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You will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with the Sun in Gemini. 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. in ![]() Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of James Purefoy
James Brian Mark Purefoy (born June 3, 1964) is an English actor. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life & work Purefoy was born into a "upper-middle class family" in Taunton, Somerset. He was a boarder at Sherborne School which he left with only one O-level. Later he went to night school and got 11 more, then took his A-levels. He then studied acting at one of Britain's top drama schools, the Central School of Speech and Drama, while selling, with difficulty, copies of the Socialist Worker in his spare time. His early professional roles included Romeo in Romeo and Juliet in Leatherhead, Walter in Mary Morgan at the Riverside Studios and Alan Strang in Equus on tour. The RSC and other stage work He subsequently joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1988 and appeared in The... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Kathleen Turner
Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. She came to fame during the 1980s, after roles in the Hollywood films Body Heat, Romancing the Stone and Prizzi's Honor. Height 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Turner was born in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of Patsy Magee and Allen Richard Turner, who was a U.S. Foreign Service officer and schoolteacher; he grew up in China (where Turner's great-grandfather worked as a Methodist missionary) and, as a diplomat, had been imprisoned by the Japanese for four years during the Second World War. Because of her father's career, Turner lived in four foreign countries (Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, and the United Kingdom. Turner has two brothers and a sister. While attending high school in London, she was... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Gérard de Nerval
Gérard de Nerval (May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) was the nom-de-plume of the French poet, essayist and translator Gérard Labrunie, the most essentially Romantic among French poets. Two years after his birth in Paris, his mother died in Silesia whilst accompanying her husband, a military doctor, a member of Napoleon's Grande Armée. He was brought up by his maternal great-uncle, Antoine Boucher, in the countryside of Valois at Mortefontaine. On the return of his father from war in 1814, he was sent back to Paris. He frequently returned to the countryside of the Valois on holidays and later returned to it in imagination in his Chansons et légendes du Valois. His flair for translation was made manifest in his translation of Goethe's Faust (1828), the work which earned him his reputatio... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Brigitte Fossey
Brigitte Fossey, born June 15, 1946 in Tourcoing, Nord, France, is an actress. The daughter of a schoolteacher, she was only six years old when she was cast by director René Clément to star in his film, Forbidden Games. Fossey's performance of an innocent child orphaned by World War II was widely praised by critics and audiences alike. The film won numerous awards world-wide including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Fossey was hired by American actor/director Gene Kelly for his 1957 film, The Happy Road. She was just ten years old when filming finished and her parents decided to take her out of the film business so she could receive proper schooling and live a normal childhood. While completing her education, Fossey studied piano and dance but went on to work in ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Jean d'Ormesson
Jean Lefèvre, comte d'Ormesson (born June 16, 1925) is a French novelist, mostly writing partially or totally autobiographic novels. Life Jean d'Ormesson's grew up in Bavaria. His father was a French ambassador. He was admitted at the École normale supérieure and passed the philosophy agrégation. He later became Secretary-General of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies at the UNESCO and the director of the French newspaper Le Figaro from 1974 to 1979. On October 18, 1973, he was elected a member of the Académie française on seat 12, following the death of Jules Romains. He is also a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. Bibliography L'Amour est un plaisir (1956) Du côté de chez Jean (1959) Un amour pour rien (1960) Au revoir et merci (1966)... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Isabelle Carré
