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You will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with the 10th House in Capricorn Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their horoscope, excerpts of astrological portrait, natal chart, positions of planets and astrological houses, biography, and photo. Add to favourites (207 fans)Biography of Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. King has become a national icon in the history of modern American liberalism. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he established his reputation as... Add to favourites (80 fans)Biography of Coluche
Michel Colucci (October 28, 1944 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – June 19, 1986), better known as Coluche, was a famous French comedian. Colucci adopted "Coluche" as a stage name at 26, when he began his entertainment career. He became known for his irreverent attitude towards politics and the “Establishment,” and he incorporated this into much of his material. He attempted to run in the French presidential elections in 1981, but ended up dropping out of the race because of political and media lobbying following polls that showed a significant part of the electorate might vote for him. Some threats to his life were also mentionned. He created the "Restos du cœur" charity in 1985. They collect food, money and clothes for the needy and the homeless. Coluche died in 1986 at t... Add to favourites (294 fans)Biography of Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (pronounced ; born February 2, 1977 (birth time source: Paddy de Jabrun, Astrodatabank)), known mononymously as Shakira (English /ʃəˈkɪərə/, Spanish: ), is a Colombian singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, choreographer and model who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Shakira began performing in school, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Arabic influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker who speaks fluent English and Portuguese, as well as some Italian, French, and Catalan. After a poor commercial reception with local producers on her first two albums, and being little-know... Add to favourites (301 fans)Biography of John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – 8 December 1980), was a 20th-century English songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, painter, author and political activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founders of The Beatles. Lennon and Paul McCartney formed a critically acclaimed and commercially successful partnership writing songs for the Beatles and other artists. Lennon, with his cynical edge and knack for introspection, and McCartney, with his storytelling optimism and gift for melody, complemented one another uniquely. In his solo career, Lennon wrote and recorded songs such as "Imagine" and "Give Peace a Chance". Lennon revealed his rebellious nature and irreverent wit on television, in films such as A Hard Day's Night (1964), in books s... Add to favourites (170 fans)Biography of Che Guevara
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (May 14, 1928 (birth time source: Marc Penfield) – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara or El Che, was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, medic, political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas. As a young man studying medicine, Guevara traveled roughrough throughout Latin America, bringing him into direct contact with the impoverished conditions in which many people lived. His experiences and observations during these trips led him to the conclusion that the region's socio-economic inequalities could only be remedied by revolution, prompting him to intensify his study of Marxism and travel to Guatemala to learn about the reforms being implemented there by President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán. While in Mexico in 1956, Guevar... Add to favourites (95 fans)Biography of Dave Gahan
David Gahan (born May 9, 1962 in Epping, Essex, England) is the baritone lead-singer for English synthpop Band, Depeche Mode. Life Before Depeche Mode Born into a working class family to Sylvia and Len, David was 6 months old when his parents separated. They divorced 2 years later and his mother moved the family -- David and sister Sue (born 1960) -- to Basildon after Sylvia met and married her second husband Jack. The Gahan family continued to grow with the birth of two further brothers Peter (born 1966) and Phil (born 1968). David and Sue were raised under the impression that their mother's second husband (Jack Gahan; from whom Dave takes his second name, and after whom Dave's own son Jack is named) was in fact his real father. Legally and morally this was true, Jack had adopted both... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Jean-Marc Ayrault
