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9022 celebrities heights in our database on November 8, 2009. The celebrities 5' 9½" tall are listed here, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the real time consultation statistics by our users for each celebrity on Astrotheme. You can either access the picture and detailed map of the heavens by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Heights Home · Home · 35,909 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 35,909 Celebrities
280 celebrities 5' 9½" tall have been found. Biography of Monica BELLUCCI
Monica Bellucci (born September 30, 1964) is an Italian actress and former fashion model. She is considered an Italian sex symbol. Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990s. In 1992 she made her first appearance in a major English-language film as one of Dracula's brides in Bram Stoker's Dracula. She became known and popular with English-speaking audiences following her lead role in the acclaimed Italian film Malèna, as well as through the portrayal of a rape victim in the highly contro... Biography of Albert EINSTEIN
Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is best known for his theory of relativity and specifically mass-energy equivalence, E = mc2. He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect." Einstein's many contributions to physics include his special theory of relativity, which reconciled mechanics with electromagnetism, and his gener... Biography of Nicolas HULOT
Nicolas Hulot was born on April 30, 1955 in Lille. Officier of the Légion d'honneur and Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. He is the founder and president of the Fondation Nicolas Hulot , an environmentalist group first created in 1990, and presents himself as an ecologist. He is famous for his TV show named Ushuaia, transmitted by TF1. In his TV reports, he shows the damage done to the Earth by mankind and tries to sensitise the viewers to what motivates his support for the ecological change of ... 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 ele... Biography of Jack NICHOLSON
John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937), better known as Jack Nicholson or The Jack is an iconic, three-time Academy Award and seven time Golden Globe winning American method actor known for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. He has been nominated for an Academy Award 12 times. He is tied with Walter Brennan for most wins by a male actor; he and Brennan are second to Katharine Hepburn for most acting wins overall (Hepburn had four). He is also one of only two actors ... Biography of Freddie MERCURY (QUEEN)
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British rock musician and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen and often heralded as one of the best rock singers of all time. He is remembered for his vocal abilities and charisma as a live performer. As a songwriter, he composed many international hits, including "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Somebody to Love", "We Are the Champions" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". In lat... Biography of Jean-Pierre PAPIN
Jean-Pierre Papin (born November 5, 1963 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) is a French former football player and now manager. Between 2006 and 2007 he was the manager of French club RC Strasbourg, but despite leading the club to promotion to Ligue 1, he resigned, citing internal relationship problems. Papin scored 30 goals for France in 54 matches. He played at the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico, where France finished third, and at the 1992 European Championships in Sweden. His last game for the nationa... Biography of Robert de NIRO
Robert Mario De Niro Jr., credited professionally as Robert De Niro (born August 17, 1943), is a highly acclaimed, two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor, director, and producer. He is noted for his portrayal of conflicted, troubled characters, and for his enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese, and early work with director Brian De Palma. He is considered by many to be the greatest actor of his generation and one of the world's greatest living actors. He is the s... Biography of Grégory LEMARCHAL
Grégory Lemarchal (b. May 13, 1983 in La Tronche, France, d. April 30, 2007 in Suresnes) was a French singer and winner of the fourth series of the reality TV programme Star Academy, broadcast on the TF1 television network. Height: 1m77 Personal life Grégory was born in La Tronche, and raised near Chambéry, as the first child of mother Laurence and father Pierre Lemarchal, with a sister Leslie. At twenty months of age, he was diagnosed with the hereditary disease cystic fibrosis. Pr... Biography of Cindy CRAWFORD
Cynthia Ann Crawford (born February 20, 1966, in Dekalb, Illinois) is an American supermodel, MTV television personality, celebrity endorser, cover girl, and actress. Early life Born in DeKalb, Illinois, to Dan Crawford and Jennifer Crawford in 1966, Cindy Crawford's trademark is a visible mole on her face (although most people refer to it as a "beauty mark"). She is so closely associated with this physical feature that she appeared in an advertising campaign for chocolates featuring commerc... Biography of Ricky MARTIN
Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971), is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. He has sold over 55 million albums around the world, charting twenty one top-ten hits on the U.S. Latin Charts, eight of which reached number one, and a total of over thirty hit singles.... Biography of Gwyneth PALTROW
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27, 1972) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. She lives in the United Kingdom with her husband, Chris Martin, who is the lead singer of the UK band, Coldplay, and her two children, Apple and Moses. Early life Paltrow was born to the late film and television director Bruce Paltrow (who was Jewish) and Blythe Danner (who was raised a Quaker and is of Pennsylvania Dutch descent). Her paternal grandparents were Gertrud Goldman and Aaron P... Biography of Daniel BALAVOINE
Daniel Balavoine (Alençon, February 5, 1952 – January 14, 1986) was a French singer and songwriter. He was hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and inspired many singers in the 1980s, such as Jean-Jacques Goldman. He took part in French political life, and is known for a 1980 televised verbal confrontation with François Mitterrand. Height: 1m77 In the French music-business, Balavoine earned his own spot with both his acute and powerful voice and his lyrics, often full of sadness an... Biography of Arthur RIMBAUD
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (October 20, 1854 – November 10, 1891) was a French poet, born in Charleville. His influence on modern literature, music and art has been pervasive. Early life and work Arthur Rimbaud was born into the provincial middle class of Charleville (now part of Charleville-Mézières) in the Ardennes département in northeastern France. He was the second child of Captain Frédéric and Vitalie Rimbaud (née Cuif). As a boy he was a restless but brilliant student. By the age of ... Biography of Misha BARTON
Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born January 24, 1986) is an English-born American actress and fashion model, best known in her role as Marissa Cooper on the popular Fox television teen drama series The O.C.. Born in Hammersmith, London, England, to an English father - Paul Marsden Barton, and an Irish mother, Nuala Quinn. Mischa moved to New York City at the age of four and was naturalized as a citizen of the United States in Los Angeles on February 3, 2006. She has an older sister, Zoe Barton, ... Biography of Alain SOUCHON
Alain Souchon (born Alain Kienast on May 27, 1944, Casablanca, Morocco) is a French singer, songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films. Six months after Souchon was born his family returned to France. When he was 15 his father died in an accident. Souchon signed his first contract in 1971, but had no success until he began to collaborate with composer/arranger Laurent Voulzy (b. 1948); they would write together, but each released albums under his ow... Biography of Bernard TAPIE
Bernard Tapie (born January 26, 1943 in Paris) is a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. He was Ministre de la Ville (Minister of City Affairs) for two periods in 1992-1993, in the government of Pierre Bérégovoy. One of Tapie's businesses, a chain of health product stores known as La Vie Claire, sponsored one of the strongest cycling teams of all time. It was founded after the 1983 season when multiple Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault broke from the R... Biography of Naomi CAMPBELL
Naomi Campbell (born May 22, 1970) is an iconic English supermodel, actress, singer and author. Campbell was born in London, England. Her mother was a ballet dancer, Valerie Campbell, who told Arena in 1996 that her daughter's unnamed father is a mixed-race man of part-Chinese ancestry. She attended Dunraven School, a comprehensive school run by Inner London Education Authority in Streatham and attended the London Academy for Performing Arts. A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage... Biography of Charlize THERON
Charlize Theron (born August 7, 1975) is an Academy Award winning South African actress and former fashion model. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Monster (2004). She was first featured in 2 Days in the Valley (1996), starring alongside such actors and actresses as Danny Aiello and Teri Hatcher. Early life Theron was born in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa. Her father, Charles Theron, was a construction company owner of French Huguenot descent; her mother, Gerda, i... Biography of Nikos ALIAGAS