Isabelle Carré is a French actress born on May 28, 1971 in Paris. Theatre Une Nuit de Casanova La Cerisaie l'Ècole des Femmes On ne badine pas avec l'amour Il ne faut jurer de rien Le Mal court Dostoievsky va à la plage Le père humilié Arloc Slaves Mademoiselle Else Resonances La Tragedie d'Othello, le maure de Venise Leonce et Lena Hugo a deux voix La Nuit chante l'Hiver sous la table Blanc Filmography 1985 : Paulette, la pauvre petite milliardaire 1988 : Romuald et Juliette : Valérie 1990 : La Reine blanche : Annie 1990 : Le Blé en herbe - TV film 1991 : La reine blanche de Jean-Louis Hubert 1992 : Beau fixe : Valerie 1992 : Dober Man - an employee 1995 : Le Hussard sur le toit : tutor 1995 : Beaumarchais l'insolent : Rosine 1... Biography of Xaviera Hollander
Xaviera Hollander (born 15 June 1943) is a former call girl and madam. She was born Vera de Vries in Soerabaja, Indonesia (then known as the Dutch East Indies) to a Jewish father and Christian mother. She is best known as the author of The Happy Hooker: My Own Story (1971, ISBN 0-06-001416-4). The book was notable for its frankness at the time and is considered a landmark of positive writing about sex. It was made into a film starring Lynn Redgrave. Hollander has since written a number of other books and produced plays in Amsterdam. Her latest book Child No More is the heartfelt story of losing her own mother. For many years, she wrote an advice column for Penthouse magazine called Call Me Madam. For several years in the 1970s, Hollander lived in Toronto, where she married a Canadian an... Biography of John Edwards (politician)
Johnny Reid "John" Edwards (born June 10, 1953), is an American politician who was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004 and a one-term U.S. Senator from North Carolina. Edwards is currently a Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election. He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in North Carolina's 1998 Senate election and during his six-year term sought the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2004 presidential election. He eventually became the Democratic candidate for Vice President, the running mate of presidential nominee Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. After Edwards and Kerry lost the election to incumbents George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, Edwards began working full time at the One America Committee, a political action committee he establi... Biography of Lea Thompson
Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961, in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American actress. Early life Thompson studied dance as a girl, and would practice three to four hours every day. She was dancing professionally by the age of 14. Lea then won scholarships to several ballet schools, including The American Ballet Theatre and The San Francisco Ballet. She danced with the The Minnesota Dance Theatre, The Pennsylvania Ballet Company, and The Ballet Repertory. She was informed by Baryshnikov that she was "too stocky". Due to this (as well as some small nagging injuries) she decided to give up dancing in favor of an acting career. She moved to New York at the age of 20, and performed in a number of Burger King ads in the 1980s along with Elisabeth Shue, her eventual co-star in the Ba... Biography of Ron Wood
Ronald David "Ronnie" Wood (born June 1, 1947 in Hillingdon, London) is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a member of The Rolling Stones, Faces, and The Jeff Beck Group. Career 1960s Wood began his career in 1964 with the Birds, based in Yiewsley, Middlesex. By the late 1960s, he was part of The Creation, then joined the Jeff Beck Group as a bassist together with singer Rod Stewart. They split up, however, after recording Beck-Ola in 1969. 1970s With Rod Stewart, Ronnie joined The Small Faces as a guitarist, shortly after leader Steve Marriott had left the group. The band's name soon was shortened to simply The Faces. Though mostly known in the United States as Rod Stewart's former backup band, the Faces were very successful in the UK, for a brief time even... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Zachary Quinto
Zachary John Quinto (born June 2, 1977) is an American actor known for his roles as Adam Kaufman on 24, Sasan on So NoTORIous, and Gabriel "Sylar" Gray on NBC's Heroes. He has recently been cast to appear in the 2008 film Star Trek, as a young Spock. The source for his time of birth is there: http://community.zacharyquinto.com/entry/6a0120a57ade8b970b0120a661f0b5970c and http://community.zacharyquinto.com/entry/6a012876714a46970c014e881c6a68970d Quinto, who is half-Italian and half-Irish, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Central Catholic High School, class of 1995, and then attended Carnegie Mellon University's Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, from which he graduated in 1999. Career Quinto first appeared on television in the short-lived television series Th... Biography of Guy Marchand