Jean-Marc Ayrault (born 25 January 1950 in Maulévrier, Maine-et-Loire) is a French politician who has been Prime Minister of France since May 2012. He is a member of the French Socialist Party. He is also Mayor of Nantes and was President of the Socialist Party group in the French National Assembly from 1997 to 2012. Political career Governmental career Prime minister : On 15 May 2012 he was appointed Prime Minister of France by newly-installed President François Hollande. Electoral mandates National Assembly of France President of the group of Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left : 1997-2012 (Became Prime minister). Reelected in 2002, 2007. Member of the National Assembly of France for Loire-Atlantique (3rd constituency) : 1986-2012 (Became Prime minister)... Add to favourites (153 fans)Biography of Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, source notes) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and released her self-titled debut studio album, Mariah Carey. The album went multi-platinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles, on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. After the success of the album, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1991. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act. Music Box (1993), was certified diamond and became one of the best-selling albums of all time and Merry Christmas (1994), eventually became the most successful ... Add to favourites (95 fans)Biography of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton (born 9 January 1982 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is the fiancée of Prince William of Wales. Since their relationship began, Middleton has received widespread media attention and there has been constant speculation that they would eventually marry. On 16 November 2010, the office of the Prince of Wales, at Clarence House, announced that Middleton and Prince William intend to marry in 2011. Middleton grew up in Berkshire and after attending Marlborough College, went to the University of St Andrews. She met Prince William, also studying there, in 2001. They soon started a relationship, media attention quickly followed, and in 2005 her lawyer complained of harassment. In April 2007, the press reported that William and Middleton had split up. They... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Evelyne Dheliat
French TV Host and weather presenter.... Add to favourites (79 fans)Biography of Lucy Lawless
Lucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Auckland (birth time source: Richard Nolle, Astrodatabank) is a New Zealand actress and singer best known for her role as Xena on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001. Lucy Lawless was the fifth of seven children born to Frank and Julie Ryan. She has five brothers and one sister. Lucy began acting in secondary school. At Auckland University, she studied foreign languages for a year. She dropped out and left for Europe with her boyfriend, Garth Lawless, to travel in Germany and Switzerland. The couple then moved to Australia, where Lucy worked briefly as a gold miner. At 19, Lucy became pregnant. In 1988, Lucy and Garth married in Kalgoorlie, Australia. They returned to New Zealand and had a daughte... Add to favourites (81 fans)Biography of Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, (Portuguese pronunciation: ; born 5 February 1985 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (source for his birth time: "Cristiano Ronaldo: The Boy Who Had A Dream" (Biography movie)), commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team. Ronaldo is the most expensive player in football history after moving from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer deal worth £80 million (€94m, US$132m). In addition, his contract with Real Madrid, in which he is to be paid £11 million per year over the following six years, makes him the highest-paid football player in the world. Ronaldo holds the distinction of being the first playe... Add to favourites (160 fans)Biography of Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry (born August 14, 1966 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an award-winning American actress. Berry has received Emmy and Golden Globe awards, and was awarded the Academy Award in 2002 for her performance in Monster's Ball. She is the only woman of African American descent to have won the award for Best Actress. Early life and career Berry's parents selected her first name from Halle's Department Store, which was then a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio. She is the daughter of Englishwoman Judith Ann Hawkins, a Liverpudlian, and Jerome Jesse Berry, who was African American. Berry's maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in Sawley, Derbyshire, England, while her maternal grandfather, Earl Ellsworth Hawkins (an American), was born in Ohio. Ber... Add to favourites (132 fans)Biography of James Dean
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 (source for his time of birth: Steven Przybylowski, Astrodatabank, birth certificate)) – September 30, 1955) was an American film actor. Dean's mainstream status as a cultural icon is best embodied in the title of his most cited role in Rebel Without a Cause as a troubled high school rebel filled with teenage angst. The other two roles that defined his star power was awkard loner Cal Trask in East of Eden and the surly, racist farmer Jett in Giant, which proved him capable of playing different roles. His enduring fame and popularity rests on only three films, his entire starring output. He was the first person to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and remains the only person to have two such nominations posthumously. Like many ot... Add to favourites (56 fans)Biography of Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. She is a soprano with a three-octave vocal range and a distinctively rapid vibrato. Many of her songs are topical and deal with social issues. She is best known for her 1970s hits "Diamonds & Rust" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" -- and to a lesser extent,"We Shall Overcome" "Sweet Sir Galahad" and "Joe Hill" (songs she performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival). She