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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on October, 22, 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 · 45,666 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 45,666 Celebrities
100 celebrities or events were found for October, 22. Add to favourites (90 fans)Biography of Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve (October 22, 1943, in Paris, France), is an Academy Award-nominated French actress. A model of French elegance, cultivated lust object for art house filmgoers everywhere, and one of the best-respected actresses in the French film industry, Catherine Deneuve made her reputation playing a series of beautiful ice maidens for directors such as Luis Buñuel and Roman Polanski. The daughter of French stage and film actor Maurice Dorléac and actress Renée Deneuve, Deneuve was born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac, in Paris on October 22, 1943. She made her screen debut at the age of 13, with a role in the 1956 film Les Collegiennes, and went on to make a string of films with directors such as Roger Vadim (with whom she had a child) before getting her breakthrough role in Jaques D... Add to favourites (52 fans)Biography of Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra (Hindi: दीपक चोपड़ा; born October 22, 1946) is an Indian medical doctor and writer. He has written extensively on spirituality and diverse topics in mind-body medicine. He claims to be influenced by the teachings of Vedanta and the Bhagavad Gita from his native India, and quantum physics. He also said that he has been profoundly influenced by the teachings of J Krishnamurti. Background Chopra was born in New Delhi and educated in India. He completed his primary education at St. Columba's School in New Delhi and eventually graduated from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 1968. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1970, becoming board-certified in internal medicine and endocrinology , and after int... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (born October 22, 1952) is an Academy-Award nominated American actor. He often portrays quirky, intense or eccentric characters, and frequently scientists. He is also known for his distinctive appearance and his unique, staccato delivery of lines. At 6 feet 4 inches 1/2 (1.94 m), he is one of Hollywood's tallest actors and was jokingly described on the sitcom Will & Grace as resembling a "tall, sexy whooping crane". He recently portrayed the title character on the NBC television series Raines which was cancelled after seven episodes. Early life Goldblum was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Whitaker, Pennsylvania, to Shirley, a radio moderator, and Harold Goldblum, a doctor. He has a sister, Pamela, as well as two brothers. Both of his parents were interested in sh... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Georges Brassens
Georges Brassens (October 22, 1921 - October 29, 1981) was a French acoustic singer and songwriter. Height: 1m82 Georges Brassens was born in Sète (then called Cette), in southern France, thirty-six kilometers south of Montpellier. Now an iconic figure in France, he achieved fame through his simple, elegant songs and articulate, diverse lyrics; indeed, he is considered one of France's best postwar poets, and won the national poetry prize. He also set to music poems by many well-known and relatively obscure poets, including Louis Aragon (Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux), Victor Hugo, Jean Richepin, François Villon, Guillaume Apollinaire and others. During World War II, he was forced to work at a labour camp by the Germans at an aircraft engine plant of BMW in the Service du Travail Ob... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc; pronounced /lɪst/, in English: list) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the Romantic period. He was a renowned performer throughout Europe during the 19th century, noted especially for his showmanship and great skill with the piano. Today, he is considered to be one of the greatest pianists in history, despite the fact that no recordings of his playing exist. Liszt is frequently credited with re-defining piano playing itself, and his influence is still visible today, both through his compositions and his legacy as a teacher. He also contributed greatly toward the Romantic idiom in general, and he is credited with the creation of the symphonic poem. Liszt studied and played at Vienna and Paris an... Biography of Arsène Wenger
Arsène Wenger OBE (born October 22, 1949 in Duttlenheim near Strasbourg) is a French football manager. He is currently the manager of Arsenal. He is the club's most successful manager in terms of trophies and the club's longest-serving manager in terms of matches played (over 600 as of March 2007). Wenger is the only non-British manager to win the Double in England, having done so in 1998 and 2002. In 2004, he became the only manager in FA Premier League history to go through the entire season without a loss. Wenger has a degree in Engineering and a master's degree in Economics from Strasbourg University and is fluent in French, Alsatian, German and English; he also speaks some Italian, Spanish and Japanese. Height: 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing career Wenger's playing career was rela... Biography of Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine (born October 22, 1917) is an Academy Award-winning Japanese-born British actress, who became an American citizen in April 1943. Early life She was born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland in Tokyo, Japan, the younger daughter of Walter de Havilland, and the former Lilian Augusta Ruse, a British actress known by her stage name of Lilian Fontaine, who married in 1914. Fontaine's father, Walter, was a British patent attorney with a practice in Japan. She is the younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland, from whom she has been estranged since 1975; both attended Los Gatos High School and the Notre Dame Convent Roman Catholic girls school in Belmont, California. At the age of two, Joan's parents divorced. Joan was a sickly child and had developed anemia following a combin... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Timothy Leary
Timothy Francis Leary, (October 22, 1920 – May 31, 1996) was an American writer, psychologist, modern pioneer and advocate of psychedelic drug research and use, and one of the first people whose remains have been sent into space. As a 1960s counterculture icon, he is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of LSD. He coined and popularized the catch phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out." Early life Leary was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, an only child of an Irish American dentist who abandoned the family when Leary was 13. He graduated from Springfield's Classical High School. Leary attended three different colleges and was disciplined at each. He studied for two years at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He received a bac... Biography of Drazen Petrovic
Dražen Petrović (October 22, 1964 – June 7, 1993) was a Croatian basketball player. A tireless shooter and prolific scorer, Petrović is arguably the most celebrated basketball player ever to emerge from Europe. He is considered the crucial part of the vanguard to the present-day mass influx of European players into the NBA. Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Weight: 200 lb (91 kg) Early years Born in Šibenik, a city on the Croatian coast, in the former Yugoslavia, Dražen Petrović was the second child of Montenegrin father Jovan "Jole" Petrović and Croatian mother Biserka. The couple's first child, Aleksandar, would be the first one to tread the basketball path, providing a lead for young Dražen to follow. Šibenka At the age of thirteen Dražen started playing in ... Biography of Valeria Golino
Valeria Golino (October 22, 1966) is an Italian film and television actress. Early life Golino was born in Naples, Italy to an Italian father who was a Germanist and scholar and a Greek mother who was a painter. She grew up in an "artistic household" and was partly raised in Athens. Golino is the niece of L'Espresso journalist Enzo Golino; her brother is a musician. Golino grew up between Athens and Naples. She started work as a model in Athens and then dropped out of high school after her first movie, after having been discovered by the movie's director, Lina Wertmuller. Career Golino obtained her first starring role in 1985's (Little Fires) and won the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival for Storia d'amore in 1986. She began to work in Hollywood in 1988 with the mov... Biography of Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Milton Ernest Rauschenberg (b. October 22, 1925 in Port Arthur, Texas) is an American artist who came to prominence in the 1950s transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art. Rauschenberg is perhaps most famous for his "Combines" of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations. While the Combines are both painting and sculpture, Rauschenberg has also worked with photography, printmaking, papermaking, and performance. In 1964 Rauschenberg was the first American artist to win the Grand Prize at the Venice Biennale (Mark Tobey and James Whistler had previously won the Painting Prize). Since then he has enjoyed a rare degree of institutional support. Robert Rauschenberg lives and works in New York City and on Captiva Is... Biography of Lynette Fromme
Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme (born October 22, 1948) is an American member of the Manson Family. She was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1975. After serving 34 years in custody, she was released from prison on August 14, 2009. Early life Fromme was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of William Millar Fromme, an aeronautical engineer, and Helen Benzinger, a homemaker. As a child, Fromme was a performer for a popular local dance group called the Westchester Lariats, which in the late 1950s began touring the U.S. and Europe, appearing on The Lawrence Welk Show and at the White House. Fromme was in the 1959 tour. In 1963, the family moved to Redondo Beach, a suburb of Los Angeles, in the South Bay, and Fromme ... Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas
Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945) was a poet, a translator and a prose writer, better known as the intimate friend and lover of the writer Oscar Wilde. Much of his early poetry was Uranian in theme, though he tended, later in life, to distance himself from both Wilde's influence and his own role as a Uranian poet. Early life The third son of John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry and his first wife, the former Sibyl Montgomery, Douglas was born at Ham Hill House in Worcestershire. He was his mother's favourite child; she called him Bosie (a derivative of Boysie), a nickname which stuck for the rest of his life. Douglas was educated at Winchester College (1884–88) and at Magdalen College, Oxford (1889–93), which he left without obtaining a degree. At Oxfo... Biography of Zac Hanson
Zachary Walker (Zac) Hanson (born October 22, 1985 in Arlington, Virginia) is a member of the band Hanson. In addition to playing the drums, percussion, piano, and guitar, he also sings backing vocals and lead vocals on the upcoming album, The Walk. Zachary Walker Hanson was born on October 22, 1985, in Arlington, Virginia. He is the third child of Clarke Walker Hanson and Diana Frances Hanson (nee Lawyer). Hanson were originally a two-member band, with Clarke Isaac and Jordan Taylor, but Zac soon joined at age six to complement his brothers' two-part harmony. In May 1997, the band released their first studio album, Middle of Nowhere. The first single, MMMBop, made it to number one on recording industry sales charts worldwide. Zac is one of the youngest artists ever (UK & US charts) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Helmut Lotti
Helmut Lotti (born Helmut Lotigiers on October 22, 1969 in Ghent, Flanders) is a Belgian popular singer and songwriter. The son of Luc Lotigiers and Rita Lagrou, he began his singing career with a visual and singing style in an obvious imitation of Elvis Presley, and was described as "De Nieuwe Elvis" (in Dutch) or "The New Elvis". His first two albums were Vlaamse Nachten (1990) and Alles Wat Ik Voel (1992). After a few more albums, he changed direction in 1995 with the first of what became a long series of "Helmet Lotti Goes Classic" albums, with proved to increase his popularity. Since 2000 he has also made successful recordings in Latino, African and Russian-style music. Helmut Lotti has sold over 13 million albums worldwide and received over 80 platinum and 70 gold albums. He do... Biography of Layla Roberts
Layla Harvest Roberts (born October 22, 1974 in Kealakekua Kona, Hawaii) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1997 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. Measurements 36C" - 24" - 36" Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 121 lb (55 kg) Layla Roberts has gone on to be one of the most talked about and photographed playmates as she dated Jim Carey, Oscar De La Hoya, Tom Brady and Vin Diesel amongst other rockstar and celebrities. Roberts started her career unlike most other Playmates, she was a Supermodel. Ford and Elite modeling agencies fought over who would be the first to sign this starlet to model their Lorel campaign's in Paris, France. Layla graced the cover of GQ in 2003 as well as FHM and Maxim... Biography of Saffron Burrows
Saffron Dominique Burrows (born October 22, 1972) is an English actress. Early life Burrows was born in London, England, to a politically active family; both of her parents are Socialists. Her father is an architect and teacher and her mother, Susie, is a teacher and feminist. At age fifteen, she was discovered by a modeling talent scout (she stands about 6 feet tall), and she began a successful modeling career. Career Burrows debuted in the film Welcome to the Terra Dome as Jodie, then had a role in the movie In the Name of the Father (1993). Her first significant acting role was as an ambitious Irish lass in Circle of Friends (1995), which also featured Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver. Subsequently she appeared in Hotel de Love. In 1999, she appeared in the sci-fi Wing Comma... Biography of Annette Funicello
Annette Joanne Funicello (born October 22, 1942 (birth time source: Astrodatabank), died on April 8, 2013) is an American singer and actress. She was Walt Disney's most popular Mouseketeer, and went on to appear in a series of beach movies. Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m) Biography and career Early life and early stardom Born in Utica, New York to an Italian-American family, she took dancing and music lessons as a child to try to overcome shyness. Her family had moved to southern California when she was four years old. In 1955, the 12-year-old was discovered by Walt Disney as she performed as the Swan Queen in Swan Lake at a dance recital in Burbank, California. On the basis of this appearance, Disney cast her as one of the original "Mouseketeers". She was the last of them to be selec... Biography of Shaggy (musician)
Shaggy (born October 22, 1968, in Kingston, Jamaica, real name Orville Richard Burrell) is a Jamaican reggae singer who takes his nickname from Scooby-Doo's companion, a nickname given to him by his friends, during his teenage years in which his hair bore a similarity to the Scooby Doo character. He is especially notable for his distinctive sub-baritone voice. Early life His family emigrated to the United States from Jamaica and they settled in the neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn, located in New York City, New York, USA. Shaggy moved to Valley Stream, New York, and made one of his own recording studios in the town. Family Shaggy has two sisters and one step brother. Military service In 1988, he joined the United States Marine Corps as a Field Artillery Cannoneer with 5... Biography of Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (IPA: ) (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor and director, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. Like Laurence Olivier, he bears the distinction of holding two knighthoods, Danish and British. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Jacobi, an only child, was born in Leytonstone, London, England to Alfred George Jacobi, who ran a sweet shop and was a tobacconist in Chingford, and Daisy Gertrude, who worked in a drapery store in Leyton High Street. His great-grandfather immigrated to England from Germany during the 19th century. His family was working class. Although a war baby, he claims a happy childhood. In his teens he went to the Leyton County High School and became an integral part of the drama club, The Players of Leyton. At 18, h... Biography of Louis Riel
Louis Riel (22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements against the Canadian government and its first post-Confederation Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Riel sought to preserve Métis rights and culture as their homelands in the Northwest came progressively under the Canadian sphere of influence. He is regarded by many as a Canadian folk hero today. The first resistance was the Red River Rebellion of 1869–1870. The provisional government established by Riel ultimately negotiated the terms under which the modern province of Manitoba entered the Canadian Confederation. Riel was forced into exile in the United States as a result of the con... Biography of Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is a three-time Emmy Award-winning American character actor. Personal life Lloyd was born in Stamford, Connecticut, to Ruth Lapham (the sister of San Francisco mayor Roger Lapham) and Samuel R. Lloyd. He attended the Fessenden School, a prestigious pre-preparatory school in Newton, Massachusetts. He is a 1957 graduate of Staples High School. His family has lived in New Canaan, Conn. and donated the historical 'Waveny Mansion' to the town. Since its donation, the mansion and its land have become a well renowned park in the town. He seldom appears in public or gives interviews (he gave a rare interview on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Family Films in 2005). Some of his best friends, co-stars and fans who meet him describe him as a very shy and q... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Christophe Caze
