in Lille (Nord), is a French film director, writer and journalist. Works Theater • « Tous nos voeux de bonheur », théâtre - 1984 • « Le roi délire », théâtre - 1985 • « L’image du jour », théâtre - 1986 • « Mandala », théâtre - 1987 • « Safar Billa aouda », théâtre - 1988 • « Cafard mon amour », théâtre - 1989 • « Tresetadabel’0 tressing’’99 », théâtre - 1990 • « Enetnamu », danse-théâtre - 1991 • « Pahada a Pahana », danse-théâtre - 1992 • « Memento funeste », théâtre - 1993 • « Le mimacrorien », théâtre - 1994 • « L’arbre », spectacle musical - 1995 • « Guindou », théâtre filmé - 1996 Publications • « Du Verbe au Voir », L’Odyssée de la terre Ed. - 1998... Add to favourites (65 fans)Biography of Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman (born October 11, 1951) is a French singer and songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and in 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday. Born in Paris to immigrant Polish Jewish parents, Alter Mojze Goldman and Ruth Ambrunn. Goldman was the third of four children and first learned the violin, and then the piano as a child. In 1968, he abandoned his classical music studies for the guitar. He also earned a business degree from the École Des Hautes Études Commerciales, commonly known as l'Edhec, in Lille. In 1972, he met Catherine, his first wife, with whom he had three children. He first entered the French music scene as member of a prog rock group named Tai Phong ("great wind, typhoon" in Vietnamese), whic... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Michelle Trachtenberg
Michelle Christine Trachtenberg (born October 11, 1985) is an American television and film actress. Early life Trachtenberg was born in New York City. Her father, Michael, is an ATT field engineer, and her Russian-born mother, Lana, is a former actress turned puppeteer. Trachtenberg can speak Russian fluently. She is of Jewish heritage and celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah; her grandparents live in Israel. Trachtenberg was raised, along with older sister Irene, in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn and attended P.S. 254 Elementary School and Bay Academy Junior High School. Career She made her first television appearance in 1988 in a commercial for Wisk Detergent. She went on to feature in over 100 more commercials. She appeared in her first credited role as Nona F. Mecklenberg in T... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Emily Deschanel
Emily Erin Deschanel (born October 11, 1976) is an American actress. She was born in Los Angeles, California to father Caleb Deschanel, an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer, and mother Mary Jo Weir, an actress. She has one sister, Zooey Deschanel, who is also an actress. Her paternal grandfather was French hence her typical French last name (meaning "from the channels" or "from the little jugs" depending of the patronymists; it is from the Ain region) and the remainder of her ancestry is Irish. She said in a recent interview that when they were little, she and her sister spent lots of summers near Lyon, France where they still have family. Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m) Deschanel is a vegan and graduated from Boston University's Professional Actors Training Program with a Bachelor of F... Biography of Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt known as Eleanor (IPA: /ˈɛlɪnɔr ˈroʊzəvɛlt/; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political leader who used her influence as an active First Lady from 1933 to 1945 to promote the New Deal policies of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as taking a prominent role as an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, she continued to be an internationally prominent author and speaker for the New Deal coalition. She was a suffragist who worked to enhance the status of working women, although she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment because she believed it would adversely affect women. In the 1940s, she was one of the co-founders of Freedom House and supported the formation of the Unite... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Takeshi Kaneshiro
Takeshi Kaneshiro (Japanese and Chinese: 金城武, Hepburn: Kaneshiro Takeshi, Pinyin: Jīnchéng Wǔ), (born October 11, 1973) is a male actor and model. Takeshi Kaneshiro's Chinese name, written with the same characters, is pronounced as Jīnchéng Wǔ. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) With a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Kaneshiro was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. He has two brothers. After being bullied at a regular Taiwanese high school, the Gaoxong Preparatory School, over his mixed heritage, he enrolled at English-based Taipei American School, which enabled him to converse in English, making him effectively trilingual considering his fluency in Mandarin, Taiwanese (Min Nan) (his first-spoken language) and Japanese. As a result of his varied ba... Biography of John Nettles
John Nettles (born 11 October 1943) is an English actor who is best known for playing the main roles in Bergerac and Midsomer Murders. Early life John Nettles was born in St Austell, Cornwall in 1943. He was adopted at birth by a carpenter Eric Nettles and his wife Elsie and he attended the local grammar school in St Austell. When he was seven years old he learned that his birth mother was a Catholic Irish nurse who had been working in England during World War II. She was placed into a mental institution after illegitimately giving birth and died of tuberculosis aged 28. Nettles never discovered the identity of his father, but did discover he had a brother and two sisters. Early career In 1962, Nettles won a scholarship and studied history and philosophy at Southampton University.... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Luke Perry
Luke Perry (born Coy Luther Perry III on October 11, 1966) is an American actor best known for his role as Dylan Michael McKay in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210. IMDB gives 1965, but Wikipedia gives birth sources for 1966. Height 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Perry was born at Mansfield General Hospital (now Med-Central Hospital) in Mansfield, Ohio to Coy Luther Perry Jr. and Ann Bennett. He was raised in the town of Fredericktown, Ohio. He is a graduate of Fredericktown High School. Perry married Rachel "Minnie" Sharp in November 1993, and the couple had two children, Jack and Sophie. They divorced in 2003. Perry is currently dating Karolynn Archer and they are rumored to be engaged. Television In Beverly Hills, 90210, Perry originally auditioned for the role of Steve Sanders. ... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Sean Patrick Flanery
Sean Patrick Flanery (born October 11, 1965 in Lake Charles, Louisiana) is an American Actor known for such roles as Connor MacManus in The Boondock Saints, and it's sequel, as well as portraying Indiana Jones in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Flanery was raised in Houston, Texas, and after attending Awty International School, and graduating from Dulles High School, he attended the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Flanery later moved to Los Angeles, California in order to pursue his acting career. Since 1988, he has appeared in over 53 films including The Boondock Saints, Powder, Simply Irresistible and D-Tox. However he is best known for playing Indiana Jones in the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He is currently appearing on the TV show "The Dead Zone... Biography of Joan Cusack
Joan Mary Cusack (born October 11, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, screenwriter and comedian. Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m) Personal life Cusack was born in New York City to an Irish American family. Her father, Dick Cusack, as well as her siblings Ann, Bill, John, and Susie have also been actors; her father was also a documentary filmmaker, owned a film production company and was a friend of activist Philip Berrigan. Cusack's mother, Nancy, is a former mathematics teacher and political activist. She is married to attorney Dick Burke, with whom she has two sons. Career Cusack was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Working Girl and In & Out. She starred with her brother John in the movies Sixteen Candles, The Martian Child, Class, Hig... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ilan Halimi
Ilan Halimi (October 11, 1982 - 13 February 2006) was a young French Jew (of Moroccan parentage) kidnapped on 21 January 2006 by a gang of Muslim immigrants called the "Barbarians" and subsequently tortured to death over a period of three weeks. The murder, amongst whose motives authorities include anti-Semitism, incited a public outcry in a France already marked by intense public controversy about the role of children of immigrants in its society. Timeline of the crime According to press reports based on information from French criminal investigation authorities, as of 25 February 2006 the crime is believed to have happened as follows: On 21 January, Halimi, aged 23, was lured by an attractive 17-year-old French-Iranian girl to an apartment block in the Parisian banlieues (suburbs)... Biography of Linda Hardy
Linda Hardy (born October 11, 1973, Nantes, France) is a French actress and model. Hardy won the title of Miss France in 1992 and represented her country at Miss Universe and Miss World, after which she launched an acting career in French cinema, beginning with the 1999 film, Recto/Verso, which was followed by her role as Charlotte in the TV series H in 2000. Internationally, her best known role to date has been the blue haired, blue teared, mutant woman turning human, Jill, in the 2004 science fiction film, Immortel (Ad Vitam) (released in North America as Immortal). In the film, Hardy is dubbed by an English-speaking actress except for one piece of dialogue delivered in her native French. Her most recent role was in a film titled A House Divided, or in the USA, Mount of Olives (... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Matt Bomer
Matthew Staton Bomer (born October 11, 1977) is an American film, stage and television actor. He currently stars as conman-turned-FBI consultant Neal Caffrey in the USA Network series White Collar. He is also recognized for his recurring role in the NBC series Chuck as Bryce Larkin. Early life and education Bomer was born in Spring, a suburb of Houston, Texas, the son of Sissi and John Bomer, a final round draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys although he did not make the team. He attended Klein High School, located outside of Houston, with fellow actor Lee Pace. In addition, they both acted at Houston's Alley Theatre, a non-profit theatre company. In 2001, Bomer graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Career After g... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium
Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born Joséphine-Charlotte Ingeborg Elisabeth Marie-José Marguerite Astrid, Princess of Belgium, October 11, 1927 – January 10, 2005), was born at the Royal Palace of Brussels as the oldest child and only daughter of King Leopold III and Queen Astrid. The young princess spent her childhood at the Stuyvenberg Palace just outside of Brussels with her parents, Prince Léopold and Princess Astrid. Her mother, who was born a Princess of Sweden and a direct descendant of Joséphine de Beauharnais, was killed in an automobile accident in 1935 at age 29. Her father was a direct descendant of Stéphanie de Beauharnais, cousin of Joséphine's first husband and adopted daughter of Joséphine's second husband. Princess Joséphine-Charlotte first attended... Biography of François Mauriac
François Mauriac (October 11, 1885 – September 1, 1970) was a French author, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is acknowledged to be one of the greatest Roman Catholic writers of the 20th century. He was born François Charles Mauriac in Bordeaux, France. He studied literature at the University of Bordeaux, graduating in 1905, after which he moved to Paris to prepare for postgraduate study at the École des Chartes. He was opposed the rule in Vietnam, and strongly condemned the use of torture by the French army in Algeria. He also published a series of personal memoirs and a biography of Charles de Gaulle. In 1952, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in 1958. Mauriac's complete works were published in twelve volumes bet... Biography of David Morse
David Morse (born October 11, 1953) is an Emmy Award-nominated American stage, television, and film actor. Personal life Morse was born in Hamilton, Massachusetts to Jacquelyn, a school teacher, and Charles Morse, a sales manager. He has three sisters. Morse has been married to actress Susan Wheeler Duff since June 19, 1982. They currently have three children and reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Career Morse began his acting career in the theatre as a player for the Boston Repertory Theatre in the early 1970s. He spent some time in New York's theatre community in the early 1980s before moving into television and film. Morse's big break came in 1982 when he was cast in the television medical drama St. Elsewhere. Morse played Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison, a young physician who ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Irina Kazakova
Irina Kazakova, born October 11, 1968, is a Russian athlet, specialist of marathon.... Biography of Dawn French
Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a Welsh actress and comedian. Throughout her career, she has been nominated for six BAFTA Awards. She is best-known for starring in and writing her comedy sketch show, French and Saunders, alongside her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, and for playing the lead role of Geraldine Granger in the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley. Background French was born in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales and educated at the independent St Dunstan's Abbey (now Plymouth College) boarding school on Craigie Drive in Plymouth, Devon, England. Her father, Denys, was a member of the Royal Air Force being stationed at RAF Valley. The RAF partly funded her private education but she did not enjoy her schooldays. She later won a debating scholarship that brought her to study at the ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Stephen Moyer
Stephen Moyer (born Stephen John Emery; 11 October 1969) is an English actor who has starred as vampire Bill Compton in the HBO series True Blood since 2008. Early life and career Moyer was born in Brentwood, Essex. He attended St Martin's School, a comprehensive school in Hutton, Essex, and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He became Brentwood Theatre's first patron in October 2007, especially supporting their "Reaching Out, Building On" campaign to help fund the 2008 completion of backstage facilities. After graduating from LAMDA, Stephen Moyer worked in theatre for five years. He worked with the National Theatre of Wales, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Oxford Stage Company, work which included going on tour and playing Romeo in productions ... Biography of Valerie Niehaus
Valerie Niehaus, born October 11, 1974 in Emsdetten, is a German actress. Filmography 2008 Die Gustloff - ZDF-Zweiteiler 2006 Alles über Anna - Serie im ZDF /Hauptrolle als Anna 2006 Verlobt - Verheiratet 2005 Rohtenburg (Kinofilm) 2005 Beweise, dass es böse ist von Donna Leon, Episodenhauptrolle 2005 Vollgas 2004 SOKO 5113 - Amour fou, Episodenrolle als Tina Klein 2004 Rose unter Dornen, Rolle als Sofie Winter 2004 Wind über den Schären von Inga Lindström, Hauptrolle als Hanna Bellmann 2003 Das bisschen Haushalt, Hauptrolle als Irina Burger 2002 Königskinder, Rolle als Hanna 2002 Der Duft des Geldes, Rolle als Antonia Lenz 2001 Love Crash, Hauptrolle als Ina/Jula 2001 Die Frau, die Freundin und der Vergewaltiger, Rolle als Maike Lilienthal 2001 Das Glück is... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Bradley James
Bradley James (born 11 October 1983) is an English actor from Exeter, Devon. He made his television debut in the ITV series Lewis in 2008 and is best known for portraying the role of Prince Arthur in the television show Merlin. Television career Bradley made his first appearance in an episode of Lewis in 2008. He also played the part of Ben Davies in the BBC Three drama Dis/Connected. He trained at Drama Centre London. His breakthrough came when he was chosen to play Prince Arthur, a teenage boy who would later become the legendary King Arthur, in the BBC One fantasy TV series Merlin, alongside fellow young actor Colin Morgan, who plays the protagonist in this series. In an interview, he stated that he had enjoyed being involved with the stunts; however, he had "picked up more tha... Biography of Larusso (singer)
Laetitia Serero, best known as Larusso, born October 11, 1979 in Paris, is a French singer. She is the cousin of French TV host, producer and humorist Jacques Essebag, best known as Arthur. Discography Simplement (2000) Intro concert Il suffira Tu m'oublieras Rien ne peut séparer Et je vivrai à travers toi On ne s'aimera plus jamais Bouge de ma vie 1,2,3 Here we go (instru) Je survivrai (I will survive) Si le ciel Come back to me Outro (The end of the story) On ne s'aimera plus jamais (Groove brothers club mix) Tu m'oublieras (Hip hop mix) Larusso (2001) Entre nous Tous unis (give me love) Prends garde à toi Habibi Les pages de l'album Danse la nuit (dance all night) Quoi qu'ils pensent Même si la vie J'attends tout D'ici ou d'ail... Biography of Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall (born Daryl Franklin Hohl on October 11, 1946, Pottstown, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and songwriter best known as half of the music duo Hall & Oates (with music partner John Oates). Early life and career His mother played songs by Frank Sinatra to him as a child, and he later became a fan of TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia), Motown and other R&B/soul music. He took piano lessons as a child, but he did not like them. He would skip the lessons and ride his bicycle across the bridge from his grandfather's farm over to the heart of the black "Chicken Hill" ghetto, where he could just listen and absorb the music. In the 1960s, Hall attended Temple University, but did not graduate, preferring instead to spend his time singing on the street corners and playing with vari... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Claudia Black
Claudia Lee Black (born in Sydney, Australia on 11 October 1972) is an Australian actress, best known for her portrayals of Aeryn Sun in the science fiction television series Farscape and as Vala Mal Doran in Stargate SG-1. Biography Claudia Lee Black was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. She was educated at the Kambala Girls School, in Sydney. She has spent most of her life in Europe and New Zealand. Acting career Claudia has participated in Australian television and movies. She portrayed a hermaphrodite named Jill Mayhew in the Australian television series "Good Guys Bad Guys". She also had a leading role in the New Zealand soap opera City Life playing the role of Greek lawyer Angela Kostapas. For her role in Farscape, Black was nominated Best Actress by Saturn Award in ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elena Berezhnaya
Elena Viktorovna Berezhnaya (Russian: Елена Викторовна Бережная, born October 11, 1977 in Nevinnomyssk, USSR) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Anton Sikharulidze, she is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and 2002 Olympic co-champion. Their 2002 gold medal was shared with Canadian pair Jamie Salé and David Pelletier after the controversy regarding the judging of the long program of that competition. Berezhnaya had also represented Latvia in competition. Personal life Following their competitive career, Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze toured with Stars on Ice for four seasons. During the tour, Berezhnaya began a friendship with Steven Cousins and th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Flanagan (inventor)
Gillis Patrick Flanagan (b. 11 October 1944 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (source for his time of birth: Linda Clark)) is an American inventor. He holds advanced degrees in nanotechnology, chemistry, bio-sciences, medicine, and is an M.D. His medical degree originates from Medicina Alternativa, a branch of The Open International University of Complentary Medicines in Sri Lanka. As a child Flanagan was reportedly plagued by a recurring dream in which he was an adult, flying a small aeroplane which suffered engine failure. This forced him to land on a small island, where a UFO landed and disgorged a party of "beautiful blond beings." They used a silver helmet to measure his intelligence and told him that if his intelligence did not match their expectations, he and the rest of the human rac... Biography of Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski (née Krajkowski, born October 11, 1968 in Parsippany, New Jersey) is a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal and Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock. Television In her first major television role, Krakowski joined the soap opera Search for Tomorrow in 1984, playing the role of Theresa Rebecca (T.R.) Kendall, a role she played until the show ended in 1986. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role in 1987. In 1997 she landed what would become her biggest role, playing office assistant Elaine Vassal on the television series Ally McBeal for six seasons until 2002. Her role on Ally McBeal earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1999. In 2006, Krakowski joined ... Biography of James Oliver Huberty