is also well known due to her early and long-lasting relationship with Bob Dylan and her even longer-lasting passion for activism, notably in the areas of nonviolence, civil and human rights and, in more recent years, the environment. She has performed publicly for nearly 50 years, release... Add to favourites (89 fans)Biography of Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Yasmine Adjani (born June 27, 1955 in Paris' 17th arrondissement) is a César Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated French film actress. She is of German-Algerian parentage, and performs in her native French, English, and German. She has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actress and was awarded the César award four times. Adjani grew up in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine to Kabyle Mohammed Adjani and a German Augusta Gusti. She was drawn to acting at a young age, playing in amateur theater by the age of twelve. Career She first gained fame as a classical actress for her interpretation of Agnès, the main female role in Molière's L'École des femmes, but soon left the Comédie française she had joined in 1972 to pursue a movie career. After minor roles in sev... Add to favourites (186 fans)Biography of Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008) was an Australian actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a Hollywood career. He starred in both critical and financial successes, including The Patriot, Monster's Ball and Brokeback Mountain (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), and completed the role of The Joker in the forthcoming The Dark Knight. Ledger was found dead in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008. Early life and family Ledger was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of Sally Ledger Bell (née Ramshaw), a French teacher, and Kim Ledger, a race car driver and mining engineer. Ledger's mother is descended from the Clan Campbell of Scotland and his father comes from a family well-known in Perth. The Sir Fr... Add to favourites (77 fans)Biography of Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934; first proper name Charles Milles Maddox) was leader of what came to be known as the Manson Family, a cult-like commune that began to form around him in San Francisco in 1967. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit the Tate-LaBianca murders, which members of the commune carried out at his instruction. Though there was no evidence Manson personally killed any of the victims, he was also found guilty of the murders themselves, through the joint-responsibility rule of conspiracy. Background Born to the unwed Kathleen Maddox in Cincinnati General Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, Charles Manson was first known as "no name Maddox." No more than three weeks after his birth, he was Charles Milles Maddox. Although the record that includes that n... Add to favourites (79 fans)Biography of David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, (born 2 May 1975) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Real Madrid and the England national football team. Beckham was named as a member of Pelé's FIFA 100. In addition to his success on the pitch, Beckham has been recognized by Time magazine as one of 2004's Time 100 (Heroes & Icons), as well as an elite global advertising brand. Beckham is the fifth most capped English player of all time, has twice been the runner up in the FIFA World Player Of The Year Award in 1999 and 2001 and in addition to being the only Englishman to score in three different World Cups, is also the fifth player in World Cup history to score twice from direct free kicks. He was captain of the English national team from 15 November 2000 to 2 July 2006. Beckh... Add to favourites (138 fans)Biography of Nostradamus
Michel de Nostredame (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566), usually Latinized to Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous world-wide. He is best known for his book Les Propheties, the first edition of which appeared in 1555. Since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death, Nostradamus has attracted an almost cult following. His many enthusiasts, as well as the popular press, credit him with predicting numerous major world events. In contrast, most of the academic sources listed below maintain that the associations made between world events and Nostradamus' quatrains are largely the result of misinterpretations or mistranslations (sometimes deliberate) or else are so ... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of Jean-Marie Le Pen
Jean-Marie Le Pen (born June 20, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer, France) is a French far-right nationalist politician, founder and president of the Front National (National Front) party. Le Pen has run for the French presidency 5 times, including in 2002, when in a surprise upset he came second, polling more votes in the first round than the main left candidate, Lionel Jospin. Le Pen lost in the second round to incumbent president Jacques Chirac. Le Pen again ran in the 2007 French presidential election and finished fourth. Le Pen focuses on immigration to France, the European Union, traditional culture, and France's high rate of unemployment. He advocates immigration restrictions, the death penalty, incentives for homemakers, compulsory military service, censorship of the arts, and eurosc... Add to favourites (151 fans)Biography of Jared Leto