Nikos Aliagas (b. May 13, 1969 in Paris) is a French-born Greek host of the French music reality program named Star Academy. One of his parents came from the area of Stamna in the prefecture of Aitoloacarnania in Greece. He speaks five languages (as of 2003) including English. He lived between France and Greece during childhood. He was a guest star on a Greek program Koita ti Ekanes in late-2003 and featured clips from Star Academy. He has published a book called Gennithika Ellinas... Biography of Jared LETO
Jared Joseph Leto (born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. His first major acting performance was as Jordan Catalano in the television series My So-Called Life. This led to a growing film career, including a critically-acclaimed portrayal of a drug addict in Requiem for a Dream. Additionally, Leto is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter of the rock band 30 Seconds to Mars. Early Years Jared Leto was born on December 26, 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana. D... Biography of Melanie GRIFFITH
Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957 in New York City) is an American Academy Award nominated film actress. She is married to actor/director, Antonio Banderas. She is the only child of actress Tippi Hedren who is of Swedish, German and Norwegian descent and eldest child of Peter Griffith of English descent. Her parents divorced when she was four years old, and her father would remarry and have two children: actress, Tracy Griffith and set designer, Clay Griffith. Griffith began work at ju... 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 fo... Biography of Raymond DOMENECH
Raymond Domenech (born January 24, 1952 in Lyon) is a former French football player and the current manager of the French national team. He is of partly Catalan descent. His father fled Spain during the rule of Francisco Franco. Career 1969-1977: played for Olympique Lyonnais. Won Coupe de France in 1973. 1977-1981: played for RC Strasbourg. Won Championnat de France in 1979. 1981-1982: played for Paris Saint-Germain 1982-1984: played for Girondins de Bordeaux. Won Coupe de France in 1... Biography of Paul NEWMAN
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Emmy award, along with many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing and his race teams won several championships in open wheel Ind... Biography of Heidi KLUM
Heidi Samuel (born Heidi Klum German pronunciation: ; born June 1, 1973) is a German model who is an actress, television host, business woman, fashion designer, television producer, artist, and occasional singer. She is married to singer Seal. Early life and discovery Heidi was raised by her parents: Günther, a cosmetics-company executive; and Erna, a hairdresser; in Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany, a small city outside Cologne. A friend persuaded her to enroll in a national modeling conte... Biography of Natacha AMAL
French actress born to a Moroccan father and a Russian mother in Paris on 4th September 1968. Height: 1m76 Non-Exhaustive Filmography 1989 : Pentimento by Tonie Marshall, la dame des WC 1989 : Les Clés du paradis by Philippe de Broca, Charlotte 1993 : Dracula mon amour by Serge Abi-Yaghi, (court-métrage) 1993 : Le Nombril du monde by Ariel Zeitoun, Marie 1995 : Dans la cour des grands by Florence Strauss, Eva 1997 : Une femme très très très amoureuse by Ariel Zeitoun, Isabelle ... Biography of Gad ELMALEH
Gad Elmaleh (born April 19, 1971, Casablanca, Morocco) is a Moroccan Jewish one man show humorist and actor who lives in France. His latest show is called "L'autre c'est moi" (The other one: that's me). Height: 1m77 Gad Elmaleh was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He was brought up in a mixed cultural background (a Moroccan Jewish descent), speaking Moroccan Arabic, French and Hebrew. Just 17 years old, Gad - a name adopted by his fans - left Morocco for Quebec, Canada. He spent four years in ... Biography of Alain BASHUNG
Alain Bashung (born Alain Baschung on 1 December 1947 in Paris and dead on 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor. The multi-platinum artist Alain Bashung received three awards during the ceremony at the Paris Zenith, including best male artist, best album for "Bleu Pétrole" (Barclay/Universal) and best live show. Now 61, he has spent his career singing a pop-chanson repertoire. With 11 trophies won since 1993, he is the most awarded artist in the history of Les Vi... Biography of Benjamin CASTALDI
Famous French TV and radio host.... Biography of Bernard GIRAUDEAU
Famous french actor, producer and film director.... Biography of Annie DUPEREY
Anny Duperey (born Annie Legras on June 28, 1947 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France) is an stage, film and television actress and best-selling author. Duperey made her screen debut in the 1967 Jean-Luc Godard film, "2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle" (Two or Three Things I Know About Her ). In the 1974 Alain Resnais film Stavisky, she portrayed Arlette, the beautiful real-life wife of flamboyant swindler Alexandre Stavisky played by Jean-Paul Belmondo. Anny Duperey was nominated for the 1977 Cés... Biography of Frédéric MITTERRAND
Frédéric Mitterrand (born August 21, 1947) is the French Minister of Culture and Communication. Throughout his career, he has been an actor, a screenwriter, a television presenter, a writer, producer and director. He is the nephew of the former French president François Mitterrand and the son of Edith Cahier, the niece of Eugène Deloncle, co-founder of La Cagoule. In June 2008, he was appointed director of the French Academy in Rome by Président Sarkozy , and in June a year later, was made mi... Biography of Francis HUSTER
French actor, producer, screen writer and film director.... Biography of Kiefer SUTHERLAND
Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966 in London, England) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian television and film actor, currently well known for his role of Jack Bauer on the series 24. Sutherland also owns a recording studio and record label, called Ironworks. Early life Kiefer Sutherland is the son of Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas who are both successful Canadian actors. He is of Scottish descent on both sides and is the gr... Biography of Corinne TOUZET
French actress, producer and film director.... Biography of Eddie MURPHY
Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York City) is an Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and comedian. He has also enjoyed a minor singing career, and was one of the most popular cast members in the history of Saturday Night Live, on which he was a regular from 1980 to 1984. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. Murphy has received Golde... Biography of James MARSTERS
James Wesley Marsters (born August 20, 1962) is an American actor and musician, best known for playing the popular platinum-blond character Spike, an English yob of a vampire, in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel. Early life He was born in Greenville, California, and grew up with his brother and sister in Modesto, California. Dreaming about becoming an actor since he played Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh in fourth grade, James joined the theater group at ... Biography of Marcello MASTROIANNI
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28, 1924 – December 19, 1996) was an Academy Award nominated Italian film actor. Born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines, Mastroianni grew up in Turin and Rome. During World War II he was interned in a Nazi prison, but he escaped and hid in Venice. In 1945 he started working for a film company and began taking acting lessons. His film debut was in I Miserabili (1947). He soon became a major international star, starring in ... Biography of Olivier de KERSAUSON
Olivier de Kersauson was the seventh child in a family of eight. While he was the only de Kersauson not to have been born in Brittany, he was born on 20th July 1944 and brought up near Morlaix in a “provincial Catholic aristocracy with compulsory mass,” as he calls it. Very early on, Olivier de Kersauson was to break away from his family. Without being inattentive, he was a pupil, who did not settle in well to school life with the fathers at boarding school. He passed through eleven schools alto... Biography of Valérie LEMERCIER
French actress, screenwriter, film director and singer.... Biography of Pedro ALMODOVAR
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (pronounced ; born 24 September 1951) 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 worl... Biography of Alice COOPER
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. With a stage show that featured guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood and boa constrictors, Cooper drew equally from heavy metal, garage rock, horror movies and vaudeville to create a theatrical brand of rock music that would come to be known as shock rock. "Alice Cooper" was originally a band name with frontman Vincent Furnier portraying the lead persona.... Biography of Steven TYLER (AEROSMITH)
Stephen Victor Tallarico (born March 26, 1948 in Yonkers, New York), better known as Steven Tyler (and often nicknamed The Demon of Screamin') is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known for his work as the lead singer of the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith. He is renowned for his wide grin and big lips (a trait he shares with fellow rocker Mick Jagger). During his high energy stage performances, he usually dresses in bright colorful outfits with his trademark scarves hanging fr...
