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Astrotheme is the most important site for astrology and celebrities with interactive birth charts, excerpts of astrological portrait, biographies, photos, personalized horoscopes and graphics. For planets in astrological houses, for example with the Sun in House 1, click on Sun in House and then Sun in House 1 and you will get, sorted by popularity on Astrotheme, the list of celebrities with the Sun in House 1 (the Ascendant). For planets in signs, it is the same method, just click on Planet in Signs, for example Venus in Gemini and you will get, sorted by popularity, the list of celebrities with Venus in Gemini sign. For the astrological houses in signs, just click on the right top of the window, Houses in Signs, then for example House 1 - Ascendant - in Scorpio and you will see, sorted by popularity, the list of the celebrities with the Ascendant in Scorpio. There are also multiple criterion: The Sun and the Ascendant in signs, The Sun and the Moon in signs, Venus and Mars in signs, the Moon and the Ascendant in signs, the Sun and Venus in signs, and you can also try your own parameters with 3 simultaneous criteria. You will find on these pages hundred of celebrities with the Sun in Taurus and the Ascendant in Aquarius in AND in ![]() Just click on the names of your choice to see the horoscopes of celebrities who have the Sun in Taurus and the Ascendant in Aquarius. Add to favourites (159 fans)Biography of Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993) was an Academy Award-winning actress of film and theatre, Broadway stage performer, ballerina, fashion model, and humanitarian. Raised under Nazi rule in Arnhem, Netherlands during World War II, Hepburn trained extensively to become a ballerina, before deciding to pursue acting. She first gained notice for her starring role in the Broadway production of Gigi (1951). She was then cast in Roman Holiday (1953) as Princess Ann, the role for which she won an Academy Award. She was one of the leading Hollywood actresses during the 1950s and 1960s and received four more Academy Award nominations, including one for her iconic performance as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). In 1964, she played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, the c... Add to favourites (90 fans)Biography of Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti or J. Krishnamurti, (May 12, 1895–February 17, 1986) was a well-known writer and speaker on fundamental philosophical and spiritual subjects. For nearly sixty years he traveled all over the world, pointing out to people the need to transform themselves through self knowledge, by being aware of their thoughts and feelings in daily life. He maintained that a fundamental change in society can emerge only through a radical change in the individual, since society is the product of the interactions of individuals. Though he was very alive to contemporary issues through the decades, his answers were rooted in his timeless vision of life and truth. As such, his teachings transcend all man-made boundaries of religion, nationality, ideology, and sectarian thinking. Refusing to pla... Add to favourites (94 fans)Biography of Adele (singer)
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988 (source for her time of birth: Q Magazine 2008)), known professionally as Adele (often stylised as ADELE), is an English singer-songwriter. She was the first recipient of the BRIT Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008. In 2009, Adele won two Grammy Awards, Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, at the 51st Grammy Awards. Adele attracted the attention of XL Recordings with a three-song demo posted on MySpace and then signed with the label. Since her debut, 19, Adele has received much recognition both commercially and critically. The album debuted at number one, and has been certified four times platinum in the UK. Her career in t... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Muhammad
Muhammad, also Mohammed, Muhammed, Mahomet, and other variants) was the founder of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as the last messenger and prophet of God. Muslims believe that he was not the creator of a new religion, but the restorer of the original, uncorrupted monotheistic faith of Adam, Abraham and others. They see him as the last and the greatest in a series of prophets. Sources on Muhammad’s life concur that he was born ca. 570 or 571 CE in the city of Mecca in Arabia. He was orphaned at a young age and was brought up by his uncle, later worked mostly as a merchant, and was married by age 26. At some point, discontented with life in Mecca, he retreated to a cave in the surrounding mountains for meditation and reflection. According to Islamic tradition, it was here at age 40, in... Add to favourites (53 fans)Biography of Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was a Prussian philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. Marx addressed a wide range of issues; he is most famous for his analysis of history, summed up in the opening line of the introduction to the Communist Manifesto (1848): "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." Marx believed that capitalism would be replaced by socialism which in turn would bring upon communism. Marx was both a scholar and a political activist, often called the father of communism. Sometimes, he argued that his analysis of capitalism revealed that capitalism was destined to end because of unsolvable problems within capitalism: “ The development of Modern Industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very f... