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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on October, 2, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the photo and detailed natal chart by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the comprehensive horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Back to the Calendar · Home · 45,446 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,446 Celebrities
128 celebrities or events were found for October, 2. Add to favourites (216 fans)Biography of Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. In India, he is recognized as the Father of the Nation. October 2nd, his birthday, is commemorated each year as Gandhi Jayanti, and is a national holiday. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha — the resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence — which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known in India and across the world as Mahatma Gandhi. As a British-educated lawyer, Gandhi first employed his ideas of peaceful civil disobedience in the Indian community's struggle for civil rights in South Africa. Upon ... Add to favourites (92 fans)Biography of Sting (musician)
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal composer, lead singer and bass player of the 1970s/1980s rock band The Police. Personal life Sting married actress Frances Tomelty from Northern Ireland, on 1 May 1976. Before they divorced in 1984, the couple had two children: Joseph (born 1976) and Fuchsia Catherine (born 1982). Joe is following in his father's musical footsteps and is a member of the band Fiction Plane. In 1982, shortly after the birth of his second child, Sting separated from Tomelty and began living with actress (and later film producer) Trudie Styler. The couple eventually married in 1992. Sting and Styler have fo... Biography of Romina Power
Romina Francesca Power (born October 2, 1951) is an American born Italian singer and actress. Biography Born in Los Angeles, California, Romina Power is the eldest daughter of American actor Tyrone Power and his 2nd wife, the Mexican actress Linda Christian. After her parents divorced in 1956 her mother Linda Christian took her and her sister Taryn to live all around the world but mainly in Italy and Spain where she and her sister spent much of their childhood, although Romina attended school in England. She appeared in several mainly Italian language films from the age of 14, including the notorious 1968 adaptation of the Marquis de Sade's novel Justine directed by Jesus Franco. She met her (now ex) husband Albano Carrisi whilst acting in films in the 1960s. They became a well k... Biography of Alain Soral
Alain Soral (born October 2, 1958) is a French essayist, and film maker, as well as being the author of several polemical essays. He is the brother of the actress Agnès Soral. Soral lives in the French Basque Country. Since June 2004, he has been a boxing coach. Alain Soral considers himself to be in the political "avant garde" of French society, claiming that his remarks and comments are always at first condemned and later widely accepted by the mainstream French public. Life and career Soral was born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie and grew up in the suburbs of Annemasse (department of Haute-Savoie), where he attended a local primary school. According to Soral, he was beaten by his father during his childhood, and he suffered from his mother's "cold passivity". When Soral was about 12, hi... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Kelly Ripa
Kelly Maria Ripa (born October 2, 1970, in Stratford, New Jersey) an American Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress and talk show host. Since February 2001, she has served as the co-host of Live with Regis and Kelly, alongside Regis Philbin, taking the show's rating to a new high when she replaced previous Live co-host Kathie Lee Gifford. She is also known for her acting on All My Children and Hope & Faith, both television series on ABC. The source for her birth time is her show "Live With Regis and Kelly". Kelly Ripa was born to a Italian father and a mother of Irish and Italian descent. While attending Eastern High School in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, Ripa began acting in high school plays. This led to roles at local theaters and a regular spot on the USA Network's Dance Party USA ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Camilla Belle
Camilla Belle (born Camilla Belle Routh; October 2, 1986) is an American actress. She is known for her lead role in the 2006 remake of When a Stranger Calls, the 2008 film 10,000 BC, and the 2000 Disney Channel film Rip Girls. Belle is known for her trademark dark, defined eyebrows and exotic appearance. Personal life Belle was born Camilla Belle Routh in Los Angeles California, the daughter of Cristina Routh, who designed a fashion line in her native Brazil and is now Camilla's manager, and Jack Routh, who owns a construction company. Belle is named after actress Renata Sorrah's character, Camila, in the Brazilian soap opera Cavalo de Aço. Belle was raised Catholic and attended St. Paul the Apostle Catholic school in West Los Angeles and, later, the Marlborough School, an elite all-gi... Biography of Alexandra Kazan
Alexandra Kazan is a French actress and TV host.... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Groucho Marx
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian and film star. He is famed as a master of wit. He made 15 feature films with his siblings, the Marx Brothers. He had a distinctive image which included a heavy moustache, glasses and fake eyebrows. Childhood & Pre-Hollywood Successes The Marx family grew up on the Upper East Side (E 93rd Street) of New York City, in a small Jewish neighborhood sandwiched between Irish-German and Italian neighborhoods. Groucho's parents were Minnie Schoenberg Marx and Sam Marx (called "Frenchie" throughout his life). Minnie's brother was Al Schoenberg, who shortened his name to Al Shean when he went into show business. He was half of Gallagher and Shean, a noted vaudeville act of the early 20th century. Accordi... Biography of James Root
James "Jim" Root (born October 2, 1971) is one of the current guitarists for Slipknot. He shares lead guitarist duties with fellow bandmate Mick Thomson. He is also the lead guitarist for Stone Sour. History Root joined Slipknot during the recording of their self-titled album after then-guitarist Josh Brainard decided to leave the band over his unhappiness with the band's direction. Singer Corey Taylor invited James to join the band because he knew him from their previous effort together, the first incarnation of Stone Sour. The only track on the self-titled album on which James can be heard is Purity, but this song was removed from the album due to a lawsuit and subsequent copies of the album do not feature any of James' playing. At 6'6", he is the tallest member of the band. He wo... Biography of Maréchal de France Ferdinand Foch
Ferdinand Foch OM GCB (October 2, 1851 – March 20, 1929) was a French soldier, military theorist, and writer credited with possessing "the most original and subtle mind in the French Army" in the early 20th century. He served as general in the French Army during World War I and was made Marshal of France in its final year, 1918. Shortly after the start of the Spring Offensive, Germany's final attempt to win the war, Foch was chosen as supreme commander of the allied armies, a position that he held until November 11, 1918, when he accepted the German Surrender. He advocated peace terms that would make Germany unable to ever pose a threat to France again. His words after the Treaty of Versailles, "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for 20 years," would prove prophetic. Early life ... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Richard III of England
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death. He was the last king from the House of York, and his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth marked the culmination of the Wars of the Roses and the end of the Plantagenet dynasty. After the death of his brother King Edward IV, Richard briefly governed as regent for Edward's son King Edward V with the title of Lord Protector, but he placed Edward and his brother Richard in the Tower (see Princes in the Tower) and acquired the throne for himself, being crowned on 6 July 1483. Two large-scale rebellions rose against Richard. The first, in 1483, was led by old die-hard opponents of Edward IV and, most notably, Richard's own 'kingmaker', Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. The revolt collapsed and Buckingh... Biography of Annie Leibovitz
Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (IPA: /ˈliːbəvɪts/) (born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer whose style is marked by a close collaboration between the photographer and the subject. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz was one of six children and a military brat; her father was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and the family moved frequently when she was young. Leibovitz's mother was a modern dance instructor. In high school, she became interested in various artistic endeavors, and began to write and play music. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute. She became interested in photography after taking pictures on a trip to visit her family in Japan. For several years, she continued to develop her photography skills while ... Biography of Emma Colberti
Marie-Emmanuelle Lassègue best known as Emma Colberti is a French actress and comedian. Theater 1993 : Le Misanthrope de Molière, mise en scène de Jean-Louis Martin-Barbaz. 1993 : Le Mariage forcé de Molière, mise en scène de Jean-Louis Martin Barbaz. 1993 : Britannicus de Jean Racine, mise en scène de Jean-Louis Martin Barbaz. 2006 : La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu de Jean Giraudoux, mise en scène de Nicolas Briançon. Filmography Movies 1998 : Romance de Catherine Breillat : Charlotte 2005 : Histoires personnelles de Christian Louis-Vital 2005 : Fracassés de Franck Llopis : Mélanie 2007 : Marié(s) ou presque de Frank Llopis Television 1997 : Un flic presque parfait de Marc Angélo : Liliane 1999 : Marie-Tempête de Denis Malleval : Madeleine 2000 ... Biography of Lene Nystrom