Biography of OVIDIE
Ovidie is a French pornographic actress born on August 25, 1980. Overview Ovidie studied philosophy at college. She denies entering the porn industry for either sex or money. Describing herself as middle class, happily married (though now divorced), she represents a (publicly) emerging sophistication among industry workers. Her involvement in dance and choreography, and her interest in expression of the human body, eventually would play a part in attracting her to the industry. At the ... Biography of Lino VENTURA
Lino Ventura (born Angiolino Joseph Pascal Ventura on July 14, 1919 - October 22, 1987) in Parma, northern Italy, was an Italian actor who starred in French movies. His parents were Giovanni Ventura and Luisa Borrini. Lino Ventura dropped out of school at the age of eight and later took on a variety of jobs. At one point Ventura was pursuing a prizefighting career but had to end it because of an injury. In 1953 Ventura entered the film industry in a gangster movie called Touchez pas au gri... Biography of Matt LEBLANC
Matthew Steven LeBlanc (born July 25, 1967) is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated American actor, best known for his role as Joey Tribbiani on the TV sitcom Friends (1994-2004).Background LeBlanc graduated from Newton North High School in 1985. After high school he attended college at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA. He left a while after starting his second semester. His father is Paul LeBlanc, and his mother, Pat Grossman. He is of mixed Irish, Dutch, English, and Acadian de... Biography of Benoît MAGIMEL
Benoît Magimel (born May 11, 1974) is a French actor. Filmography 1988: La vie est un long fleuve tranquille, directed by Étienne Chatiliez 1989: Papa est parti, maman aussi, directed by Christine Lipinska 1992: Les Années campagne, directed by Philippe Leriche 1992: Toutes peines confondues, directed by Michel Deville 1993: Le Cahier volé, directed by Christine Lipinska 1994: L'Incruste, directed by Emilie Deleuze 1995: La Fille seule, directed by Benoît Jacquot 1995: La Ha... Biography of William SHATNER
William Alan Shatner (born on March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor who gained fame for playing James Tiberius Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. Shatner has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing James T. Kirk and being a part of Star Trek. He also played the title role as veteran police sergeant T.J. Hooker, from 1982 to 1986. He has since worked as a musician, bestselling author, producer, d... Biography of Amanda BYNES
Amanda Laura Bynes (born April 3, 1986) is an American actress, former show host on Nickelodeon, and fashion designer. After appearing in several successful television series on Nickelodeon in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Bynes has moved into a film career, starring in several films aimed at teenage audiences, including her latest, She's the Man, and her upcoming role in the film version of the musical Hairspray. She was on the 2007 Forbes list as the 5th highest paid celebrity under 21 earni... Biography of Hicham EL GUERROUJ
Hicham El Guerrouj (Arabic: هشام الكروج, born September 14, 1974, Berkane) is a retired Moroccan middle distance runner. He is the world record holder for the 1,500 metres (3:26.00), the mile (3:43.13) and the outdoor 2,000 metres (4:44.79), and has been nicknamed "King of the Mile". It is said that he became interested in racing as a child after being inspired by countryman Said Aouita's win in the 5,000 meters during the 1984 Olymp... Biography of Linda EVANGELISTA
Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a Canadian supermodel.Linda was born to Italian parents and was raised in a working-class, traditional Catholic family. She is 5'9½" (1.77 m) tall and her natural hair colour is dark brown. She knew she wanted to become a model when she was 12 years old. Evangelista got into the modeling industry when she was discovered by a talent agent at the 1978 Miss Teen Niagara Contest. Career highlights Evangelista later moved to ... Biography of Oxana FEDOROVA (Miss UNIVERS 2002)
Oxana Fedorova (Oksana Fyodorova, Оксана Федорова in Russian) (born December 17, 1977) is a Russian Miss Universe winner (dethroned), police officer, television hostess, actress, and UNICEF representative. Fedorova is a Russian woman who became the first Miss Russia to win the Miss Universe contest. She began in the entertainment business as a model and became Miss St. Petersburg in 1999 and Miss Russia in 200... Biography of Carlos SANTANA
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, the Santana Blues Band, going mostly under the title "Santana," which created a highly successful blend of salsa, rock, blues, and jazz fusion. Their sound featured his often high-pitched and distorted guitar lines set against Latin American instrumentat... Biography of Olga KURYLENKO
Olga Kurylenko (born November 14, 1979 Ukraine) is an Ukrainian model and actress. She starred in the Paris, je t'aime segment Quartier de la Madeleine opposite Elijah Wood. Partial filmography L'Annulaire (2005) Paris, je t'aime (2006) Hitman (2007)... Biography of Josh GROBAN
Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is a Grammy-nominated American singer/songwriter known for his mature and lyrical baritone voice. He has concentrated his career so far mostly in concert singing and recordings, although he has stated that he wishes to pursue musical theatre in the future. Early life Josh Groban was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish American father and a Norwegian American mother. His father converted to Christianity upon marriage, and Groban was rais... Biography of David GUETTA
David Guetta (born November 7, 1967 in Paris) is a French DJ. Height: 1m76 At age 13, he began mixing his first vinyls. At 17, he worked as DJ at Broad, Paris, launching his career. In 1988–1990, he mixed house music at Radio Nova. In 2005, his single "The World Is Mine" topped European dance charts. He appeared in an advertisement for L'Oréal hair cream. His often accompanied singer is Chris Willis. On 13 August 2005, he performed in the Creamfields Spanish festival, with such artis... Biography of Drake BELL
Jared Drake Bell (Born June 27, 1986), better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, guitarist, and singer/songwriter. After beginning his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared on The Amanda Show and became well known among young audiences for his role on the series Drake & Josh. In addition to his acting, Bell has a growing career as a musician and released his debut album, Telegraph, independently in 2005. His second album, It's Only Time, was released in 2... Biography of Willem DAFOE
Willem Dafoe, Jr. (born July 22, 1955) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group. He is best known for his roles in the Hollywood films The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Platoon (1986) and the Spider-Man series. Early life Dafoe, the seventh of eight children, was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, to Muriel Isabel Sprissler, a nurse and Boston native, and Dr. William Alfred Dafoe, a surgeon. His pa... Biography of Bob SINCLAR
Bob Sinclar, mistaken many times as "Sinclair" (born Christophe Le Friant, May 10, 1967) is a French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions. Height: 1m77 Career history Sinclar started DJing in 1986, when he was 18 years old, specializing in funk and hip-hop music, with the name Chris The French Kiss. His first club hit was "Gym Tonic", which was co-produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, featuring vocals illegally taken from a Jane Fonda fit... Biography of Yves MOUROUSI
Yves Stanislas Jean Benoît Marie Mourousi (July 20, 1942 Suresnes - April 7, 1998 Paris), was a French journalist.... Biography of Gaby ESPINO
Gaby Espino (born María Gabriela Espino Ruguero on November 15, 1977 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan actress and model. Her latest telenovela is Sin Vergüenza (Shameless) on Telemundo. Maria Gabriela Espino Rugero is the oldest daughter of her family. She has two brothers, Mariano and Gustavo; and two sisters, Andreina and Nelly (the youngest). Her father was a chemical engineer, her mother, Mariela Rugero de Guinand works in publicity. Since she was young she was fascinated by animals, and she w... Biography of Mathieu KASSOVITZ
