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9022 celebrities heights in our database on November 8, 2009. The celebrities 6' 1" 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
538 celebrities 6' 1" tall have been found. Biography of Alan RICKMAN
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (born February 21, 1946) is an acclaimed, award-winning English film, television and stage actor. Early life Rickman was born in Hammersmith, London to a working-class family. His father, Bernard Rickman, was an Irish Catholic factory worker, and his mother, Margaret Doreen Rose (nee Bartlett), was a Methodist Welsh homemaker. His father died when Rickman was eight, leaving his mother (whom he has always held in the highest respect) to raise their four children mo... Biography of Keanu REEVES
Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounced in IPA: [ki'anu]) is a Canadian actor, born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is well known for playing Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix. He also has played Scott Favor in My Own Private Idaho alongside River Phoenix, Kevin Lomax in The Devil's Advocate, and starring roles in Speed, Constantine and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. He played bass in a grunge band, Dogstar, during the 1990s and more recently ... Biography of Leonardo DICAPRIO
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor well known for his roles in blockbuster movies such as William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), and Blood Diamond (2006), and was, as a young man, famed for his global celebrity influence dubbed as "Leomania" in the late 1990s following his role as... Biography of Robbie WILLIAMS
Robbie Williams (born Robert Peter Williams on February 13, 1974) is a Grammy Award-nominated and fifteen time BRIT Award-winning English singer/songwriter. His career started as a member of the pop band Take That in 1990, which he left in 1995 after selling 25 million records, to begin his solo career. Since then, Robbie Williams has sold more albums in the United Kingdom than any other British solo artist in history. His sales stand at over 53 million worldwide. He has also sold an estim... Biography of Justin TIMBERLAKE
Justin Randall Timberlake, (born January 31, 1981), sometimes known as JT, is an American Pop-R&B singer and actor. He came to fame as the frontman of pop boy band 'N Sync and has won four Grammy Awards. In 2002, he released his debut solo album, Justified, which sold over seven million copies worldwide. Timberlake's second solo release, FutureSex/LoveSounds, was released in 2006 with the #1 U.S. hit singles "SexyBack", "My Love", and "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around". With his first two alb... Biography of Adriana KAREMBEU (SKLENARIKOVA)
Adriana Sklenaříková (married name: Adriana Karembeu) (born 17 September 1971, Brezno, Slovakia) is a Slovak fashion model. She was born to a Slovak mother and Czech father in Brezno, a small town of central Slovakia (then part of Czechoslovakia). Having originally studied medicine in Prague, Adriana gave up her studies to become a model. On December 22, 1998, she married French football player Christian Karembeu and took his name. She was also one of the models for Wonderbra and was ver... Biography of Jude LAW
Jude Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor, film producer and director. He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first TV role in 1989. After starring in films directed by Andrew Niccol, Clint Eastwood and David Cronenberg, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1999 for his performance in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley. In 2000 he won a BAFTA Award as "Best Supporting Actor" for his work in the film. In 200... Biography of Zinedine ZIDANE
Zinedine Yazid Zidane born 23 June 1972), popularly nicknamed Zizou, is a French former football midfielder who played for four European clubs, including Juventus FC and Real Madrid. As a member and later captain of the French national team he participated in two World Cup finals - including winning the tournament in 1998 - and in three European Championships, winning that tournament in 2000. Having gained fame in Europe as a playmaker for Juventus, Zidane attracted worldwide attention in the... Biography of Johnny HALLYDAY
Johnny Hallyday (born June 15, 1943 in Paris, France) is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the very beginning of his career, some consider him to be the French equivalent of Elvis Presley. He has had a 40-year career in the music industry and is one of France's biggest stars. He has made 400 tours, had 18 platinum albums, performed in front of 15 million people, and sold 100 million discs since the beginning of his career. Today Hallyday is still seen as a ... Biography of Julien COURBET
French journalist producer and TV host.... Biography of Marilyn MANSON
Marilyn Manson is a rock band based in Los Angeles, California. They usually advocate nonconformity which is one of their notions that founded the accusation that they are a "shock rock" band. They show influences from industrial to glam rock. As a whole, Marilyn Manson is highly difficult to categorize as each album has a distinct and individual image and sound. The band was formed in 1989 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as "Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids". The band's uniquely theatrical perfor... Biography of Rafael NADAL
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera - Comprehensive Astrological Portrait of Rafael Nadal (www.astrotheme.com) (born June 3, 1986, in Manacor, Mallorca) is a Spanish professional tennis player. As of April 2007, he is ranked second in the world. He is a two time Grand Slam champion, having won two consecutive French Open singles titles (2005-2006). Nadal holds the longest winning streak among male players on a single surfa... Biography of Harrison FORD