Lene (born Lene Grawford Nystrøm on 2 October 1973 in Tønsberg, Norway) is best known as the former lead vocalist for pop-dance group Aqua. During her teenage years Lene developed an interest in performing and began her adult life as a barmaid and model. Aqua (1994-2001) In 1994 Lene was spotted by René Dif singing on a cruise ship. He approached her and she became the lead vocalist for the group which was initially called Joyspeed, later re-named Aqua. The group consisted of Lene, René Dif, Søren Rasted and Claus Norreen. In their prime, Aqua managed to make the singles chart top ten in a number of countries where European pop acts would not normally succeed. She would remain with the group until 2001 when they split up due to personal differences, including a relationship between... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎 あゆみ Hamasaki Ayumi?, also 濱崎 歩; born October 2, 1978) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to pursue a career in entertainment. In 1998, under the tutelage of Avex CEO Max Matsuura, she released a string of modestly selling singles that concluded with her 1999 debut album A Song for ××. The album debuted atop the Oricon charts and stayed there for four weeks, establishing her popularity in Japan. Birth time sources: http://zuihoo.com/sp/2011/01/post-69.ht... Biography of Paul von Hindenburg
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, known universally as Paul von Hindenburg (listen (help·info)) (October 2, 1847 – August 2, 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman. Hindenburg enjoyed a long if undistinguished career in the Prussian army, eventually retiring in 1913. He was recalled at the outbreak of the First World War, and first came to national attention, at the age of sixty-six, as the victor at Tannenberg in 1914. As Germany's supreme commander from 1916, he and his chief of staff, Erich Ludendorff, rose in the German public's esteem until Hindenburg came to eclipse the Kaiser himself. Hindenburg retired again in 1919, but returned to public life one more time in 1925 to be elected as the second President of Germany. Though 84 years old and in... Biography of Queen of Montparnasse
Alice Ernestine Prin (October 2, 1901 – April 29, 1953), was a French artists' model, nightclub singer, actress, and painter. Her chosen name was simply, Kiki, but she also was referred to as, Reine de la Montparnasse, the Queen of Montparnasse, and Kiki de Montparnasse. She flourished in, and helped define, the liberated culture of Paris in the 1920s. In 1996, biographers, Billy Kluver and Julie Martin, called her "one of the century's first truly independent women." Early life Alice Prin was born in Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte d'Or, Burgundy, France. An illegitimate child, she was raised in abject poverty by her grandmother. At age twelve, she was sent to live with her mother in Paris in order to find work. She first worked in shops and bakeries. By age fourteen, she was posing nude fo... Biography of Bebi Dol
Bebi Dol (in the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet: Беби Дол - Serbian phonetic spelling for English Baby Doll, which she also uses, in some countries only, to credit her own records) is a Serbian female pop / rock / dance / disco solo singer and performer. She was born Dragana Šarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгана Шарић - her surname is pronounced as /sharich/, her typically Serbian first name /dràgana/ is stressed on the first "a") to a musical family - her father, Milenko, being a jazz musician - on October 2, 1962, in Belgrade, SR Serbia (then SFR Yugoslavia). The 1970's: early years with bands She started her musical activity during the late 1970s, in a band called Tarkus. By ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lal Bahadur Shashtri
Lal Bahadur Shastri (Hindi लालबहादुर शास्त्री) (October 2, 1904 - January 11, 1966) was the second Prime Minister of independent India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement. Early life and freedom struggle Lal Bahadur was born in the year 1904 in Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh as Lal Bahadur Srivastava. His father Sharada Prasad was a poor school teacher, who later became a clerk in the Revenue Office at Allahabad. When Lal Bahadur was three months old, he slipped out of his mother's arms into a cowherd's basket at the ghats of the Ganges. The cowherd, who had no children, took the child as a gift from God and took him home. Lal Bahadur's parents lodged a complaint w... Biography of Marion Bartoli
Marion Bartoli (born October 2, 1984) is a professional tennis player from France. She has won three Tour titles in her career, but her biggest career achievement is an awe-inspiring run to the 2007 Wimbledon final. As of July 9, 2007 she is the No. 11 player in the world. Tennis Career In January 2006, Bartoli won her first senior title at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, beating Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-2 in the final. In October, Bartoli won her second title at the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships beating Aiko Nakamura 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the final. This was the first ever WTA final contested by two players using two-handed strokes on both the forehand and backhand. As a result of winning the title, she broke into the top twenty for the first time. In her last event of the sea... Biography of Mike Rutherford
Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford (born October 2, 1950 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English musician. Whilst attending Charterhouse School he became a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist, 12-string guitarist, and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of guitarist. He also fronted Mike + The Mechanics. History Rutherford's basslines are known for being tastefully constructed as well as showing a great deal of technical innovation and skill. His basslines from early Genesis were especially impressive in the rising progressive rock movement. Rutherford was also noted for his use of the 12-string guitar. A distinctive sound of early and classic Genesis recordings was the double acoustic twelve string playing of Rutherford intertwined... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franck Delhaye
Frank Delay, born October 2, 1973 in Paris, is a French singer, member of one of the first French boys band : 2Be3, with two friends, Filip Nikolic and Adel Kachermi. He tries now to become an actor. Discography Partir un jour (1996) Partir un jour Toujours la pour toi Donne L'été bouge 2 Be 3 Rendez-vous Elle rêvait Des mots pour toi Souviens-toi (L'été dernier) Naviguer sans phare Partir un jour Partir un jour seconde édition (1997) Partir un jour (Remix) La Salsa Toujours là pour toi Donne L'été bouge 2 Be 3 Rendez-vous Elle rêvait Des mots pour toi Naviguer sans phare Souviens-toi (L'été dernier) Partir un jour My Girl Magniolias For Ever Que Viva (La Salsa : version espagnole) Remix Collector (1997) Toujour... Biography of Tiffany (singer)
Tiffany Renee Darwish (born October 2, 1971), known popularly as Tiffany, is an American singer who had a number of teen pop hits during the late 1980s. Life and Career History Early childhood Tiffany was born in Norwalk, California. Tiffany grew up in Norwalk with parents James Robert Darwish (of part Syrian and English descent) and Janie Wilson (of mostly Irish and some distant Cherokee descent). Her parents divorced when she was very young. When Tiffany was four years old, she learned the words to the song Delta Dawn, and she started singing it often. In 1987, Tiffany's mother married Dan Williams, and in 1989, Tiffany's half-sister Falicia Williams was born. Singing career begins In 1981, Tiffany made her first professional singing show, with a country music band at ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Duclos
Jacques Duclos (October 2, 1896 in Louey, Hautes-Pyrénées-April 25, 1975 in Montreuil) was a French Communist politician who played a key role in French politics from 1926, when he entered the French National Assembly after defeating Paul Reynaud, until 1969, when he achieved a substantial proportion of the vote in the Presidential Elections. During World War I, Duclos fought in the Battle of Verdun, where he was wounded. He was captured at Chemin des Dames, and remained a POW for the remainder of the war. In 1920, he joined the newly formed French Communist Party. He rose to the Central Committee in 1926, and defeated Léon Blum in the elections for deputy in the XXe arrondissement. He was named head of the propaganda section of the Party in 1936, and was elected to Vice-President of th... Biography of Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná (Jana Novotna) (born October 2, 1968 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993. Novotná also won 12 Grand Slam women's doubles titles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Career Novotná turned professional in 1986. In the early years of her career, she was known primarily for her success as a doubles player. In the early-1990s, Novotná began to have success in singles once four-time Grand Slam singles champion Hana Mandlikova became her coach. Novotná was one of the top serve and volleyers of her time, a rarity in women's tennis. Novotná... Biography of Francesca Dellera
Francesca Dellera, born Francesca Cervellera October 2, 1965 (source: Imdb) in Rome, is an Italian model and actress. Filmography Grandi magazzini (film) (1986) Capriccio (1987) Roba da ricchi (1987) La carne (1991) L'orso di peluche (1994) Cari fottutissimi amici (1994) Il miracolo italiano (1996) La cena (1998) La contessa di Castiglione (2006)... Biography of Frédéric Kowal
Frédéric Kowal, born October 2, 1970 in Nogent-sur-Seine, is a French athlete (rowing). He won a bronze medal in Atlanta in 1996.... Biography of Luis Fernandez
Luis Fernández (born on 2 October 1959 in Tarifa, Spain) is a Spanish-French former football (soccer) defender / midfielder, who retired in 1993 to become a manager. He has managed AS Cannes and Paris Saint-Germain among other clubs, and is the individual credited with bringing Ronaldinho to Europe. He was most recently the manager of La Liga side Real Betis, with a tenure from 27 December 2006 to 10 June 2007. As an active player, Fernández got 60 international caps and 6 goals for the French national team, between 1982 and 1992. Player It was at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) that Spanish-born Luis Fernández signed his first professional contract, at 19 years of age. Quickly he established himself as a solid defensive midfielder, excelling in winning the ball, but also capable of preci... Biography of Michel Trudeau