Mathieu Kassovitz (born 3 August 1967 in Paris) is a French director, screenwriter, occasional actor and is considered one of contemporary France's top emerging film talents, best known for his searing Cannes-winning drama La Haine. Kassovitz was born in Paris, the son of director Peter Kassovitz, a Jewish immigrant from Hungary, and a Roman Catholic French mother who was also in the film industry as an editor. Filmmaker As a filmmaker, Kassovitz has a number of artistic and commercial... Biography of Stéphane LAMBIEL
Stéphane Lambiel (born April 2, 1985 in Martigny, Switzerland) is a Swiss figure skater, known for his creative and beautiful spins. He is a two-time World Champion (2005-2006), the 2006 Olympic silver medalist and a seven-time National Champion. Lambiel grew up in Saxon, Switzerland. He has a sister, Silvia (born in 1982), and a brother, Christophe (born in 1989). Lambiel lives in Lausanne, Switzerland and received his "maturité" (matura) in biology and chemistry in June 2004. However, he ha... Biography of Wilhelm REICH
Wilhelm Reich (March 24, 1897 – November 3, 1957) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Reich was a respected analyst for much of his life, focusing on character structure, rather than on individual neurotic symptoms. He promoted adolescent sexuality, the availability of contraceptives and abortion, and the importance for women of economic independence. One biographer, Myron Sharaf, writes that Reich's work left a deep impression on influential thinkers such as Alexander Lo... Biography of Marvin HAGLER
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler in Newark, New Jersey, May 23, 1954), is an American former boxer. He finished his boxing career with a record of 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts. Early life and amateur career A native of Brockton, Massachusetts, in 1973 he was National AAU 165 pound champion, after defeating Terry Dobbs of Atlanta and the Marine Corps, in the final. Hagler was named the outstanding boxer of the tournament, after winning four fights; two by knockout and two ... Biography of Kenneth BRANAGH
Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated Northern Irish-born actor and film director. Early life Branagh was born in Belfast to working-class Protestant parents Frances (Harper), a homemaker, and William Branagh, a carpenter who ran a company that specialised in fitting partitions and suspended ceilings. He was educated at Grove Primary School. At age nine, he relocated with his family to Reading in England to escape the Troubles betw... Biography of Jimmy CARTER
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924(1924-10-01)), was the thirty-ninth President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate, and was the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Carter's presidency saw the United States crippled by stagflation, suffer massive gas shortages, and struggle through several major crises. His administration also saw the creation o... 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 Newcastl... Biography of Molly SIMS
Molly Sims (born May 25, 1973 in Murray, Kentucky) is an American model and actress. Born to Jim and Dottie Sims, she was raised in Murray, Kentucky. Sims enrolled in Vanderbilt University for two years but dropped out in 1993 to pursue a career in modeling. While in Vanderbilt, she was a member of Delta Delta Delta. She was an official spokesmodel for Old Navy ads known for using the tag line "You gotta get this look!" She appeared in the Sports Illustrated "Swimsuit Issue"" in 2000, 2001, a... Biography of Gemma WARD
Gemma Ward (born November 3, 1987) is an Australian supermodel and actress. One of the most well known models in the world, she is considered a model of the moment by many fashion insiders and fans alike, with her baby doll-like look inspiring a new craze in fashion. Height 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m) Ward was born in Perth, Western Australia, as the second child of Gary and Claire Ward. Her older sister, Sophie Ward is also a model and she has younger twin brothers, Oscar and Henry Ward. She w... Biography of Freddie LJUNGBERG
Karl Fredrik "Freddie" Ljungberg (IPA: ) (born 16 April 1977 in Vittsjö, Hässleholm) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for English club West Ham United. Ljungberg normally plays as a winger, either on his preferred right side or occasionally on the left. He is the captain of the Swedish national team. Early career Ljungberg joined Halmstad in Sweden as a youth player at the age of five. He played several other sports including ice hockey and handball for which he was called up t... Biography of Monica SELES
Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is an American professional tennis player, who originally played for her native Yugoslavia. Her family is of Hungarian descent. She has won eight Grand Slam singles titles playing for Yugoslavia and one playing for the United States. She became the youngest-ever champion at the French Open in 1990. She was the top ranked player in the women's game during 1991 and 1992. Seles (Serbian: Моника Селе&... Biography of Nathalie MARQUAY PERNAUD
Nathalie Marquay Pernaud is French TV host and a former Miss France, born March 17, 1967. She is the wife of French journalist Jean-Pierre Pernaud.... Biography of Thomas VOECKLER
Thomas Voeckler (born June 22, 1979 in Schiltigheim, France) is a professional road bicycle racer since 2001. He rides for Bouygues Télécom (formerly known as Brioches la Boulangère and Bonjour), and is primarily a climber. He comes from the Alsace region (later moved to Martinique), where he was nicknamed "petit blanc" due to his small stature and pale complexion. He is considered by many to be France's sweetheart (le chouchou) because of his young looks and his habit to stick out his tongue, e... Biography of François LEOTARD
François Gerard Marie Léotard (born March 26, 1942, Cannes) is a retired French politician. He is the brother of singer/actor Philippe Léotard. François Léotard, 1987. Member of the Republican Party, the liberal-conservative component of the Union for French Democracy (UDF), he appeared in the foreground of the political scene in the 1980s. He led a new generation of right-wing politicians, the "renovationmen", who opposed to the old right-wing leaders Jacques Chirac and Valéry Giscard d'E... Biography of Benny ANDERSON (ABBA)
Göran Bror Benny Andersson (born in Stockholm, Sweden on December 16, 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA (1972-1982), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!. Currently active with his own band Benny Anderssons Orkester (BAO!), and co-producing forthcoming film Mamma Mia!. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Early years Andersson was born to 34-year-old constructional engineer Gösta Andersson and his 26-year-o... Biography of Christine ARRON
Christine Arron (born September 13, 1973 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. She arrived in Metropolitan France in 1990 and first trained with Fernand Urtebise, who also coached 1997 world 400m hurdles champion Stephane Diagana. She had a hip injury which kept her out of the 2001 World Championships. She was named 1998 European Women's Athlete of the Year, after winning the 100m at the European Athletics Championships, breaking... Biography of Casper van DIEN
Casper Robert Van Dien, Jr. (born December 18, 1968, in Milton, Florida) is an American actor, best known for his role as Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers and most recently as bodyguard Andre in My Network TV's Watch Over Me. Early life Casper grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey. His mother is a retired nursery school teacher, and his father a retired U.S. Navy pilot. There is a long military tradition in Van Dien's family. Besides his father, his grandfather was a marine during World War II. V... Biography of Fabrice SANTORO
Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born December 9, 1972) is a French professional male tennis player known for using both hands for every possible shot. He was born in Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia, located in the Pacific Ocean. Santoro has been most successful in doubles; he has won the 2003 and 2004 Australian Opens partnering Michaël Llodra, and has been runner-up, in doubles, at the 2002 Australian Open, 2004 French Open and at 2006 Wimbledon. He also won the 2005 French Open: he wo... Biography of Jimmy CONNORS