A former medical student in France, Christophe or Christopher Caze was one of France's foremost terrorists. After traveling to Bosnia to practise medicine, he returned a Muslim Fundamentalist. He led a group of mostly Algerian terrorists, based in Roubaix, France on a spree of robbing banks, armoured cars and shops - before they were raided at their apartment after police discovered a bomb inside a Peugeot three blocks from the 1996 G-7 meeting. Although Caze escaped the initial raid, he was shot trying to ram a police checkpoint the following day.... Biography of Shelby Lynne
Shelby Lynne (born Shelby Lynne Moorer, October 22, 1968, Quantico, Virginia) is an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. She won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best New Artist. Early life Shelby Lynne grew up in Frankville, Alabama. Her father was a local bandleader and her mother a harmony-singing teacher, and as children, she and her younger sister Allison Moorer — later a country recording artist in her own right — sometimes joined their parents on-stage to sing along. While the family was living in the small town of St. Stephens, Alabama, Lynne's father, an abusive alcoholic, shot and killed her mother and then himself when Lynne was 17. The sisters briefly lived with an aunt until Lynne turned 18, whereupon she married a friend from home. The marriage lasted only ... Biography of Robert Capa
Robert Capa (Budapest, October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a 20th century combat photographer who covered five different wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War. He documented the course of World War II in London, North Africa, Italy, the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Paris. Capa's younger brother, Cornell Capa, also a photographer, worked to preserve and promote Robert's legacy as well as developing his own identity and style. Career Born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary in 1913 as Endre Ernő Friedmann, Capa left the country in 1932 after being arrested because of his political involvement with protestors against the government (his parents had encouraged h... Biography of Katherine Pancol
Katherine Pancol is a Moroccan-born French novelist and journalist. She moved to France at the age of five. She studied literature and initially became a French and Latin teacher and then a journalist first for Paris-Match and later for Cosmopolitan. The first book Pancol published, in 1979, was Moi d'abord. It was to be a success. She then moved to New-York and wrote a second novel, La Barbare, in 1981, and a third, Scarlett, si possible and a fourth, Les hommes cruels ne courent pas les rues. She had two children, a boy and a girl. She has continued to be a journalist and interviewer of persons such as Ronald Reagan, Jacques Chirac, Meryl Streep and Louise Brooks. Recent works Her most recent book Les yeux jaunes des crocodiles tells a story of relationships between ... Biography of Lev Yashin
Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Russian: Лев Ива́нович Я́шин) (October 22, 1929 – March 20, 1990) was a Russian, Soviet football goalkeeper, considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the game. Known for his superior athleticism in goal, imposing stature, amazing reflex saves and inventing the idea of goalkeeper sweeping. He was voted the best goalkeeper of the 20th century by the IFFHS. Life and career Yashin was born in Moscow into a family of industrial workers. At twelve years of age the Second World War forced him to turn to factory work to aid in the war effort. He was sent to work in a military factory in Moscow, where he played for its football team. It was there th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Leconte de Lisle
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (October 22, 1818 – July 17, 1894) was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. Life Leconte de Lisle was born on the island of Réunion. His father, an army surgeon, who brought him up with great severity, sent him to travel in the East Indies with a view to preparing him for a commercial life. After this voyage he went to Rennes to complete his education, studying especially Greek, Italian and history. He returned once or twice to Réunion, but in 1846 settled definitely in Paris. His first volume, La Venus de Milo, attracted to him a number of friends many of whom were passionately devoted to classical literature. In 1873 he was made assistant librarian at the Luxembourg Palace; in 1886 he was elected to the Académie française in succession to Vic... Biography of Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing CH (born Doris May Tayler in Kermanshah, Persia on October 22, 1919) is a British writer. Awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, Lessing was described by the Swedish Academy as: "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". At 87, she is the oldest person to have received this prize, the oldest prior recepient being Theodor Mommsen, who was 85. Her family moved to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe) in 1925, to live a rough life farming maize. Unfortunately, the thousand acres (4 km²) of bush failed to yield wealth, thwarting her mother's desire to live the life of a Victorian in "savage lands". Lessing attended a Roman Catholic girl's school, although ... Biography of Clara Malraux
Clara Goldschmidt, born October 22, 1897 in Paris, was the wife of French author, adventurer and statesman André Malraux.... Biography of Amanda Coetzer
Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971 in Hoopstad, South Africa) is the most accomplished female professional tennis player from South Africa. Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004. She won her first top-level singles title in 1993 in Melbourne, and her second later that year in Tokyo. Coetzer entered the top-20 on the women's world rankings in 1992 and remained there for most of the next 10 years. She developed a reputation for regularly beating players who were higher ranked than her as she climbed to her career high ranking of World No. 3 in 1997. As a result of her many upset wins and her small size, she earned the nickname "The Little Assassin." Career At the Canadian Open in 1995, Coetzer defeated three players ranked in the world's top-5 – Steffi Graf (N... Biography of Jonathan Lipnicki
Jonathan William Lipnicki (born October 22, 1990) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the Hollywood films Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little and Like Mike. Early life Lipnicki was born in California, the son of Rhonda (née Rosen) and Joseph Lipnicki. He has an older sister, Alexis. Lipnicki is Jewish; his father was born in a refugee camp in Germany, grew up in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and immigrated to the United States in the 1960s, in response to the events involving the Quebec independence movement. Career Lipnicki made his film debut in 1996's Jerry Maguire, the son of Renée Zellweger's character. This is a role for which he has been remembered. He subsequently appeared on The Jeff Foxworthy Show as well as episodes of Dawson's Creek and the 1997 sitcom Meego... Biography of Florine Valdenaire
Florine Valdenaire, born October 22, 1982 in Remiremont, is a French athlete, specialist of snowboard.... Biography of Jeff Barnd
Jeff Barnd, born October 22, 1957 in Woodbury Gardens, New Jersey, is an American news anchor, on WBFF. WBFF, channel 45, is a Fox-affiliated television station located in Baltimore, Maryland. WBFF is the flagship station of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also operates Baltimore's CW affiliate, WNUV-TV (channel 54), through a local marketing agreement. The two stations share studios and transmission facilities in the Woodberry section of Baltimore. WBFF also broadcasts "Good TV" on its second digital subchannel (45.2) and on local Comcast cable systems on digital cable channel 206.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Birthe Kirk
Birthe Kirk, born October 22, 1942 in Orslev, is a Danish editor, speaker, author and astrologer. She is the manager of the Astrological School in Copenhagen.... Biography of Herschell (astrologer)