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (May 6, 1758–July 28, 1794) is one of the best-known leaders of the French Revolution. His supporters knew him as "The Incorruptible" because of his austere moral devotion to revolutionary political change. He was an influential member of the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror that ended with his arrest and execution in 1794. He studied at College of Louis-Le-grand in Paris and became a lawyer. Politically, Robespierre was a disciple of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, among other Enlightenment philosophes, and a capable articulator of the beliefs of the left-wing bourgeoisie. He was described as physically unimposing and immaculate in dress and personal manners.... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Catherine the Great
Catherine II of Russia, reigned as Empress of Russia from June 28, 1762 until her death. She thus ruled for 34 years — the longest reign in Russia after the establishment of the Russian Empire in 1721. She lived for 67 years, longer than any Russian emperor; and longer than any Russian monarch since Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh of Kievan Rus, who died in 1125 aged 72.... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Tori Spelling
Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling (born May 16, 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for being Aaron Spelling's daughter; in acting she is known for her role as Donna Martin in the 1990s teen soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210. Early life Spelling was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Candy Marer (born Carole Gene Marer) and Aaron Spelling, a famed television producer with the ABC network in the 1970s. Both of Spelling's parents were Jewish, though her family celebrated both Christmas and Hanukkah while she was growing up. She attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California but a graduate of Harvard-Westlake School. Her brother, Randy Spelling, is an actor as well. Career Spelling appeared in a number of guest roles (mostly in her father's shows... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Jay Leno
Jamie Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. Early years Jay Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York. His mother, Catherine Muir, was born in Scotland and came to the United States as an eleven year-old. His father, Angelo Leno, was born in New York to Nicolina Garafola and Pasquale Leno, immigrants from Flumeri, Italy. Leno grew up in Andover, Massachusetts, and received his Bachelor's degree in Speech therapy from Emerson College in 1973. In the late 1970's, he was the warm-up act for Johnny Mathis, Tom Jones and John Denver. He replaced Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show in 1992 and has planned to retire from The Tonight... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of James Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing screen persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Oscars, winning one in competition and one life achievement. He also had a noted military career, rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force. Height: Taille : 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, he first pursued a career as an architect before being drawn to the theater in college. His first success came as an actor on Broadway, before making his Hollywood debut in 1935. Stewart's career gained momentum after his well-received Frank Capra films, includ... Biography of Ritchie Valens
Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959) was a pioneer of rock and roll. Career The professional career of Ritchie Valens lasted a period of eight months, during which time he recorded some very influential songs of the 1950s rock and roll era. His best known song, "La Bamba", is probably the very first Latin Rock song to become a hit , making Valens the father of the Spanish rock and roll movement. He was born in Pacoima, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, on May 13, 1941. Brought up hearing traditional Mexican mariachi music, as well as flamenco guitar, R&B and jump blues, by the age of 5 he expressed an interest in making music of his own. He was encouraged by his father to take up guitar and trumpet, and it is also known that he l... Biography of Susan Atkins