James Oliver Huberty, born October 11, 1942 in Canton, Ohio, will forever be remembered for one of the most shocking acts of violence in American history. The McDonald's massacre was an incident of mass murder which resulted in 21 deaths and 19 injuries at a McDonald's restaurant in the San Ysidro section of San Diego, California, on July 18, 1984. It was the deadliest shooting spree in U.S. history at the time. The massacre was carried out by James Oliver Huberty, a 41-year-old former Union Metal Inc. welder from Canton, Ohio. In January 1984, Huberty had moved to San Ysidro with his wife and children, where he worked as a security guard until his dismissal one week prior to the murders. His apartment was located near the site of the shooting spree. Before the massacre On the day ... Biography of Karl Hofer
Karl Christian Ludwig Hofer or Carl Hofer (11 October 1878 in Karlsruhe – 3 April 1955 Berlin (West)) was a German expressionist painter. One of the most prominent painters of expressionism, he never was a member of one of the expressionist painting groups, like "Die Brücke", who influenced him. His work was considered degenerate art by the Nazis, and only after World War II did he regain recognition as one of the greatest German painters. Works Frühwerk 1898–1920 1901: Betende Kinder, Öl/Lwd., Privatbesitz Karlsruhe 1903: Karl und Thilde Hofer, Öl/Lwd., ehem. Nachlass Hofer Berlin 1907: Drei Badende Jünglinge, Öl/Lwd., Kunstmuseum Winterthur 1911: Im Sturm, Öl/Lwd., Kunstmuseum Winterthur 1913: Selbstbildnis, Öl/Lwd., Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München 1913: Fah... Biography of Michelle Wie
Michelle Sung Wie (born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer. In 2006, she was named in a Time magazine article, "one of 100 people who shape our world." Early years Born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Korean-born parents, Wie began playing golf at the age of four. Upon turning professional at age 15 she said, "The first time I grabbed a golf club, I knew that I'd do it for the rest of my life." In the summer of 2000, at the age of ten, she became the youngest player ever to qualify for the Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. This record stood for eight years until it was broken in 2008 by another 10-year-old from Hawaii, Allisen Corpuz, who was five months younger than Wie was when she qualified for the same championship. In 2001, at the age of 11, she won both... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yuri Chechi
Jury Dimitri Chechi (born October 11, 1969) is a retired Italian gymnast. Biography Born in Prato (Tuscany), he won the Olympics title in the rings at Atlanta 1996 and was third at Athens 2004. This bronze was the fruit of a comeback at the age of 35, ten to fifteen years older than most of his competitors. Jury Chechi dominated his specialty, the rings, during the nineties, so he was named "The Lord of the Rings", however he could not participate in the Barcelona 1992 and Sydney 2000 Olympic games due to serious injuries. He has won five gold and two bronze medals at the World Gymnastics Championships and four gold and two bronze medals at the European Championships. Chechi was the Italian flagbearer at the opening ceremony in the Athens Games in 2004. He also participated in... Biography of Constance Zimmer
Constance Zimmer (parents JoAnne Zimmer and Gunter Zimmer October 11, 1970, in Seattle) is an American actress. She currently (as of 2006) resides in Eagle Rock, California. Her past credits include Good Morning, Miami, Entourage, Joan of Arcadia, and In Justice. She appeared as attorney Claire Simms in season 3 of Boston Legal. She joined the regular cast in the episode "Lincoln". However, producers chose not to renew her contract at the end of the season. Zimmer also is reprising her role as studio exec Dana Gordon in season 4 of HBO's Entourage. Constance Zimmer began her acting career in high school productions. After graduation, she auditioned for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. She and the whole cast of (the now defunct) Good Morning, Miami became fundr... Biography of Pierre-Jean Jouve
Pierre Jean Jouve (Arras, October 11, 1887 - 1976) was a French writer, novelist and poet.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Liselotte Pulver
Liselotte Pulver (born October 11, 1929), sometimes credited as Lilo Pulver, is a Swiss actress. Pulver was one of the stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 60s, where she often was cast as a tomboy. Despite a wide variety of roles, she is best remembered for the hearty and joyful laughter she displayed in comedies. Personal life Pulver was born in Bern to civil engineer Fritz Eugen Pulver and his wife Germaine. In 1960, she met German actor Helmut Schmid on the set of "Gustav Adolfs Page" and married him the following year. The couple had two children, son Marc-Tell (born 1962) and daughter Melisande (born 1967). Her daughter committed suicide in 1989. Her husband died in 1992 of a heart attack. She lives secluded in Perroy Kanton Waadt on the shores of Lake Geneva. Care... Biography of Carol Costello
Carol Costello (born October 11, 1961) is a CNN correspondent assigned to The Situation Room, working out of the network's Washington, DC bureau. In the past, she has reported on a variety of fitness issues during "The Bod Squad" reports shown throughout CNN programs. Previously, Costello anchored the CNN early morning program CNN Daybreak and also was news reader on American Morning,On October 4, 2006, the industry website TVNewser reported that Costello would be leaving American Morning but would remain at CNN as a New York-based correspondent. A former resident of Atlanta, Georgia, Costello had moved to the New York area after getting married in 2004. She later moved with her husband to Baltimore, Maryland, where she currently resides. Costello is a graduate of Minerva High School... Biography of Julie McNiven
Julie McNiven, born October 11, 1980 in Amherst, Massachusetts, is an American actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1617837/ ) Failing Better Now (2008) (post-production) .... Anna "Supernatural" .... Anna Milton (2 episodes, 2008) - Heaven and Hell (2008) TV episode .... Anna Milton - I Know What You Did Last Summer (2008) TV episode .... Anna Milton "Mad Men" .... Hildy (15 episodes, 2007-2008) - Meditations in an Emergency (2008) TV episode .... Hildy - The Mountain King (2008) TV episode .... Hildy - The Inheritance (2008) TV episode .... Hildy - Six Month Leave (2008) TV episode .... Hildy - A Night to Remember (2008) TV episode (uncredited) .... Hildy (10 more) Bluff Point (2008) .... Girl "New Amsterdam" .... Mo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Daniel Wayenberg
Daniel Wayenberg, born October 11, 1929 in Paris, is a French musician, pianist and composer.... Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan
Jayaprakash Narayan (Devanāgarī: जयप्रकाश नारायण; October 11, 1902 - October 8, 1979), widely known as JP, was an Indian freedom fighter and political leader, remembered especially for leading the opposition to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s and for giving a call for peaceful Total Revolution. His biography, Jayaprakash, was written by his nationalist friend and an eminent writer of Hindi literature, Ramavriksha Benipuri. Early life Narayan was born in Sitabdiara village between Ballia District of UP and Saran District of Bihar. His father Harsudayal was a junior official in the canal department of the State government and was often touring the region. Jayaprakash, called Baul affectionately, was ... Biography of Gilbert Thiel
Gilbert Thiel, born October 11, 1948 in Metz, is a French judge.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christophe Lebreton
Christophe Lebreton, born October 11, 1950 in Blois, died March 27, 1996, was a Roman Catholic Trappist priest. Martyrs of Atlas The Roman Catholic Trappist Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.) commemorate the death in 1996 of their seven brother monks of Atlas, Algeria. The monks died after refusing to abandon their decades long service to the local Muslim community during the reign of terror that besieged the common citizens of Algeria throughout the late 20th century: During the night of March 27-28, 1996, seven monks of the Cistercian Monastery of Our Lady of Atlas, near the village of Tibhirine in Algeria, were abducted by... a radical faction of the GIA (Groupe Islamique Armée). On May 23, the GIA announced that the monks had been executed on May 21, 1996. ... Biography of Miriam Freeland
Miriam Freeland, born October 11, 1978 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian actress, daugther of teachers (both of her parents).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kyoko Ina
Kyoko Ina (born October 11, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese-American figure skater. She currently trains in Hackensack, New Jersey with her partner John Zimmerman and her coaches Tamara Moskvina and Igor Moskvin. They turned professional, joining Stars On Ice. Kyoko Ina was born in Japan, but raised in New York. She started skating at the age of 4, at the rink at Rockefeller Center. She skated singles and pairs for Japan in the Junior ranks. Her first American partnership was with Jason Dungjen from 1991 to 1998, under the coaching of Peter Burrows and Marylynn Gelderman in Monsey, New York. They excelled as a pair and placed 4th in the 1998 Winter Olympics. That same year they separated, with Jason marrying Yuka Sato. She and John Zimmerman then formed a skating partnership, and th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frank Jacobowsky
Frank Jacobowsky, born October 11, 1931 in Belfield, North Dakota, is an American author and astrologer.... Biography of Tom Zé
Tom Zé (born Antônio José Santana Martins, 11 October 1936 in Irará, Bahia, Brazil) is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who was influential in the Tropicália movement of 1960s Brazil. After the peak of the Tropicália period, Zé went into relative obscurity: it was only in the 1990s, when the musician and label head David Byrne discovered an album recorded by Zé many years earlier, that he returned to performing and releasing new material. Early life and career Tom Zé grew up in the small town of Irará, Bahia in the dry sertão region of the country's Northeast. He would later claim that his hometown was "pre-Gutenbergian", as information was primarily transferred through oral communication. As a child, he was influenced by Brazilian musicians such as Luiz Gonzaga and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Watteau