Jared Joseph Leto (born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. He began his career as a model before studying art, and then later, film and video. Leto gained fame during his role as Jordan Catalano in My So-Called Life. He has appeared in films such as Fight Club; Girl, Interrupted; Panic Room; American Psycho; Alexander; Requiem for a Dream; Lord of War and Mr. Nobody. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American rock band 30 Seconds to Mars and has directed music videos under the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins (a name borrowed from Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins). Career Early life and family Jared Joseph Leto was born December 26, 1971, in Bossier City, Louisiana. He is part Spanish due to his grandfather's Spanish... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau (born 23 January 1928 in Paris, France) is a French actress, and director. Moreau was born in Paris, France to an English (dancer) mother and a French barman on January 23, 1928. She studied at the Conservatoire in Paris. In 1947, she made her theatre debut at the Avignon Festival. By her twenties, Moreau was already one of France's leading stage actresses at the Comédie-Française. After 1951 she began appearing in films with small or "bit" parts. By the late 1950s, after making many mainstream films, including several successes, she made Elevator to the Gallows with first-time director Louis Malle. Largely thanks to that film, she went on to work with many of the best known New Wave and avant garde directors. After 1959's sexy "Les Amants" (The Lovers) the media tagged he... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Rochelle Gordon
American astrologer and writer.... Add to favourites (142 fans)Biography of Harry Styles
Harry Edward Styles (born on 1 February 1994 (birth time source: A Year with 1D by One Direction)), in Evesham, Worcestershire, is a British singer, a member of One Direction. Styles is from Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England, UK and was a pupil at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, a state comprehensive school. Styles was born to mother Anne and father Des. Styles has an older sister Gemma Styles. Styles revealed that as a child he loved singing. Noting Elvis Presley as one of his influences. Styles was seven when his parents divorced. His mother later remarried to Styles's step-father Robin Twist. Styles was the lead singer for the band White Eskimo with band members lead guitarist Haydn Morris, bass guitarist Nick Clough and drummer Will Sweeny. Styles auditioned with "Isn't She Lovely" ... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Élodie Frégé
Elodie Frégé (born February 15, 1982 in Cosne-sur-Loire, Nièvre) is a French singer. She was the winner of the third season of Star Academy France. She released her self-titled debut album after winning the show. Biography Élodie was born in Nièvre, France. She comes from a family with a musical background; her grandfather (who is of Italian origin) was a professional accordionist. She started her musical interest at the age of 6. She start learning guitar when she was a child and took classes for 8 years. She also trained ballet for 12 years, so that gave her good basic dancing skills which have helped her later in her music career. Her brother and sister showed musical interest; they also sing and perform. She auditioned for Star Academy Season 3 and won the title in 2004. Many ... Add to favourites (53 fans)Biography of Stephen Arroyo
Stephen Arroyo (born October 6, 1946 in Kansas City, MO) is an American astrologer. Arroyo is the author of eight books on psychologically oriented astrology and is one of the best-selling authors of modern astrology books worldwide. With a background in mathematics, the arts (an honors degree in literature from the University of California), and a Masters Degree in Psychology, Stephen Arroyo has developed a system that emphasizes the individual’s experience of the Solar System’s dynamic impact on the human energy field, both psychological and physical, explicitly rejecting the fatalism and negativity of old-fashioned astrology. His theories and observations grew from his many years of one-to-one counseling work (he earned the California Marriage, Family & Child Counseling License) and ... Add to favourites (100 fans)Biography of Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 O.S. or 31 mars N.S. – 28 July 1750 N.S.) was a prolific German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, a control of harmonic and motivic organisation from the smallest to the largest scales, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France. He is regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. Revered for their intellectual depth and technical and artistic beauty, J.S. Bach's works include the Brandenburg concerti, the Goldberg Variations, the keyboard... Add to favourites (68 fans)Biography of Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish-born actress during Hollywood's silent film period and part of its Golden Age. Regarded as one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Hollywood studio system, Garbo received a 1955 Honorary Oscar "for her unforgettable screen performances" and was ranked as the fifth greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. In addition, it is claimed that the The Guinness Book of World Records named her as "the most beautiful woman who ever lived". Born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson in Stockholm, Sweden, the youngest of three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson (1871–1920) and Anna Lovisa Johansson (1872–1944). Her older sister and brother were Alva and Sven. ... Add to favourites (31 fans)Biography of Rachida Dati