Susan Denise Atkins (born May 7, 1948) is an American murderer who has been imprisoned in the State of California in punishment for her conviction along with Charles Manson and several others for a series of murders often called the "Manson murders", among which the most notorious are the "Tate/LaBianca" murders. In the space of five weeks in the summer of 1969, nine people were murdered at four locations. She was convicted of involvement in eight of these killings. Atkins's sentence is seven years to life (she is eligible to apply for release on parole). She has been incarcerated since October 1, 1969, longer than any other woman in California history. Atkins has claimed over the years that her participation in the crimes led by Charles Manson was passive and that she didn't actually k... Biography of Manfred von Richthofen
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (May 2, 1892 (birth time source: birth certificate, Astrodatabank) - April 21, 1918) was a German fighter pilot known as The Red Baron. He was the most successful flying ace of World War I, and was credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories. Nicknames Von Richthofen is also known as "le Baron Rouge", "le Diable Rouge" ("Red Devil") or "Le Petit Rouge" ("Little Red") in French, and the "Red Knight" or the "Red Baron" in the English-speaking world. The German translation of Red Baron is "der rote Baron", and von Richthofen is known by this title in Germany as well, although he was rarely referred to as "Baron" in Germany during his lifetime, as Freiherr is the correct title for his level of nobility. Richthofen's 1917 autobiography is titled ... Biography of Toussaint Louverture
François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture also Toussaint Bréda, Toussaint-Louverture (some time between 1739 and 1746 - April 7, 1803) was one of the leaders of the Haïtian Revolution. Along with Jean-Jacques Dessalines, another leader of the Revolution, Louverture is considered as one of the fathers of the Haitian nation. Although generalists often misspell Toussaint's adopted surname as L'Ouverture, historians prefer to use Toussaint's spelling of Louverture, which was also the spelling adopted by his son and brother. Early life Toussaint Louverture was reputedly descended from the Arrada people of the Dahomey Coast. His father, Gaou-Guinou (baptized "Hyppolite"), son of a petty African chieftain, had been captured in war and brought by slave traders to the French colony of Saint-Domin... Biography of Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899–May 24, 1974) was an American jazz composer, pianist, and band leader who has been one of the most influential figures in jazz, if not in all American music. As a composer and a band leader especially, Ellington's reputation has increased since his death, with thematic repackagings of his signature music often becoming best-sellers. A man of suave demeanor and puckish wit that masked occasional brusqueness, Ellington preferred to call his style and sound "American music" rather than just jazz, and liked to describe those who impressed him as "beyond category," including and especially many of the musicians who served with his orchestra. Some of them were considered among the giants of jazz in their own right—particularly reedmen Johnny Hod... Biography of Géraldine Giraud
Géraldine Giraud (May 17, 1968 Sens - November 1, 2004 Villeneuve-sur-Yonne) was a French actress. She was the daugther of French actor Roland Giraud. She was found murdered with her friend Katia Lherbier in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne November 1, 2004.... Biography of Margot Fonteyn
Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias, DBE, (18 May 1919, Reigate, Surrey, England - 21 February 1991, Panama City, Panama), the English assoluta, was considered the greatest ballerina of her time. Early life Fonteyn was born Margaret ("Peggy") Hookham to an English father and an Irish mother, with Brazilian ancestry, who was the daughter of Brazilian businessman Antonio Fontes. Early in her career, Margaret transformed Fontes into Fonteyn (a surname her brother adopted as well) and Margaret into Margot; thus her stage name. She joined the Royal Ballet (then called the Sadler's Wells Theatre) while still a teenager, after having been trained by some of the greatest teachers of the day - Olga Preobrajenskaya and Mathilde Kschessinskaya, both of whom trained under Marius Petipa himself. By 193... Biography of Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach (IPA: /ˈbɝt ˈbækəræk/, born May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an award-winning American pianist and composer. He is best known for his many pop hits from 1962-70, with lyrics written by Hal David, many of which were recorded by Dionne Warwick. As of 2006, Bacharach had written a total of 70 Top 40 hits in the U.S., and 52 Top 40 hits in the UK. Professional biography Bacharach studied music at McGill University, the Mannes School of Music, and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. His composition teachers included Darius Milhaud, Bohuslav Martinů, and Henry Cowell. In the 1950s and early 1960s he was the pianist, arranger and bandleader for Marlene Dietrich, with whom he toured. Bacharach's music is characterized... Biography of Calamity Jane
Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), was a frontierswoman and professional scout best known for her claim of being a close friend of Wild Bill Hickok, but also for having gained fame fighting Native Americans. Early life: 1852 – 1870 Cannary was born on May 1, 1852 as Martha Jane Cannary in Princeton, Missouri, the oldest of six children, having two brothers and three sisters. Robert W. and Charlotte Cannary are listed in the 1860 census living in Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri. Robert packed his family and moved by wagon train from Missouri to Virginia City, Montana in 1865. Charlotte died along the way in Black Foot, Montana in 1866 of "washtub pneumonia". In the spring of that year, Robert took his six children on to Utah, arrivi... Biography of Joseph Fouché
Joseph Fouché, duc d'Otrante (May 21, 1763 Le Pellerin, near Nantes, France - December 25, 1820 Trieste, then Austria, now Italy) was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte. In English texts his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto. Youth He was born in Le Pellerin, a small village near Nantes. His father, a sailor, wanted him to go to sea, but his physical weakness and academic talent put an end to this idea. He was educated at the college of the Oratorians at Nantes, and showed aptitude for literary and scientific studies. Wanting to become a teacher, he was sent to an institution kept by brethren of the same order at Paris. There he made rapid progress, and was soon appointed to tutorial duties at the colleges of Niort, Saumur, Vendôme, Juilly and... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joachim von Ribbentrop
Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (born Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim Ribbentrop) (April 30, 1893 – October 16, 1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. He was later hanged for war crimes after the Nuremberg trials. Early career Ribbentrop was born in Wesel (now in North Rhine-Westphalia), the son of the Army officer Richard Ulrich Friedrich Joachim Ribbentrop and Johanne Sophie Hertwig. Ribbentrop was educated somewhat irregularly until his mid-teens at private schools in Germany and Switzerland. Fluent in French and English, Ribbentrop lived at various times in Grenoble, France, and London, before traveling to North America in 1910. After spending time in New York and Boston, he worked at various jobs in Canada including a salesman for an importer ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Maurice Druon
Maurice Druon (b.April 23, 1918 - d.April 14, 2009) is a French novelist and member of Académie française. He was born in Paris. He is the nephew of the writer Joseph Kessel, with whom he wrote the Chant des Partisans, which, with music composed by Anna Marly, was used as an anthem by the French Resistance during the Second World War. In 1948 he received the Prix Goncourt for his novel Les grandes familles. On December 8, 1966, he was elected to the 30th seat of the Académie française, succeeding Georges Duhamel. While his scholarly writing earned him a seat at the Académie, he is best known for a series of seven historical novels published in the 1950s under the title Les Rois Maudits (The Accursed Kings). He was Minister of Cultural Affairs in 1973 and 1974 in Pierre Messmer'... Biography of Jacques Lanzmann
Jacques Lanzmann (b. May 4, 1927, Bois-Colombes (birth time source: Didier Geslain) - d. June 21, 2006, Paris) was a French writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer. Jacques Lanzmann has had various occupations through his life. At the age of twelve he was a farm worker, from 1948 to 1955 he was an artist, and during the years 1952 and 1953 was also a miner in Chili. He then entered the literary world in 1954 with La glace est rompue (The ice is broken). Since that year, his literary career has been marked by his activity of literary critic at the French review Lettres françaises, by the creation of the publishing company Les Editions Speciales, with the collaboration of Jean-Claude Lattes and by the creation and the editorial management of the publishing company Jacques Lanzmann et Seg... Biography of Charles Maurras