Herschell, born October 22, 1863 in Froma, England, was an American astrologer. Herscell is a pseudonym. His identity was either J.W. Long or William Sharp Cross, depending of the sources.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René de Obaldia
René de Obaldia (b. October 22, 1918 in Hong Kong) is a French playwright and poet. He was elected to the Académie française June 24, 1999. He grew up in Paris, studying at the lycée Condorcet before being mobilised for the army in 1940. Taken prisoner, he was sent to Stalag VIII C (in Sagan). He was then sent to the lighter making area in Kransdyhernfurt on the 26th of June 1940, then to a commando at Auras-sur-Oder to clear a forest. Even in the worst moments of this ordeal, he kept his special sense of humour. He was repatriated in 1944. He began his career in 1960, thanks to Jacques Vilar, who presented his first major play, "Génousie," at the Théâtre national populaire. This was followed by Le Satyre de la Villette, with André Barsacq at the Théatre de l’Atelier, a comedy which ... Biography of Constance Bennett
Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American actress. Known as much for her elegant persona as for her acting career, Bennett was one of Hollywood's most luminous stars, delivering amusing, madcap, and occasionally arch performances that belie her ornamental reputation. Early life She was born in New York City, the daughter of actor Richard Bennett and actress Adrienne Morrison, whose Afro-Caribbean descendant father was the stage actor Morris W. Morris. Her younger sisters were actress/dancer Barbara Bennett and actress Joan Bennett. Career Independent, cultured, ironic and outspoken, Constance, the first Bennett sister to enter motion pictures, appeared in New York-produced silent movies before a meeting with Samuel Goldwyn led to her Hollywood... Biography of Enzo Cerusico
Enzo Cerusico, born October 22, 1937 in Roma, is an Italian actor.... Biography of Lionel Abelanski
Lionel Abelanski, born October 22, 1964 in Paris, is a French actor and comedian. Filmography 1988 : Romuald et Juliette de Coline Serreau 1993 : Méprises multiples de Christian Charmetan - court métrage - 1995 : Douce France de Malik Chibane 1996 : Delphine 1 - Yvan 0 de Dominique Farrugia : Thierry 1996 : Un samedi sur la terre de Diane Bertrand 1996 : Coup de vice de Patrick Lévy 1997 : Didier d'Alain Chabat : Charly 1997 : La Femme du cosmonaute de Jacques Monnet 1997 : I got a woman de Yvan Attal - court métrage - 1997 : La méthode de Thomas Béguin - court métrage - 1998 : Train de vie de Radu Mihaileanu : Schlomo 1999 : Mes amis (pour la vie) de Michel Hazanavicius 1999 : Les Parasites de Philippe de Chauveron : Mathias 1999 : Trafic d'influence de Dom... Biography of Bobby Seale
Robert George "Bobby" Seale (born October 22, 1936 in Dallas, Texas), is an American civil rights activist, who along with Dr. Huey P. Newton, co-founded the Black Panther Party For Self Defense on October 15, 1966. Seale was one of the three children born to his mother, a homemaker, and his father, an African American carpenter, in the segregated South of Dallas, Texas. After moving to various places within Texas, his family relocated to Oakland, California during World War II. Seale attended Oakland High but dropped out and joined the U.S. Air Force. He spent three brief years in the Air Force before being kicked out for disobeying orders given to him by a colonel in South Dakota at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Upon his arrival back in Oakland, Seale began working at different aerospace ... Biography of Manuel Aeschlimann
Manuel Aeschlimann (born October 22, 1964 in Asnières-sur-Seine (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French politician. He began his political career at the early age of 25, as a city councillor in Asnières sur Seine. He was appointed first deputy major and went on to be elected mayor of Asnières in 1999. He was elected deputy to the French National Assembly in June 2002 as a member of the ruling right-wing party UMP; he is a member of the commissions of laws of the Assembly. On 17 June 2007, he was reelected deputy with 56,2 % of the votes. He is a close friend of the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, of whom he was the political advisor in his successful race for president. He was for several years teaching Political Strategy at the well known Institut d'Etudes Politiques ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jules Roy
Jules Roy (22 October 1907 – 15 June 2000) was a French writer. Life and work Like his friend Albert Camus, Roy was a pied-noir. He was born in Rovigo, Algeria, and spent his childhood on the farm of his maternal grand-parents, the Pâris, petits colons who lived at the village of Sidi Moussa, about eight kilometres north of the town. Roy was the fruit of an adulterous liaison between Mathilde Roy, the wife of a policeman, and Henri Dematons, a school-teacher. In 1995, Roy, who had been living in France for many years, returned to Algeria and visited his mother's grave in the small pied noir cemetery at Sidi Moussa. During World War II, Roy commanded a Royal Air Force squadron which was engaged in bombing the Ruhr Basin; he described the missions in La Vallée heureuse (Charlot, 19... Biography of Edmond Dulac
Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac, October 22, 1882 – May 25, 1953) was a French book illustrator prominent during the so called "Golden Age of Illustration" (the first quarter or so of the twentieth century). Early life and career Born in Toulouse, France, he began his career by studying law at the University of Toulouse, but also followed classes in the Ecole des Beaux Arts, switching full time to art after he became bored with law, and also having won prizes at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He spent a very brief period at the Académie Julien in Paris in 1904 before moving to London. In London, the 22-year old Frenchman was picked up by J.M. Dent and given a commission to illustrate the collected works of the Brontë sisters. He then began an association with the Leicester Gallery and Ho... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Decouflé
Philippe Decouflé (born Neuilly-sur-Seine, October 22, 1961) is a French choreographer, dancer, mime artist, and theatre director. As a child he travelled extensively around Lebanon and Morocco, before learned his skills as a teenager at the Annie Fratellini Ecole du Cirque and the Marceau Mime School. While frequenting Parisienne nightclubs he discovered and was attracted to contemporary dance, and he eventually moved to the Centre National de la Danse Contemporaine in Angers to study under choreographer Alwin Nicolais. After briefly working as a solo dancer, he formed the Découflé Company of Arts in Bagnolet in 1983, moving it to a former electrical works in the Parisienne suburb of Saint-Denis in 1995. He has worked for the Lyon Opera Ballet, and choreographed the music video for New... Biography of Brian Boitano
Brian Anthony Boitano (born October 22, 1963 in Mountain View, California) is an Italian-American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California. He is a four-time US National Champion (1985-1988), two-time World Champion (1986, 1988) and the 1988 Olympic gold medalist. He became a professional skater following the 1988 season, and once again in 1994. Career Early career Brian Boitano first made his mark on the international scene when he won the bronze medal at the 1978 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, beating out future rival Brian Orser for that medal. In 1982, Boitano became the first American to land a triple axel. In 1987, he introduced his signature jump, the 'Tano triple lutz in which the skater raises his left arm above his head. He attempted a quadruple jump throu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Melinda Czink
Melinda Czink (born October 22, 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian professional female tennis player. On March 1, 2004 Czink reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 64. She has reached 1 WTA Tour singles final: 2005 Canberra (lost to Ana Ivanovic). On the ITF Tour, she has won an incredible 17 singles titles. Titles Singles Titles 1. February 4, 2001 Istanbul Hard Magdalena Zdenovcova 5–7 6–1 6–2 2. September 30, 2001 Raleigh Clay Ally Baker 6–3 6–2 3. October 7, 2001 Aventura Clay Neyssa Etienne 6–4 6–3 4. January 27, 2002 Miami Hard Lindsay Lee-Waters 7–5 6–2 5. February 3, 2002 Saltillo Hard Petra Russegger 6–1 3–6 6–4 6. February 10, 2002 Monterrey Hard Yuliana Fedak 6–3 3–6 6–1 7. February 17, 2002 Matamoros Hard Melisa Arevalo 6–2 6–3 8. Ma... Biography of Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France