James Scott ("Jimmy") Connors (born September 2, 1952 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former American tennis champion who was the world number one player for 160 consecutive weeks from July 1974 to August 1977. He was also the World No. 1 player an additional 8 times during his career. He won eight Grand Slam singles titles and two Grand Slam doubles titles. He is considered to be one of the top male tennis players of all time. Currently, he is coaching American tennis player Andy Roddick. ... Biography of Benny HILL
Alfred Hawthorn Hill (21 January 1924 – 19 April 1992), better known as Benny Hill, was a prolific English comic, actor and singer, best known for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show. Beginnings Alfred "Alfie" Hill was born in Southampton, where he and his brother attended Tauntons School. During the Second World War Hill was one of the scholars evacuated with the school to Bournemouth School, East Way, Bournemouth. After leaving Tauntons School, Hill worked variously as a milkman ... Biography of Dermot MULRONEY
Dermot Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, producer and composer. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Early life Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia to Ellen, a housewife and amateur actress originally from Manchester, Iowa, and Michael Mulroney, a law professor at Villanova University School of Law, originally from Elkader, Iowa. He has a sister, Moira, and three brothers, Conor, Kieran (who is also an actor) and Sean. Mulroney's ancestors immigrated from Donegal and Mayo in... Biography of Sébastien FOLIN
Sébastien Folin, born April 26, 1970 in Tananarive, is a French TV host.... Biography of Clovis CORNILLAC
Clovis Cornillac (Lyon, 16 August 1967 — ) is a French theater, television and cinema actor. Clovis Cornillac was born to actors Myriam Boyer and Roger Cornillac. He started studying theater at the age of 14. He had his debut in cinema in 1984 in Robin Davis' Outlaws. He was noticed by Dominique Besnehard, who introduced him to Peter Brook at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. Cornillac was hired in a contemporary play, Le Mahâbharata. Cornillac is married to actor Caroline Proust. They h... Biography of Richard CLAYDERMAN
Richard Clayderman (born Philippe Pagès on December 28, 1953, Paris) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums, including renditions and arrangements of popular music, French chansons, and popular piano works of Beethoven, Chopin and Mozart. Most of his recordings focus on popular music in general and orchestral arrangements of well-known romantic songs in particular, such as Yesterday, The Sound of Silence and Memory, rather than on Jazz or Classical Music. He is known to alter... Biography of Eric GERETS
Eric Gerets (born May 18, 1954 in Rekem, Belgium) is a former Belgian football defender who is currently the coach of French football club Olympique Marseille. Gerets played for Rekem, Standard de Liège, AC Milan, MVV Maastricht and PSV Eindhoven, winning among others the 1987-88 European Cup, two Belgian championships and six Dutch championships. Although he was a defender, he was well known for a particular attacking skill: long distance throw-ins. He is with 86 appearances the second most ... Biography of Jelena JANKOVIC
Jelena Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Јанковић, pronounced ; born on February 28, 1985) is a Serbian professional female tennis player. Janković entered the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) top 15 in late 2006 when she reached the semi-finals of the U.S. Open. At the beginning of 2007, she broke into the top 10 in the WTA rankings, and entered the top 3 when she reached the semifinals of the Fren... Biography of Luke PERRY
Luke Perry (born Coy Luther Perry III on October 11, 1966) is an American actor best known for his role as Dylan Michael McKay in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210. IMDB gives 1965, but Wikipedia gives birth sources for 1966. Height 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Perry was born at Mansfield General Hospital (now Med-Central Hospital) in Mansfield, Ohio to Coy Luther Perry Jr. and Ann Bennett. He was raised in the town of Fredericktown, Ohio. He is a graduate of Fredericktown High School. Perry marr... Biography of Charles PASQUA
Charles Pasqua (born 18 April 1927, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French businessman and Gaullist politician. He was Interior Minister from 1986 to 1988, under Jacques Chirac's cohabitation government, and also from 1993 to 1995, under the government of Edouard Balladur. He was first elected deputy of the UDR Gaullist party in 1968, a decenny after having founded the Service d'Action Civique (SAC) organisation. Counsellor of Jacques Chirac alongside Marie-France Garaud, he was in charge of the o... Biography of Daniel BRAVO
Daniel Bravo (born February 9, 1963 in Toulouse is a former French international football player.... Biography of Bridget MOYNAHAN
Kathryn Bridget Moynahan (born September 21, 1970 in Binghamton, New York) is an American model and actress of Irish descent, best known for her roles in films such as Coyote Ugly; I, Robot and Lord of War. Moynahan grew up in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, along with her two brothers, Andrew and Seán. Her father is a scientist who is currently an administrator at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Her mother is a former school teacher and can be seen with her daughter in a 2005 Comcast ... Biography of Tom PETTY
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20, 1950) is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His hit singles have included "Don't Do Me Like That", "Refugee", "Runnin' Down a Dream", "The Waiting", "Don't Come Around Here No More", "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin'", "Mary Jane's Last Dance", "American Girl", and "You Don't Know How It Feels", most of which remain heavily played on adult contemporary and classic rock radio. Petty is also a vocal critic of the modern recording industry and the disint... Biography of Christian KAREMBEU
Christian Karembeu (born December 3, 1970 in Lifou, New Caledonia) is a former French international football (soccer) player. He announced his retirement on October 13, 2005, although he added that he would "be having a kickabout from time to time". Height 1,77 m. He last played midfield for Bastia in the French Ligue 1. They obtained him on loan from Swiss side Servette, until they lost their relegation battle. Prior to joining Servette, Karembeu played for Nantes (1990-95), Sampdoria (1... Biography of Geraldo RIVERA
Gerald Michael Rivera (born July 4, 1943), known by his TV name Geraldo Rivera or simply Geraldo, is an American television journalist, attorney, and former talk show host. He is known to have an affinity for dramatic, high-profile stories, and issues that are divisive in nature. Rivera hosts the newsmagazine program Geraldo at Large, and appears regularly on Fox News Channel. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Early life Rivera was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, the son of Lillian (née ... Biography of Romano PRODI
Romano Prodi (born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician. Since May 17, 2006, he has served as President of the Council of Ministers of Italy following the victory of his The Union coalition over the House of Freedoms led by Silvio Berlusconi in the April 2006 Italian elections. Prodi previously ran in 1996 as Olive Tree candidate, winning the election and serving as Prime Minister until 1998. He then served as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Personal Prodi was b... Biography of Derren BROWN
Derren Victor Brown (born 27 February 1971) is an English psychological illusionist and skeptic of paranormal phenomena. He was born in Croydon, South London, and studied Law and German at the University of Bristol. Whilst there, he attended a show by the hypnotist Martin S. Taylor, which inspired him to turn to illusion and hypnosis as a career. Around 1994, he worked as a conjuror, practising the traditional skills of close-up 'magic'. In 1996, he started performing stage hypnosis shows at the... Biography of Michel JAZY
Michel Jazy (born June 13, 1936 in Oignies) is a former French middle distance runner who won the silver medal over 1.500 m at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. The race was won by Herb Elliott in a new world record time. Jazy also set a world record over the Mile in a time of 3:53.6 min. in Rennes in 1965 and a world record over 2000 m in 4:56.1 min. in Saint Maur in 1966.... Biography of Emma SJOBERG