Michel Trudeau (October 2, 1975 - November 13, 1998) was the youngest son of the late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife, Margaret Trudeau. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he studied at Dalhousie University to become a microbiologist. Michel was killed in an avalanche while skiing at British Columbia's Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park on November 13, 1998; he was 23 years old. His body was swept into Kokanee Lake. An extensive search was launched, but his body was never found, since the lake's high altitude and limited days of open waters each year prevented divers from completing the search. The Trudeau family called off the recovery and later created a chalet nearby as a memorial to the youngest son of the Trudeau family. His elder brothers (Justin and Alexandre) are... Biography of Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH (October 2, 1904 – April 3, 1991) was an English playwright, novelist, short story writer, travel writer and critic whose works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world. Greene combined serious literary acclaim with wide popularity. Although Greene objected strongly to being described as a "Catholic novelist" rather than as a "novelist who happened to be Catholic", Catholic religious themes are at the root of many of his novels, including Brighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter, The End of the Affair, Monsignor Quixote, A Burnt-Out Case, and his famous work The Power and the Glory. Works such as The Quiet American also show an avid interest in the workings of international politics. Life and work Childhood Greene was born i... Biography of Persis Khambatta
Persis Khambatta (October 2, 1948 (source: Wikipedia in German, Imdb) – August 18, 1998) was an Indian model and actress of Parsi ethnicity and Zoroastrian religion. She was born in Bombay, India. At age 15, Khambatta became Miss India and participated in the 1965 Miss Universe pageant, but could not achieve much success in the Indian movie industry in Bollywood, partially due to her relatively Western looks, which appeared unconventional for the Indian audiences. She later entered the world of international movies. She was also a model for various companies, including Revlon. In 1975, she had a small role in The Wilby Conspiracy, and she went on to a brief movie career that included the role for which she is most recognized: as "Lieutenant Ilia", in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, (1979... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lorraine Bracco
Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Karen Hill in Goodfellas and Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the hit HBO TV series, The Sopranos. Early life Bracco was born in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge and grew up in Hicksville on Long Island. Her father is Italian American and her mother is English, and Lorraine is fluent in English, French and Italian. Career She moved to France in 1974 where she became a fashion model for Jean-Paul Gaultier. While there, she acted in several French-language films. She also once worked as a disc jockey for Radio Luxembourg. Bracco appeared as Paul Guilfoyle's hostage in the first season Crime Story episode "Hide and Go Thevies". Her sister Elizabeth played a hostage in the series pilot. She ... Biography of Sean O'Donnell
Sean O'Donnell, born October 2, 1934 in Stranorlar, is an Irish parapsychologist and psychic.... Biography of Don McLean
Don McLean (born to Elizabeth and Donald on October 2, 1945 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs American Pie and Vincent. The McLean clan traces its roots to the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Hebrides. Both Don’s grandfather and father were named Donald McLean which sometimes led to confusion as Don was also christened Donald McLean. Don’s mother’s family, the Buccis, came from Abruzzi in southern Italy. They left Italy and settled in Port Chester, N.Y. at the end of the 19th century. Musical Roots As a young teenager, McLean became interested in folk music particularly the Weavers' 1955 recording "At Carnegie Hall." Childhood asthma meant that Don missed long periods of school a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gay Gaer Luce
Gay Gaer Luce, born October 2, 1930 in Oakland, California, is an American psychologist, educator and author.... Biography of Bud Abbott
William Alexander “Bud” Abbott (October 2, 1895 – April 24, 1974) was an American actor, producer and comedian born in Asbury Park, Paterson, New Jersey. He is best remembered as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello. Early years Abbott was born into a show business family. His parents worked for the Barnum and Bailey Circus: his mother, Rae Fisher, was a bareback rider and his father, Harry, was an advance man. Bud dropped out of school as a child and began working at Coney Island. When Bud was 16, his father, now an employee of the Columbia Burlesque Wheel, installed him in the box office of the Casino Theater in Brooklyn. Eventually Bud began putting together touring burlesque shows. In 1918 he married Betty Smith, a burlesque dancer and come... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruna Di Tullio
Bruna Di Tullio or Bruna di Túlio, born October 2, 1981 in Campinas, São Paulo, is a Brazilian actress. She is the daughter-in-law of Marília Gabriela. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1773226/ ) "Amor e Intrigas" .... Fabíola Castro (2 episodes, 2007) - Episode dated 22 November 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Fabíola Castro - Episode dated 20 November 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Fabíola Castro "Paraíso Tropical" .... Viviane (14 episodes, 2007) - Episode dated 19 June 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Viviane - Episode dated 18 June 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Viviane - Episode dated 2 June 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Viviane - Episode dated 1 June 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Viviane - Episode dated 31 May 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Viviane ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis-Antoine Ranvier
Louis-Antoine Ranvier (b. Lyon, France, October 2, 1835; d. Vendranges, France, March 22, 1922, French physician, pathologist, anatomist and histologist, discoverer of the myelin sheath and the nodes of Ranvier, subcellular structure which covers the axons of neurons. Ranvier studied medicine at Lyon, graduating in 1865. He founded a small private research laboratory with Victor André Cornil (1837-1908), and together they offered a course in histology to medical students. They also wrote together an important textbook on histopathology. In 1867 he entered the Collège de France and worked as an assistant to Claude Bernard (1813-1878), later, he was appointed to its chair of general anatomy in 1875. In 1878 he discovered myelin and the famous nodes which received his name. Other anatom... Biography of Donna Karan
Donna Karan is the fashion designer and the creator of the DKNY (Donna Karan New York) clothing label. She was born Donna Ivy Faske on October 2, 1948 in Forest Hills, New York. She grew up in Woodmere, Long Island with her stepfather, a tailor, and her mother, a model. Karan started selling clothing on Cedarhurst, New York's Central Avenue at age 14. She graduated from Hewlett High School in 1966 and then went on to Parsons The New School for Design for two years. She left to work for Anne Klein. Eventually she became head of the Anne Klein design-team and remained in this position until 1989. At that time, she launched the Essentials line, and her legendary "Seven Easy Pieces." She married Mark Karan in the early 1970s. The European DKNY business was damaged in the early 1990s by poo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Martine Mauléon
Martine Mauléon, born October 2, 1955 in Casablanca, Morocco, died December 16, 2003 in Brives, was a French journalist and TV host.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Franck Delay
Franck Delay, born October 2, 1973 in Colmar, is a French singer, former member of boys band 2Be3. The three members of 2Be3 were Filip Nikolic, Adel Kachermi and Frank Delay. Franck Delay is now an actor.... Biography of Bruno Bich
Bruno Bich is the son of Marcel Bich, French entrepreneur of the group Bic. He is the chairman of Bic.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Jacques Aillagon
Jean-Jacques Aillagon (born October 2, 1946, Metz) is a French politician, a close confidant of Jacques Chirac and member of the UMP political party. From 1972-1976 he was a high school teacher in the Corrèze region of France. From 1982-2002 he was an administrator and eventually Chairman of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He became Minister of Culture and Communication in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's national government from 2002-2004. In 2005 he was elected CEO of the worldwide satellite television station TV5MONDE. By the decree of 6 June 2007, he was appointed President of the Château de Versailles (Etablissement public du musée et du domaine national de Versailles) (Journal Officiel n°01310 dated 07/06/2007). He is also a member of The Conseil Économique et Social (Economic and Soc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph de Schoenmacker
Joseph de Schoenmacker is a Belgian cyclist.... Biography of Ernesto Montgomery
Ernesto Montgomery, born October 2, 1925 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a Jamaican healer, clairvoyant and medium.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Albert of Sardinia
Charles Albert (Italian: Carlo Alberto) (October 2, 1798 – July 28, 1849) was the King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. He succeeded his distant cousin Charles Felix, and his name is bound with the first Italian statute and the First War of Independence (1848–1849). He abdicated after his forces were defeated by the Austrian army at the Battle of Novara (1849), and died in exile soon thereafter. He was born in Paris in 1798, to Carlo Emanuele (1770-1800), 6th Prince of Carignano and Albertina Maria Cristina of Saxony (1779-1851). His father was a fifth-generation descendant of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, founder of the Savoy-Carignano line of the House of Savoy. Because none of the sons of King Victor Amadeus III themselves had sons, Charles Albert was throughout his life known t... Biography of Margaret Hone
Margaret Ethelwyn Hone (2 October 1892 – 14 October 1969) was an influential mid–20th century astrologer and astrological author. She was also known as "Peg Hone". She was born at Studley, Warwickshire, England. Margaret Hone's best known book was "The Modern Text Book of Astrology" which was adopted as the official text-book for the F.A.S. (Faculty of Astrological Studies) of the United Kingdom for many years. Charles Carter, who wrote the preface to the book, clearly felt that Hone's work was a step forward in the teaching of astrology. She co-founded (with Charles Carter and others) the "Faculty of Astrological Studies". Carter became the first principal, Margaret Hone the second. She also helped to found the UK Astrological Association in 1958. Books Hone, Margaret: "Appl... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Floquet