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He is best known for his performances as the tough, wisecracking space pilot Han Solo in the Star Wars film series, and the adventurous archaeologist/action hero in the Indiana Jones film series. Ford has also been the star of many high-grossing hit Hollywood blockbusters such as Air Force One and The Fugitive, which have distanced him from his famous Star Wars and Indiana Jones roles. At one point Ford had roles... Biography of Hayden CHRISTENSEN
Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He appeared in Canadian television programs when he was young, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. He moved on to minor acting roles before being praised for his role of Sam in Life as a House. He gained international fame playing the young adult Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars films. Early life Christensen, the third of four children, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to Alie, a speechwrit... Biography of Julio IGLESIAS
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (born September 23, 1943 in Madrid) is Spain's best selling singer and the best-selling Spanish singer of all time. Julio Iglesias has sold over 250 million records in different languages and released 77 records. He thus far has performed approximately 5,000 concerts during his career and recorded albums in fourteen different languages. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Julio is the eldest son of Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga and Maria del Rosario de la Cueva y Perignat; his... Biography of Roger FEDERER
Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss male tennis professional, currently ranked World No. 1. Many experts and his own peers believe Federer may eventually prove to be the greatest player in history. Federer has won ten Grand Slam men's singles titles in 31 appearances, three Tennis Masters Cup titles, and 13 ATP Masters Series titles. In 2004, the Swiss became the first man since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three of four Grand Slam singles tournaments in the same year: the Australi... Biography of Robert PATTINSON
Robert "Rob" Pattinson born 13 May 1986 in London, England) is an English actor and model, best known for playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Career He became involved in amateur theatre through the Barnes Theatre Club. After some backstage experience there, he took on acting roles. He caught the attention of an acting agent in a production of Tess of the D'Urbervilles, and began looking for professional roles. Since then he has perform... Biography of Wentworth MILLER
Wentworth Earl Miller (b. June 2, 1972) is a British-born American actor who achieved fame as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network's television series Prison Break. Early life Miller's father is of Jamaican, British, German, Jewish, and Cherokee descent, while his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian, and Lebanese descent. In an interview, Miller said: "My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, at times, ... Biography of Heath LEDGER
Heath Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008) was an Australian actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a Hollywood career. He starred in both critical and financial successes, including The Patriot, Monster's Ball and Brokeback Mountain (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), and completed the role of The Joker in the forthcoming The Dark Knight. Ledger was found dead in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008. Early life and ... Biography of Carl-Gustav JUNG
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, influential thinker, and founder of analytical psychology. Jung's unique and broadly influential approach to psychology has emphasized understanding the psyche through exploring the worlds of dreams, art, mythology, world religion and philosophy. Although he was a theoretical psychologist and practicing clinician for most of his life, much of his life's work was spent exploring other realms, including Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrolog... Biography of Lil ROMEO
Percy Romeo Miller, Jr. (born August 19, 1989 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American rapper and actor. The son of rapper, producer and entertainment mogul Master P and nephew of C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker, he records teen-friendly hip-hop music on his father's Guttar Music label. He is best known by his stage name, Romeo, although his previous name was Lil' Romeo. He has so far released three studio albums and two compilation albums. His fifth album God's Gift was released on December 12,... Biography of Brigitte NIELSEN
Brigitte Nielsen (born July 15, 1963 in Rødovre, Denmark as Gitte Nielsen) is a Danish actress who became popular in 1980s B-movies, due to her stature (she stands at 6 ft 1 in, or 185 cm, tall) large bust and sultry looks. Nielsen began her acting career in 1985, in Red Sonja Nielsen started a short-lived music career shortly after her divorce from Sylvester Stallone in 1987. She released her debut album "Every Body Tells A Story" in that year and recorded a duet with Austrian pop sensati... Biography of Emmanuel MOIRE
Emmanuel Moire is a French singer born in Mans on June 16th 1979. Between 2004 and 2007, he has embodied Louis XIV as a member of the cast of the musical Le Roi Soleil. Emmanuel Moire released his first solo album, titled "Là Où Je Pars", on November 13th 2006 along with his first single "Le Sourire".... Biography of Quentin TARANTINO