Charles Maurras (April 20, 1868 Martigues Bouches-du-Rhône France – November 16, 1952) was a French author, poet, and critic. He was a leader and principal thinker of the reactionary Action Française, a political movement that was monarchist, anti-parliamentarist, and counter-revolutionary, and is the main intellectual influence of National Catholicism and integral nationalism . Before World War I Maurras was issued from an old Provençal family, and brought up by his mother and grand-mother in a Catholic and monarchist environment. In his early teens he became profoundly deaf. . As many other French politicians, he was heavily affected by the defeat during the 1870 Franco-Prussian War . After the 1871 Commune and the 1879 defeat of Marshall Mac-Mahon's Moral Order government, French so... Biography of Taj Mahal (musician)
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, better known by the stage name Taj Mahal (born May 17, 1942), is an American blues musician. He was born in Harlem in New York City, but grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father was a jazz pianist/composer/arranger of Jamaican descent, while his mother was a schoolteacher from South Carolina who sang gospel. His grandfather married a St. Kitts woman. His sister was Carole Fredericks. In his song titled Ain't It Funky Now, he talks about his past and where he grew up. In the early 1960s he studied agriculture and animal husbandry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and graduated in 1964. (The same university also gave him an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 2006.) While there he formed Taj Mahal & the Elektras; using a stage name of ... Biography of Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger (May 6, 1913 – August 16, 1993), born James Lablache Stewart, was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. Tall, dark, dignified and handsome, Granger was a popular leading man in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Height : 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) He was born in London, and educated at Epsom College. The grandson of the actor Luigi Lablache, he was obliged to change his name in order to avoid being confused with the famous American actor James Stewart. As Granger reported in an interview once, his off-screen friends called him "Jimmy". Acting career In 1933, he made his film debut as an extra. His first starring role was in the Gainsborough Pictures period melodrama The Man in Grey (1943), a film that helped to make him a huge star in Britain... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Wilhelm
Richard Wilhelm (May 10, 1873, Stuttgart, Germany - March 2, 1930, Tübingen, Germany) was a German translator. He translated many philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into other major languages of the world, including English. His translation of the I Ching is still regarded as one of the finest, as is his translation of The Secret of the Golden Flower, both of which include introductions by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, who was a personal friend. Wilhelm’s translation of the I Ching (Yijing) and other works were first published by Eugen Diederich who had a history of association with anti-Semites and pre-Nazi political extremists. This was written about by Gary Stark in his Entrepreneurs of Ideology (Chapel Hill, University of North Carlolina, 198... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leslie Grantham
Leslie Michael Grantham (born April 30, 1947, in Camberwell, England) is a British actor best known for playing "Dirty" Den Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 1989 and again from 2003 to 2005. Early life Grantham was born in Camberwell, London and enlisted in the British Army in 1965, at the age of 18. On 3 December 1966 he attempted to rob a German taxi driver, Felix Reese. A struggle between Grantham and the driver followed, and Reese died from a gunshot wound to the head. In his statement to the police following his arrest, he claimed that he did not know the gun was loaded and it had gone off during a struggle with the taxi driver. He was subsequently convicted of murder, a surprise verdict after being advised by his lawyer that a manslaughter verdict would probabl... Biography of James Monroe
James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States (1817-1825). His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819); the Missouri Compromise (1820), in which Missouri was declared a slave state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), declaring U.S. opposition to European interference in the Americas, as well as breaking all ties with France remaining from the War of 1812. Early years The president’s parents, father Spence Monroe (ca. 1727–1774), a woodworker and tobacco farmer, and mother Elizabeth Jones Monroe had significant land holdings but little money. Like his parents, he was a slaveholder. Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Monroe went to school at Campbelltown Academy and then the College of William and Mary,... Biography of Magda Schneider
Magdalena Schneider, best known as Maria Schneider, was a German actress and singer, (May 17, 1909 Augsbourg - July 30, 1996 Berchtesgaden). She was the mother of actress Romy Schneider. Filmography 1933 : Une histoire d'amour (Libelei) de Max Ophuls 1955 : Sissi de Ernst Marischka... Biography of Michel Delebarre