Charles Thomas Floquet (October 2, 1828 - January 18, 1896) was a French statesman. He was born at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Basses-Pyrénées). He studied law in Paris, and was called to the bar in 1851. The coup d'état of that year aroused the strenuous opposition of Floquet, who had, while yet a student, given proof of his republican sympathies by taking part in the fighting of 1848. He made his name by his brilliant and fearless attacks on the government in a series of political trials, and at the same time contributed to the Temps and other influential journals. When the tsar Alexander II visited the Palais de Justice in 1867, Floquet was said to have confronted him with the cry "Vive la Pologne, monsieur!" He delivered a scathing indictment of the Empire at the trial of Pierre Bonapa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Clay Felker
Clay Schuette Felker is a magazine editor and journalist who founded New York Magazine in 1968. Born on October 2, 1925, in Webster Groves, Felker went on to attend Duke University, where he edited the student newspaper, The Chronicle. After graduating in 1951, Felker went on to work as a sportswriter for Life Magazine. He later worked for TIME, Esquire, and the New York Herald Tribune. A long-time friend of Tom Wolfe, Felker was one of the early proponents of New Journalism. After founding New York in 1968, one of his first features was Wolfe's coverage of Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, a story Wolfe later expanded into his novel The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Felker resigned from New York following its hostile takeover by Rupert Murdoch in 1976. Felker later became a lecture... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of José Cardoso Pires
José Cardoso Pires, ComL, GCM, born October 2, 1925 in São João do Peso, died in 1998, was a Portuguese author of short stories, novels, plays, and political satire. Origins and formative influences Born in the village of São João do Peso, municipailty of Vila de Rei, Castelo Branco district. Many of the memories Cardoso Pires recounts are interesting in regard of the themes of his writing and his style as a novelist. Although he was born in the provinces, Cardoso Pires was very much a man of Lisbon, the speech patterns and urban spaces of which can be felt in both his novels and short stories. His father was in the merchant navy and his mother was. Some of his paternal family had emigrated to Massachusetts, and this vague American connection seems to have been one of the early r... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster (born October 2, 1967 in Leibnitz, Austria) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Austria. He was one of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, and at his peak was known as "The King of Clay." He won the French Open in 1995. Career Muster first came to prominence when he reached the final of the French Open junior tournament and the Orange Bowl juniors tournament in 1985. He turned professional later that year and won his first tour title at Hilversum, (Netherlands) in 1986. In 1988, Muster reached six tour finals, winning four of them. He finished the year ranked in the world's top 20 for the first time. Early in 1989, Muster became the first Austrian to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open and, shortly after that, the first Austrian to be... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David St. Clair
David St. Clair was born on October 2, 1932, in Newton Falls, Ohio. Biography on Answers: http://www.answers.com/topic/arthur-st-clair Actor, journalist, writer, and lecturer on the occult. He was educated at Columbia University and the New School for Social Research. He spent five years as a professional actor in summer stock as well as did some television work. In 1956 he went to Mexico and started to travel by land into Central and South America; he reached Brazil, where he worked full-time for Time and Life until 1965. Afterward he became a freelance writer and lecturer. He had a strong interest in the occult and investigated local occult practices everywhere he traveled. He made expeditions into the Amazon and Mato Grosso jungles, lived with Indians, and was initiated into vo... Biography of Romain Rocchi
Romain Rocchi (born October 2, 1981 in Cavaillon) is a French football midfielder currently playing for FC Metz in the French Ligue 2.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roelf Takens
Roelf Takens, born in Winsum, Netherlands, on October 2 in 1862, was a Ductch astrologer better known as "Libra". He published his book "Astrology and Ethics". He was previously a veterinarian doctor for horses and a painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Van Himst
Paul van Himst (born in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, 2 October 1943) was a talented Belgian football midfielder and a football manager. He is now retired, and still supports R.S.C. Anderlecht, his former team. He was nicknamed Polle Gazon (Polle is Paul in Brussels dialect and Gazon means lawn in French) due to the large number of fouls committed on him. He played in the match Belgium-Netherlands in 1964 with 10 fellows from the Anderlecht team after the substitution of goalkeeper Delhasse by Jean Trappeniers. Van Himst won the Belgian championship 8 times, all of them with Anderlecht. He played his first professional season in 1959-60, with that club, for which he scored 233 goals in 457 matches (16 seasons). He then played for RWDM (another club from Brussels) in 1975-76 and for Eendracht Aals... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Taittinger
Claude Simon Pierre Marie Taittinger, born October 2, 1927 in Paris, is a French businessman, a former manager of Champagne Taittinger Group. The Taittinger family are a French wine family who are famous producers of champagne. Headed by Claude Taittinger (born 1927), a member of the consultative committee of the Banque de France, the Taittinger Group is ranked in the top 250 businesses in France. Its diversified holdings included Champagne Taittinger, Societe du Louvre and Concorde Hotels, whose flagship is the famed Hotel de Crillon on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France as well as the Loire Valley wine producing firm of Bouvet-Ladubay, and a partnership in Domaine Carneros in California, until it was sold to Starwood Capital in 2005. Champagne production Founded in 1734,... Biography of Didier Défago
Didier Défago (born 2 October 1977, in Morgins, Switzerland) is an alpine ski racer on the World Cup circuit. He was Swiss champion in downhill (2003) and Giant Slalom (2004). At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Défago won the Downhill to become the Olympic Champion. Défago experienced his best World Cup seasons in 2005, when he finished sixth overall and fourth in the Super-G standings, and in 2009, when he won two downhill races in a row, the classics at Wengen and Kitzbühel. He was the first to win these in consecutive weeks since Stephan Eberharter in 2002, and the first Swiss racer since Franz Heinzer in 1992. Victories Date Event Location Race 20 December 2002 2003 Alpine Skiing World Cup Italy Val Gardena Super-G 18 January 2009 2009 Alpine Skiing World Cup Swi... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anthony Johnson
Anthony "Beetlejuice" Johnson (born October 2, 1974 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American professional basketball player, currently with the Orlando Magic of the NBA. Johnson is a 6'3" (1.91 m) point guard. He found success in pro basketball, becoming the first NBA D-League player to participate in a NBA Finals.. Early life After leading R.B. Stall High School to the South Carolina AAA football championship, he received a basketball scholarship at the College of Charleston, where his older brother Steven was a standout years earlier. By his senior year, he developed into one of the top players in the Trans America Athletic Conference ,named conference player of the year in 1997, while leading the College of Charleston to an NCAA basketball tournament first round victory over th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Henri Evenepoel
Henri Evenepoel (October 2, 1872 in Nice - December 27, 1899 in Paris) was a Belgian painter. Some Works La cuisinière - 1897 Promenade du dimanche au Bois de Boulogne - 1899 (appelé longtemps "Promenade du dimanche à Saint-Cloud). L'Espagnol à Paris (portrait du peintre Francisco Iturrino) Le petit Charles au jersey rayé La Tasse de Thé Portrait de Madame Crespin Mademoiselle Matisse Henriette au grand chapeau Portrait de Madame D. (en deuil) Foire des Invalides... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guy Chauvet
Guy Chauvet, born October 2, 1933 in Montluçon, is a French tenor of Opera de Paris.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John C. Giraudo
Major General John C. Giraudo was born in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1923. General Giraudo entered the Air Force in 1942, shortly after Pearl Harbor, and was commissioned upon completing aviation cadet training in March 1943. In 32 years as a pilot and commander, General Giraudo has compiled broad and varied experience in the Air Force, including service in bomber, transport, fighter, and air defense forces, and flying 34 models of military aircraft.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michel Mouillot
Michel Mouillot, born in Nice, October 2, 1943, is a French politician. He used to be mayor of the town of Cannes. He received a prison sentence of six years in 2005. He received this sentence for corruption and other reasons. Bibliography Un complot en Provence, Ed. Laurens, Paris, 1998 Tous mouillés, Ed. Michel Lafon, Paris, 2004... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aaron McKie
Aaron Fitzgerald McKie (born October 2, 1972, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. Throughout his playing career, McKie has been a combo guard, playing at either point guard, shooting guard or small forward. High school career McKie attended Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia and was a letterman in basketball. In basketball, as a senior, he was an All-Scholastic choice and an All-Southern Pennsylvania choice, and helped lead his team to the Public League championship and a 26 wins-4 loss record, and averaged 18.9 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 7.2 assists per game. College career McKie finished his three-year career at Temple University tied for sixth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,650 points, averaging 17.9 points... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Oscar de Négrier
Oscar de Négrier was a French General, born October 2, 1839 in Belfort.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joanna Davis
Joanna Davis, born October 2, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, is an American writer. She is the wife of screenwriter Peter Frank Davis and teh daugther of film producer Joseph Mankiewitz.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maury Wills
