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You will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with the 6th House in Virgo 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 (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 cśur" charity in 1985. They collect food, money and clothes for the needy and the homeless. Coluche died in 1986 at t... Add to favourites (295 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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 8˝ 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 ... Biography of Christophe Rocancourt
Christophe Thierry Rocancourt, sometimes also called Christopher Rocancourt, (b. July 16, 1967 in Honfleur, France) is an impostor, confidence man and gentleman thief who scammed affluent people by masquerading as a French member of the Rockefeller family. Biography He told Dateline NBC in a 2006 broadcast that his mother sometimes worked as a prostitute and his father was an alcoholic who took Christophe to an orphanage when the boy was 5. He ran away and made his way to Paris where he pulled his first big con: faking the deed to a property he didn't own, then "selling" the property for USD $1.4 million. Making his way to the United States, Rocancourt used at least a dozen aliases. He got the rich and powerful to invest in his schemes, he told Dateline, by tapping into their greed... Add to favourites (50 fans)Biography of Florence Foresti
Florence Foresti is a famous French humorist, impersonator and actress, born November 8, 1973 in Vénissieux, near Lyon.... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Christine Lagarde
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (born 1 January 1956) is the current Minister of Economic Affairs, Finances and Industry of France, and the designated head of the International Monetary Fund, due to take office on 5 July 2011. She was appointed to her current position by President Nicolas Sarkozy in June 2007. Previously, she was Minister of Agriculture and Fishing and Minister of Trade in the government of Dominique de Villepin. Lagarde was the first woman ever to become minister of Economic Affairs of a G8 economy, and is the first woman to ever head the IMF. A noted antitrust and labour lawyer, Lagarde made history as the first female chair of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie. On 16 November 2009, The Financial Times ranked her the best minister of finance of the Eurozo... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Antoine de Caunes
Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953 in Paris, France) is a television comedian, actor and writer. He is the son of two French personalities, television journalist George de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress Emma de Caunes. He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for Antenne 2 under the pseudonym of Paul Persavon, including Cobra and X-Or. He first appeared in front of the camera with the series Les Enfants du rock, again for A2, before making a breakthrough with the series Nulle part ailleurs for Canal+. De Caunes first came to fame in the English-speaking world on the BBC Two television series Rapido before starting the long-running adult entertainment programme Eurotrash with Jean-Paul Gaultier for Channel 4. He ... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. 1 ranked female tennis player who has won eight Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles. In 2005, Tennis magazine ranked her as the 17th-best player of the preceding forty years. She is the younger sister of another former world no. 1 professional female tennis player, Venus Williams. She currently resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States with her sister Venus. Fashion Williams is known for her unusual and colorful outfits on court. In 2002, Williams created an on-court stir when she wore a leather-looking catsuit at the U.S. Open. Again at the U.S. Open, in 2004, Williams wore denim skirts and boots. Williams had a special line at Puma and has a current one at N... Add to favourites (50 fans)Biography of Hélčne Segara
Hélčne Ségara (born Hélčne Rizzo February 26, 1971 in Six-Fours-les-Plages, France) is a French female singer. She was born to an Italian father and a Armenian mother. She got a role in the French musical Notre Dame de Paris, in which she played the role of Esmeralda. On August 30, 2003, she married Mathieu Lecat, they have two sons: Raphaël (born 1 February 1990) and Matteo (born on May of 2003). On November 4, 2006, Hélčne took part in the Concert for Tolerance in Agadir, Morocco, where she performed with many international artists( Samira Said ,Zucchero, Pascal Obispo, F.Pagny, Faudel, Cheb Mami, Lorie, and Amina...) Trivia Has released 3 albums: Coeur de verre (1997), Au nom d'une femme (2000) and Humaine(2004). Left home at age 14. Parents:Thérčse and Bernard. She is of I... Add to favourites (115 fans)Biography of Louis Tomlinson
Louis William Tomlinson (born on on 24 December 1991 (birth time source: http://www.sugarscape.com/node/709645)) is a singer from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, a member of One Direction. He was born to mother Johanna and Mark. He has four younger sisters Charlotte, Félicité, and twins Daisy and Phoebe. Louis Tomlinson's identical twin sisters, Daisy and Phoebe would do extra work as babies and they got a role on a show called Fat Friends. Tomlinson would go along and serve has an extra. After that Tomlinson started going to acting school in Barnsley. He did an ITV1 drama called If I Had You, and had a small part in Waterloo Road. He was a sixth form student at Hall Cross School, a state comprehensive school, and a previous pupil at The Hayfield School. As a student at Hall Cross... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of David Letterman