Michel Watteau, born October 11, 1945 in Wattrelos (Nord), died September 28, 2003 was a French footballer. Height : 1m81... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Ive
Richard Ive, born October 11, 1932 in Santa Monica, California, is an American actor. He has played in TV series Hill Street Blue.... Biography of Bobby Charlton
Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English professional football player who won the World Cup and was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1966. He played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot. He began to play for United's first team in 1956, and over the next two seasons gained a regular place in the team, during which time he survived the Munich air disaster of 1958. After helping United to win the Football League in 1965, he won a World Cup medal with England in 1966 and another Football League title with United the following year. In 1968, he captained the Manchester United team that won the Europea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Amos Gitaï
Amos Gitai (born October 11, 1950 in Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli film director, screenwrtier and actor. Career His father was an architect whose family name was previously Weinraub. Gitai was studying architecture himself when he was called up to serve in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. While serving in a helicopter rescue crew, Gitai shot 8 mm footage of the war. Gitai has claimed that this served as his entry into the world of filmmaking. On his birthday, Gitai's helicopter was shot down by a Syrian missile on the Golan Heights. This experience had a great effect on his life and forms the basis of his film Kippur, an autobiographical depiction of his war service. He began his career directing documentaries which showcased his increasingly leftist politics. Field Diary, a critical look a... Biography of Martin Garms
Martin Garms, born October 11, 1958 in Brilon, is a German astrologer, author and astrological data collector.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yves Lanvin
Yves Lanvin, born October 11, 1901 in Colombes, is a French businessman, the nephew of Jeanne Lanvin (born Jeanne-Marie Lanvin, Paris, January 1, 1867–died Paris, July 6, 1946), a French fashion designer and the founder of the Lanvin fashion house. History of Lanvin House History Lanvin made such beautiful clothes for her daughter that they began to attract the attention of a number of wealthy people who requested copies for their own children. Soon, Lanvin was making dresses for their mothers, and some of the most famous names in Europe were included in the clientele of her new boutique on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris. 1909, Lavin joined the Syndicat de la Couture, which marked her formal status as a couturière. From 1923, the Lanvin empire included a dye factory in Nan... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kofi Yamgnane
Kofi Yamgnane, born October 10, 1945 in Bassar, Togo, is a French and Togolese engineer and politician, member of PS (Parti socialiste).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Matt Felker
Matthew Nicholas Felker or Matt Felker, born October 11, 1979 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is an American actor, model and screenwriter. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1812676/ ) Who is Brad Lenz? (2008) (pre-production) .... Brad Lenz/Marty Feltcher London (2005) (uncredited) .... Nipple Man Dirty Famous (2005) (TV) .... Shar's Boyfriend Flashpoint (2002) (TV) .... Surfer stud ... aka E.I.S.: Epidemiologic Intelligence Service... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Aminel
Georges Aminel, born October 11, 1922 in Clichy, died May 20, 2007 in Paris, was a French actor. Filmography Actor Chiens perdus sans collier de Jean Delannoy (1955) La Loi des rues de Ralph Habib (1956) Le Soleil des voyous de Jean Delannoy (1966) Popsy Pop de Jean Herman (1970) Les Tueurs fous de Boris Szulzinger (1972) Jean Galmot, aventurier d'Alain Maline (1990) French voice Orson Welles Yul Brynner Gregory Peck Yaphet Kotto James Earl Jones Grosminet Milou De Benedetti dans Le Grand Embouteillage Thulsa Doom dans Conan le Barbare Dark Vador dans L'Empire contre-attaque, Le Retour du Jedi et La Revanche des Sith (lorsqu'il est dans son armure) Le Mal dans Bandits, bandits Doc Savage dans Doc Savage arrive Falkor dans L'Histoire s... Biography of Nhat Hanh
Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: Nhất Hạnh; pronounced listen (help·info) (born October 11, 1926 in central Vietnam) is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist. He joined a Zen monastery at the age of 16, studied Buddhism as a novice, and was fully ordained as a monk in 1949. Commonly referred to as Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese: Thích Nhất Hạnh), the title Thích is used by all Vietnamese monks and nuns, meaning that they are part of the Shakya (Shakyamuni Buddha) clan. In the early 1960s, he founded the School of Youth for Social Services (SYSS) in Saigon, a grassroots relief organization that rebuilt bombed villages, set up schools and medical centers, and resettled families left homeless during the Vietnam War.. He traveled to... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sandrine Erdely-Sayo
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, born October 11, 1968, in Perpignan, France, is a Jewish French-American pianist. She was a child prodigy who could play Bach and read music before knowing how to read a book. Biography Sandrine Erdely-Sayo began studying piano at the age of four at the Perpignan Conservatory in France, with Michèle Puig (Pablo Casals' goddaughter). At ten, she was awarded first prize at the Bellan Competition in Paris. Three years later she won gold medals in piano and chamber music and the following year, the "prix d'excellence à l'unanimité". She continued her musical studies with Denyse Rivière and with Christian Manen (First Grand Prize of Rome) at the Conservatoire de Paris where she received first prize for specialization in solfège. There, she pursued special studies in... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anne Enright
Anne Enright (born 1962 in Dublin) is a Booker Prize-winning Irish author. She has published essays, short stories, a non-fiction book and four novels. She was educated at Lester Pearson United World College of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, at Trinity College Dublin, and at the University of East Anglia, where she earned an M.A. in the creative writing course and was taught by Angela Carter and Malcolm Bradbury. For six years, she was a television producer and director for RTÉ in Dublin. She began writing full-time in 1993. Her writings have appeared in several magazines, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review and Granta, and collected in The Portable Virgin, her 1991 work which won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature that year. Her novels include The Wig M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Suzy Prim
Suzy Prim, born Suzanne Arduini October 11, 1895 in Paris and died July 8, 1991 in Boulogne-Billancourt, was a French actress and comedian. Filmography 1910 : Petits poèmes antiques de Louis Feuillade 1910 : Le Noël de grand-mère - une production Gaumont 1910 : Le Crime de grand-père de Léonce Perret 1911 : Cœur d'enfant de Léonce Perret 1912 : Le Petit Poucet de Georges-André Lacroix 1913 : Jeux d'enfants de Henri Fescourt 1913 : Le Faux départ - une production Pathé 1913 : Carmen de Giovanni Doria et Augusto Turqui 1917 : Les écrits restent de Georges-André Lacroix 1917 : Haine de Georges-André Lacroix 1918 : Le Marchand de bonheur de Georges-André Lacroix 1918 : Le Noël d'Yveline de Georges-André Lacroix 1918 : En détresse de Henri Pouctal 1918 : Il suo d... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kader Firoud
Abdelkader Firoud (October 11, 1919 in Oran – April 3, 2005 in Nîmes), most commonly known as Kader Firoud, was a French-Algerian professional football midfielder and manager.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Léon Barillot
Léon Barillot, born October 11, 1844 in Montigny-lès-Metz, died in 1929 in Metz, was a French engraver and painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke (also known as Alexander von Borsig, Alex Hacke, Hacke, born 11 October 1965 in Berlin/Neukölln) is a guitarist, bass-guitar player, singer, experimental / industrial / electronic musician from Germany. Hacke produced numerous artists, contributed to their records, was present on all albums and tours of Einstürzende Neubauten, and released two full-length solo albums. While primarily known for his work with the influential industrial group Einstürzende Neubauten, he has also collaborated with many other artists, such as The Tiger Lillies, Danielle de Picciotto, Crime and the City Solution, Gianna Nannini, Gry, Miranda Sex Garden, Terranova, Sprung Aus Den Wolken, Mona Mur, Die Ichs, Schlaflose Naechte, Fred Alpi and others. Early years In the early 1980s he rele... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pablo Rivero
Pablo Rivero, born October 11, 1980 in Madrid, is a Spanish actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0729491/ ) # Expulsados 1609, la tragedia de los moriscos (2009) .... Padre Domingo # "Cuéntame" .... Toni Alcántara Fernández / ... (176 episodes, 2001-2008) ... aka "Cuéntame cómo pasó" (Spain: new title) - Año nuevo, vida nueva (2008) TV episode .... Toni Alcántara Fernández - Ha pasado un ángel (2008) TV episode .... Toni Alcántara Fernández - Antes morir que perder la vida (2008) TV episode .... Toni Alcántara Fernández - Habla, pueblo, habla (2008) TV episode .... Toni Alcántara Fernández - La mano en el fuego (2008) TV episode .... Toni Alcántara Fernández (171 more) # Íntimos y extraños. 3 historias y 1/2 (2008) # No me pidas que... Biography of Danny Sugerman
Daniel Stephen Sugerman (aka Danny; October 11, 1954 – January 5, 2005) was the second manager of the Los Angeles based rock band The Doors, and wrote several books about Jim Morrison and The Doors, including No One Here Gets Out Alive co-authored with Jerry Hopkins, and the autobiography Wonderland Avenue. Sugerman replaced the original Doors manager, Bill Siddons, shortly after Morrison's death in 1971. He helped film director Oliver Stone with the production of the 1991 movie The Doors. Sugerman began working with The Doors when he was 12 years old, starting with answering their fan mail. As stated by The Doors' drummer John Densmore, Danny was "the manager and driving force behind The Doors" who "guided our career for over 30 years". He lived his life keeping the legacy of The Doors... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Paul de Rocca-Serra