Louis-Joseph Xavier Francois, Dauphin of France (October 22, 1781–June 4, 1789) was the second child and first son of King Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette of Austria. As the heir apparent to the French throne, he was called the Dauphin. As the eldest son of the king, he was a Fils de France. A sweet-natured child, Louis-Joseph died at the age of seven of "consumption" (tuberculosis). On his death the title of Dauphin passed to his younger brother Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy (1785–1795), who would survive his father and die in prison at the age of ten. Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is named for him (Louis-Joseph, Dauphin of France). The Pennsylvania legislature, meeting in Philadelphia in 1785, to thank France for helping America win her independence from Great Britain, n... Biography of Richard Hogan
Richard Hogan, born October 22, 1966 in Winchester, Massachusetts, won $50,000 with lottery tickets, November 23, 1993.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jason Aaron Baca
Jason Aaron Baca, born October 22, 1973 in San Jose, California, is an American actor and model. His nickname is Chewy. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1568764/ ) # The Magic 7 (2009) (TV) (voice) .... Zack # The New World (2005) (uncredited) .... Parker # The Sculptress (2000) (uncredited) .... Policeman ... aka The Demon Within (USA: DVD title) # The Bachelor (1999) (uncredited) .... Groomsmen #3 # Patch Adams (1998) (uncredited) .... Patch Pirate... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Luc Warsmann
Jean-Luc Warsmann (born October 22, 1965 inVillers-Semeuse (Ardennes) (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Ardennes department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Biography of Dory Previn
Dory Previn, née Dorothy Veronica Langan (born 22 October 1925 or 1929), is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet. During the late 1950s and 1960s she was a lyricist for motion picture songs, and with her first husband André Previn received several Academy Award nominations. In the 1970s, after their divorce, she released six albums of original songs and an acclaimed live album. Dory Previn's lyrics from this period are characterised by their originality, their irony, and their honesty in dealing with her troubled personal life, as well as more generally about relationships, sexuality, religion and psychology. She has continued to work since then as a writer of song lyrics and prose. Life and career Early years She was born in Rahway, New Jersey, the eldest daughter i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barthélémy Amengual
Barthélémy Amengual, born October 22, 1919 in Algiers, Algeria, died August 17, 2005 in Valence, Drôme, France, was a French author, journalist and film specialist.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Reed
John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 19, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist, famous for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days that Shook the World. He was the husband of the writer and feminist Louise Bryant. Early life and education Reed was born in Portland, Oregon, the son of Charles Jerome and Margaret (Green) Reed. His mother was the daughter of a leading Portland citizen who had made a fortune in pig iron manufacturing. His father, who had recently come from the East when they married in 1886, represented an agricultural machinery manufacturer and with his ready wit quickly won acceptance in Portland’s business community. The young John, universally called Jack, was born in his mother's mansion and baptized in th... Biography of Lisa D'Amato
Lisa Marie D'Amato (born October 22, 1981) is an American recording artist, fashion model and television personality from Los Angeles, California. She first came into the public eye as a participant on the 5th cycle and as the winner of 17th cycle of the reality TV series America's Next Top Model. Reality TV America's Next Top Model D'Amato claims to have been dared to send in an audition tape to America's Next Top Model because her friends were obsessed with the show. After a year of persuasion, she decided to participate in the program realizing she had nothing to lose. On the show, D'Amato soon became known as the "most notorious" of the models, not scared to speak her mind to the other contestants. She explained that this support truly comes from her heart because she wants ot... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alan Ladd Jr.
Alan Ladd, Jr. (born October 22, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American film industry executive and producer. He is famous for giving George Lucas the go-ahead to make Star Wars. He is the son of late actor Alan Ladd. Ladd received the 2,348th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, September 28, 2007. He started in films as an agent in 1963. In 1969, Ladd moved to London to produce, making nine films. He returned to the States in 1973 to become Head of Creative Affairs at Twentieth Century Fox. Within three very successful years Ladd was President of Fox. Star Wars and Alien were a few of the classics during his tenure. But in 1979 Ladd left his position to found his own production company, The Ladd Company. He enjoyed great successes with comedies like Night ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Billardon
André Billardon (born 22 October 1940) is a French politician, member of the Socialist Party. He is the current mayor of Le Creusot and used to be a Minister during Pierre Bérégovoy's term of office, while François Mitterrand was president. He used to be a mathematics teacher, before being involved in local politics in the third circonscription of Saône-et-Loire. Thus, he was elected as a député for the first time in 1978. He was then re-elected in every legislative elections until 1992. He was then appointed Minister for the Energy. He carried out his duties from October 1992 to March 1993. He was again elected as a député in June 1997, until May 2002. He also used to be the chairman of the Communauté Urbaine Le Creusot - Montceau.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marvin Pierce Bush
Marvin Pierce Bush, born October 22n 1956 in Midland, Texas, is one of the sixth children of Président George Bush and his wife Barbara Pierce Bush. Barbara Bush birth to six children: George W. Bush (born July 6, 1946), 43rd President of the United States and 46th Governor of Texas Pauline Robinson "Robin" Bush (December 20, 1949 – October 11, 1953, died of leukemia) John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953), 43rd Governor of Florida Neil Mallon Bush (born January 22, 1955) Marvin Pierce Bush (born October 22, 1956) Dorothy Bush Koch (born August 18, 1959) During that time, George H. W. Bush built a business in the oil industry, where he founded Zapata Corporation. The Bush family moved 30 times over the years. Barbara raised her children while her husband, who s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jan de Bont
Jan de Bont (born October 22, 1943) is a Dutch cinematographer, producer, and film director. Early life and career De Bont was born, one of 17 children, to a Roman Catholic family in Eindhoven, Netherlands. His earliest work after studying at the Amsterdam Film Academy was with the Dutch avant garde director Adriaan Ditvoorst. De Bont was cinematographer/cameraman on many of Ditvoorst's early films including the prizewinning Ik Kom Wat Later Naar Madra (I'll Be In Madra Somewhat Later). He first came to fame in the Netherlands as the cinematographer for the 1973 movie Turkish Delight, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven. Since the early 1980s, he worked frequently in Hollywood. Directing De Bont made his directorial debut with Speed in 1994, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Steve Vermaut
Steve Vermaut, born October 22, 1975 in Oostened, died June 30, 2004 (heart failure), was a Dutch professional bicycle racer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Giovanni Martinelli
Giovanni Martinelli (22 October 1885 – 2 February, 1969) was a celebrated Italian operatic tenor. He was particularly associated with the Italian lyric-dramatic repertory, although he performed French operatic roles to great acclaim as well. Martinelli was one of the most famous tenors of the 20th century, enjoying a long career at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and other international theatres. Martinelli was born in Montagnana, Veneto. After service as a clarinetist in a military band, he studied with Giuseppe Mandolini in Milan, and made his professional debut at the Teatro Dal Verme, as Ernani in 1910. The role of Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West became his passport role, he sang it for his debut in Rome (under Toscanini), Brescia, Naples, Genoa, all in 1911, as wel... Biography of Doris Kunstmann