Guy Marchand, born May 22, 1937, is a famous French singer and actor. Filmography Movies 1970 : Boulevard du rhum de Robert Enrico 1972 : Une belle fille comme moi de François Truffaut 1975 : Attention les yeux ! de Gérard Pirès 1975 : Cousin, cousine de Jean-Charles Tacchella 1975 : L’Acrobate de Jean-Daniel Pollet 1975 : Le Voyage de noces de Nadine Trintignant 1976 : Le Grand Escogriffe de Claude Pinoteau 1977 : Tendre Poulet de Philippe de Broca 1977 : L'Hôtel de la plage de Michel Lang 1978 : Vas-y maman de Nicole de Buron 1978 : Le Maître nageur de Jean-Louis Trintignant 1979 : Loulou de Maurice Pialat 1980 : Plein Sud de Luc Béraud 1980 : Rends-moi la clé de Gérard Pirès 1981 : Garde à vue de Claude Miller 1982 : Les Sous-doués en vacances de Cla... Biography of Martial Tricoche
Martial Tricoche born June 21, 1969 in Saint-Denis is a French singer and songwriter. He is one of the creators of Pop group Manau. Discography 1998 : Panique Celtique 2000 : Fest Noz de Paname 2005 : On peut tous rêver... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933) is an Academy Award-nominated American comedic actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Willy Wonka and his collaborations with Mel Brooks, most notably Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein, and his many movies with Richard Pryor, notably movies that start with the letter "S", like Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, and See No Evil, Hear No Evil. Born in Milwaukee, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Wilder studied drama at the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, graduated in 1955, and later attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the UK. He served in the United States Army from 1956 to 1958. Returning to the United States, Wilder sought work in the theater, suppor... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Brian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 in Hawthorne, California), is an American pop musician, best known as the lead songwriter, bassist, and singer of the American rock band The Beach Boys. Wilson was also the band's main producer, composer, and arranger. Early influences included The Four Freshmen and Chuck Berry, among others. Wilson admired Phil Spector, considering him both a mentor and rival. Wilson was a perfectionist in the studio, and often upset the other members of the Beach Boys with this incessant drive for perfection. Though one of the first users of an eight-channel multitrack tape recorder, he shunned stereophonic sound, preferring (as Spector did) to work in monaural — because he believed stereo gave an incomplete "sound picture" if the listener wasn't directly be... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Shane West
Shane West (born June 10, 1978) is an American television and film actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles on the television series ER and Once and Again and in the film A Walk to Remember. Early life West was born Shannon Bruce Snaith in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Catherine, a lawyer, and Don, a drugstore manager. He has two sisters, Simone and Marli Ann. At the age of ten, West moved to California with his mother and sister Simone. He needed one more credit to graduate when he was forced to take a drama class. Career His first major role was in 1999's television series, Once and Again, playing "Eli Sammler". West's film debut was a supporting role in the 1999 film Liberty Heights, director Barry Levinson's film about a Jewish family in Baltimore. He also co-starred in the... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Walt Whitman
Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. Proclaimed the "greatest of all American poets" by many foreign observers a mere four years after his death, he is viewed as the first urban poet. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and Realism, incorporating both views in his works. His works have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Whitman is among the most influential and controversial poets in the American canon. His work has been described as a "rude shock" and "the most audacious and debatable contribution yet made to American literature." As Whitman wrote in Leaves of Grass (By Blue Ontario's Shore), "Rhymes and rhymers pass away...America justifies itself, give it time..." Early life ... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Kendra Wilkinson
Kendra Leigh Baskett (born June 12, 1985), better known by her birth name of Kendra Wilkinson, is an American television personality and glamour model. She is well known for her role on the E! reality-television show The Girls Next Door, on which her life as one of Hugh Hefner's three girlfriends was documented. Although not a Playboy Playmate, she has appeared in three nude pictorials with her Girls Next Door costars and fellow Hefner girlfriends Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt. Her own reality series, Kendra, debuted in June 2009. Kendra Wilkinson was born in San Diego, California, and is of English and Irish descent She is the elder of two children; her younger brother is Colin. Her mother, Patti, was originally from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and had been a cheerleader for t... Biography of Gina Gershon