Maurice Morning "Sonny" Wills (born October 2, 1932 in Washington, D.C.) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitting batter who played most prominently with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1959-66, 1969-72), and also with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1967-68) and Montreal Expos (1969). He was an essential component of the Dodgers' championship teams in the mid-1960s, and deserves much credit for reviving the stolen base as part of baseball strategy. In 14-seasons career, Wills batted .281 with 20 home runs, 458 runs batted in, 2134 hits, 1067 runs, 177 doubles, 71 triples, and 586 stolen bases in 1942 games. As of 2009, Wills is a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization serving as a representative of the Dodgers Legend Bureau. Early Days in DC Maurice, or Sonny as... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Sinclair
John Sinclair (born October 2, 1941 in Flint, Michigan) is a Detroit poet, one-time manager of the band MC5, and leader of the White Panther Party from November 1968 to July 1969. He was jailed in 1969 after giving two joints of marijuana to an undercover narcotics officer. His case received international attention when John Lennon performed at a benefit concert on his behalf in 1971. 1960s activism Sinclair was involved in the reorganization of the Detroit underground newspaper, Fifth Estate, during the paper's growth in the late 1960's. Fifth Estate continues to publish to this day, making it one of the longest continuously published alternative periodicals in the United States. Sinclair also contributed to the formation of Detroit's Artist's Workshop Press, which published five issu... Biography of Beckie King
Beckie King, born in Birmingham, Alabama, October 2, 1979, is an American actress. She is the sister of Mary Elizabeth King and George Gearhart King III, and the spouse of Bill Kiefer. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1224179/ ) A Christmas Carol (2009) (post-production) .... Dancer ... aka A Christmas Carol: An IMAX 3D Experience (USA: IMAX version) 2081 (2009) (post-production) .... Ballerina Material Girls (2006) .... Actress in "Long Island" Falling (2005/I) .... Bridesmaid The Mudge Boy (2003) .... April Back to One (2002) .... Patron Campfire Stories (2001) .... Petra "As the World Turns" .... Atlantic City Showgirl (2 episodes, 2000) - Episode dated 19 July 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Atlantic City Showgirl - Episode #1.11297 (2000) TV ep... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Veilletet
Pierre Veilletet, born October 2, 1943, is a French journalist, novelist and writer. Selected Works * 198w : La Pension des nonnes (prix François-Mauriac). Éditions Arléa, publié chez Arléa poche en 1996. * 1988 : Mari-Barbola (prix Jacques Chardonne). Arléa. Publié chez Presses Pocket en 1992. * 1989 : Bords d’eaux, 1989, prix Jean-Jacques-Rousseau. Arléa poche, 1999 * 1991 : Querencia & autres lieux sûrs. Arléa. * 1992 : Plain-chant, pleine page, avec Jacques Bertin. Arléa. o L’Entrepôt Lainé à Bordeaux : Valote et Pistre, photographies de Georges Fessy. Éditions du Demi-Cercle. * 1993 : Cœur de père. Arléa. * 1996 : D’Amour et de mort, avec Martine Mougin. Aubéron. * 1997 : Le Vin, leçon de choses. Arléa. Arléa poche. * 1998 : M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Ricketts
Charles De Sousy Ricketts (2 October 1866 - 7 October 1931) was a versatile English artist, illustrator, author and printer, and is best known for his work as book designer and typographer from 1896 to 1904 with the Vale Press, and his work in the theatre as a set and costume designer. Life and career Ricketts was born in Geneva to a French mother and an English father. He grew up mainly in France and Italy. He began his studies in art at the City and Guilds Technical Art School in Lambeth, in 1882, after both his parents had died. According to William Rothenstein, Ricketts, with his pale, delicate features, fair hair and pointed red-gold beard, looked like a Clouet drawing. Half French, he had the quick mind and the rapid speech of a southerner. At the Art School he met Charles ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Betsey Goodspeed
Betsey Goodspeed, born October 2, 1926 in Fort Collins, Colorado, is an American musician and harpist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ruth Bryan Owen
Ruth Bryan Owen (October 2, 1885 – July 26, 1954) was the daughter of William Jennings Bryan and mother of Helen Rudd Brown. A Democrat, in 1929 she became Florida’s (and the South's) first woman representative in the United States Congress, coming from Florida’s 4th district. Personal life In 1903 Ruth Bryan dropped out of the University of Nebraska to marry William H. Leavitt, a well-known Newport, Rhode Island, portrait painter, who was painting Bryan's father's portrait when the couple met. The couple had two children before divorcing in 1909. She married Reginald Owen, a British Army officer in 1910, bearing two more children. Her second husband died in 1928. Public life During World War I, she served as a war nurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment in the Egypt-Palestine campa... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Albert Scott Crossfield
Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2, 1921 – April 19, 2006), normally referred to as Scott Crossfield, was an American naval officer, test pilot, and USAF astronaut. Born in Berkeley, California, Crossfield grew up in California and Washington. He served with the U.S. Navy as a flight instructor and fighter pilot during World War II. From 1946-1950, he worked in the University of Washington's Kirsten Wind Tunnel while earning his bachelor's(1949) and master's degrees(1950) in aeronautical engineering. In 1950, he joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' High-Speed Flight Station (now the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center) at Edwards Air Force Base, California, as an aeronautical research pilot. In those early days, it was called Muroc Field, reverse spelling of the wealth... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Vattier
Robert Vattier, born October 2, 1906 in Rennes (birth time source: Didier Geslain) and died December 9, 1982 in Paris, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography 1931 : Marius, d'Alexander Korda 1932 : Fanny, de Marc Allégret 1934 : Jeanne, de Georges Marret 1934 : Vers l'abîme de hans Steinhoff et Serge Veber 1934 : Minuit, place Pigalle de Roger Richebé 1935 : Gaspard de Besse de André Hugon 1935 : Le Piment de André Hugon - court métrage - 1936 : Les Amants terribles, de Marc Allégret 1936 : César, de Marcel Pagnol 1936 : Aventure à Paris de Marc Allégret 1936 : La Chanson du souvenir de Detlef Sierck et Serge de Poligny 1936 : Le coeur dispose de Georges Lacombe 1937 : Le Schpountz, de Marcel Pagnol 1937 : L'Appel de la vie de Georges Neveux 1937 : Le... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Willy Ley
Willy Ley (December 2, 1906 - June 24, 1969) was a German-American science writer and space advocate who helped popularize rocketry and spaceflight in both Germany and the United States. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor. Ley grew up in his native Berlin, and studied astronomy, physics, zoology, and paleontology at the University of Berlin. He became interested in spaceflight after reading Hermann Oberth's book Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen ("By Rocket into Interplanetary Space"). After publishing Die Fahrt in den Weltraum ("Travel in Outer Space") in 1926, Ley became one of the first members of Germany's amateur rocket group, the Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR - "Spaceflight Society") in 1927 and wrote extensively for its journal, Die Rakete ("The Rock... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ernest Cognacq
Ernest Cognacq, born October 2, 1839 in Saint-Martin-de-Ré, died February 21, 1928 in Paris, was a French businessman, the founder, with his wife, of La Samaritaine in Paris. La Samaritaine (French pronunciation: ) was a large department store in Paris, France, located in the First Arrondissement. The nearest metro station is Pont-Neuf. It is currently owned by LVMH, a luxury-goods maker. The store, which had been operating at a loss since the 1970s, was finally closed in 2005 because the building did not meet safety codes. Various plans for redeveloping the building have come to nothing so far, as the representatives of the store's founders have argued with new owners LVMH over the building's future as a department store or a mixed-use development. History The store was first open... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Saïd Boualam
Saïd Boualam, born October 2, 1906 in Souk-Ahras, Algeria, died in 1982, was a French military and politician.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gianfranco Stevanin
Gianfranco Stevanin, born October 2, 1960 in Montagnana, called the Monster of Terrazzo, is an Italian serial killer. He killed six women (or more) and cut them up. He was suspected of more murders. Gianfranco Stevanin was sentenced to life imprisonment. External link: http://www.chilhavisto.rai.it/clv/english/misteri/1996-1997/stevanin.htm... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Shinji Aramaki
Shinji Aramaki (荒牧 伸志, Aramaki Shinji?) (born October 2, 1960) is a Japanese anime director and mechanical designer, born in Fukuoka Prefecture. He was a member of Artmic. He is noted for work on powered exoskeletons and his mecha and CG design on several anime series. Work As director * Megazone 23 (Part 3) (original creator and director, 1985) * Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 (director and mechanical design, 1987) * Genesis Survivor Gaiarth (director and mechanical design, 1992) * Gasaraki (mechanical design and storyboard writer of episode 25, 1998) * Appleseed (original creator and director, 2004) * Appleseed EX Machina (director, 2007) * Halo Legends (director, 2010) As designer * Micro Change/Transformer... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sydney George Old
Sydney George Old, born October 2, 1901 in Bristol, is a British former professional astrologer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ralph Arthur Roberts
Ralph Arthur Roberts, born October 2, 1884 in Meerane and died March 12, 1940 in Berlin, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. Filmography (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731502/ ) Actor: 1. Wie konntest Du, Veronika! (1940) .... Bankdirektor Torwald 2. Polterabend (1940) .... Vetter Theodor 3. Danger on Wheels (1940) (uncredited) .... Official 4. Der Trichter Nr. 10 (1940) 5. Meine Tochter tut das nicht (1940) .... R.A. Dr. Franz Kugler ... aka "My Daughter Doesn't Do That" - International (English title) 6. Das Glück wohnt nebenan (1939) ... aka "A Merry House" - International (English title) 7. Meine Tante - deine Tante (1939) .... Theodor Baron von Bredebosch 8. Ehe in Dosen (1939) .... Justizrat Windhorst 9. D... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tyson Chandler