Doris Kunstmann, born October 22, 1944 in Hamburg, is a German actress. Filmography * 1969: Deine Zärtlichkeiten * 1971: Trotta * 1971: Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen * 1972: Sieben Tote in den Augen der Katze * 1972: Hitler – Die letzten zehn Tage * 1973: Alle Menschen werden Brüder * 1973: Cagliostro * 1975: Inside Out – Ein genialer Bluff * 1983: Nesthäkchen * 1987: Ein Unding der Liebe * 1990: Ein Fall für zwei (Episode Schwarze Scharfe) * 1997: Funny Games * 2000: Hotel Elfie * 2000: Meine beste Feindin * 2002: Edel & Starck * 2002: Verrückt nach Paris * 2003: Seventeen – Mädchen sind die besseren Jungs * 2004: Samba in Mettmann (als Frau Pfeffer) * 2005: Kahlschlag (als Frau Rebstock) ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joseph Kosma
Joseph Kosma (October 22, 1905 – August 7, 1969) was a Hungarian-French composer, of Jewish background. Kosma was born József Kozma in Budapest, where his parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Akos. A maternal relative was the photographer László Moholy-Nagy, and another relative was the conductor Georg Solti. He started to play the piano at age 5, and later took piano lessons. At the age of 11, he wrote his first opera, Christmas in the Trenches. After completing his education at the Gymnasium Franz-Josef, he attended the Academy of Music in Budapest, where he studied with Leo Weiner. He also studied with Béla Bartók at the Liszt Academy. He earned diplomas in composition and conducting. He won a grant to study in Berlin in 1928. There, he met Lilli Apel, another mus... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jeff McInnis
Jeff Lemans McInnis (born October 22, 1974 in Charlotte, North Carolina) formerly in the NBA. He has also played in the CBA (1998-99) and in Greece (1996-97). He previously played for the New Jersey Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers, Washington Wizards and Denver Nuggets. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a 1996 2nd round draft pick of the Nuggets. He stands 6 ft 4 in (192 cm). At the Staples Center prior to a Los Angeles Clippers December 1, 2000 game against the visiting Toronto Raptors, Charles Oakley and McInnis were involved in a fistfight. Oakley was suspended for three games and fined US$15,000. McInnis attempted to retaliate but was not disciplined. The fight was believed to be over a woman. McInnis si... Biography of Kyle Gallner
Kyle Gallner (born October 22, 1986) is an American actor. He is possibly best known for his portrayal of Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas in neo-noir Veronica Mars, and for guest-starring in teen sci-fi drama Smallville as superhero Bart Allen, an adaptation of the The Flash and Impulse comic book character. He is also well known for portraying Reed Garrett, Mac Taylor's stepson, on CSI: NY beginning in 2006, and for his roles in the horror films The Haunting in Connecticut, Jennifer's Body and the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Life and career Gallner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He attended West Chester East High School. He started his career by following his sister along to one of her auditions. He proceeded to guest star... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thérèse Brenet
Thérèse Brenet, born October 22, 1935 in Paris, is a French musician, pianist and composer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gilles Cocquempot
Gilles Cocquempot (born October 22, 1952 in Eperlecques, France) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Pas-de-Calais department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Le Guay
Philippe Le Guay, born October 22, 1956 in Paris, is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He is the brother of Marie Laure Le Guay, the wife of French politician Dominique de Villepin. Filmography Film director * Les Deux Fragonard (1989) * Rhésus Roméo, (TV) (1995) * L'Année Juliette (1995) * Trois Huit (2001) * Le Coût de la vie (2003) * Du jour au lendemain (2006) * Muchachos (2008) Screenwriter * Il ne faut jurer de rien (1984), de Christian Vincent * Grosse (1985), de Brigitte Roüan * 15 août (1986), de Nicole Garcia * Les Deux Fragonard (1989) * Un Amour de trop (1990), de Franck Landron * Un week-end sur deux (1990), de Nicole Garcia * Outremer (1990), de Brigitte Roüan * Mémoire tr... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Germaine Montero
Germaine Montero, born Germaine Heygel October 22, 1909 in Paris, is a French actress, comedian and singer. Filmography * 1934 : Sapho de Léonce Perret * 1936 : Partie de campagne de Jean Renoir - Uniquement chanson - * 1939 : Il peccato di Rogelia Sánchez de Carlo Borghesio et Roberto de Ribón * 1943 : Le Soleil a toujours raison de Pierre Billon * 1946 : Aubervilliers de Éli Lotar - court métrage, uniquement chanson - * 1950 : Casimir de Richard Pottier * 1950 : Lady Paname d'Henri Jeanson * 1953 : Opération Magali de László V. Kish * 1954 : Monsieur Ripois de René Clément * 1954 : La Belle Otero de Richard Pottier - Uniquement chanson - * 1955 : Treize à table d'André Hunebelle * 1955 : Voici le temps des assassins de Jul... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Basile Tesselin
Basile Tesselin, born October 22, 1909 in Moscow, was a French journalist, for AFP.... Biography of John Norquist
John Olof Norquist (born October 22, 1949, in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American politician and 37th mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served as mayor from 1988 until he left office in 2004 to lead the Congress for the New Urbanism. Personal background Norquist was born in Princeton, New Jersey, where his father, Rev. Ernest O. Norquist was attending seminary. His mother is Jeanne Norquist. He is married to Susan Mudd and has one son, Benjamin, and one daughter, Katherine. Susan is the great-granddaughter of Samuel Mudd, the doctor who treated President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Early political career He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1975, where he served until seeking and winning a seat in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1983. In 1974... Biography of Auguste Clésinger
Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clésinger or August Clésinger, born October 22, 1814 in Besançon, died in 1883 in Paris, was a French sculptor and painter. He wasthe husband of the daugther of French writer George Sand. Some works 1847 : Femme piquée par un serpent marbre Musée d'Orsay de Paris 1848 : Bacchante marbre Musée du Petit-Palais de Paris 1847 : Louise de Savoie statue, pierre jardin du Luxembourg de Paris 1857 : Combat de taureaux romains plâtre teinté, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Besançon. 1857 : Hercule enfant étouffant les sepents de l'Envie, bronze Musée d'Orsay de Paris 1869 : Néréide groupe en marbre, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'archéologie de Besançon. 1854 : Sappho plâtre, Musée municipal de Châlons-en-Champagne 1865 : Femme à la rose, bronze Musée d'Orsay de Paris ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Bretonnière
Jean Bretonnière, born October 22, 1924 in Tours, died March 13, 2001 in Romainville, was a French actor, comedian and singer. Filmography 1949 : Chantons les saisons d’Henri Cerutti (court métrage) 1951 : Sous le ciel de Paris de Julien Duvivier : le chanteur (et le créateur de la chanson Sous le ciel de Paris, paroles de Jean Dréjac et musique d'Hubert Giraud) 1952 : Le Gantelet vert (The Green Glove) de Rudolph Maté : le chanteur 1954 : Ma petite folie de Maurice Labro : Raoul Morel (avec Geneviève Kervine) 1956 : L'inspecteur connaît la musique de Jean Josipovici : Laurent 1956 : La Villa Sans-souci de Maurice Labro : Jean Latour (avec Geneviève Kervine) 1956 : Cette sacrée gamine de Michel Boisrond : Jean Clery 1956 : Cinq millions comptant d'André Berthomieu : Andr... Biography of Helen Svedin
Helen Svedin (born 22 October 1976) is a Swedish model. The face of H&M, Svedin is married to former Portuguese footballer Luís Figo. They met in 1996 at a Joaquín Cortés show in Barcelona. They have three daughters together: Daniela (born 1999), Martina (born 2002), and Stella (born 2004), and they are expecting a fourth child. They presently live in Milan, Italy, where Figo used to play for local football team Inter. Svedin has been in advertisements of Ana Sousa, Arena, Don Algodón, Friday's Project, Giorgio Armani, Guess?, Isdin, Kia Motors, Land Rover, L'Oréal, Luciano Padovan, Nike, Vista Alegre, and Schwarzkopf. Svedin was on covers of GQ, Elle, Telva, Marie Claire, and Woman.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marcel Ichac