Emma Wiklund (née Sjöberg, born September 13, 1968, Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish fashion model and actress. She is a 177 cm (5 ft 9½ in) tall, blue-eyed, blonde who has walked the runway for Thierry Mugler, Christian Lacroix and Lanvin. She was signed to Elite Model Management and can be seen in George Michael's music video for Too Funky alongside other supermodels such as Linda Evangelista. She began her acting career in 1995, and with the four Taxi movies (1998–2007), she became a pop... Biography of Jacques ANQUETIL
Jacques Anquetil (January 8, 1934 - November 18, 1987), was a French cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. He stated before the 1961 Tour de France that he would gain the yellow jersey on day one and wear it all through the tour, a tall order with 2 previous winners in the field - Gaul and Bahamontes - but he did just that. Early career Born the son of a peasant farmer in Mont-Saint-Aignan, near Rouen in Normandy, north-west France... Biography of Patricia VELASQUEZ
Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún (born January 31, 1971) is a Venezuelan actress and fashion model. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Early life Velásquez, the fifth of six children, was born in Zulia, Venezuela to a Venezuelan Mestizo father and a mother who came from the Wayuu tribe. Her father worked for UNESCO and as a result, she spent some of her childhood in Mexico and France. She attended San Vicente de Paul High School, graduating in 1987. After a year of college studies, Velásquez left f... Biography of Daisy FUENTES
Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban model and actress. Daisy Fuentes was born in Cuba, but moved to Madrid, Spain when she was three years old. Four years later, she emigrated to Harrison, New Jersey. Fuentes studied communications and journalism at Bergen Community College, finally being selected as the weather-girl for WNJU Channel 47, a Telemundo station. She quickly moved up the ranks, eventually becoming news anchor and reporter for the evening news. MTV too... Biography of Philip SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m). Early life Hoffman was born in Fairport, New York, the son of Marilyn L. O'Connor, a family court judge, lawyer, and civil rights activist, and Gordon S. Hoffman, a former Xerox executive. He has two sisters, Jill and Emily, and a brother, Gordy Hoffman, who scripted the 2002 film Love Liza, in which Philip starred. Hoffman has Irish ancestry; his father was Protestant and his ... Biography of Laurent JALABERT
Laurent Jalabert (born November 30, 1968) is a French former professional cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as "Jaja" (the word is slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck because of the similarity to his name), he rode to victory in many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the 1990s. Although he never won the Tour de France, where he said he suffered too much from altitude sickness, he won the Vuelta a España ... Biography of Luiza BRUNET
Luiza Brunet, born May 24, 1962, is a Brazilian model. She has worked for Playboy magazine.... Biography of B. B. KING
B. B. King (born Riley B. King on September 16, 1925) is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, widely considered one of the best and most respected blues musicians of all time. Career Recording years B. B. King arrived in Memphis for the first time in 1946 to work as a musician but after few months of hardship he left, going back to Mississippi. There he decided to prepare himself better for the next visit and returned to Memphis two years later. Initially he worked at the l... Biography of James OLMOS
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated American actor, of Mexican descent. Some of his most memorable roles were Lt. Martin Castillo in Miami Vice, Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver and Admiral William Adama in the Battlestar Galactica re-imagined series. Height: 5' 9¾" (1.77 m) Early life Olmos was born in East Los Angeles, California to a Southern Baptist Mexican immigrant with 1/4 Hungarian Jewish ancestry (the family name was originally O... Biography of Alberto CONTADOR
Alberto Contador Velasco (born 6 December 1982 in Madrid, Spain) is a professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team and winner of the 2007 Tour de France. While he competes for the overall titles, he is considered a climbing specialist. Contador lives in Pinto, Spain . Career An early career highlight is his Stage 5 victory in the 2005 Tour Down Under, his first win after overcoming a massive blood clot in his brain, for which he underwent a risky surg... Biography of Reka EBERGENYI
Reka Ebergenyi, born June 24, 1982 in Budapest, is a Hungarian supermodel.... Biography of Nathalie DECHY
Nathalie Dechy (born on February 21, 1979 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe) is a French professional tennis player. She is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 U.S. Open ladies title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram and the 2007 U.S. Open ladies title with Dinara Safina, who Dechy beat in the 2006 final with Vera Zvonareva. Her biggest singles achievement is reaching the semifinals of the 2005 Australian Open, where she was just two point... Biography of Wilmer VALDERRAMA
Wilmer Valderrama (born January 30, 1980) is an American actor best known for the role of Fez in the sitcom That '70s Show. He is also a screenwriter and a producer. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Early life Valderrama was born in Miami, Florida, U.S., on January 30, 1980. His parents, Sobeida and Balbino Valderrama, moved to Venezuela when he was three years old, then to Los Angeles when he was thirteen. He has two sisters, Marylin and Stephanie, and a brother. Valderrama is of half Colombian a... Biography of Michael EALY
Michael Ealy (born Michael Brown on August 3, 1973 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American actor. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Ealy grew up in the suburban Maryland neighborhood of Stonegate. He attended Springbrook High School and the University of Maryland, College Park. Ealy started his acting career in the late-1990s, appearing in a number of off-Broadway stage productions. Among his first film roles were Fast Company and Kissing Jessica Stein. His breakout role came in 2002's Barbershop... Biography of BECK
Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known by his simple stage name of Beck. With his pop collage of musical styles, oblique and ironic lyrics, and post-modern arrangements incorporating samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed by critics and the public throughout his musical career as being amongst the most idiosyncratic artists of 1990s and 2000s alternative rock... Biography of Florian MAURICE
Florian Maurice (born 20 January 1974) is a French former football player, who played as a striker, and most notably won the 1998 Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue with French team Paris Saint-Germain. He played six games and scored a single goal for the France national football team. Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Florian Maurice started playing youth football with local top-flight team Olympique Lyonnais in 1986. A great hope in French football, Maurice was touted as the new Jean-Pierre P... Biography of Benoît PEDRETTI
Benoît Pedretti (born 12 November 1980 in Audincourt) is a French football midfielder, currently playing for AJ Auxerre. He is married and has one child, a daughter named Lena born on August 29, 2005. Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) He started his professional career at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, and played there from 1999 to 2004. He then played for Olympique de Marseille for one season. Following his brief stint with Marseille he joined Lyon before moving once again to the club he now ... Biography of Lucie ARNAZ
Lucie Désirée Arnaz (born July 17, 1951) is an American actress. She is the daughter of actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and is the sister of actor Desi Arnaz, Jr. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) When asked why her name is not spelled like her mother's Lucie replied: "My Dad chose the name. My mother wanted to name me Susan (don't ask why) but, as soon as she nodded off after delivery, he wrote L-U-C-I-E on the birth certificate. He said it was to honor my mother and he spelled it differently s... Biography of Rainer Werner FASSBINDER