Tyson Cleotis Chandler (born October 2, 1982) is an American professional basketball center for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. He was also a member of the United States men's national basketball team. High school Chandler attended Dominguez High School in Compton. He earned accolades from Parade Magazine and USA Today, and was selected to the McDonald's High School All-America Team. As a 6'11" freshman, he was profiled on current affairs TV program 60 Minutes. Chandler led Dominguez to a state championship before declaring as an early entry candidate in the 2001 NBA Draft. Professional career Tyson Chandler was selected 2nd overall by the Los Angeles Clippers, who immediately traded his rights to the Chicago Bulls for former NBA Rookie of the Year Award recipient Elton Brand. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexander Todd
Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd of Trumpington, OM, PPRS (2 October 1907 – 10 January 1997) was a Scottish biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the 1957 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Todd was born near Glasgow, attended Allan Glen's School and graduated from the University of Glasgow with a B.Sc. in 1928. He received a Ph.D (Dr.rer.nat.) from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main in 1931 for his thesis on the chemistry of the bile acids. After studying at Oriel College, Oxford he gained another doctorate in (1933) and held posts with the Lister Institute, the University of Edinburgh and the University of London, where he was appointed Reader in Biochemistry. Todd became the Sir Samu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best-known as the longest-serving Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during much of World War II. Hull received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 for his role in establishing the United Nations, and was referred to by President Roosevelt as the Father of the United Nations. Biography Hull was born in a log cabin in Olympus, which is now part of Pickett County, Tennessee, but was then part of Overton County. He became the elected chairman of the Clay County Democratic Party at the age of 19. In 1891, Hull graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University and was admitt... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Umberto Sacripanti
Umberto Sacripanti is an Italian actor born October 2, 1904 in Roma.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joaquín Galarza
Joaquín Galarza, born October 2, 1928 in San Luis Potosí, United Mexican States, died July 31, 2004 in Paris, was a Mexican anthropologist, Mesoamerican specialist, a former CNRS (France) research director. Bibliography * Codex Mexicains. Catalogue Bibliothèque nationale de Paris, Joaquín Galarza, Musée de l’Homme, 1974, Paris. * Doctrina christiana: Méthode pour l'analyse d'un manuscrit pictographique mexicain du XVIIIe siècle avec application à la première prière, le Pater Noster, Joaquín Galarza, Société d'Ethnologie, 1980, ISBN 290116112X, 134 pp. * Amatl, Amoxtli, el papel, el libro, los códices mesoamericanos, Joaquín Galarza et R. Maldonado Rojas, Escuela nacional de antropología e historia, 1986, Mexico. * In amoxtli in tlacatl, el libro, el hombre: códice... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Aaron Williams
Aaron Williams (born October 2, 1971 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American former professional basketball player. He played at the power forward and center positions. Basketball career Williams was undrafted after a college career at Xavier University, and played for the Utah Jazz, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets, Vancouver Grizzlies (afterwards Memphis Grizzlies), Seattle SuperSonics, Washington Wizards, New Jersey Nets, Toronto Raptors, New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets and Los Angeles Clippers. He also had brief stints in the CBA, Italy and Greece. In 2000-01, as a member of the New Jersey Nets, Williams posted his best numbers as a pro, playing all possible 82 games while averaging 10.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, but also had the dubious distinction of leading the lea... Biography of Maja Ivarsson
Maja Ivarsson, born 2 October 1979 in Åhus, Skåne County, is lead singer of the Swedish New Wave band The Sounds. Career The Sounds were formed in 1998 in Helsingborg, by childhood friends guitarist and vocalist Felix Rodriguez and bassist Johan Bengtsson, who later invited drummer Fredrik Nilsson on board. Ivarsson's striking presence and personality led to an invitation to be their lead singer. They met Jesper Anderberg during the Hultsfred Festival by chance and invited him to join their band. He plays piano, guitar, synthesizers and does back-up vocals. The Sounds are active on the touring circuit, including the United States. Their first tour was in the wake of their 2003 smash "Living in America" (both the song and the album), although their touring conditions were a far cry... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robert Julius Trumpler
Robert Julius Trumpler (born October 2, 1886 in Zürich, Switzerland; died September 10, 1956 in Berkeley, California) was a Swiss-American astronomer. After initial schooling, Trumpler entered the Universität Zürich but later transferred to the University of Göttingen where he earned his Ph.D. in 1910. In 1915, during World War I, he emigrated to the United States and joined the University of California. He took a position at Allegheny Observatory, and later went to Lick Observatory. In 1921, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He was elected a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1932. He is most noted for observing that the brightness of the more distant open clusters was lower than expected, and the stars appeared more red. This was explain... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christian Philip
Christian Philip, born October 2, 1948 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), is a French Professor of Law at the University of Lyon and politician, a member of UMP.... Biography of Adolphe Franck
Adolphe Franck was a French philosopher born October 9, 1809 in Liocourt (57).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Louis de Bonald
Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de Bonald (2 October 1754, Le Monna (near Millau), Aveyron, France - 23 November 1840, Le Monna), was a French counter-revolutionary philosopher and politician. Life Disliking the principles of the Revolution, he emigrated in 1791, joined the army of the Prince of Condé, soon settling in Heidelberg. There he wrote his first important work, the highly conservative Theorie du pouvoir politique et religieux (3 vols., 1796; new ed., Paris, 1854, 2 vols.), which the Directory condemned. Upon returning to France, he found himself an object of suspicion and at first lived in retirement. In 1806, he, along with Chateaubriand and Joseph Fiévée, edited the Mercure de France. Two years later, he was appointed counsellor of the Imperial University, which he had o... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hans Thoma
Hans Thoma (October 2, 1839 – November 7, 1924) was a German painter. He was born in Bernau in the Black Forest, Germany. Having started life as a painter of clock-faces, he entered in 1859 the Karlsruhe academy, where he studied under Schirmer and Des Coudres. He subsequently studied and worked, with but indifferent success, in Düsseldorf, Paris, Italy, Munich and Frankfurt, until his reputation became firmly established as the result of an exhibition of some thirty of his paintings in Munich. In spite of his studies under various masters, his art has little in common with modern ideas, and is formed partly by his early impressions of the simple idyllic life of his native district, partly by his sympathy with the early German masters, particularly with Altdorfer and Cranach. In his lov... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Juan Ruiz de Alarcon
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza (October 2, 1581, Real de Taxco, now in Guerrero - August 4, 1639), one of the greatest Spanish-American dramatists of the Golden Age, was born in New Spain (modern Mexico). Genealogy The family of Juan Ruiz de Alarcón was of old Asturian nobility. The name Alarcón had been give to his ancestor Ferren Martínez de Ceballos by Alfonso VIII of Castile after he had successfully driven the Moors from the fortress of Alarcón near Cuenca in 1177. Juán Ruiz de Alarcón's maternal grandparents Hernando and María de Mendoza were among the first Spaniards to arrive in Mexico in 1535, when they established themselves in Taxco. Their daughter Leonor de Mendoza married Pedro Ruiz de Alarcón who was described as an hidalgo. Juan Ruiz de Alarcón had four brothers: Pedr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nathan Marlow
Nathan Marlow, born October 2, 1979 in Tulsa, Ocklahoma, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1438612/ ) # Green Guys (2010) (post-production) .... Mike Northcutt # Dead Cat Bounce (2010) (completed) .... Jackson # The Wheeler Boys (2010) .... Chase the Mechanic # "Tyranny" .... Special Agent Holden (3 episodes, 2010) - Losing It (2010) TV episode .... Special Agent Holden - Aversion (2010) TV episode .... Special Agent Holden - Episode #1.15 (????) TV episode .... Special Agent Holden # Flint Creek (2010) .... Jack Harlan # Crook (2009) .... Holt # "The Great L.A. Pretenders" .... Fernando (6 episodes, 2008) - Time to Pretend (2008) TV episode .... Fernando - The Rules of the Game (2008) TV episode .... Fernando - ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lisa St Aubin de Terán
Lisa St Aubin de Terán (born 2 October 1953) is an award-winning English novelist, writer of autobiographical fictions, and memoirist. Lisa St Aubin de Terán was born in 1953 and brought up in Clapham in South London. She attended the James Allen's Girls' School. Her memoir, Hacienda (1998) describes how she abandoned her studies at the age of 17 for a disastrous first marriage to a sadistic Venezuelan landowner, Jaime Terán, living for seven years at a remote farm in the Andean region of Venezuela. Her second husband was the Scottish poet and novelist George MacBeth. In 1982 she published her first novel, Keepers of the House, winning the Somerset Maugham Award and a place on Granta's 'Best of Young British Novelists' list (1983, issue #7). The Slow Train to Milan, winner of the Joh... Biography of Jon Valera