Jean-Paul de Rocca Serra, born October 11, 1911 in Bonifacio, Corsica, died April 6, 1998, was a French politician and physician, a former member of UDR and RPR.... Biography of Gaetano Marzotto
Count Gaetano Marzotto, born October 11, 1894 in Valdagno, died August, 11, 1972, was an Italian industrialist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Doukan
Pierre Doukan, born October 11, 1927 in Paris, died in 1995, was a French musician, music teacher and violinist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Elmore Leonard
Elmore John Leonard, Jr. (born October 11, 1925, New Orleans, Lousiana) is an American novelist and screenwriter. His earliest published novels in the 1950s were westerns, and Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, several of which have been adapted into successful motion pictures or TV movies. Biography Leonard was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but since his father worked as a site locator for General Motors, the family moved frequently for several years. In 1934, the family finally settled in Detroit, Michigan. Leonard has made the Detroit area his home ever since. In the 1930s, two major events occurred that would influence many of his works. Gangsters such as Bonnie and Clyde were making national headlines, as were the Detroit Tigers baseb... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain
Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain (born October 11, 1965, in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish physicist. He is one of the pioneers of the field of quantum computing and quantum information theory. He is the recipient of the 2006 Prince of Asturias Award in technical and scientific research. Biography Juan Ignacio Cirac is one of the most famous Spanish physicists. He graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1988 and moved to the United States in 1991 to work as a postdoctoral scientist with Peter Zoller in the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics in University of Colorado at Boulder. Between 1991 and 1996, he was teaching physics in the Ciudad Real Faculty of Chemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha. In 1996, he became professor in the Institut für Theoret... Biography of Dottie West
Dottie West (born October 11, 1932, Smithville, Tennessee – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer, and was one of Country music's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Dottie West's career started in the early-60s, with her Top 10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her the first Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965. In the 1960s, West was one of the few female Country singers working in what was then a male-dominated industry, influencing other female Country singers to come to fame around that time, like Lynn Anderson, Crystal Gayle, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, and Tammy Wynette. Throughout the 60s, West had major Country hits within the Top 10 and 20. In the early 1970s, West wrote a popular commercial for the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Peter Gale
Robert Peter Gale (born October 11, 1945, New York) is an American physician and medical researcher. Leukemia and other bone marrow disorders (such as aplastic anemia) are the central theme of Gale’s basic scientific and clinical research for over 35 years. Education Gale received his A.B. degree with honors in biology and chemistry from Hobart College in 1966 and his M.D. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1970 (with Evan Caukins, Robin Bannerman and John Edwards). His postgraduate medical training (internal medicine, hematology and oncology) was at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1970-1973 (with William Valentine and David Solomon). In 1976 he received a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from the University of California at Los Angel... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Janet Benedict
Janet Benedict, born October 11, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan, is an American professional astrologer and astrology teacher.... Biography of Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American Academy Award-winning film director and choreographer whose work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater. Among the numerous stage productions he worked on were On the Town, High Button Shoes, The King And I, The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing, West Side Story, Gypsy: A Musical Fable, and Fiddler on the Roof. He won an Oscar with Robert Wise for Best Director of West Side Story.Early years Robbins was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz, exactly two months before the end of World War I, in the Jewish Maternity Hospital in the heart of Manhattan’s Lower East Side – a neighborhood populated by many immigrants. The Rabinowitz family lived in a large apartment house at 51 East 97th at the north... Biography of Melchior de Polignac
Melchior de Polignac (October 11, 1661– November 20, 1742), was a French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal and neo-Latin poet. A younger son of Armand XVI, marquis de Polignac, he was born at Lavoûte-sur-Loire, near Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne. At an early age he achieved distinction as a diplomat. In 1695 he was sent as ambassador to Poland, where he succeeded in bringing about the election of François-Louis de Bourbon, prince de Conti as successor to John Sobieski (1697). The subsequent failure of this intrigue led to his temporary disgrace, but in 1702 he was restored to favour, and in 1712 he was sent as the plenipotentiary of Louis XIV of France to the Congress of Utrecht. During the regency he became involved in the Cellamare conspiracy, and was relegated to Flanders for three ye... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Duccio Tessari
Duccio Tessari, born Amadeo Tessari October 11, 1926 in Genoa, died September 6, 1994 in Rome (cancer), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was the husband of actress Lorella De Luca, and the father of actress Fiorenza Tessari. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856319/ ) "Les aventuriers du Rio Verde" (1991) TV mini-series (unknown episodes) ... aka "Die Abenteurer vom Rio Verde" (Germany) ... aka "Le pilote du Rio Verde" (France) C'era un castello con 40 cani (1990) (writer) ... aka Au bonheur des chiens (France) ... aka There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (International: English title) "Guerra di spie" (1988) TV mini-series (writer) "Caccia al ladro d'autore" (1 episode, 1985) - Il ratto di Proserpina (1985) TV episode (writer) Tex e il... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Baptiste Lamy
Jean-Baptiste Lamy (October 11, 1814 - February 13, 1888), was a French Roman Catholic clergyman and the first Archbishop of Santa Fe (New Mexico), United States. American writer Willa Cather's novel Death Comes for the Archbishop is based on his life and career. Early life and career Ordination as a priest Lamy was born in Lempdes, France in the Auvergne region of France. He completed his classical studies in the preparatory seminary of Clermont and theological coursework in the grand seminary (major seminary) of Montferrand, where he was ordained a priest in December 1838. Elevation to Bishop After a few months as an assistant priest in his native diocese, in 1839 Lamy asked for and obtained permission to answer the call for missionaries of Bishop John Baptist Purcell, of ... Biography of Etienne Barilier
Étienne Barilier, born October 11, 1947 in Payerne, Vaud, is a Swiss author, novelist and professor. Publications * Alban Berg : essai d'interprétation, Lausanne, 1978 * Albert Camus : Philosophie et littérature, Lausanne, 1977 * Après les idéologies, Zurich, 2001 * Une Atlantide, roman, Lausanne, 1989 * B-A-C-H : histoire d'un nom dans la musique, Genève, 1997 * Le Banquet, Lausanne, 1984 * Les belles fidèles : petit essai sur la traduction, Lausanne, 1990 * Le chien Tristan, roman, Lausanne, 1977/1993, traduction allemande par Klara Obermüller : Nachtgespräche, Zürich 1979 * Contre le nouvel obscurantisme : éloge du progrès, essai, Genève, 1995, traduction allemande par Ulrich Kunzmamn : Gegen den neuen Obskurantismus, Frankfurt a. M., 19... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Art Blakey
Arthur "Art" Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, he was one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. He is known as a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was and continues to be profoundly influential on mainstream jazz. For more than 30 years his band the Jazz Messengers included many young musicians who went on to become prominent names in jazz. The band's legacy is thus not only known for the often exceptionally fine music it produced, but as a proving ground for several generations of jazz musicians; Blakey's groups are matched only by those of Miles Davis in this regard. He was a member of the Ahmad... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claire Mafféi
Claire Mafféi , born Marie-Josèphe Émilie Mafféi October 11, 1919 in Lyon, died October 16, 2004, was a French actress and comedian. Filmography * 1941 : Premier rendez-vous de Henri Decoin * 1942 : Les ailes blanches de Robert Péguy * 1943 : Ne le criez pas sur les toits de Jacques Daniel-Norman * 1945 : L'Insaisissable Frédéric de Richard Pottier * 1945 : Jeux de femmes de Maurice Cloche * 1946 : Antoine et Antoinette de Jacques Becker * 1948 : Les Dieux du dimanche de René Lucot * 1949 : Les Conquérants solitaires de Claude Vermorel * 1955 : La Plus Belle des Vies de Claude Vermorel Theater * 1947 : Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement de Prosper Mérimée, Théâtre Antoine * 1948 : Thermidor de Claude Vermorel, mise en scène Cla... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eric Keenleyside
Eric Keenleyside (born October 11, 1957 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick,) is a Canadian actor. He lives in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada, with his wife, Peg, and their two children. He was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick and grew up in London, Ontario, and spent time in Brisbane, Australia. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (acting) from the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) in 1980 and apprenticed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He has lived and worked in Toronto, Los Angeles and Vancouver. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444776/ ) # The Big Year (2011) (post-production) .... Cochran - contractor # Dear Mr. Gacy (2010) .... Stan # Revolution (2009) (TV) .... Gil Lomey # Damage (2009) .... Val Sullivan # "Fear Itself" (1 episode, 2009) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Kossowski