Rainer Werner Maria Fassbinder (May 31, 1945 – June 10, 1982) was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema. Height: 5' 9¼" (1.76 m) Fassbinder was born in the Bavarian town of Bad Wörishofen. In his short life he not only made 43 films (including two shorts and the 15 ½ hour Berlin Alexanderplatz), but he also worked as an actor (film and theatre), author, cameraman, composer, designer, editor, producer and th... Biography of Dominique ROCHETEAU
Dominique Rocheteau (born January 14, 1955 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime) is a former football striker from France, who is currently the head of the National Commission of Ethics of the French Football Association. Height: 177 cm Rocheteau began his professional career with AS Saint-Étienne, when they were the most successful and popular football team in France. He was a sinuous and incisive outside right who was nicknamed the "Green Angel". He played in the 1976 European Cup Final, which ... Biography of Maria MENOUNOS
Maria Menounos (Μαρία Μενούνος in Greek) (born June 8, 1978) is an American actress, journalist, and television presenter. Height: 5' 9¼" (1.76 m) Early life & beauty pageants Menounos, a Greek American, was born in Medford, Massachusetts. In 1995, Menounos began to compete in beauty pageants. The following year, she won the title of Miss Massachusetts Teen USA and competed at Miss Teen USA where she failed to place in the t... Biography of Gerd MULLER
Gerd Müller (IPA—German: ) (born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former (West) German football player and one of the world's most prolific goalscorers of all time. Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was by far the most successful striker of his day. Only Josef Bican, Romário and Pelé are higher on the all-time goa... Biography of Howie MANDEL
Howie Michael Mandel II (born November 29, 1955) is a Canadian comedian and actor, known primarily for his roles on sitcoms and television. He is best known as Ed Flanders's young intern, Dr. Wayne Fiscus on St. Elsewhere, and is currently the host of the US game show Deal or No Deal, airing on NBC, and the Canadian version, Deal or No Deal Canada, airing on Global. Early life Howie Mandel was born into a Jewish family and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After dropping out of high school... Biography of Vittorio de SICA
Vittorio De Sica (July 7, 1901 (source: Italian, German and French Wikipedia, some sources give 1902)–November 13, 1974) was a critically acclaimed Italian neorealist director and actor. Born into poverty in Sora (province of Frosinone), near Rome, he began his career as a theatre actor in the early 1920s and joined Tatiana Pavlova's theatre company in 1923. In 1933 he founded his own company with his wife Giuditta Rissone and Sergio Tofano. The company performed mostly light comedies, but... Biography of Bernard CASONI
Bernard Casoni, (born 4 September 1961, in Cannes, France) is a football manager, currently managing SC Bastia.In his playing career he played for Olympique Marseille and France at Euro 1992. Height: Height 177cm Titles French championship in 1991 and 1992 with Olympique Marseille UEFA Champions League runner-up in 1991 with Olympique Marseille UEFA Champions League in 1993 with Olympique Marseille Ligue 2 in 1995 with Olympique Marseille... Biography of KOOL SHEN
Bruno Lopes, best known as Kool Shen, born February 9, 1967, is a French rapper and marker. He was founder of hip hop group NTM (1989-1998) with Joey Starr. Suprême NTM (or simply NTM) is a French hip hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département. The group comprises rappers Joey Starr (born Didier Morville) and Kool Shen (born Bruno Lopès). Their six albums were released by Sony Music Entertainment. Their last album, "Suprême NTM" (containing the huge hit "Ma Benz"), enjoyed ... Biography of Mos DEF
Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973), better known by his stage name Mos Def, is an American MC and actor. Mos Def started his rap career as a member of the Native Tongue Posse collective and by guesting on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. He released a well-received album with Talib Kweli as Black Star, and was a major force in the late 1990s underground hip hop explosion spearheaded by Rawkus Records. His name does not have anything to do with the words 'most definitely,' which... Biography of Dick van PATTEN
Dick Van Patten (born December 9, 1928 in New York City, New York) is an American actor. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Dick Van Patten is the son of Josephine Rose Acerno and Richard Byron Van Patten. He is the older brother of actress Joyce Van Patten and the uncle of Talia Balsam. He has been married to Patricia Poole since 1954 and is the father of three sons, all actors: Vincent Van Patten, Nels Van Patten, and James Van Patten. Van Patten started his career in showbiz as a child actor on... Biography of Colbie CAILLAT
Colbie Caillat (pronounced /ˈkoʊlbi kəˈleɪ/ (info) "Kole-bee Kal-lei") (born Colbie Marie Caillat on May 28, 1985 in Newbury Park, California) is an American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California. Her father, Ken Caillat, co-produced Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Tusk albums; Caillat recalls being around the likes of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie as a child. Caillat is noted for her MySpace profile which led her to become the number-one unsigned si... Biography of Jeisa CHIMINAZZO
Jeísa Chiminazzo (born April 12, 1985) is a Brazilian supermodel currently residing in New York. Jeísa grew up in Muçum, RS, Brazil, born to parents Ernani and Ivone of Italian and German blood. She has two sisters, namely Grace (6 years older) and Jéssica (5 years younger). She was discovered in 1998 at the age of 13 by a Brazilian actor and was promptly presented to a local modelling agency. Career Only a year after first gracing the covers of local magazines was Jeísa signed to the ... Biography of Corinne DIACRE
Corinne Diacre, born August 4, 1974 in Croix, is a French football player.... Biography of WILL.I.AM
William James Adams, Jr. (born March 15, 1975), better known by his stage name will.i.am, is an American hip hop musician, songwriter and founding member and frontman of Black Eyed Peas. He is of Jamaican descent. Personal life He shares his moniker with John Coltrane, the jazz saxophonist. In 1971 fellow Saxophonist and fan of Coltrane Franzo King founded the Church of Saint John Will-i-am Coltrane which still worships to this day. The possible connection with the Black Eyed Peas' vocalist... Biography of Stephanie MARCH
Stephanie Caroline March (born July 23, 1974) is an American actress. March was born to John Abe March IV and Laura Len Irwin in Dallas, Texas. She attended Highland Park High School, the same high school Angie Harmon (of the original Law & Order) attended. March was a sophomore when Harmon was a senior. She began performing in plays in high school. In 1996 she graduated from the School of Speech (now School of Communication) at Northwestern University, where she majored in Theater and Hispan... Biography of Horst BUCHHOLZ
Horst Werner Buchholz (December 4, 1933 – March 3, 2003) was a German actor, best remembered for his part in The Magnificent Seven. He appeared in over sixty films during his acting career from 1952-2002. Height: 5' 9½" (1.77 m) Life and work Buchholz was born in Berlin, the son of a shoemaker. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from New Jersey and his maternal grandparents were from Denmark. Records show his father's family were originally named Rosenholz when they arrived... Biography of Ed WESTWICK
Edward "Ed" Westwick (born June 27, 1987) is an English actor best known for his role as Chuck Bass amongst the main cast on the American television series Gossip Girl. He is also the lead singer of the English rock band The Filthy Youth. Early Life Westwick was born into a family of two older brothers, his father a lecturer in Business Studies and his mother an educational psychologist. He attended St Ippolyts Church of England Primary School and the Barclay School in Stevenage, England. He... Biography of Bea ARTHUR