Marcel Ichac (1906-1994) was a French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director. An explorer in the middle of the 20th century Explorer and sportsman as well as an artist, Marcel Ichac was the main movie director of French explorations during the years 1930-1950 : Himalaya : "Karakoram" in 1936 (first French expedition in Himalaya, Karakoram) and "Victoire sur l'Annapurna" in 1950 (Annapurna is the first "8000" sumit reached in 1950 by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal). Under sea : Jacques-Yves Cousteau expeditions in the Mediterranean sea (1948), in Red Sea (1955 : preparation of the realisation of the "The Silent World"), in Lake Titicaca (1968). French Polar Expedition in Greenland with Paul-Emile Victor (1949). Middle east : First documentary film in the world ab... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Urruty
Jean Urruty, born October 22, 1912 in Saint-Palais, died August 16, 2002, was a French Basque pelota champion. Pelota in Spanish, pilota in Basque and Catalan, or pelote in French (from Latin pila) is a name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat (Argentine paleta and pala corta), or a basket propulsor, against a wall (frontón in Spanish, pilotaleku or pilota plaza in Basque, frontó in Catalan) or, more traditionally, with two teams face to face separated by a line on the ground or a net. Their roots can be traced to the Greek and other ancient cultures, but in Europe they all derive from real tennis (see Jeu de Paume). Today, Basque Pelota is widely played in several countries: in Spain and France, especially in the Basque Country and ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bao Dai
Bảo Đại (Hán tự: 保大, Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy 22 October 1913 – 30 July 1997) was the 13th and last ruler of the Nguyễn Dynasty. He served as Emperor of Vietnam from 1926 until 1945 and as head of state of the State of Vietnam from 1949 until 1955. Like most of the monarchs of Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty, his role was limited as "King of Annam", including Central Vietnam (Annam) and North Vietnam (Tonkin), by the French Protectorate. However, the public and these monarchs referred to themselves as "Hoàng đế Việt Nam" (English: Emperor of Vietnam), or "Hoàng đế Đại Nam" (English: Emperor of the Great South), or "Hoàng đế Nam triều" (English: Emperor of the Southern Imperial C... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Adrien Jans
Adrien Jans, born October 22, 1905 in Edegem near Antwerp, died September 24, 1973 in Bruxelles, was a Belgian poet and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Tiriau
Roger Tiriau, born October 22, 1928 in Nantes, is a French athlete. Sport: sailing. Results 1956 Summer 28 Melbourne Sailing Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy Kannibaltje FRA 8 1968 Summer 39 Ciudad de México Sailing Mixed 5.5 metres France FRA 10 Stats Height: 5'5" (166 cm) Weight: 148 lbs (67 kg)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of John Chipman Fernie
John Chipman Fernie, born October 22, 1945 in Hutchinson, Kansas, is an american artist, illustrator and painter.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Marvin Leonard Goldberger
Marvin Leonard Goldberger (born 22 October 1922 in Chicago, Illinois) is a theoretical physicist and former president of the California Institute of Technology. Academic career Marvin Goldberger received his B.S. at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago in 1948 or 1949. His thesis advisor was Enrico Fermi. The title of his thesis was "Interaction of High- Energy Neutrons with Heavy Nuclei". Dr. Goldberger was a professor of physics at Princeton University from 1957 through 1977. He received the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics in 1961,, and in 1963 was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. From 1978 through 1987 he served as president of Caltech. He was the Director of the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Luigi Carlo Farini
Luigi Carlo Farini (October 22, 1812 – August 1, 1866) was an Italian statesman and historian. Farini was born at Russi, near Ravenna. After completing a brilliant university course at Bologna, which he interrupted to take part in the revolution of 1831, he practised as a physician at Russi and at Ravenna. He acquired a considerable reputation, but in 1843 his political opinions brought him under the suspicion of the police and caused his expulsion from the papal states. He resided successively in Florence and Paris, and travelled about Europe as private physician to Prince Jerome Bonaparte, but when Pius IX was elected to the Holy See and began his reign with apparently Liberal and nationalist tendencies, Farini returned to Italy and was appointed secretary-general to G Recchi, the min... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Hanley
William Hanley (born October 22, 1931, Lorain, Ohio) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Among other works, he has written the plays Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, Whisper in my good ear]], and Mrs. Dally has a Lover, and the teleplays Who'll Save Our Children?, The Long Way Home, and The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank. He received an Edgar Award for his teleplay for the miniseries Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Zermatten
Maurice Zermatten, born in Saint-Martin (Valais) October 22, 1910 and died February 11, 2001 in Sion, was a Swiss author and novelist. Distinctions Officier de l’Ordre du mérite national français des arts et des lettres Prix Schiller, 1938 et 1956 Grand prix suisse du théâtre 1954 Grand Prix Catholique de Littérature pour l’ensemble de son œuvre 1959 Prix Gottfried Keller 1959 Prix de l'Académie française 1960 Prix de l’Alliance culturelle française 1968 Prix du Rayonnement de la Langue Française 1974 Prix Alpes Jura 1974. Bourgeois d'honneur de la ville de Sion en 1976 Œuvres About 120 books and 60 novels Selected novels Le Cœur inutile, 1936 Le Chemin difficile, 1936 La Colère de Dieu, 1940 Le Sang des morts, 1942 Christine, roman, 1944 L'Es... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean Chaupitre
Jean Chaupitre, born October 22, 1859 in Gennes-sur-Seine, died in 1934 in Naples, was a French Catholic priest and physician, a specialist in homeopathic medicine.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Achille Etna Michallon
Achille-Etna Michallon (October 22, 1796-1822) was a French painter, the son of French sculptor Claude Michallon (1751-1799). He won Prix de Rome in 1817.... Biography of James A. Hill
General James A. Hill was a U.S. Air Force four star general who served as vice chief of staff of the Air Force. He was born in 1923 in Lancaster, Ohio, and after graduation from St. Mary's High School in 1940 he attended Ohio State University in 1942. He was inducted into the Army in January 1943 and through aviation cadet training received his pilot wings and commission as a second lieutenant in February 1944. He subsequently qualified in multiengine aircraft. During World War II, General Hill flew 31 European Theater combat missions in a B-24 Liberator bomber while assigned to the 566th Bombardment Squadron, 389th Bombardment Group. After World War II he served at various bases in the United States until 1949 when he was called upon to fly C-54 Skymaster aircraft in the Berlin Air... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki (鈴木 一朗 Suzuki Ichirō?), usually known simply as Ichiro (イチロー Ichirō?) (born October 22, 1973) is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Seattle Mariners. Ichiro has established a number of batting records, including the sport's single-season record for hits with 262. He has had ten consecutive 200-hit seasons, the longest streak by any player, surpassing Wee Willie Keeler's streak of eight. Pete Rose, who had ten non-consecutive 200-hit seasons, is the only player with the same number as Ichiro. Ichiro moved to the United States in 2001 after playing nine years for the Orix Blue Wave in Japan's Pacific League. Posted by Orix after the 2000 season, Ichiro became Seattle's right fielder. The second Japa... Biography of Barbara Potter
arbara Potter (born October 22, 1961 in Waterbury, Connecticut) is a former tennis player from the United States, who competed professionally on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, winning six singles titles and eight doubles titles. A left-hander, she reached the semifinals at the U.S. Open in 1981, and the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 1984, and Wimbledon in 1985, 1983 & 1982. At the WTA Tour Championships, she reached the semifinals in singles in 1984 and in doubles in 1985 and 1982. She reached a career high ranking of #7 in 1982. She retired from the sport in 1989, with her last singles title coming at Cincinnati. Barbara Potter currently resides in Harlem, Georgia at 333 Barret Street. Titles Singles (6) * 1988 - Cincinnati; * 1987 - Wichita; * 1985 - Mo... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Slater Martin