Gina L. Gershon (born June 10, 1962) is an American film and television actress, known for her roles in the films Showgirls (1995) and Bound (1996). Height: 5' 5¾" (1.67 m) Personal life Gershon was born in Los Angeles, California to Stan Gershon, who worked in import/export business and sales, and Mickey Koppel, an interior decorator. Gershon is Jewish, and has a brother, Dann, and a sister, Tracy. She attended Beverly Hills High School with Lenny Kravitz. Gershon has dated hotel owner Sean McPherson, wealthy entrepreneur Jay Penske, and actors John Cusack and Owen Wilson. Career Gershon is regarded as a gay icon due to her roles in movies such as Bound (in which she played a butch lesbian) and Showgirls (which is regarded as a camp classic). She was ranked #51 on the Maxim ... Biography of Jean Galfione
Jean Galfione (born 9 June 1971 in Paris) is a French athlete. In 1995 he won the bronze medal pole vault at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. In 1996 he won the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Karl Urban
Karl-Heinz Urban (born June 7, 1972) is a New Zealand actor. He may be best known for playing Éomer in the second and third installment of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the role of Kirill, Jason Bourne's opposite number in The Bourne Supremacy, the lead role in the movie adaption of video game Doom, and Vaako from The Chronicles of Riddick. Karl is married to Natalie with whom he has two sons; Hunter, born 2000, and another son born in 2005. Early life Urban was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He attended St Mark's Church School where he showed an early love for public performance. His first acting role was when he was eight he had a line on a television show. However, he did not act again until after high school. He then went on to Wellington College. Upon leaving Hi... Biography of Antoine (singer)
Pierre-Antoine Muraccioli , best known as Antoine, is a French singer, songwriter and writer, born June 4, 1944 in Tamatave, Madagascar. He is also a great sailor and an engineer (Ecole Centrale). Bibliography Globe-flotteur ou Les 7 péchés capitaux d'un navigateur solitaire, Arthaud, collection Mer, 1977 Mettre les voiles avec Antoine, Arthaud, 1977 Bord à bord, Arthaud, collection Mer, 1979 Solitaire et Compagnie, Arthaud, collection Mer, 1980 Cocotiers, Arthaud, 1981 Voyage aux Amériques, Arthaud, 1985 1965 (roman), 1987 Iles... était une fois Gallimard, 1989 Iles... était une fois Gallimard, 1991 Iles... était une fois Gallimard, 1993 Iles... était une fois Gallimard, 1995 Collection Merveilleuses îles ( 8 volumes) La Plus Belle Ile du Monde (La Martinière... Biography of Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B and soul singer, Academy Award-winning songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor. He has sold over fifty million records. Height 5' 11" (1.80 m) Career His fame began when he was the frontman for the Commodores, a nationally popular Motown band during the early 1970s. They had several hits such as "Easy". "Three Times a Lady," and "Brick House." Richie left the Commodores in 1981 for a solo career, becoming one of the most successful artists of the Eighties with five number 1 hits and thirteen consecutive Top 10 hits in the U.S. He released his self-titled debut in 1982. The album hit #3 on the music charts and sold over 4 million copies. His 1983 follow up album, Can't Slow Down, so... Biography of Tonya Kinzinger
Tonya Kinzinger is an American actress, business woman and model born June 20, 1968 in Monroe. She is the wife of Bernard Lignon and has a son, Sasha, born in 2003. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455967/ ) # "Sous le soleil" .... Jessica / ... (100 episodes, 1996-2008) - Trois cordes au cou (2008) TV episode .... Jessica - Le fugitif (2008) TV episode .... Jessica - Dangereuse intimité (2008) TV episode .... Jessica - Le prix du succès (2008) TV episode .... Jessica - Le couple parfait (2008) TV episode .... Jessica (95 more) # Fool Moon (2008) .... Nina # "The Bold and the Beautiful" .... Yvette St. Julienne (3 episodes, 2007) ... aka "Belleza y poder" - USA (Spanish title) - Episode #1.4997 (2007) TV episode .... Yvette St.... Biography of Amisha Patel