Rachida Dati (French pronunciation: ; 27 November 1965 in Saint-Rémy, Saône-et-Loire) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament, representing Île-de-France. Before her election, she held the cabinet post of Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice. She was a spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy during the French presidential election of 2007. After his victory, Sarkozy appointed her to his Government on 18 May 2007. She was elected mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris on 29 March 2008. Biography Dati was born to a Moroccan father, a bricklayer named Mbarek, and an Algerian mother, named Fatima-Zohra. Rachida Dati is the second child of a family of 12. She spent her childhood in Chalon-sur-Saône in Bourgogne. After attending Catholic school, she began work at... Add to favourites (72 fans)Biography of Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17, 1972) is a Golden Globe Award- and SAG Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film and television actress, and producer. She first became known for her role as Sydney Bristow on Alias, a CIA agent. Height: 1m75 Early life Garner was born in Houston, Texas, to Patricia Ann English, a teacher, and Billy Jack Garner, a chemical engineer who worked for Union Carbide; she is the middle child between two sisters, Melissa Garner Wylie and Susannah Garner Carpenter. Her family is Methodist. At three years old, Garner began taking ballet lessons which she continued throughout her youth. Although she admitted that she loved dancing, she never had ambitions to become a classical ballerina. When she was four years old, her father's job with Union C... Add to favourites (52 fans)Biography of Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. Early life Weaver is the daughter of the late NBC television executive Pat Weaver and Desirée Hawkins Ingles, a British actress. Her uncle was comedian and actor Doodles Weaver. She began using the name Sigourney Weaver in 1963, after a character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (in Chapter 3, Jordan Baker tells Nick that her aunt is Mrs. Sigourney Howard). She attended the prestigious Ethel Walker School, a prep school in Simsbury, Connecticut, and later studied English at Stanford University, then drama at Yale School of Drama, where she appeared in original plays by friend and classmate Christopher Durang. She later appeared in the 1981 off-Broadway ... Add to favourites (52 fans)Biography of Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Dolores Cansino on October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), was an American actress of Spanish and Anglo-Irish descent who reached fame during the 1940s as the era's leading sex symbol. Although it was not popular for someone to be Hispanic back in the 40's, Rita Hayworth is now widely regarded to be the first Hispanic-American 'sex goddess' in 'Hollywood' films. Personal life Rita Hayworth liked horses and thoroughbred horse racing, and became a member of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Her husband Prince Ali Khan and his family were heavily involved in horse racing and Hayworth's filly Double Rose won several races in France and notably finished second in the 1949 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Naturally shy and reclusive, Hayworth was the antithesis of t... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957 in New York City) is an American Academy Award nominated film actress. She is married to actor/director, Antonio Banderas. She is the only child of actress Tippi Hedren who is of Swedish, German and Norwegian descent and eldest child of Peter Griffith of English descent. Her parents divorced when she was four years old, and her father would remarry and have two children: actress, Tracy Griffith and set designer, Clay Griffith. Griffith began work at just 9 months old in a commercial and later became an extra on Smith! (1969) and The Harrad Experiment (1973). Her first major role was in Arthur Penn's Night Moves (1975), which got her attention and typecast her as a sexy nymphet. Substance abuse problems derailed her career for nearly a decade. Her... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Laurent Ruquier
Laurent Ruquier (born February 24, 1963) is a popular French journalist and TV and radio host. Laurent Ruquier was born in Le Havre, in Normandy. He now currently hosts a talk show called "On a tout essayé", meaning in french "We tried everything", in access prime-time on France 2. He also hosts a talk show on the radio Europe 1. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Ruquier"... Add to favourites (97 fans)Biography of Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла) (10 July 1856 - 7 January 1943) was an inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. He was born an ethnic Serb subject of the Austrian Empire and later became an American citizen. Tesla is best known for his many revolutionary contributions to the discipline of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th century. Tesla's patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current electric power (AC) systems, including the polyphase power distribution systems and the AC motor, with which he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution. After his demonstration of wireless communication in 1893 and after being the victor in t... Add to favourites (49 fans)Biography of M Pokora