Jacques Kossowski (born October 11, 1940 in Paris) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the 3rd constituency of the Hauts-de-Seine department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Patrick Pitu
Patrick Pitu, born October 11, 1982 in Beverly, Massachusetts, is an American actor. Filmographie (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1861678/ ) # "Opportunity Knocks" .... Patrick (1 episode, 2008) - The Vamvos Family (2008) TV episode .... Patrick # West Run (2008) (V) .... Roland West # Dogmaid (2008) .... Michael # The Education of Charlie Banks (2007) .... Suicide Witness # Black Irish (2007) (uncredited) .... Boy on Bus # Divine Intervention (2007/II) .... Raymond Tesche # Pretty Dead Things (2006) .... Denver Longshanks/The Pizza Boy # Detour Into Madness Vol 2. (2006) (V) .... Billy # Roller Palace (2006) (TV) .... Groomsman # "Waterfront" .... News Reporter (2 episodes, 2006) - Pilot (2006) TV episode .... News Reporter - Sting Like a Butterfly (2006) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nicanor Duarte Frutos
Óscar Nicanor Duarte Frutos (born 11 October 1956) is a Paraguayan politician who served as President of Paraguay from 2003 to 2008. He currently holds the title of Senator for life. Career Born in Coronel Oviedo, Caaguazú, Nicanor Duarte grew up during the Stroessner administration and was affiliated with Stroessner's Colorado Party at the age of 14 while attending high school in Coronel Oviedo. Dr. Duarte is married to María Gloria Penayo Solaeche and they have two children. In 1974 Duarte received a bachelor's degree in Sciences and Letters. In 1984 he obtained a law degree from the Catholic University of Asuncion and in 1989 a doctorate from the National University of Asuncion. Later he joined the ruling Colorado party. The preliminary candidate for the Colorados in December 199... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lester Bowie
Lester Bowie (11 October 1941–8 November 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the AACM, and cofounded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Born in Frederick, Maryland, Bowie grew up in St Louis, Missouri. At the age of five he started studying the trumpet with his father, a professional musician. He played with blues musicians such as Little Milton and Albert King, and rhythm and blues stars such as Solomon Burke, Joe Tex, and Rufus Thomas. In 1965 he became Fontella Bass's musical director (and husband). He was a cofounder of BAG (Black Artists' Group) in St Louis. In 1966 he moved to Chicago, where he worked as a studio musician, and met Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell and became a member of the AACM. In 1968 he founded the Art Ensemble of Chi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Beau Brady
Beau Brady, born October 11, 1981 in Sydney, is an Australian actor. Filmography # "The Bill" .... Andy Southgate (1 episode, 2008) - Getting Personal (2008) TV episode .... Andy Southgate # The King (2007) (TV) .... Tim ... aka The King: The Story of Graham Kennedy (USA: promotional title) # Voodoo Lagoon (2006) .... Lee # "Home and Away" .... Noah Lawson (20 episodes, 2000-2004) - Episode #1.3870 (2004) TV episode .... Noah Lawson - Episode #1.3582 (2003) TV episode .... Noah Lawson - Episode #1.3455 (2003) TV episode .... Noah Lawson - Episode #1.3422 (2003) TV episode .... Noah Lawson - Episode #1.3320 (2002) TV episode .... Noah Lawson (15 more) # Home and Away: Hearts Divided (2003) (V) .... Noah Lawson / Himself # Home and Away: Secrets... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tony Worthington
William Anthony Worthington, known as Tony Worthington (born October 11, 1941) is a retired politician in the United Kingdom. Early life He was brought up in Lincoln, attending the City School (a boys' grammar school) on Monks Road in Lincoln. He gained a BA in Sociology and Social Policy from the London School of Economics and a MEd from the University of Glasgow. From the University of York, he gained a PGCE, and then an Advanced PGCE from Durham University. From 1962-6 he was a lecturer in Social Policy and Sociology at HM Borstal, Dover, then at Monkwearmouth College of Further of Education (merged with Wearside College in 1996 to form the City of Sunderland College) from 1967–71, then from 1971-87 at Jordanhill College of Further Education in Glasgow. He was a councillor on S... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harold A. McDougall
Harold A. McDougall, born October 11, 1899 in Detroit, Michigan, died August 1, 1949 in Abilene, Texas, was an American astrologer, author. He had written articles about horary astrology.... Biography of Andreas Gryphius
Andreas Gryphius (October 11, 1616 - July 16, 1664) was a German lyric poet and dramatist. Gryphius was born as Andreas Greif in Głogów (Großglogau) in Silesia, where his father was a clergyman. The family name was Greif, latinized, according to the prevailing fashion, as Gryphius. Left early an orphan and driven from his native town by the troubles of the Thirty Years' War, he received his schooling in various places, but notably at Wschowa (Fraustadt) where he enjoyed an excellent classical education. In 1634 he went to Danzig (Gdańsk) in Poland where he met professors Peter Crüger and Johann Mochinger at the city Gymnasium, who introduced Gryphius to the new German language poetry. Crüger had for years close contacts to Martin Opitz, who became known as 'father of German... Biography of Pierre George
Pierre George, born on October 11, 1909 in Paris, and died on September 11, 2006 in Châtenay-Malabry, was a French geographer and professor. Publications (fr) * 1935 - La Région du Bas-Rhône, étude de géographie régionale (thèse). * 1935 - Trois rivières de Bocage (en collaboration). * 1936 - La Forêt de Bercé (thèse complémentaire). * 1938 - Études géographiques sur le Bas-Languedoc. * 1938 - Géographie économique et sociale de la France. * 1941 - Les Pays de la Saône et du Rhône. * 1942 - Géographie des Alpes. * 1945 - Géographie sociale du monde. * 1945 - L'Économie de l'URSS, « Que sais-je ? ». * 1946 - L'Économie des États-Unis. * 1946 - Géographie agricole du monde. * 1946 - Les Régions polaires. * 1947 - Le Problè... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Tanguy-Prigent
François Tanguy-Prigent (October 11, 1909 - January 20, 1970) was a French politician and resistance fighter. (The name Prigent first appears in Redon in 869 A.D., from "Prit" "beautiful" and Gent "race - line"). Born in the small town of Saint-Jean-du-Doigt, in the Finistère département of Bretagne, France, Tanguy-Prigent becomes politically active at age 16. At age eighteen he publishes his first political articles. In 1934 he is elected "conseiller général" for the Lanmeur Canton. Not having reached the age of twenty-five, he is disqualified for being too young, but is re-elected in 1935. In 1936, Tanguy-Prigent is elected to the National Assembly. In may 1940, though he is exempt from duty, Tanguy-Prigent asks to join the front with the 31st regiment (Dragons Portés) and is light... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Antonio Fazio
Antonio Fazio (born 11 October 1936 in Alvito, province of Frosinone) is an Italian banker, who was the Governor of Banca d'Italia from 1993 until his resignation amidst controversy at the end of 2005. He is reported to be very religious, and close to the Vatican. He has five children. The youngest of his daughters has been consecrated to the order of Legionaries of Christ, a lay religious organization (some newspapers reported incorrectly she was becoming a nun). Career He started work at the Bank of Italy in 1960. In 1993, after his predecessor Carlo Azeglio Ciampi left office to become the Italian Prime Minister, he became governor of the Bank of Italy. Some years after his appointment, it was said that he was interested in the leadership of the left-wing coalition to beat Berl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gorka Landaburu
Gorka Landáburu, born on October 11, 1951 in Paris, is a French journalist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michelle Grangaud
Michelle Grangaud, born on October 11, 1941 in Algiers, is a French poet and writer. Works Le bébégaiement du beau Beaubourg, Éditions de l’Attente (2011) Les Temps traversés, P.O.L. (2010) Calendrier des fêtes nationales, P.O.L. (2003) Calendrier des poètes, P.O.L. (2001) Souvenirs de ma vie collective, P.O.L. (2000) État civil, P.O.L. (1998) Poèmes fondus, P.O.L. (1997) On verra bien, éditions Guère épais, 1996. Jours le jour, P.O.L. (1994) Geste, P.O.L. (1991) Renaîtres, Ecbolade (1990) Stations, P.O.L. (1990) Mémento fragment, P.O.L. (1987) In la Bibliothèque Oulipienne Un voyage divergent, 2001 Une bibliothèque en avion, 1999 Oulipo fondu, 1997 hahaôahah, 1998 D'une petite haie, si pos... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ruslan Ponomariov
Ruslan Olegovich Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Руслан Олeгович Пономарьов, Ruslan Olehovych Ponomar'ov; Russian: Руслан Олегович Пономарёв; born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian chess player and former FIDE World Champion. Early career Ponomariov was born in Horlivka in Ukraine. In 1994 he placed third in the World Under-12 Championship at the age of ten. In 1996 he won the European Under-18 Championship at the age of just twelve, and the following year won the World Under-18 Championship. In 1998, at the age of fourtee... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cherokee Parks
Cherokee Bryan Parks (born October 11, 1972, in Huntington Beach, California) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6' 11" (211 cm), 240 lbs (109 kg) center, Parks played his college basketball at Duke University under coach Mike Krzyzewski and won the 1992 national title during his freshman year. After college, he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1st round (12th overall pick) of the 1995 NBA Draft. In his ten season NBA career (1995–2004), he played for the Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Vancouver Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers, San Antonio Spurs, Washington Wizards, and Golden State Warriors. He averaged career-highs of 7.1 points per game and 5.5 rebounds per game during the 1997–98 season with Minnesota. Parks' mother named him Cherokee in honor ... Biography of Gabe Saporta