Michel Delebarre, born April 27, 1946 in Bailleul (Nord), is a French politician, member of PS (Parti Socialiste).... Biography of Simone Simon
Simone Simon (April 23, 1911 (source: B.C. in hand from Steinbrecher) – February 22, 2005) was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931. Early life Simone Simon Pas-de-Calais, France. She was the daughter of Henri Louis Firmin, a French engineer, and Erma Maria Domenica Giorcelli, an Italian housewife. She grew up in Marseille. She went to Paris in 1931 and worked briefly as a singer, model and fashion designer. Height 5' 2" (1.57 m) Career Simon made her screen debut in Le Chanteur inconnu (The Unknown Singer, 1931). She quickly established herself as one of the country's most successful film actresses. After seeing her in the 1934 film Lac Aux Dames (USA title: Ladies' Lake), Darryl F. Zanuck brought her to Hollywood in 1936 with a widespread publicity cam... Biography of Michel Nihoul
Michel Nihoul (April 23, 1941 in Verviers) is a Belgian convicted of drug traffic and pedophilia. He is accused of complicity in the murders of the serial killer Marc Dutroux, but was acquitted of the murders, and of the kidnapping of the girls. On June 22, 2004, Nihoul received 5 years of prison.... Biography of Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette (born May 5, 1942 - April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer-songwriter, who was one of Country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists. She was known as the "First Lady of Country Music" and one of her best-known songs, "Stand by Your Man," was one of the biggest selling hit singles by a woman in the history of the country music genre. Many of Tammy Wynette's hits dealt with classic themes of loneliness, divorce and the difficulties of male-female relationships. Her songs reflected her often-troubled romantic life (she married five times). But her willingness to share her joys and sorrows in song and her passionate, tear-in-every- note delivery endeared her to millions. During the late '60s and early '70s, she dominated the country char... Biography of Rollo May
Rollo May (April 21, 1909, Ada, Ohio - October 22, 1994, Tiburon, California) was an American existential psychologist, authoring the influential book Love and Will in 1969. Although he is often associated with humanistic psychology, he differs from other humanistic psychologists such as Virginia Satir, Abraham Maslow or Carl Rogers in showing a sharper awareness of the tragic dimensions of human existence. May was a close friend of the U.S. German-born theologian Paul Tillich. His works include Love and Will and The Courage to Create, the latter title honoring Tillich's The Courage to Be. May experienced a difficult childhood, with his parents divorcing and his sister suffering a mental breakdown. His educational career took him to Michigan State College and Oberlin College for a ba... Biography of Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885 – February 1, 1966) was an American actress and gossip columnist, whose long-running feud with friend turned arch-rival Louella Parsons became at least as notorious as many of Hopper's columns. Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m) Early life She was born Elda Furry in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of David and Margaret Furry, who were Quakers. Her siblings included Dora Furry (born March 1880); Sherman Furry (born June 1882); Cameron Furry (born September 1887); Edgar Furry (April 20, 1889-November 1975); Frank M. Furry (born August 1891); and Margaret Furry (born July 1897). The family moved to nearby Altoona when Elda was three. Her father was a butcher who owned his own butcher shop. She eventually ran away to New York and began her career as a ch... Biography of Vittorio Sgarbi
Vittorio Sgarbi (born May 8, 1952 in Ferrara) is an Italian art critic, politician and cultural commentator. He is popularly known for his verbal violence, first seen in Maurizio Costanzo's talk show aired on Canale 5. A controversial character in terms of politics, he changed his party affiliation with notable frequency: he started his political career in 1990 as mayoral candidate of Pesaro for the Italian Communist Party; he then became city councillor of San Severino Marche running as Italian Socialist Party candidate, being then elected as mayor, his candidacy being supported by the Italian Social Movement and Christian Democracy. In 1992 he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies under the Italian Liberal Party banner, and then chose to join the Italian Radicals. In 1999 he ... Biography of Karl Abraham