Amisha Patel (Hindi: अमीषा पटेल) (born June 9, 1976, also known as Ameesha Patel) is an Indian Bollywood actress. Making her acting debut in the blockbuster Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000), Patel won critical praise for her performance in Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, which became one of the biggest hits in the history of Hindi cinema. She would subsequently star in a number of films, most of which proved unsuccessful at the box office. However, her performance in the 2006 film Ankahee, received critical recognition, and she followed it with a supporting role in the hit Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Amisha Patel is the daughter of Amit Patel and Asha Patel, sister of Ashmit Patel and the granddaughter of the famous Indian lawyer Rajni Patel. Her name is a b... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Marie Gillain
Marie Gillain is a Belgian actress (born 18 June 1975 Liège, Belgium). Trivia Is the heroine of the John Malkovitch play on scene "Hysteria". Is a model for cosmetics company Lancôme Brief filmography Black Box (2006) La voix de Laura (TV) (2005) - Laura L'enfer (2005) - Anne aka Hell Tout le plaisir est pour moi (2004) - Louise aka The Pleasure Is All Mine Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire) (2003) – Caty aka Not for or Against Laissez-passer (2002) - Olga aka Safe Conduct Absolument fabuleux (2001) - Safrane aka Absolutely Fabulous Barnie et ses petites contrariétés (2001) - Margot aka Barnie's Minor Annoyances Laissons Lucie faire! (2000) - Lucie Harem Suare (1999) - Safiye La cena (1998) - Allieva aka The Dinner Le bossu (1997) - Aurore Un air ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dionne quintuplets
The Dionne Quintuplets (more appropriately referred to as the Dionne sisters by the remaining quintuplets) (born on May 28, 1934) are the first quintuplets known to survive their infancy. The sisters were born just outside Callander, Ontario, Canada in the village of Corbeil. The chances of having identical quintuplets are one in 57 million. The Dionne girls were born two months prematurely with the assistance of Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe and two midwives, Madame Legros and Madame Lebel. The quintuplets The five identical sisters were: Annette Lillianne Marie Dionne (Allard) Cécile Marie Emilda Dionne (Langlois) Emilie Marie Jeanne Dionne (Emilie died at 20 at her convent on August 6, 1954.) Marie Reina Alma Dionne (Houle) (died February 27, 1970 of an apparent blood clot of the ... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961, in Leavenworth, Kansas) is an Academy Award-winning and two-time Grammy Award-winning American rock musician and singer. Etheridge has released nine albums since signing her first major recording contract in 1987. Three of them have gone multi-platinum: Melissa Etheridge (1988), Yes I Am (1993) and Your Little Secret (1995). Two others went platinum and two more gold. Etheridge is a Bruce Springsteen fan, and she has covered his songs "Thunder Road" and "Born to Run" during live shows. She is also a fan of the Dave Matthews Band and has expressed interest in collaborating with them. In October 2004, Melissa Etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the 2005 Grammy Awards, she made a return to the stage and, although bald from chemothe... Biography of John Goodman
John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning American actor, perhaps best known for his roles on the television series Roseanne, and in several Hollywood films. Height: 1m88 (6'2") Weight: 180 kg in 1992 Early life Goodman was born in Affton, Missouri, the son of Virginia, a store clerk and waitress who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Cue, and Leslie Goodman, a postal worker who died from a heart attack in 1954. He has a sister, Elisabeth, and a brother, Leslie. Goodman went to Affton High School and won a football scholarship at Southwest Missouri State University, now called Missouri State University. He pledged the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, but was not formally initiated until several decades later. During his college stint, he decided to bec... Biography of Pierre Bachelet
Pierre Bachelet (May 25, 1944 - February 15, 2005) was a French singer-songwriter with a gentle romantic voice. One of his hit songs was "Écris-moi". He sang for some movies, for example Emmanuelle. His songs from the film Emmanuelle called Emmanuelle In The Mirror and Theme From Emmanuelle have been sampled in the Lily Allen single Littlest Things, released in December 2006. Japanese pop music dynamo Takako Minekawa is known to be a fan of Bachelet. Bachelet died of cancer.... Biography of Magalie Madison
Magalie Madison, born Magalie Aguado, June 9, 1973, is a French actress.... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Noah Wyle