Beatrice “Bea” Arthur (born May 13, 1922) is an American comedian, actress and singer. In an ongoing career spanning six decades, Arthur is perhaps best remembered for her trademark role as the title character, Maude Findlay, on the 1970s sitcom Maude, and for playing Dorothy Zbornak, a divorced substitute teacher on The Golden Girls. Biography Early life Arthur was born Bernice Frankel to Philip and Rebecca Frankel in New York City on May 13, 1922. Her family soon moved to Maryland w... Biography of Robert KNEPPER
Robert Lyle Knepper (born July 8, 1959) is an American actor. He currently has a starring role as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the Fox network's drama series, Prison Break for which he was nominated for a Satellite Award. He also appeared in the film Hitman as Yuri, chief of the Russian secret service (FSB). Early life Born in Fremont, Ohio, Knepper was interested in acting from an early age due to his mother's involvement at a community theater. He was raised in Maumee, Ohio near Toledo by h... Biography of Jean-Edouard LIPA
Jean-Édouard Lipa is a French actor and DJ, born October 4, 1980 in Saint-Martin-d’Hères. He was finalist in the Reality TV Show Loft Story in 2001.... Biography of Rachel GRIFFITHS
Rachel Anne Griffiths (born on 18 December 1968) is an Australian Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-nominated film and television actress known primarily for her roles in movies, soap operas, and television. She is perhaps best known for her role as Brenda Chenowith in Six Feet Under. Life and career Early life Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Griffiths grew up in Melbourne with her art consultant mother and two older brothers. After earning a Bachelor of Ed... Biography of Renata Noot SEEAR
Noot Seear, born Renata Seear, October 5, 1983 in Vancouver, is a Canadian model and actress. She began modeling at age 13, and moved to New York at 14. She has appeared in ad campaigns for Armani, Issey Miyake, Polo Jeans, Chanel, Calvin Klein and Yves St. Laurent, among others. Filmography (Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781441/ ) "Kaya" .... Kissing model (1 episode, 2007) - Sympathy for the Devil (2007) TV episode .... Kissing model "Whistler" .... Holy (1 episode, 2006) ... Biography of Fabio CANNAVARO
Fabio Mamerto Cannavaro, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI (born September 13, 1973 in Naples) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for La Liga club Real Madrid C.F. and the Italian national team. Cannavaro was the first defender to be named the FIFA World Player of the Year, and the first defender since Matthias Sammer in 1996 to win the European Footballer of the Year award; both of these were achieved in 2006. He was also selected in the FIFPro World XI squad twice, during 2005–06 a... Biography of Shane MacGOWAN
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (born 25 December 1957) is an irish musician and poet best known as the original singer and songwriter of The Pogues. History MacGowan was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His parents, both Irish., lived in many parts of the south-east of England, including Brighton and London. Soon after his birth MacGowan's mother returned to Ireland, where he spent the next six years of his life at his mother's family home in Carney, near Nenagh, County Tipperary. He ... Biography of Mini ANDEN
Mini Anden (born Susanna Andén February 13, 1978, Stockholm) is a Swedish model, actress, occasional host and producer. She began modeling at the age of ten, and joined Elite Model Management when she was fifteen. She has been on the cover of many fashion magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and ELLE. She's been in fashion campaigns for the likes of Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, BCBG, Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss and Gucci. Anden has also been in the Victoria's Secret catalog many t... Biography of Jasmin MANTYLA
Jasmin Mäntylä (born August 7, 1982, Oulu) is a Finnish model and singer. She started her career as a model when she was twelve years old. Mäntylä won the Miss Model Of The World -competition in 1999. Mäntylä's first music album was Luoksein jää (Stay with me). It was released in 2002. She is 177 cm (5 ft 10) tall. Webpage: www.jasminmantyla.fi... Biography of Florence MASNADA
Florence Masnada (born December 16, 1968 in Vizille) is a retired French alpine skier. World Cup victories Date Location Race January 14, 1995 Garmisch Super-G... Biography of Alexandre VINOKOUROV
Alexander Nikolaevich Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, (Russian: Алексaндр Николаевич Винокуров, born September 16, 1973 in Petropavlovsk, Soviet Union, now Petropavl, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer. He is often referred to by the nickname "Vino" and is known to be a fearless attacker a... Biography of Nikolaï DAVYDENKO
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko (Russian: Николай Владимирович Давыденко; born June 2, 1981 in Severodonetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian tennis player. He is currently the top ranked male player for Russia, fourth in the world, and the winner of twelve ATP singles titles. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam t... Biography of Laurent OURNAC
Laurent Ournac, born April 26, 1980 in Versailles, is a French actor, probably best known for the TV reality Show « Mon incroyable fiancé » (My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance). My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance is a one-shot television reality show on the Fox Network during the 2003-2004 season. The show consisted of six hour-long episodes. Plot Summary An elementary school teacher named Randi Coy is offered $250,000 for herself and $250,000 for the rest of her family if she takes part in a fake wedding en... Biography of Tatiana ZAVIALOVA
Tatiana Zavialova, born June 12, 1974 in Dmitrievka, Kazakhstan, is a Russian model. Advertisements: Avatricot, Cacharel, Chanel, Christian Dior, Clarins, Clifford & Wills, Cover Girl 'Incognito' fragrance, Daymor, Diesel Shades, Dikaya Orhodeja, Domani beachwear, Galenic, Garnier, Georges Rech Sport, Hermes, Herve Leger, Herve Leger 'Paris' perfume, HR Ritual Rouge, Jean Claude Gallon, jean-Paul Gaultier, La Redoute, Lolita Lempicka fragrance, Love Sex Money, Mariella Burani 'Message' 2001 f... Biography of Christian PEREZ
Christian Perez (born May 13, 1963 in Marseille) is a French former footballer. He played for France at Euro 1992. Titles Coupe de France runner-up in 1996 with Nîmes Olympique... Biography of Serge HELAN
Serge Hélan (born 24 February 1964 in Point-a-Pitre, Guadaloupe) is a retired French triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1995 World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.55 metres, achieved at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. This was a French record as well. He also competed in the long jump from time to time, his personal best was 8.12 metres. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1985 World Indoor Games Paris, France 6th Triple jump ... Biography of Veronica VAREKOVA
Veronika Vařeková (born June 19, 1977) is a Czech supermodel. Her name in the English-language press is often given as Veronica Varekova. Originally from Olomouc, at age 19 she moved to New York City, United States. Initially, she wanted to attend the Parsons School of Design, though she chose modeling instead and was signed by Next Model Management. She moved to Europe after it became clear that she would be more successful there. She is fluent in three languages and has degrees in Psyc... Biography of Clarence SEEDORF
Clarence Seedorf (born April 1, 1976 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Dutch-Surinamese football midfielder, who currently plays for Italian Serie A club A.C. Milan and the Netherlands national team. He is the only player to win the UEFA Champions League with three different clubs. Club career Early career Seedorf started his career as a right midfielder for Ajax Amsterdam during the early 1990s. He made his professional debut on November 29, 1992 against FC Groningen at the age of 16 years... Biography of Caroline WOZNIACKI
Caroline Wozniacki (born July 11, 1990, Odense) is a Danish tennis player. She achieved her career-high rank of #34 on May 19, 2008. In fact, she is the only Danish woman currently in the top 500 on the WTA tour. Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) Weight 58 kg (130 lb/9.1 st) Being born to Polish parents, she is trilingual, fluent in Polish as well as Danish and English. Career She has won several junior tournaments (including the 2005 Orange Bowl tennis championship), and made her ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||