Slater Nelson "Dugie" Martin Jr. (born October 22, 1925) is an American retired professional basketball player and coach who played the guard position for 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born in El Mina, Texas and was a member of five FIBA World Championship teams and played in seven NBA All-Star Games. Martin was one of the NBA's best defensive players in the 1950s while playing for the George Mikan-led Minneapolis Lakers that won four NBA championships between 1950 and 1954. In 1956 he joined Bob Pettit's St. Louis Hawks and won another NBA title in 1958. Martin is an alumnus of Jefferson Davis High School, where he led his school to two state basketball championships in 1942 and 1943. He is also a graduate of University of Texas at Austin, where ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Darren O'Day
Darren Christopher O'Day (born October 22, 1982, in Jacksonville, Florida) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. He played college baseball for the University of Florida. O'Day is one of few Major League pitchers to throw submarine pitches. Baseball career He made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2008 and was selected by the New York Mets in the Rule 5 Draft on December 11, 2008. He made the Mets' roster out of spring training and was a regular member of the bullpen rotation in the first month of the 2009 season. He was widely quoted in the media on the death of his former teammate Nick Adenhart. He was designated for assignment by the Mets to make room for Nelson Figueroa. The Texas Rangers claimed him on April 22, 2009 a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jimmie Foxx
James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx (October 22, 1907 – July 21, 1967), nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter. Foxx was the second major league player to hit 500 career home runs, after Babe Ruth. Attaining that plateau at age 32 years 336 days, he held the record for youngest to reach 500 for sixty-eight years, until superseded by Alex Rodriguez in 2007. His three career Most Valuable Player awards are tied for second all-time. Early years Born in Sudlersville, Maryland, Foxx played baseball in high school and dropped out to join a minor league team managed by former Philadelphia Athletics great Frank "Home Run" Baker. Foxx had hoped to pitch or play third base, but since the team was short on catchers, ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Robinson Canó
Robinson José Canó Mercedes (Spanish pronunciation: ; born October 22, 1982, in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican baseball player who currently plays as second baseman for the New York Yankees. In the Yankee community, he is sometimes referred to as "Robby Cano, don't you know". He was given this nickname by radio announcer John Sterling. Family & early life His father, José Canó, signed with the Houston Astros in 1980, and pitched in 6 games for the Astros in 1989. Robinson was named after baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Canó grew up in the Dominican Republic though he lived in New Jersey for three years. He spent seventh, eighth and ninth grades in the Newark school system, attending Barringer High School for one year. When his family moved back to the Do... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Karl Muck
Karl Muck (October 22, 1859 – March 3, 1940) was a German-born conductor of classical music. He based his activities principally in Europe and mostly in opera. His American career comprised two stints at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He endured a public outcry in 1917 that questioned whether his loyalties lay with Germany or the United States during World War I. Though he was a Swiss citizen, he was arrested and interned in a camp in Georgia from March 1918 until August 1919. His later career included notable engagements in Hamburg and at the Bayreuth Festival. Early life and career Born in Darmstadt, Germany, Muck's father, a senior court official and amateur musician, moved the family to Switzerland in 1867 and acquired Swiss citizenship. Karl Muck acquired Swiss citizenship when ... Biography of Elizabeth Kucinich
Elizabeth Jane Kucinich née Harper (born 22 October 1977) is director of public affairs for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and wife of the U.S. Congressman and former Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich. Early life and education Born Elizabeth Jane Harper, she was brought up in North Ockendon in Havering, Great Britain. She attended Coopers' Company and Coborn School in Cranham from 1989-96. According to her mother, as a girl Harper "was always into human rights and the environment and delivered a petition on animal rights to Parliament when she was just 14." After leaving school she went to Agra, India to volunteer at one of Mother Teresa's homes for India's poorest children. On her return to the UK she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (born October 22, 1975) is an American actor known for portraying Mitchell Pritchett on the ABC sitcom Modern Family, which has earned him 3 nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Previously he played the role of Richie Velch in the CBS sitcom The Class. Early life Ferguson was born in Missoula, Montana, and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he was raised. At age eight he decided to become an actor, and joined the Albuquerque Children's Theater, where he was a member for six years. In high school Ferguson played Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie, and General Bullmoose in Li'l Abner. He also joined his high school speech and debate team, and worked as a dancer/singer at Cliff's Amusement Park. Career Ferg... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Irene Malin
Irene Malin (born 22 October 1979) is a multilingual British-Cameroonian fashion personality, presenter and business woman. Fashion and Media Career Irene grew up in Yaoundé, Cameroon before moving to Paris, France and then to the United Kingdom. In Cameroon, she was a regular feature of the catwalk and an occasional radio presenter. She was Miss Lions Cameroon 1995. In the United Kingdom, Irene has had many roles credited and uncredited appearances. Including appearances in films such as Die Another Day and Ali G Indahouse, and music videos, for example The Ride - Alec Empire, World of Our Own – Westlife and Black Betty-Tom Jones. Irene has appeared on many television shows including V Graham Norton numerous times as a hostess, This Morning as a fashion model and soaps (e.g. Ea... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Zuzanna Szadkowski
Zuzanna Szadkowski (born October 22, 1978) is a Polish American actress, best known for her performance as Dorota Kishlovsky in the CW series Gossip Girl. Szadkowski also appeared on The Sopranos, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Guiding Light. She made her New York Stage debut in Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore in which she appeared in a record-breaking five all-star casts. She can be seen in the upcoming film, Legacy. Szadkowski attended Barnard College in New York City and went on to earn an MFA in acting from The A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University/MXAT. She has worked in theater in New York City, regionally (directors Robert Woodruff, Sam Weisman, Marcus Stern), and in Warsaw and Moscow. Early and personal life Zuzann... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bobby Fuller
Robert Gaston "Bobby" Fuller (October 22, 1942 – July 18, 1966) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitar player best known for his singles "I Fought the Law" and "Love's Made a Fool of You," recorded with his mid-1960s group, the Bobby Fuller Four. Life and career Born in Baytown, Texas, Fuller moved as a small child to Salt Lake City, Utah where he remained until 1956, when he and his family moved to El Paso, Texas. His father got a job at El Paso Natural Gas at that time. It was the same year that Elvis Presley became popular, and Bobby Fuller, then 12 going on 13, became mesmerized by the new rock and roll sound. He idolized fellow West Texan Buddy Holly (a native of Lubbock), and pursued his own music career as a vocalist and guitarist. During the early 1960s, he played ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tim Kinsella
Tim Kinsella (born October 22, 1974) is a musician from Chicago, Illinois. He has been a part of many bands including Cap'n Jazz, The Sky Corvair, Joan of Arc, Owls, Friend/Enemy, Everyoned, and Make Believe. He has also recorded solo material, some of which under a pluralized name: Tim Kinsella(s). Tim Kinsella is a musician by trade and also bartends at Rainbo in Chicago; Tim's brother Mike Kinsella refers to Tim's bartending in the song "Breaking Away" on the Owen EP. He is also the writer/director of the feature film Orchard Vale, which opened in the Chicago Underground Film Festival on August 15, 2007. His first novel, entitled The Karaoke Singer's Guide to Self-Defense, was released by Featherproof Books on September 27, 2011. History Tim Kinsella got his start musically arou... |
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