Noah Strausser Speer Wyle (born June 4, 1971; last name pronounced /ˈwaɪli/) is a five time Emmy Award nominated American TV and film actor best known for his role as Dr. John Carter on the television drama ER. Wyle was the only major cast member of ER to have been with the show since its inception when he left after its eleventh season. His performances on the show earned him Emmy Award nominations in each of its first five seasons, and (as part of an ensemble) several Screen Actors Guild Awards and nominations. Wyle left the series at the end of the 2004-2005 season, although he returned in guest appearances for four episodes in each of the next two seasons. He stated that he left because he wanted to spend more time with his family. Wyle was born in Hollywood, California... Biography of Alois Alzheimer
Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer (born 14 June 1864, Marktbreit, Bavaria; died 19 December 1915, Breslau, Silesia) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's father served in the office of notary public in the family's hometown. Alzheimer attended Aschaffenburg, Tübingen, Berlin, and Würzburg universities. He received a medical degree at Würzburg University in 1887. In the following year, he spent five months assisting mentally ill women, before he took an office in the city mental asylum in Frankfurt am Main: the Städtische Anstalt für Irre und Epileptische (Asylum for lunatics and epileptics). Emil Sioli ... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi (Burmese: ; MLCTS: aung hcan: cu. krany; IPA: ); born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a nonviolent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma), and a noted prisoner of conscience. A Buddhist, Suu Kyi won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and in 1991 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful and non-violent struggle under a military dictatorship. Personal life Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi was born on 19 June 1945. Her father, Aung San, negotiated Burma's independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, and was assassinated by his rivals in the same year. She grew up with her mother, Khin Kyi, and two brothers, Aung San Lin and Aung San U in Rangoon. Aung San Lin drowned in a poo... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Adrian Paul
Adrian Paul Hewett (born May 29, 1959), better known as Adrian Paul, is an actor best known for his role on the television series Highlander: The Series as Duncan MacLeod. He was born in London, England in 1959, the first of three brothers to an Italian mother and a British father. Paul first became a model, then a dancer and choreographer. In 1985, he left Europe for the United States to pursue a dance and modeling career. In 1998, he founded The Peace Fund charitable organization. Adrian Paul has also trained in various martial arts; Kung Fu forms of Hung Gar and Choy Lee Fut, Tae Kwon Do, Kickboxing and Kendo using the Japanese katana. Acting career He was cast in the role that would bring him to the most prominence to date, that of Duncan MacLeod in the syndicated television ser... Biography of Michelle Phillips
Michelle Phillips (born June 4, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She was born Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California and grew up partly in Mexico City where her father was attending college on the GI Bill. She gained fame as a member of the popular 1960s singing group The Mamas & the Papas. She is the last surviving member of the group. Career & Life Michelle Gilliam married John Phillips on December 31, 1962, when she was 18 years old, long before the formation of the band. In 1968 they had a child together, Chynna Phillips, who went on to co-found the singing group Wilson Phillips. Early on in the band's history (in 1965), Michelle and fellow band member Denny Doherty began an affair. They were able to keep it secret from the other two band members f... Biography of Jonny Wilkinson
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson OBE (born 25 May 1979 in Frimley, Surrey) is an English rugby union player and member of the England rugby union team. From 2001-2003, before and during the 2003 Rugby World Cup, Wilkinson rose to fame for being one of the world’s best rugby players. He was an integral member of the 2003 Rugby World Cup winning England squad, scoring the winning drop goal in the last minute of extra time against Australia. He plays his club rugby in the Guinness Premiership for Newcastle Falcons. Wilkinson has also toured twice with the British and Irish Lions, in 2001 and 2005, scoring 44 Test points in the 5 Lions test matches he has started. Height: 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Weight: 88 kg (194 lb) Nickname: Wilko Due to a litany of injuries — variously, of the knee... Biography of Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia), nicknamed A.I. and The Answer, is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. An 11-year veteran at the age of 32, he is considered to be one of the most prolific and consistent scorers in the history of the game (his career average of 27.9 points per contest is third all-time behind only Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain). Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 165 lb (75 kg) Player profile Iverson is the third leading scorer in NBA history. He has averaged 27.9 points per game in his career, trailing all-time leader Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain in this category by only 2.2 points per game. Iverson is one of only 30 players in NBA history to score over ... Biography of Peter the Great