Karl Abraham (3 May 1877 - 25 December 1925) was an early German psychoanalyst, and a correspondent of Sigmund Freud, who called him his 'best pupil' . He founded the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, and was the president of the International Psychoanalytical Association from 1914 to 1918 and again in 1925. Karl Abraham collaborated with Freud on the understanding of manic-depressive illness, leading to Freud's paper on 'Mourning and Melancholia' in 1917. He was the analyst of Melanie Klein during 1924-1925, and of a number of other British psychoanalysts, including Edward Glover, James Glover, and Alix Strachey. He was a mentor for an influential group of German analysts, including Karen Horney, Helene Deutsch, and Franz Alexander. Publications Selected Papers on Psycho-Analysis... Biography of Marguerite of Navarre
Marguerite de Navarre (April 11, 1492 – December 21, 1549), also known as Marguerite of Angouleme and Margaret of Navarre, was the queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre. As patron of humanists and reformers, and as an author in her own right, she was an outstanding figure of the French Renaissance. Samuel Putnam called her "The First Modern Woman". Early life and family She was a daughter of Charles of Orléans, Count of Angoulême and Louise of Savoy. Her father was a direct descendant of Charles V, and a claimant to the crown, if both Charles VIII of France and the presumptive heir, Louis, Duke of Orléans, failed to produce male offspring. In 1491, Charles married 15-year-old Louise of Savoy, daughter of Marguerite of Bourbon, sister of the Duke of Beaujeu—considered one of the mo... Biography of Jules Massenet
Jules (Émile Frédéric) Massenet (May 12, 1842 – August 13, 1912) was a French composer best known for his operas. His compositions were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. However, his style fell out of favor not long after his death; and, except Manon, his works were rarely performed. Since the mid-1970s, many of his operas have seen periodic revivals. Massenet was born in Montaud, then an outlying hamlet and now a part of the city of Saint-Étienne, in the Loire. When he was eleven his family moved to Paris so that he could study at the Conservatoire there. To support himself at that time he worked as timpanist for six years at the opera house. In 1862 he won the Grand Prix de Rome and spent three years in Rome. His first opera was a one-act production at the Op... Alberic O'Kelly de Galway born May 17, 1911 Edwin H. Land born May 7, 1909 Giorgio Moroder born April 26, 1940 Édouard IV d'Angleterre born April 28, 1442 Benjamin Spock born May 2, 1903 John Muir born April 21, 1838 Edward R. Murrow born April 25, 1908 Alana Ladd born April 21, 1943 Serge Creuz born May 4, 1924 Fiorenza Cossotto born April 22, 1935 Linda Lee Tracy born May 14, 1957 Andy Bell (chanteur) born April 25, 1964 Margaret Sullavan born May 16, 1909 Micheline Boudet born April 28, 1926 Marjorie Boulton born May 7, 1924 Claude Quin born May 1, 1932 Joseph Bottoms born April 22, 1954 Zoë Fontana born May 16, 1911 Valérie André born April 21, 1922 Victor-Pierre Huguet born May 1, 1835 Carol Saline born May 19, 1939 Nicholas de Vore born May 19, 1882 Bill Blair born May 17, 1942 Theodor Herzl born May 2, 1860 Rafael Sabatini born April 29, 1875 Raymond Forni born May 20, 1941 Yvon Briant born May 5, 1954 Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont born May 14, 1914 Charles Humez born May 18, 1927 Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb born May 3, 1936 Brian Souter born May 5, 1954 Vittorio Merloni born April 30, 1933 Giorgio De Lullo born April 24, 1921 Albert Lenormand born May 15, 1915 Léon Bourgeois born May 21, 1851 Philippe Jeantot born May 8, 1952 Phil Hansen born May 20, 1968 Albert Lempereur born April 29, 1902 Ondina Valla born May 20, 1916 Ignazio Silone born May 1, 1900 Walter Slezak born May 3, 1902 Carlos Lacerda born April 30, 1914 Bill Sheeran born April 29, 1953 Pierre Baudis born May 11, 1916 Maurice Thiriet born May 2, 1906 Luiz Pacheco born May 7, 1925 Bobby Witt born May 11, 1964 Jacques Clancy born May 17, 1920 Nathalie Nattier born May 19, 1924 Ugo La Malfa born May 16, 1903 Walter Boucquet born May 11, 1941 Jean-Marc Tennberg born May 12, 1924 Aristide Bruant born May 6, 1851 Jimmy Dale Gilmore born May 6, 1945 Michel de Certeau born May 17, 1925 Thomas Taylor born May 15, 1758 Henri Pourrat born May 7, 1887 Christopher Chope born May 19, 1947 Charles Dullin born May 12, 1885 Keith Bradley born May 17, 1950 Virgilio Tommasi born May 10, 1905 Pippo Barzizza born May 15, 1902 Claude Moss (psychiatre) born May 17, 1924 Georges Moinard La Villedieu born May 15, 1921 Cesare Polacco born May 14, 1900 Herbert Thomas Potter born May 20, 1925 Crash aérien en mer noire born May 3, 2006 August De Winter born May 12, 1925 Andrew Meldrum born April 22, 1909 Robert Moreau born May 20, 1915 Mauricio Corrêa born May 9, 1934 Giovanni Paisiello born May 10, 1740 Philippe III d'Espagne born April 14, 1578 Alfred Aston born May 16, 1912 Judah Tapert born May 7, 2002 Ari Graynor born April 27, 1983 |
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