Matt Pokora is a French singer who was born in Alsace in 1985. Some of his songs are Elle me contrôle (She controls me), Showbiz or Pas sans toi (Not without you). In 2007 springtime it was hinted in magazines that Matt and puertorrican singer Ricky Martin were more than friends. Albums 2005 : M. Pokora 2006 : Player Singles 2004 : Showbiz 2005 : Elle me contrôle 2005 : Pas sans toi 2006 : De retour 2006 : It's alright with Ricky Martin 2006 : Oh la la la... Add to favourites (56 fans)Biography of Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher, born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany) is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion. According to the official Formula One website, he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen". He is the first German to win the Formula One World championship and is credited with popularising Formula One in Germany. In a 2006 FIA survey, Michael Schumacher was voted the most popular driver among Formula One fans. After winning two championships with Benetton, Schumacher moved to the Ferrari in 1996 and won five consecutive drivers' titles with them. Schumacher currently holds nearly every record in Formula One, including most drivers' championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions, points scored and most races won in a s... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in the North East of England. As a member of the British Cabinet he is also a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. Tony Blair became leader of the British Labour Party in July 1994 following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under Blair's leadership the party abandoned many decades-old policy goals. Labour won a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, ending 18 years of rule by the Conservative Party; it was the worst Conservative defeat since 1832. Blair is the Labour Party's longest-serving prime minister... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of Kourtney Kardashian
Kourtney Mary Kardashian (born April 18, 1979 (birth time source: http://sasstrology.com/2009/12/kourtney-kardashian-and-scott-disick-mars-sextile-jupiter.html)) is an American celebutante, socialite, businesswoman, television personality, and model. She is best known for her appearances on the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Personal life Kourtney Kardashian was born in Los Angeles, California of Armenian (father) and Dutch-Scottish American (mother) descent, to attorney Robert Kardashian and Kris Jenner (née Houghton), and is the oldest child of Kris Jenner and Robert Kardashian. Robert Kardashian, best known for being O. J. Simpson’s lawyer during his murder trial, died on September 30, 2003. Her mother, Kris, divorced Robert in 1989 and married former Olympian Bruce J... Add to favourites (64 fans)Biography of Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castañeda (December 25, 1925 (?) – April 27, 1998) was the author of a series of books that purport to describe his training in traditional Mesoamerican shamanism, which he referred to as a form of sorcery. The books and Castaneda, who rarely spoke in public about his work, have been controversial for many years. Supporters claim the books are either true or at least valuable works of philosophy and descriptions of practices which enable an increased awareness; critics claim the books are shams, works of fiction, and not empirically verifiable works of anthropology as claimed. In his books, Castaneda narrates in first person the events leading to and ensuing after his meeting a Yaqui shaman named don Juan Matus in 1960. Castaneda's experiences with don Juan allegedly inspired the... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (born Patrick Poivre, September 20, 1947) is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed PPDA. With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he is the longest serving current newsreader in the world. Biography PPDA was born in Reims, France. He obtained his Baccalaureat at the age of 15, the same year he became a father. He attended the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, where he studied Law and Oriental Languages at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales. Journalistic career Poivre started training as a journalist at the Centre de formation des journalistes (CFJ) at age 22. He obtained his first job in 1971 on France Inter as the morning news-reader... Add to favourites (57 fans)Biography of Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. She has won Oscars for Best Actress and Best Original Song as well as multiple Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards. Streisand has ranked as the best selling female album artist of all-time in the United States, according to the RIAA, for over thirty years.. She is considered one of the most successful female entertainers in modern entertainment history and is the only woman on the list of best selling album recording artists in the US, with RIAA-certified shipments of over 71 million records.... Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of Richard Burton