Peter the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич Pyotr I Alekséyevich) (9 June 1672–8 February 1725 ) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V. Peter carried out a policy of "Westernization" and expansion that transformed the Tsardom of Russia into the Russian Empire, a major European power. Early life Peter, the son of Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia and his second wife, Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, was born in Moscow. Alexei had previously married Maria Miloslavskaya, having five sons and eight daughters by her, although only two of the sons—Feodor and Ivan V—were alive when Peter was... Biography of Chiara Mastroianni
Chiara Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972) is an Italian-French actress. Mastroianni was born in Paris, the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni. On 11 May 2002, she married the author and musician Benjamin Biolay. Mastroianni has two children: a son, Milo, born in 1998 from a relationship with sculptor Pierre Torreton, and a daughter, Anna, born in 2003 from her current marriage. She is related to Christian Vadim, who is her half-brother from her mother's relationship with Roger Vadim. Filmography Title Year Role Notes Persepolis (movie) 2007 Only voice Les Chansons d'amour 2007 Jeanne Les Nuits de Sister Welsh 2006 Sister Welsh Akoibon 2005 Barbara Searching for Debra Winger 2002 Herself Il est plus facile pour un chameau... 2002 Federica's sister ... Biography of Daniel Gabriel Farenheit
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (24 May 1686 – 16 September 1736) was a German physicist and engineer who worked most of his life in the Dutch Republic. The °F Fahrenheit scale of temperature is named after him. This was used long before the Celsius scale. Fahrenheit was born in Gdańsk / Danzig in Poland on 14 May 1686. The Fahrenheit family were merchants that had moved from one Hanseatic League city to the other. Fahrenheit's great-grandfather had lived in Rostock, although research suggests that the Fahrenheit family originated in Hildesheim. Daniel's grandfather Reinhold Fahrenheit vom Kneiphof moved from Kneiphof (Königsberg) to Danzig and settled there as a merchant in 1650. Father Daniel Fahrenheit married Concordia (widowed name, Runge), daughter of the well-known Danzig business... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. An emblematic member of the Generation of '27, he was killed by Nationalist partisans at the age of 38 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Born into a family of minor, but wealthy, landowners in the small village of Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, García Lorca was a precocious child, although he did not excel at school. In 1909, his father moved the family to the city of Granada, Andalusia where in time he became deeply involved in local artistic circles. His first collection of prose pieces, Impresiones y paisajes, was published in 1918 to local acclaim but little commercial success. Associations made at Granada's Arts Club were to stand him ... Biography of Eddie Cibrian
Edward Carl "Eddie" Cibrian (pronounced /ˈsɪbriən/ sib-ree-ən; born June 16, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Cole Deschanel on Sunset Beach, Russell Varon in Invasion, Jesse Cardoza in CSI: Miami, and Jimmy Doherty on Third Watch. Early life and career Cibrian, an only child, was born in Burbank, California, the son of Hortensia, an office manager, and Carl Cibrian, a banker. He is of Cuban descent. Cibrian starred in The Young and the Restless, Baywatch Nights, Sunset Beach as Cole Deschanel, Third Watch as womanizing New York City firefighter Jimmy Doherty, Tilt as rising poker star Eddie Towne, and Invasion as Everglades park ranger Russell Varon. He also guest-starred in Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Sabrina, the ... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Rupert Everett