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an auteur indie filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines, edgy tough-guy dialogue, and stylized violence interwoven with often-obscure cinematic references. His films include Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill (Vol. 1 , Vol. 2 ) and Death Proof featured in Grindhouse (2007). Early life ... Biography of Guillaume DEPARDIEU
Guillaume Depardieu (April 7, 1971 - Oct. 13, 2008) was a French actor. He was the son of the actor Gérard Depardieu and the actress Elisabeth Depardieu. He was the brother of the actress Julie Depardieu and half-brother of Roxane Depardieu. He had a daughter named Louise. In 1995 Guillaume Depardieu had a motorcycle accident due to a suitcase that fell off a vehicle in front of him. Depardieu needed surgery on his knee. In the hospital he acquired a Staphylococcus aureus infection in the kne... Biography of Kevin COSTNER
Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. Early life Costner was born in Lynwood, California, the youngest of the three sons (the middle son died at childbirth) of William Costner, an electrician and laterly utilities executive, and Sharon Rae Tedrick, a welfare worker. He has German, Irish and Cherokee ancestry. Costner attended elementary school at McKevette School in Santa Paula,... Biography of Roch VOISINE
Roch Armand Joseph Voisine, O.C. (born 26 March 1963 in Edmundston, New Brunswick) is an Acadian-Québécois singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and TV host who lives in Montreal, Quebec, when he is not performing in Las Vegas, Nevada. He writes and performs material in both English and French. He won the Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year in 1994. In 1997 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Childhood and family Roch Voisine was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, but grew up i... Biography of Robert PLANT (LED ZEPPELIN)
Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter, most famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin, but also for his successful solo career. He is known for his powerful style, often mystical lyrics, and wide vocal range. As the lead singer of Led Zeppelin he is often defined as the quintessential rock front man, combining rare musical adeptness and knowledge with a large measure of stage bravado and braggadoc... Biography of Jensen ACKLES
Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978) is an American television actor. He is notable for his television roles as Eric Brady in Days of Our Lives, Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel, Jason Teague in Smallville and, most recently, Dean Winchester on the CW series Supernatural. Early life Jensen was born in Dallas, Texas to Alan Roger Ackles, an actor, and Donna Joan Shaffer. His parents chose the name "Jensen" because it was uncommon. Ackles has an older brother, Joshua, and a younger sister, Mackenz... Biography of Jacques BREL
Jacques Romain Georges Brel (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a legendary Belgian French-speaking singer-songwriter, considered by many as a poet as well given the quality and evocative power of his lyrics. Known in the English-speaking world mainly through translations of his songs (most famously by Scott Walker), he is also remembered in French-speaking countries as an actor and director. Brel was born in Schaarbeek, Belgium, a district of Brussels, but lived most of his life in Paris. ... Biography of John MALKOVICH
John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, producer and director. Early life Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois of Croatian, Scottish, and German ancestry. His father, Daniel Malkovich, was a state conservation director and publisher of Illinois Magazine, a conservation magazine. His mother, Joe Anne, owned the Benton Evening News (a local newspaper in Benton, Illinois), as well as the Outdoor Illinois. Because of his father's work, th... Biography of Pierre CASIRAGHI
Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi is the youngest child of HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco (now HRH The Princess of Hanover) and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi. He was born on September 5, 1987 at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo. He is named for his maternal great-grandfather, Prince Pierre of Monaco, his maternal grandfather, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, and his father. His godparents are his uncle Prince Albert and his aunt by marriage Laura Casiraghi (the wife of D... Biography of David CARRADINE
David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine, December 8, 1936 - June 3, 2009) was an American actor, best known for his work in the 1970's television series Kung Fu and more recently in the movie Kill Bill. He appeared in more than 100 feature films and was nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award. Early life Carradine was born in Hollywood, California, the son of Ardanelle Abigail (née McCool) and noted American actor John Carradine. He was the brother of Bruce Carradine and half-broth... Biography of Philippe de VILLIERS
Philippe de Villiers (born Viscount Philippe Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon on March 25, 1949) was the Mouvement pour la France nominee for the French presidential election of 2007. He received 2.23% of the vote, putting him in sixth place. As only the top two candidates advance to the second round of voting, he was eliminated from the race. After the vote, he called on his supporters to vote for Nicolas Sarkozy. Height: 1m85 Villiers was born in Boulogne in the département of Vendée, ... Biography of Ronald REAGAN