Richard Burton CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. He was at one time the highest-paid actor in Hollywood. Known for his vocal style, he was nominated seven times for Academy Awards for acting yet never won. Background and education He was born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. in the village of Pontrhydyfen near Port Talbot and grew up in a poor, Welsh-speaking household, the 12th of 13 children. His father was a coalminer, and his mother died after the last birth, before he was 2 years old; thenceforth a sister in Port Talbot took him into her family where he was raised a Presbyterian. He showed a talent for English literature at grammar school, though his consuming interest was sport. With the assistance of his inspirational schoolmaster, Philip H. Burton (who m... Add to favourites (115 fans)Biography of Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981 (birth time source: Nick Dagan Best, Astrodatabank)) is an American actor whose career as both a child and adult has included television series, theatrical films, and stage performances. He is perhaps known for his roles as Tom Hansen in the 2009 indie (500) Days of Summer, as Arthur in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi Inception, as Cameron James in 10 Things I Hate About You and as Rex Lewis/The Doctor/Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Beginning in commercials as a young child, he went on to appear in a number of television films and series, including a lead role in a television revival of Dark Shadows and a film debut in 1992's Beethoven. An appearance in A River Runs Through It followed, along with a starring role in the 19... Add to favourites (65 fans)Biography of Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh (November 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award winning English actress. She won two Oscars playing "southern belles": Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played in London's West End. She was a prolific stage performer, frequently in collaboration with her husband, Laurence Olivier, who directed her in several of her roles. During her thirty-year stage career, she played parts that ranged from the heroines of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet and Lady Macbeth. One example of her range is the fact that she played Cleopatra, in both the comedy-drama and classic drama contexts (Shaw's and Shakespeare's... Add to favourites (49 fans)Biography of Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. (born October 20, 1972 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, birth certificate)), better known professionally as Snoop Dogg and previously Snoop Doggy Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as an MC in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of producer Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. His catch phrase is widely known as "fo' shizzle, ma nizzle", meaning, "for sure, my nigga". That style of slang was invented by Frankie Smith and The Gap Band in the early eighties, and popularized in part by fellow rapper E-40, much of which is simply derived by adding an "izz" or "-izzle" sound to the end of a word. He is also known for working with Tupac. His mother nicknamed him "Snoopy" as a child because of the way he dressed a... Add to favourites (48 fans)Biography of Dakota Fanning
Dakota Fanning (born Hannah Dakota Fanning on February 23, 1994) is an American actress. She is the older sister of Elle Fanning, also an actress. Dakota Fanning's breakthrough performance was in I Am Sam in 2001. As of 2007, her most well-known films have been War of the Worlds and Charlotte's Web. She has won numerous awards, and is currently the youngest person ever to have been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. Early life Fanning was born in Conyers, Georgia, to Steven (a former baseball player who now works as an electronics salesman in Los Angeles) and Joy Fanning, who played tennis professionally. Her mother had wanted to name her "Hannah" and her father wanted to name her "Dakota"; she has always used Dakota among her friends and family. Her younger sister, Elle, is... Add to favourites (48 fans)Biography of Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale (born April 15, 1938) is an Italian actress born in Tunis, Tunisia to Sicilian parents. Claudia Cardinale was born Claude Joséphine Rose Cardin. She had her break into films after winning a Tunisian beauty contest in 1957. She made her film debut in Goha (1958) and later that year had a role in the minor international success I soliti ignoti. Her early career was largely managed by producer Franco Cristaldi. Throughout the 1960s she appeared in many Italian or Italian co-financed films including Luchino Visconti's Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963), Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1963), Federico Fellini's 8½ and Sergio Leone's epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Despite her very feminine appearance, she had a deep voice (for a woman) from an early age, and in her ear... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) led America's Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. He served two four-year terms from 1789 to 1797, winning reelection in 1792. Because of his central and critical role in the founding of the United States, Washington is referred to as father of the nation. His devotion to republicanism and civic virtue made him an exemplary figure among early American politicians. In his youth, Washington worked as a surveyor of rural lands and acquired what would become invaluable knowledge of the terrain around his native state of Virginia which at the time included West Virginia and the upper Ohio Valley area around ... |
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