Rupert James Hector Everett (born May 29, 1959 (birth time source: the jacket cover of the hardback book called "red carpets and other banana skins". The opening line is "I was born on 29 May 1959 "sometime before tea".) is an English actor and a former singer. He first came to attention in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent movie Another Country playing an openly homosexual student at an English public school in the 1930s. He has since starred in many other film roles and works, including My Best Friend's Wedding, The Next Best Thing and the Shrek sequels. Personal life Everett was born in Norfolk, England to Major Anthony Michael Everett and Sara Maclean, who was Scottish, and descended from the baronets Vyvyan of Trelowarren and the German Schmiedern barons. He has an older brot... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German-born American diplomat, and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the Nixon administration. After the ordeal of the Watergate scandal that plagued Nixon and his administration, Kissinger managed to go unscathed and maintained his powerful position when Gerald Ford became President. A proponent of Realpolitik, Kissinger played a dominant role in United States foreign policy between 1969 and 1977. During this time, he pioneered the policy of détente that led to a significant relaxation in U.S.–Soviet tensions and played a crucial role in 1971 talks with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai that concluded with a rapprochement between the t... Biography of Bjorn Borg
Bjorn Borg (born June 6, 1956, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden regarded by some observers and tennis players as the greatest player in the sport's history. During a 9-year career, he won 41 percent of the Grand Slam singles tournaments he entered (11 of 27) and 89.8 percent of the Grand Slam singles matches he played. Both are male open era records. In addition, Borg's six French Open singles titles are an all-time record. He is the only player to have won in three consecutive years both Wimbledon and the French Open.... Biography of Candide Thovex
Candide Thovex is a French professional Skier. History Thovex learned to ski in the Aravis region of the French Alps called La Clusaz. La Clusaz is where his childhood friends and girlfriend live and where he perfected his big air technique. He quietly burst on to scene when he in 1998 he took fourth in the X Games Big Air. He became famous though for his role in the deflowering of Chad's Gap when he became the first person to land the jump. He almost didn't go. In 1999 he was eliminated from the U.S. Freeskiing Nationals at Snowbird. With a few days to kill he was convinced by film maker Kris Ostness to go into the backcountry to film Ostness's film, Clay Pigeons. After Chad Zurinskas failed in his attempt to take the jump Thovex asked if he could try. Then 16, Candide pulled... Biography of Sudirman Arshad
Sudirman Haji Arshad (25 May 1954 - 22 February 1992) was a Malaysian singer and a lawyer. He was known as the 'Singing Lawyer', the 'People Singer' and the 'Elvis of Malaysia'. Early life Sudirman was born on 25 May 1954 in Temerloh, Pahang and was the youngest child of 6 to Arshad Hassan & Ramlah Dahlan (once a Stateswoman in Pahang during the 1950's). His passion for singing and entertaining started at a very young age as his brothers, sisters and neighbours would happily let him entertain them with his singing during their pastime. After rejecting to take a scholarship to further his study in Science, he continued instead with Law and received his degree from University Malaya and was called to the Bar and became a practising lawyer. He married Kamariah Jamaluddin in 1981 and divor... Biography of Jean Tinguely
Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 in Fribourg, Switzerland - 30 August 1991 in Bern) was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. He grew up in Basel and belonged to the Parisian avantgarde in 1950s and 60s. He signed the manifest of the New Realism movement (Nouveau réalisme) in 1960. His self-destroying Homage to New York (1960) failed to self-destruct at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; his Study for an End of the World (1961) detonated successfully. Tinguely's art satirized the mindless overproduction of material goods in advanced industrial society. In 1971 he married Niki de Saint-Phalle. Public works Le Cyclop outside of Milly-la-Forêt. Stravinsky Fountain (or... Biography of Christophe Soumillon
Christophe Soumillon (born June 4, 1981 in Schaerbeek near Brussels, Belgium (birth time source: his Web site)) is a Belgian-born Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Raised in a horse racing family, he is the son of a horse jumping jockey Jean-Marc Soumillon. Christophe Soumillon apprenticed at Chantilly Racecourse in Chantilly, France to Cédric Boutin, and won his first race in November, 1997. By the end of 1999 he had been named Champion Apprentice. In April of 2000, Soumillon won five races on the same day, tying the all-time French record. He has racked up a series of victories and in 2003 became the French champion jockey with 207 wins. On September 10, 2006 he won five races (including Prix Vermeille, Prix Niel and Prix Foy), tying the all-time French record for the second time. ... |
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