Jon Valera, born October 2, 1975 in Roanoke, Virginia, is an American actor and stunt actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884497/ ) Stunt Ninja Assassin (2009) (filming) (fight choreographer) Dragonball (2009) (post-production) (stunts) The Tournament (2008/I) (post-production) (fight choreographer) The Midnight Meat Train (2008) (completed) (stunts) ... aka Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train (USA: promotional title) Speed Racer (2008) (stunts) ... aka Speed Racer: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) Street Kings (2008) (stunt double) Balls of Fury (2007) (stunts) Live Free or Die Hard (2007) (stunts) ... aka Die Hard 4.0 (Australia) (UK) (USA: working title) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) (stunts) ... aka P.O.T.C. 3 ... Biography of Dora Meszaros
Dora Meszaros, born on October 2, 1977 in Budapest, is an Hungarian model and playmate.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Delescluze
Louis Charles Delescluze (October 2, 1809 – May 25, 1871) was a French journalist. He was born at Dreux, Eure-et-Loir. Having studied law in Paris, he early developed a strong democratic bent, and played a part in the July revolution of 1830. He became a member of various republican societies, and in 1836 was forced to take refuge in Belgium, where he devoted himself to republican journalism. Returning in 1840 he settled in Valenciennes, and after the revolution of 1848 removed to Paris, where he started a newspaper called La Révolution démocratique et sociale. His zeal so far outran his discretion that he was twice imprisoned and fined, his paper was suppressed and he himself fled to England, where he continued his journalistic work. He was arrested in Paris in 1853, and deported to... Biography of Joey Slotnick
Joseph Slotnick (born October 2, 1968) is an American film and television actor. Biography Slotnick was born in Chicago, Illinois (source: Imdb). His film roles include computer industry pioneer Steve Wozniak in the film Pirates of Silicon Valley, and a part in the 1996 blockbuster Twister. Additionally, he was on the cast of the television shows Boston Public in 2000-2001, The Single Guy from 1995–1997, and Nip/Tuck from 2003-2006. Slotnick has logged several guest appearances on a number of popular television shows. He also does commercial work, including a series of ads promoting the NBA which were featured heavily during its 2008-2009 telecasts, and appearances in ads for the office supply store Staples where he memorably states, "WOW - that's a low price." Filmography ... Biography of Maribel Verdú
Maribel Verdú (born 2 October 1970) is a Spanish actress. She is perhaps best known to English-speaking audiences playing the roles of Luisa in the 2001 film, Y tu mamá también and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth. In her native Spain, like Ariadna Gil, she is admired for her highly expressive acting in films such as Belle Époque and Huevos de oro. Verdú was born María Isabel Verdú Rollán in Madrid. She began her career at age 13. She has appeared in almost 50 movies since 1984. The majority of her movie appearances have been in Spanish. She has also been in various TV shows. In 2007, Verdú was invited to join to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Verdú is married to Pedro Larrañaga, child of actors Carlos Larrañaga and María Luisa Merlo. She ... Biography of Philip Oakey
Philip Oakey (born on 2 October 1955, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England), is a composer, singer, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the lead singer, frontman and co-founder of the famous British synthpop band The Human League. He has also had an extensive solo music career and collaborated with numerous other artists and producers. He is also an occasional DJ. Oakey was one of the most visually distinctive music artists of the early 1980s. Through his synthesiser composition and song writing he ensured that his band The Human League, would become one of the highest profile pop bands of the early 1980s. At the height of their success The Human League released the triple platinum album Dare and Oakey co-wrote and sung the multi million selling single “Don't You Want Me” which ... Biography of Steeve Guenot
Steeve François Fabien Guenot (born October 2, 1985 in Chalon-sur-Saône) is a French wrestler who won the Gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 66kg in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He became the first Olympic Champion for France in Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling since Emile Poilvé, in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Hired by the RATP in 2007, he is member of the US Métro (Union sportive métropolitaine des transports) http://www.us-metro.com He is born in a family of wrestlers: his father is referee, his mother is club manager. His brother Christophe and sisters practice wrestling. At the age of 22, he gave France its first gold medal at the 2008 Games. His brother, Christophe Guenot, also won a bronze medal in the -74 kg category.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Suki Kaiser
Suki Kaiser, born on October 2, 1967 in Bangkok, is an American actress. She immigrated to Canada when she was five but later moved with her mother to Newport, Rhode Island. She is the spouse of Jonathan Scarfe and has two children. She is also the stepdaughter-in-law of Barbara March, and the daughter-in-law of Alan Scarfe and Sara Botsford. Alternate Names: Suzi Kaiser | Suki Kalser Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435215/ ) 2006 Masters of Horror (TV series) Patricia Dunbar – Valerie on the Stairs (2006) … Patricia Dunbar 2005 Médium (TV series) Nadine Massey – The Reckoning (2005) … Nadine Massey 2005 Cyclone catégorie 7 tempête mondiale (TV movie) Gayle Duffy 2004 Stephen King présente Kingdom Hospital (TV series) Natalie Rickman – Shoulda... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Michelle Krusiec
Michelle J. Krusiec (Chinese: 楊雅慧; pinyin: Yáng Yǎhuì; born October 2, 1974) is a Taiwanese American actress. Krusiec was born in Fallon, Nevada. She was raised by adoptive parents — her Taiwanese aunt and caucasian American uncle. Krusiec's big break through came when she was recruited to be one of six globe-trotting travel reporters for the Discovery Channel new series called Travelers. Along with Barbara Alvarez, Robin Kipp, Pearce Bunting, Patrick Michael, Foster Soloman, and later Lisa Clark, the show became an instant hit on the Discovery channel. Krusiec played the eighteen year-old Molly O'Brien in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Time's Orphan". Krusiec is a Best Actress nominee in the Golden Horse Film Festival for her performance in a U.S. ... Biography of Katrin Thormann
Katrin Thormann, born on October 2, 1987 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, is a German fashion model.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yokozuna (wrestler)
Rodney Agatupu Anoa'i (October 2, 1966 – October 23, 2000) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna. The term yokozuna refers to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan. Although the "Yokozuna" character was portrayed as a champion sumo wrestler, Anoa'i had never competed as an actual sumotori. Though Yokozuna wrestled as a representative of Japan, he was of Samoan origin and was accordingly billed as hailing from Polynesia (although he was managed by Mr. Fuji, who would follow Anoa'i to the ring with a wooden bucket of salt, and waving a Japanese flag). In the WWF, Anoa'i was a two-time WWF Champion and two-time Tag Team Champion (with Owen Hart), as we... Biography of Efren Ramirez
Efren Antonio Ramirez (born October 2, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. Career Ramirez has starred in a number of films, including Napoleon Dynamite as Pedro Sanchez, Employee of the Month with Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, and Dax Shepard, Crank and Crank: High Voltage with Jason Statham, Searching for Mickey Fish with Daniel Baldwin, All You've Got with Ciara, and HBO's Walkout and made cameos in Nacho Libre and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. In 2009, Efren will star in the comedy American Summer with Matthew Lillard as well as appear as a contestant on MTV's Celebrity Rap Superstar. On July 14, 2008 Sierra Mist released a series of commercials aimed at multicultural consumers in which Efren stars. The first being named "Wedding Girl" followed by "Mannequin Man" and an onlin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Chris Ledoux
Chris Lee LeDoux (October 2, 1948–March 9, 2005) was an American country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor and rodeo champion. During his career LeDoux recorded thirty-six albums (many self-released) which have sold more than six million units in the United States as of January 2007. He was awarded one gold album certification from the RIAA, and was nominated for a Grammy Award and the Academy of Country Music Music Pioneer Award. iography Early years LeDoux was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. His father was in the US Air Force, and the family moved often when he was a child. He learned to ride horses while visiting his grandparents on their Texas farm. At age 13, LeDoux participated in his first rodeo, riding in Denison, Texas, and before long was winning junior rodeo competit... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Mathieu
Pierre Mathieu, born October 2, 1974 in Maubourguet, Hautes-Pyrénées, is a French TV host.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mahmud of Ghazni
Mahmud of Ghazni (Turkish:Gazneli Mahmud) (Persian: محمود غزنوی / Maḥmūd-e Ġaznawī; October 2, 971 - April 30, 1030), actually Yamīn ad-Dawlah Abd al-Qāṣim Maḥmūd Ibn Sebüktegīn, was the most prominent ruler of the Ghaznavid dynasty who ruled from 997 until his death in 1030 in the eastern Iranian lands. Mahmud turned the former provincial city of Ghazni into the wealthy capital of an extensive empire which covered most of today's Iran, Afghanistan as well as Pakistan and North-West India. He was also the first ruler to carry the title Sultan ("authority"), signifying the extent of his power, though preserving the ideological link to the suzerainty of the Caliph. Mahmud was cons... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dick Barnett
Richard "Dick" Barnett (born October 2, 1936 in Gary, Indiana) is a former American professional basketball player. He spent 14 seasons in the NBA (1959-74), but is mostly known for his 9 seasons with the New York Knicks. Barnett played in the 1968 NBA All-Star Game and was a part of the famous 1970 Knicks team, that won the NBA championship against the Los Angeles Lakers. He scored 15,358 regular season points in his career. Playing career A three-time All-America player at Tennessee A & I now (Tennessee State University), Barnett led his team to three consecutive NAIA national championships for Hall of Fame Coach John McLendon. Barnett was named championship MVP in 1958 and 1959. The top draft choice of the Syracuse Nationals (now the Philadelphia 76ers) of the NBA, Barnett play... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alexandre Ruiz