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) is an award-winning American comedian, late night talk show host, television producer, philanthropist, and IRL IndyCar Series car owner. His first major success occurred on the long-running NBC television program, Late Night with David Letterman, before moving to CBS in 1993 to his current place on the Late Show. Letterman has been divorced once, from Michelle Cook, and had a long-term relationship with a former writer and producer on Late Night, Merrill Markoe. His longtime fiancée, Regina Lasko, is 13 years younger than Letterman. They have one son, Harry Joseph, born November 3, 2003. He is named for Letterman's father, Harry Joe Letterman. They currently reside in North Salem, New York. Letterman's ironi... Add to favourites (44 fans)Biography of Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and a long solo career, which collectively have produced over twenty Top 40 hits. She is one of the few rock artists to maintain a solo career while remaining a member of a successful band. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, she was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Early life Nicks was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona to Jess and Barbara Nicks. As a young child, she had difficulty pronouncing her given name Stephanie, and as a result, began calling herself "Stevie." The nickname stuck. Her mother fostered in her a love for fairy tales, while her grandfather, a struggling country singer, began teaching her to sing at the... Add to favourites (45 fans)Biography of Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher from Königsberg in East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). He is regarded as one of the most influential thinkers of modern Europe and the last major philosopher of the Enlightenment. Immanuel Kant — who was baptized as 'Emanuel' but later changed his name to 'Immanuel' after he learned Hebrew — was born in 1724 in Königsberg, as the fourth of nine children (five of them reached adulthood). He spent his entire life in and around his hometown, the capital of East Prussia at that time, never travelling more than a hundred miles from Königsberg. His father Johann Georg Kant (1682–1746) was a German craftsman from Memel, at the time Prussia's northeasternmost city (now Klaipėda,... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. Rockefeller revolutionized the oil industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy. Rockefeller had always believed since he was a child that his purpose in life was to make as much money as possible, and then use it wisely to improve the lot of mankind. In 1870, Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company and ran it until he retired in the late 1890s. He kept his stock and as gasoline grew in importance, his wealth soared and he became the world's richest man and first billionaire. Rockefeller is often regarded as the richest person in history. Standard Oil was convicted in Federal Court of monopolistic practices and broken up in 1911. Rockefeller spent the last fort... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (4 August 1901 – July 6, 1971) (he preferred his given name pronounced as Lewis; also known by the nicknames Satchmo, for satchel-mouth, and Pops) was an American jazz musician. Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative performer whose musical skills and bright personality transformed jazz from a rough regional dance music into a popular art form. One of the most famous jazz musicians of the 20th century, he first achieved fame as a trumpeter, but toward the end of his career he was best known as a vocalist and was one of the most influential jazz singers. Early life Armstrong was born into a very poor family in New Orleans, Louisiana. He spent his youth in poverty in a rough neighborhood of uptown New Orleans, as his father, William Armstrong (1881-1922), abandoned ... Biography of Jodi Arias
Jodi Ann Arias was born on July 9, 1980, in Salinas, California (birth time source: Sue Kay, Astrodatabank), to William Angelo and Sandy D. (née Allen) Arias. She is of Mexican descent from her father and German and English from her mother. Arias has an older half-sister (from her father's first marriage), two younger brothers, and a younger sister. Although she attended Yreka Union High School, she did not graduate; she later received her GED in jail while awaiting trial. Murder of Travis Alexander The murder of Travis Alexander occurred on June 4, 2008, in Mesa, Arizona. The murder resulted in the opening of a 2013 criminal trial in which Jodi Arias was charged in relation to the shooting and stabbing death of her ex-boyfriend. Victim Travis Victor Alexander (born July 28, 1977... Add to favourites (33 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 Sčte (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 (52 fans)Biography of Brendan Fraser
Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is a American-Canadian film actor. He is known for having starred in several major Hollywood films, including 1999's The Mummy. Early life Fraser was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Canadian parents Carol, a sales counsellor, and Peter Fraser, a former journalist who worked as a foreign service officer for the Canadian Government Office of Tourism. His great-grandfather was a Royal Canadian Mountie. He has three older brothers, Kevin, Regan, and Sean. His family moved often as a child, living in Detroit, Seattle, Ottawa, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Fraser attended his first professional theatrical performance in London's West End. He began acting at Toronto's Upper Canada College, where he was a member of the boarding Seaton's... Add to favourites (62 fans)Biography of Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All Time. Playing primarily smart, playful and reckless characters anchored by an inner moral code while surrounded by a corrupt world, Bogart's most notable films include The Petrified Forest (1936), Kid Galahad (1937), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Roaring Twenties (1939), High Sierra (1941), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), In a Lonely Place (1950), The African Queen (1951) (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor), The Caine Mutiny (1954), Sabrina (1954), We're No Angels (1955), and The Lef... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Paris Jackson
Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, born April 3, 1998, is the daugther of Michael Jackson and Deborah Jeanne Rowe. Jackson married his dermatologist's nurse Deborah Jeanne Rowe, with whom he fathered a son, Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr. (also known as "Prince"), and a daughter, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson. Jackson and Rowe divorced in 1999.... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Mia Farrow
Mia Farrow (born Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow on February 9, 1945) is an American actress. Farrow has appeared in more than forty films and won numerous awards, including a Golden Globe award (and seven additional Golden Globe nominations), three BAFTA Film Award nominations, and a win for best actress at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Farrow is also notable for her extensive humanitarian work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Her latest effort is "www.miafarrow.org", containing a guide on how to get involved with Darfur activism, along with her photos and blog entries from Darfur, Chad, and the Central African Republic. Early life Farrow is the daughter of John Farrow, an Australian film director, and Irish actress Maureen O'Sullivan. Both parents were practicing Ca... Biography of Michel Delpech
Michel Delpech is a French singer.... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Zara Whites
Zara Whites (born Esther Kooiman, November 8, 1968, in Hoeksche Waard, Netherlands) is a notable Dutch porn actress. She started her career in Italy by performing as a topless dancer on the television show Colpo Grosso at age 19. She was photographed for magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse and then tried the adult film industry. Between 1990 and 1992 she appeared in 22 porn movies both in Europe and in the United States. In 1992, she reoriented her career towards soft core porn with a TV series for French television, Joy. She retired afterwards, though in 1999 she did a "comeback" hardcore movie, La Dresseuse. She was married to porn actor Roberto Malone. Further reading Zara Whites (1992). Ma vie et mes fantasmes - Jean-Claude Lattčs - ISBN 2-7096-1147-3 (NOTE: in F... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Chris Rock
Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965, source Internet Movie Database) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was described by Comedy Central as the fifth greatest stand-up comedian of all time. Early life Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. A few years later, they moved to the working-class area of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn where they settled. His mother, Rosalie Tingman, was a teacher and social worker with the mentally handicapped, and his father, Julius Rock, was a former truck driver and newspaper deliveryman. Julius died in 1989 after ulcer surgery. Rock has five younger siblings, Andre, Tony, Brian (a minister), Kenny,... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Jerry Seinfeld
Jerome Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy award-winning American comedian, actor, and writer. Seinfeld is often described as an observational comedian. He is best known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the long-running sitcom Seinfeld, which he co-created and executive produced. Early life Seinfeld was born in Brooklyn, New York City to Jewish parents. His father, Kálmán, was of Hungarian Jewish background and his mother, Betty, was of Syrian Jewish background. He grew up in Massapequa, New York and went to Massapequa High School. He then attended the State University of New York at Oswego in upstate New York, but he transferred out after a few semesters. During his time in college, he was an amateur wrestler who called himself "The Jewish Terr... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (pronounced ; born 24 September 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular songs, irreverent humor, strong colors and glossy décor. Desire, passion, family and identity are among Almodóvar’s most prevalent themes. His films enjoy a worldwide following and he has become a major figure on the stage of world cinema. He founded Spanish film production company El Deseo S.A. with his younger brother Agustín Almodóvar who has produced almost all of Pedro’s films. Early life Pedro Almodóvar Caballero was born on September 25, 1951 ... Biography of Henri-Désiré Landru
Henri Désiré Landru (born April 12, 1869; died February 25, 1922) was a notorious French serial killer and real-life Bluebeard. Born in Paris, he seems to have had a fairly uneventful early life. After leaving school he spent four years in the army, after which he seduced his cousin. She bore him a daughter, although Landru did not marry her but instead married another woman two years later and had four children. He was shortly swindled out of money by a fraudulent employer, which apparently both infuriated and inspired him at the same time. He turned to fraud himself, operating scams that usually involved swindling elderly widows. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment in 1900 after being arrested and found guilty of fraud, the first of several such convictions. By 1914, Landru ... |
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