Gabriel Eduardo "Gabe" Saporta (born October 11, 1979) is the lead singer and primary creative force behind the band Cobra Starship. He was previously the lead singer, bassist, and lyricist for the punk band Midtown. Cobra Starship is signed to the Decaydance record label. The band Cobra Starship released their second album ¡Viva La Cobra! on October 23, 2007. Their third album, Hot Mess, was released on August 11, 2009, and debuted at #4 on Billboard 200 albums chart with sales of more than 42,000. Early life Gabe Saporta was born in Montevideo, Uruguay to Diego and Jeanette. Saporta is Jewish and attended the Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union in West Orange, New Jersey. He grew up in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey. By the age of 8, he found music as... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis Veuillot
Louis Veuillot (October 11, 1813–March 7, 1883) was a French journalist and man of letters who is often credited with playing a decisive role in the popularisation of ultramontanism. He was born of humble parents at Boynes (Loiret). When he was five, his parents moved to Paris. With little education, he entered a lawyer's office, and was sent in 1830 to serve on a Rouen paper, and afterwards to Périgueux. He returned to Paris in 1837, and a year later visited Rome during Holy Week. There he embraced extravagant ultramontane sentiments, and became an ardent champion of Catholicism. The results of his conversion appeared in Pélerinages en Suisse (1839), Rome et Lorette (1841) and other works. In 1843 he joined the staff of the Univers religieux, and very soon transformed it into the le... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jay-Jay Johanson
Jay-Jay Johanson (born October 11, 1969 in Trollhättan) is a Swedish musician and singer-songwriter, known for his melancolic vocals and his androgynous looks. His music has integrated the trip-hop genre until he switched his sound to a more electroclash-oriented direction with the 2003 release Antenna, which featured "On The Radio". Once voted "the most beautiful man in the world", Swedish singer/songwriter Jay-Jay Johanson, born in Trollhättan, October 11, 1969, released his first album, "Whiskey", in August 1996. Recorded at Break My Heart Studios, in the Stockholm archipelago. The album was caractarized by its jazzy vocals over trippy, film noir arrangements. In 1998, Johanson released "Tattoo", taking a step into a more richly textured, poetic ambience. Johanssons third album, "... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Brian Jackson (musician)
Brian Jackson, born on October 11, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York, is a keyboardist, flautist, singer, composer, and producer. He is best known for his collaborations with Gil Scott-Heron in the 1970s. The sound of Jackson's Rhodes electric piano and flute accompaniments featured prominently in many of their compositions, most notably on "The Bottle" and "Rivers of My Fathers" from their first official collaboration Winter in America. Career The Brooklyn-born Jackson met Scott-Heron while the two were attending Lincoln University (Pennsylvania). They began a decade-long writing, producing, and recording partnership. Jackson composed most of the music that he and Scott-Heron together performed and recorded. In 1973, the two released their first album together, Pieces of a Man, with Ron Ca... Biography of Valentina Zelyaeva
Valentina Zelyaeva (Zeliaeva) (b. October 11, 1982 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian model who has appeared on the cover of Spanish, Chinese, Greek, and Mexican editions of Vogue. Valentina has been featured in print advertisements for Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, Calvin Klein, and Ralph Lauren, with whom she signed a seven-year deal, appearing in several high-profile campaigns for the designer. In addition to her Vogue covers, she has appeared on the covers of Elle and Harper's Bazaar. Her runway credits include Balenciaga, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Gucci and Valentino. On the controversial issue of banning underweight models from Milan Fashion Week, she said, "I think it's discrimination. We are skinny, this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in of... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (October 11, 1825 – November 28, 1898) was a poet and, as he was born in Zürich, Switzerland, a fellow-townsman of Gottfried Keller. Meyer is a master of the novella, but in all other respects there is a most striking difference. Keller was a sturdy commoner and always retained a certain affinity with the soil; there is a wholesome vigor about him. Meyer is of patrician descent; His father, who died early, was a statesman and historian; his mother a highly gifted woman of fine culture. Thus the boy grew up in an atmosphere of refinement. Having finished the gymnasium, he took up the study of law, but history and the humanities were of greater interest to him. Even in the child two traits were observed that later characterized the man and the poet: he had a most... Biography of Emmanuel Leconte
Emmanuel Leconte (born 11 October 1982 Paris, France) is a French actor best known for his role as King Francis I in the television hit series The Tudors. He has also has starred in: Monsieur Max (2007), La Ravisseuse(2005), and À tout de suite (2004). Emmanuel is the son of French director/producer Daniel Leconte. In 2008 he appeared in BBC2 comedy series The Cup, as French football coach Raymond Mercier. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1508044/ ) # "The Cup" (2008) TV series .... Mercier (unknown episodes, 2008) # The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008) .... Dig Site Student Miles # "The Tudors" .... King Francis I (5 episodes, 2007-2008) - Episode #2.8 (2008) TV episode .... King Francis I - Episode #2.2 (2008) TV episode .... King Francis I ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Maurice Dehousse
Jean-Maurice Dehousse, born October 11, 1936 in Liège, is a Belgian politician and syndicalist, member of Socialist Party.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Léon Binet
Léon René Binet, born in Saint-Martin-Chennetron (Seine-et-Marne) October 11, 1891 and died in Paris July 10, 1971, was a French physician and cardiologist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Martina Müller
Martina Müller (German: Martina Müller, born October 11, 1982 in Hannover, Germany) is a professional female tennis player from Germany. On April 2, 2007 she reached a new career high of No. 33 on the Tour rankings. She has had her best success on clay courts, where she won her only WTA Tour title at the Budapest Grand Prix. She has been successful on the ITF Circuit, where she competes regularly, even when her ranking is relatively high. She is coached by her father, Reinhard Müller. She admires tennis champion Andre Agassi. 2007 Martina started the year with middling results, reaching the second round at the Australian Open, losing to Elena Dementieva in three sets. From January to April, Martina never reached past the second round. In May, at the Berlin Open, she defeated Elen... Biography of Norm Nixon
Norman Ellard Nixon (born October 11, 1955 in Macon, Georgia) is a retired American professional basketball player for the NBA, who spent twelve seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers. Early life Born the third of three boys to Mary Jo and Elmer Nixon, in Macon, Georgia, his mother contracted myasthenia gravis when Norm was a baby, and his parents divorced when he was two years old. The three boys were also raised with the help on his mothers' mom and aunt (the boys grandmother and great aunt). He and his two brothers, Ken and Ron, attended the Methodist church, and Norm became an usher. High school He played basketball and football in high school at Southwest High School in Macon, Georgia, named to all-state in both sports. In football he p... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Karl Robin Bendetsen
Karl Robin Bendetsen, October 11, 1907 - June 28, 1989, was born in Aberdeen, Washington. His parents, Albert M. and Anna Bendetson, were first-generation American citizens, and his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Karl changed the spelling of his last name during early 1942, and would later make written claims to descent from Danish lumbermen who had come to America as early as 1670. Bendetsen is remembered primarily for his role as architect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II (a role he tried to downplay in later years). Military career Prior to World War II Bendetson (as he was then known) enlisted in the Washington National Guard, at the age of fourteen. While this was well below legal age, the National Guard turned a blind ey... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Reinfried Herbst
Reinfried Herbst (born October 11, 1978 in Unken) is a slalom skier from Austria. Herbst won the silver medal for the men's slalom event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. On March 11, 2006 he won his first World Cup race in Shigakogen Slalom. He was 8th in the World Cup standings after the 2006 season. In July, 2006 he injured his knee in a charity soccer game. World Cup victories Date Location Race March 11, 2006 Shigakogen Slalom February 9, 2008 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Slalom January 11, 2009 Adelboden Slalom... Biography of MC Lyte
MC Lyte (born Lana Michele Moorer; October 11, 1971) is an American rapper who first gained fame in the late-1980s becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock, which featured the crossover hit, "Paper Thin". Lyte's other hits have included "Cha Cha Cha", "Poor Georgie", "Ruffneck" and "Cold Rock a Party". Early life Lyte was born Lana Michelle Moorer in 1971. Raised in Brooklyn, Lyte began rapping at the age of 12. Two of her brothers later formed the hip-hop duo, Audio Two, which later helped to collaborate on Lyte's records. Lyte recorded her first song, "I Cram to Understand U (Sam)", in 1986. Lyte had originally written the song in 1984. The song, about a relationship that fell apart due to the protagonist's lover'... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rikishi (wrestler)
Solofa F. Fatu, Jr. (born October 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Rikishi. Professional wrestling career The Samoan Swat Team Solofa Fatu, Jr. first got the fans attention in 1985 as he worked for Gino Brito and Dino Bravo’s “International Wrestling" territory based in Montreal. While in Montreal, Fatu worked as Prince Alofa, a high flying babyface often working as a team with the territory’s top faces. While working in Montreal, Solofa hung out with his cousin Samula Anoa'i who was working in the area as the heel "The Great Samu". When the Montreal territory closed up, the two cousins signed with the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico and became The Samoan Swat Team (Samu & Fatu). The team adopted the “Samoan savage" gimmick that ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mike Conley Jr.