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 – 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 – 1975). Born and raised in Illinois, Reagan moved to California in the 1930s, where he became a Hollywood actor, President of the Screen Actors Guild, a spokesman for General Electric, and later met his second wife, Nancy. Previously a New Deal Democrat, Reagan became a Republican in 1962. During his work for General Electric Theatre, he bega... Biography of James HETFIELD (METALLICA)
James Hetfield (born James Alan Hetfield, 3 August 1963, Downey, California) is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist and a founding member of the American thrash/heavy metal band Metallica. Early life Hetfield was born on August 3, 1963, in Downey, Los Angeles County, California. His father, Virgil Hetfield (a truck driver) and mother, Cynthia (a light opera singer) were devout and strict adherents to Christian Science, and accordingly, much of his young life revolved around religio... Biography of Jeff HARDY
Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American professional wrestler on the Raw brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), though he is currently suspended for drug policy violations. Before gaining prominence in WWE, Hardy performed for the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA), a promotion he ran with his brother Matt. After being signed by WWE, the brothers worked as jobbers before gaining notoriety in the tag team division, partly due to their participa... Biography of Roger MOORE
Sir Roger George Moore KBE (born 14 October 1927) is an English actor known for his suave and witty demeanour. He is best known for portraying two British action heroes, Simon Templar in the television series The Saint from 1962 to 1969, and James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He has been a UNICEF ambassador since 1991. Early life Moore was born in Stockwell, London (sometimes referred to by Moore in interviews as Saint Ockwell, in recognition of his proud, humble beginnings). The s... Biography of Matthew PERRY
Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is a American-Canadian Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor who is best known for his role as Chandler Bing in the American television sitcom Friends, a part he played for 10 years. He recently portrayed Matt Albie on the NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Early life Matthew Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts to an American father, actor John Bennett Perry, and a Canadian mother, Suzanne Perry Jane Louise Morrison (nee Suzan... Biography of Tiger WOODS
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest paid professional athlete in 2006, having earned an estimated $100 million from winnings and endorsements. In 2006, at the age of 30, he won his eleventh and twelfth professional major golf championships and has more wins on the PGA Tour than any other active golfer. He is the only act... Biography of Tom FELTON
Thomas Andrew Felton (born September 22, 1987) is an English actor in films, television, radio, and videogames. He is best known for playing the role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series. Early life Felton was born in Epsom hospital. He was brought home to live in Surrey with his mother, Sharon, his father, Peter, and his three older brothers: Jonathan, Chris, and Ashley. While growing up Felton tagged along with his brothers and was in four choirs throughout his childhood, starting wi... Biography of John Fitzgerald Jr. KENNEDY
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (November 25, 1960 - July 16, 1999), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, Jr., JFK Jr., John Jr. or John-John, was an American lawyer, journalist, socialite and publisher. He was the son of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and the younger brother of Caroline Kennedy (as well as of the deceased Arabella Kennedy and older brother of the deceased Patrick Bouvier Kennedy). Early life Born 17 days after his father was elected to the presidency,... Biography of John CENA
John Felix Anthony Cena (born April 23, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, hip hop musician and actor. He currently works for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a member of the Raw brand, though is currently inactive due to a legitimate torn pectoral muscle. He was in his third reign as WWE Champion, a reign that lasted 380 days—the sixth longest reign in the title's history—before he was stripped of the title due to injury. He is also a three-time United States Champion and a one-t... Biography of Skandar KEYNES
Skandar Amin Casper Keynes (born 5 September 1991) is an English actor. He is best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. He will appear in the second installment, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, currently scheduled for release in May of 2008. Keynes was born in London to writer Randal Keynes and Zelfa Cecil Hourani. His maternal grandfather, Cecil Fadlo Hourani, is a famous writer of Lebanese descent, and the brother of Albert Hourani, also a... Biography of O.J. SIMPSON
Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947) (also known by his nickname, The Juice) is a retired American football player who achieved stardom at the collegiate and professional levels, and was the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season. He later worked as an actor, spokesperson and broadcaster. Simpson is infamous for having been tried for the murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1994. He was acquitted in criminal court in 199... Biography of Clark GABLE
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. His most famous role was in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 7. Throughout the Hollywood industry, Gable, since the height of his career and, even today, has been called "The King of Hollywood." Marriage to Carole Lombard Gable's marriage i... Biography of Ryan O'NEIL