Alexandre Ruiz, born on October 2, 1975 in Casablanca, Morocco, is a French sports journalist, TV host, radio host, and author. Bibliography (fr) Le Guide du Football 2007/2008, Paris, éditions Timée, 2 octobre 2007, 372 p. L'histoire des clubs, Paris, 2007 Le Guide du Football 2008/2009, Paris, édition Timée, 2008 Le Guide du Football 2009/2010, Paris, édition Timée, 2009... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tara Moss
Tara Moss (born October 2, 1973; Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian-Australian author and former model. She was on the cover of the October 2007 issue of Spanish Playboy. Biography Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Moss took up residence in Australia in 1996 and currently resides in Sydney and Los Angeles where her novels are being adapted for the screen. She holds both Canadian and Australian citizenship and has held licenses as a private investigator and race car driver (CAMS), and holds a motorcycle license and wildlife/snake handling license. Moss has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2007 and an ambassador for the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children since 2000. She has been honoured with a bronze star on the Australian Walk of Fame as the first person ind... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Lew Temple
Lew Temple (born October 2, 1967) is an American film actor, perhaps best known for his roles as Locus Fender in the action film, Domino starring Keira Knightley, and Cal, the diner manager in the comedy-drama Waitress starring Keri Russell. Early life Temple was born in Louisiana, and raised in Texas. He was the 1982 Baseball MVP at Rollins, and graduated from Rollins College in 1985. Career Baseball Though he was too small for the big leagues, he continued with his love for baseball, shagging roles as a minor league bullpen catcher for the Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros. In 1986, he was the scout for the New York Mets, and would later go on to serve as Assistant Director of Minor League Operations and Scouting for the Astros until 1993. Acting In 2005, Temple appea... Biography of Kate St John
Katharine Elinor Margaret St John (born 2 October 1957, London (birth time source: by email)) is an English musician, vocalist, composer, record producer, and arranger. She plays the oboe, saxophone, accordion, piano and cor anglais. Career 1980s Kate began her career in the Ravishing Beauties, an early 1980s group with Virginia Astley and Nicky Holland. The band released no records, and St John left in 1982. In the mid-1980s, she was a part of The Dream Academy, with Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel. The Dream Academy's biggest success was its 1985 song "Life in a Northern Town", a tribute to 1970s solo artist Nick Drake. The band, after being unable to keep its standings in the charts, broke up in 1991. During her time with The Dream Academy, St John also worked with Tears for... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dimitri Verhulst (author)
Dimitri Verhulst (Aalst, 1972) is a Belgian writer and poet. He lives and works in Huccorgne. Biography Dimitri Verhulst comes from a broken home and spent his childhood in foster homes and institutes. As a writer, he made his debut in 1999 with a collection of stories, De kamer hiernaast (E: The Room Next Door) about his youth. The novels Niets, niemand en redelijk stil (E: Nothing, Nobody, and Reasonably Quiet) published in 2000 and De verveling van de keeper (E: The Boredom of the Goalkeeper) of 2002 also cover the same topic. In 2001, Dimitri Verhulst published Liefde, tenzij anders vermeld (E: Love, Unless Otherwise Stated), a collection of poetry. His breakthrough to the general public came in 2003, with Problemski Hotel in which he wrote about residents of an asylum-seekers... Biography of Dia Frampton
Meg & Dia is an American rock band formed in 2004. It was founded by sisters Meg and Dia Frampton, and is now a five-piece act with additional members Nicholas Price, Jonathan Snyder (formerly of Madison) and Carlo Gimenez. Meg & Dia (also then known as The Meg & Dia Band) released its first album, Our Home Is Gone, in 2005. At the time, the band consisted of just the two Frampton sisters, and the album's tracks were mostly acoustic songs. Meg played guitar and provided back-up vocals while Dia sang. A year later, they released their second album, Something Real, their first album released under Doghouse Records. The band signed with Warner Bros. Records in 2007 and released Here, Here and Here in 2009 via Sire Records. They are now signed under the name Dia Frampton to Universal Rep... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Omar Sívori
Enrique Omar Sívori (2 October 1935 – 17 February 2005) was an Italian Argentine football striker and manager. He is known for his time with the successful Juventus side during the late 1950s and early 1960s. At club level he also played for River Plate and Napoli. On the international level, he first appeared for the Argentine national team, winning the Copa América. Later in his career, he played for the Italian national team and took part in some of the 1962 World Cup. After his retirement as player, he coached several teams in Argentina, including the national side. Sívori's footballing talent was acclaimed and he won the coveted European Footballer of the Year in 1961. Playing style Encyclopædia Britannica describe his playing style as "audacious and brilliant". Sívori uti... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Gurdon
Sir John Bertrand Gurdon (JBG), FRS (born 2 October 1933 in Dippenhall (source: Wikipedia in German)) is a British developmental biologist. He is best known for his pioneering research in nuclear transplantation and cloning. He was recently awarded the Lasker Award and the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2012 . Career After attending Eton College, Gurdon went up to Christ Church, Oxford, to study classics but switched to zoology. For his PhD he studied nuclear transplantation in the frog Xenopus with Michael Fischberg at Oxford, and then did postdoctoral work at Caltech. His early posts were at the Department of Zoology of the University of Oxford (1962–71). Gurdon has spent much of his research career in Cambridge, UK, first at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Glenn Anderson
Glenn Christopher Anderson (born October 2, 1960) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues. Anderson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 10, 2008. Playing career Anderson played for the Burnaby Winter Club, then University of Denver in the NCAA for a year, before joining the Canadian National Team in 1979–80, with whom he represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He also played with the Seattle Breakers in the WHL that season. The Oilers drafted him in the fourth round of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, 69th overall. He joined the Oilers' roster in the 1980–81 season. Anderson played 11 full seasons with the Oilers, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Trevor Brooking
Sir Trevor David Brooking CBE (born 2 October 1948 in Barking, London) is a football player turned manager, on-air analyst, and administrator. Brooking attended Ripple Infants School and left Ilford County High School with 11 O-levels and 2 A-levels. He was appointed an MBE in 1981, a CBE in 1999 and knighted in 2004. Since retiring from playing, he has taken up a number of positions in broadcasting and administration. Domestic career West Ham United He is chiefly associated with West Ham United, having played as an attacking midfield player and centre forward between 1967 and 1984, making 636 appearances and scoring 103 times, wearing the number 10 jersey. He won the FA Cup twice, in 1975 and 1980; in the latter, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Arsenal with a header. ... Biography of Marie Anne de Bourbon
Marie Anne de Bourbon, Légitimée de France (2 October 1666 (source: Wikipedia in French) – 3 May 1739) was the eldest legitimised daughter (fille légitimée de France) of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Louise de La Vallière. At the age of thirteen, she was married to Louis Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti and as such was the Princess of Conti by marriage. A great beauty and her father's favourite daughter, Marie Anne was widowed in 1685 aged 19. She never married again and had no children. Following her mothers retirement to a convent, Marie Anne continued to reside at her fathers court and was later her mothers heiress. She later became the Duchess of La Vallière in her own right. Biography Birth and infancy Born secretly at the Château de Vincennes outside Paris on 2 O... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vincent Debaty
Vincent Debaty (born Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, 2 October 1981 (birth time source: act n° 684, André Dekoster)) is a Belgian born French rugby union footballer. He has played for France and is currently playing in the Top 14 for ASM Clermont Auvergne. Debaty plays as a prop. He holds dual French-Belgian citizenship. His only caps for France was against Romania on 17 June 2006 in Bucharest and against Ireland in Paris on 4 March 2012.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tara Barr
Tara Lynne Barr (born October 2, 1993) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the 2011 film God Bless America. Early life Barr was born in Orange County, California. Her parents are both long time employees of Southern California Edison Company, and enrolled Barr and her older sister Erin in the Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley’s before- and after-school care program. When the Huntington Valley Boys and Girls Clubs started their Clubhouse Theatre program, Barr's sister auditioned for and performed in several children’s theater productions. Barr was inspired to take up acting after seeing her sister on stage. Professional career After performing herself in ten productions with the Clubhouse Theatre, Barr turned her attention to film and television proj... Biography of Norma Blum
Norma Blum, born on October 11, 1939 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian actress. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089695/) 2012 As Brasileiras (TV series) – A Culpada de BH (2012) 2011 Insensato Coração (TV series) Olga Mourão – Episode #1.167 (2011) … Olga Mourão – Episode #1.164 (2011) … Olga Mourão – Episode #1.163 (2011) … Olga Mourão – Episode #1.120 (2011) … Olga Mourão – Episode #1.78 (2011) … Olga Mourão See all 25 episodes » 2009-2010 Cama de Gato (TV series) Irmã Andréia – Episode #1.161 (2010) … Irmã Andréia – Episode #1.159 (2010) … Irmã Andréia – Episode #1.149 (2010) … Irmã Andréia – Episode #1.148 (2010) … Irmã Andréia – Episode #1.146 (2010) … Irmã Andréia See all 51 episodes » 2009 Tudo Novo de Novo (TV series) Lucy – Vende... |
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