Michael "Mike" Alex Conley, Jr. (born October 11, 1987, in Fayetteville, Arkansas) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. Conley is the son of Olympic gold and silver medalist triple jumper Mike Conley, Sr. and the nephew of former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Steve Conley. Conley attended Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he played with friend and future Ohio State teammate Greg Oden. igh school Conley led Lawrence North to three straight state championships in high school and an amazing 103 wins and 7 losses in his four years as the starting point guard. His senior year, he dished out a total of 123 assists. Conley finished second in the voting of the Indiana Mr. Basketball awa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lucas Papademos
Lucas Papademos (Greek: Λουκάς Παπαδήμος, Greek pronunciation: , Loukas Papadimos; born 11 October 1947) is a Greek economist who has been Prime Minister of Greece since 11 November 2011. Previously, he was Governor of the Bank of Greece from 1994 to 2002 and Vice President of the European Central Bank from 2002 to 2010. He was also a visiting professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Financial Studies at the University of Frankfurt. Education and career Papademos was born in Athens but his parents were from the town of Desfina in Phocis. Papademos after graduating from Athens College, attended the Massachusetts Institute of Te... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christoph Blocher
Christoph Blocher (born 11 October 1940, Schaffhausen, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician, industrialist, and former member of the Swiss Federal Council heading the Federal Department of Justice and Police (2004-2007). Currently he is serving as Vice President of the Swiss People's Party. As an industrialist, he made a fortune in the chemical industry with the EMS-Chemie corporation. Family He is married to the former Silvia Kaiser; they have three daughters and a son. Education Blocher earned a certificate at the Wülflingen school of agriculture, then studied law at the University of Zürich, in Montpellier and in Paris. He has a DEA degree in law, and in 1971, he was awarded a doctorate in jurisprudence. Political career Blocher built his political career through campaigni... Biography of Maria Bueno
Maria Esther Andion Bueno, born 11 October 1939, in São Paulo, Brazil, is a female tennis player who won nineteen Grand Slam titles (7 singles, 11 women's doubles, 1 mixed doubles) during her career. Career Bueno began playing tennis at a very young age and, without having received any formal training, won her first tournament at age 12. She was 14 when she captured her country’s women's singles championship. Joining the international circuit in 1958, Bueno won the singles title at the Italian Championships and the first of her Grand Slam titles, capturing the women's doubles at Wimbledon with Althea Gibson. The following year, Bueno won her first singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Darlene Hard in the final. She also won the singles title at the U.S. Championships, earning the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jason Arnott
Jason William Arnott (born October 11, 1974) is a professional ice hockey centre for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. He began his NHL career with the Edmonton Oilers in 1993–94 after being selected seventh overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft and was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team. A two-time NHL All-Star, Arnott won the Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils in 2000, scoring the championship-winning goal in the second overtime of game six. Arnott also played for the Dallas Stars before joining the Nashville Predators in 2006, where he served as Captain for two seasons. On June 19, 2010 Arnott was traded back to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for forward Matt Halischuk and a second-round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. On February 28, 2011 Arnott was traded to the ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Orlando Hernández
Orlando Hernández Pedroso (born October 11, 1965 in Villa Clara, Cuba), nicknamed "El Duque", is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. His greatest success came as a New York Yankees starter during that team's run of World Series championships in 1998, 1999, and 2000. He also won a championship in 2005 with the Chicago White Sox. He is the half-brother of pitcher Liván Hernández. Hernández is well-known for his extremely high leg kick. Cuban years Hernández played for Industriales of Havana in the Cuban National Series, helping the team win that title in 1992 and 1996. He also represented Havana in Selective Series, on teams including Ciudad Habana and Habaneros. He was 126-47 with 3.05 ERA over his ten-year career in the National Series. His career winning percentage i... Biography of Ksenia Solo
Ksenia Solo (born October 8, 1987) is a Latvian-born Canadian actress, best known for her roles as Tasha on Life Unexpected and as Kenzi on Lost Girl. Career Solo played the role of Zoey Jones on the APTN series renegadepress.com. In both 2005 and 2006, she won the Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for her work on the show. She went on to appear in other Canadian television series and movies, such as the films Love Thy Neighbor and Mayday, as well as guest-starring on the television series Kojak. In 2010, Solo played a small role in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. Solo is currently co-starring in the Syfy series Lost Girl as Kenzi. She had a recurring role as Natasha "Tasha" Siviac in Life Unexpec... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jamie Thomas
Jamie Thomas (born October 11, 1974), is an American professional skateboarder and skateboard industry magnate from Dothan, Alabama. He is the co-owner of Zero Skateboards and Fallen Footwear. Skateboarding career Thomas started skateboarding at the age of eleven. He was first sponsored in 1992 by Deluxe (Thunder trucks, Spitfire wheels and as a flow rider for Real Skateboards). This prompted him to move to San Francisco with his friends Sean Young and Hurley. While living in San Francisco, Thomas turned pro for a short-lived company, Experience Skateboards. Thomas then went on to ride for the San Diego based Invisible Skateboards. After relocating to Southern California in 1994, Thomas was featured on the cover of Transworld Skateboard magazine and had video parts in the Spitfire an... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chris Spielman
Charles Christopher Spielman (born October 11, 1965) is a former American football player and is currently an analyst for ESPN's coverage of college football games. Football career Spielman graduated from Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio, where he was awarded the Dial Award for the national high-school scholar-athlete of the year in 1983. He is a 1988 graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in recreation education. He was a two-time All-American, intercepted 11 passes, and won the Lombardi Award as the best college football lineman or linebacker. Spielman was drafted 29th in the 1988 NFL Draft, by the Detroit Lions. Spielman played eight seasons with the Lions (1988–95), and was a defensive stalwart during the team’s run to four playoff appearances, two NFC Ce... Biography of Petra Haden
Petra Haden (born October 11, 1971) is an American violinist and singer. She is or has been a member of several bands, including That Dog, Tito & Tarantula, and The Decemberists; has contributed to recordings by The Twilight Singers, Beck, Mike Watt, Luscious Jackson, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer, The Rentals, Victoria Williams, Yuka Honda, The Gutter Twins, and Cornelius. She is the daughter of the jazz bassist Charlie Haden; the triplet sister of bassist Rachel Haden (her bandmate in That Dog) and cellist Tanya Haden (married to singer and actor Jack Black) with whom she has performed as The Haden Triplets; and the sister of bassist-singer Josh Haden, leader of the group Spain. Biography In New York City, in 1999 she released her first album, Imaginaryla... Biography of Rachel Haden
Rachel Haden (born October 11, 1971 in New York City) is an American musician and one of the triplet daughters of jazz bassist Charlie Haden. In the early 1990s, Rachel played bass guitar for That Dog, a band that also included her sister Petra. Her sister Tanya also contributed cello on several That Dog recordings but did not tour as an official member of the band. Around this time Rachel also played drums and performed backup vocals for Beck on the songs "Totally Confused" and "Steve Threw Up”. She also played drums for Beck’s “Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus)". Later, Rachel became one of the four early members of the band The Rentals, along with Rod Cervera, Weezer’s Patrick Wilson and Matt Sharp. In 1996, she performed lead vocals on Weezer’s song “I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tazz (wrestler)
Peter Senercia (born October 11, 1967) is a retired American professional wrestler and currently a color commentator best known by his ring name Tazz, originally Tazmaniac and later shortened to simply Taz. Tazz is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he works as a color commentator. He is best known from his tenure in Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he was a two time World Heavyweight Champion, a two time World Television Champion, a three time World Tag Team Champion, a two time (and the first ever) FTW Heavyweight Champion, and the fourth ECW Triple Crown winner (the final in the original ECW). His World Wrestling Entertainment career as an in-ring performer came to an early halt in 2002 when mounting injuries forced him to retire and become a color commentator, wh... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti
Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (11 October 1629 – 26 February 1666) was a French nobleman, the second son of Henri, Prince of Condé and brother of le Grand Condé and Anne Genevieve, Duchess of Longueville. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince du Sang. The title of Prince of Conti was revived in his favour in 1629. He was destined for the church and studied theology at the university of Bourges, but although he received several benefices he did not take orders. He played a conspicuous part in the intrigues and fighting of the Fronde, became in 1648 commander-in-chief of the rebel army, and in 1650 was with his brother Condé imprisoned at Vincennes. Life in prison Very mystic and full of strange ideas, he turned slightly mad while in prison. Having a secret... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Darrall Imhoff
Darrall Tucker Imhoff (né le 11 octobre 1938 à San Gabriel, Californie) est un ancien joueur américain de basket-ball. Il passa douze saisons en NBA (1960-72), jouant pour une demi-douzaine d'équipes. Imhoff était le pivot titulaire des Knicks de New York, jouant lors du match mythique à 100 points de Wilt Chamberlain. Il est actuellement Vice-Président des ventes et du marketing de United States Basketball Academy (USBA), un camp international de basket-ball située dans la vallée de la McKenzie River dans l'Oregon, à proximité de Eugene. Université À l'Université de Californie à Berkeley, Imhoff fut nommé à deux reprises "All-American" et fut le meilleur rebondeur NCAA 1959. En 1960, il fut le meilleur marqueur et rebondeur de Berkeley et fut sélectionné dans l'équipe américaine pa... |
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