Ryan O'Neal (born Patrick Ryan O'Neal on April 20, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is an Oscar-nominated American actor. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California to Irish-American Hollywood movie screenwriter Charles O'Neal and actress Patricia Callaghan, O'Neal first became famous on the soap opera Peyton Place. Hollywood career His role in Love Story gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Further starring roles have been in Paper Moon (co-starring his daughter, Os... Biography of David BOREANAZ
David Paul Boreanaz (born May 16, 1969) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, as the character Angel/Angelus. Since fall of 2005, he has played the male lead on Bones, opposite Emily Deschanel. Early life Boreanaz was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his father, Dave Roberts (born David Thomas Boreanaz), is a weather presenter for WPVI-TV; his mothe... Biography of Laurent FABIUS
Laurent Fabius (born 20 August 1946) is a former Socialist Prime Minister of France. He led the government from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986. He was 37 years old when he was appointed and is, so far, the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic. Height: 1m85 Life and work Fabius was born in Paris, the son of André Fabius, a wealthy French Sephardic Jewish art dealer, and his wife Louise (née Mortimer). Before divorcing his wife, the producer Françoise Castro, he had two sons: Thoma... Biography of Rowan ATKINSON (MISTER BEAN)
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, actor and writer, famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder and Mr. Bean. Atkinson has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians. Early life Atkinson was born to Ella May and Eric Atkinson, Anglican farmers in the town of Consett, north-west of the city of Durham. His oldest bro... Biography of Ian CURTIS
Ian Kevin Curtis (July 15, 1956 – May 18, 1980) was the vocalist, lyricist and occasional guitarist and keyboardist of the band Joy Division, which he helped form in 1977 in Manchester, England. Early life Curtis was born in the Memorial Hospital, Old Trafford, Manchester, in 1956. He grew up in the Hurdsfield area of Macclesfield. It was apparent from a young age that Curtis was a talented poet and songwriter. Although being awarded a scholarship to attend the The King's School, Macclesfiel... Biography of Ryan GOSLING
Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian actor from London, Ontario. He is best known for his roles in The Notebook (2004) and Half Nelson (2006). Career Gosling has had no formal training as an actor. His first acting experience was in the 1990s revival of The Mickey Mouse Club, for which he auditioned on a whim at the age of thirteen. As a result, he appeared in the show alongside Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake in the sho... Biography of Richard GASQUET
Richard Gasquet (pronounced )(born 18 June, 1986) is a French tennis player. He reached a career high of World Number 7 in July, 2007 after making it to the semi-finals of Wimbledon 2007, defeating American Andy Roddick. Later that year, Gasquet qualified for the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup. He is currently the World No. 23. It was reported on 9 May 2009 that he failed a drugs test at the Miami Masters in March, with 1.46 mg of cocaine discovered in his A-sample. He is reportedly facing a ban for up... Biography of Stefano CASIRAGHI
Stefano Casiraghi (September 8, 1960 – October 3, 1990) was a sportsman and Italian businessman. He was a son of Fernanda and Giancarlo Casiraghi and the second husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco. He had once described himself as "a born businessman" who was involved in all sectors of business from exporting footwear to building and investment. He owned garages, used car lots, restaurants, boutiques, heliports, apartment houses, factories and souvenir shops. He had business interests in N... Biography of Rutger HAUER
Rutger Oelsen Hauer (IPA: ) (born January 23, 1944) is a Dutch film actor. He is well known for his role in Blade Runner (1982). He won a Golden Globe Award for his role in Escape from Sobibor (1987). In 2007 he published an autobiography, All Those Moments (HarperCollins; co-written with Patrick Quinlan), the title of which refers to his dialogue in Blade Runner.). Background Rutger Hauer was born on January 23, 1944 in Breukelen, Netherlands to drama teachers Arend and Teunke, Rutger Hauer... Biography of Franz LISZT
Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc; pronounced /lɪst/, in English: list) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the Romantic period. He was a renowned performer throughout Europe during the 19th century, noted especially for his showmanship and great skill with the piano. Today, he is considered to be one of the greatest pianists in history, despite the fact that no recordings of his playing exist. Liszt is frequently credited with re-defining... Biography of Nicolas ANELKA
Nicolas Sebastian Anelka (born 14 March 1979 in Versailles) is a professional football player, preferring to play in the forward position. He plays for Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League. He won the 1998-99 PFA Young Player of the Year award after making his name at Arsenal, and has since changed clubs many times. He finished the 2006-07 season for Bolton Wanderers' as top-scorer with 11 goals. Anelka is the son of two parents from Martinique, Marguerite and Jean-Philippe, who emi... Biography of Christophe PINNA
Christophe Pinna is a member of the French National Karate team. He is a multi-time World Champion. He is well known for his roundhouse kicks. Key facts Birth: 1968-03-18 Born in: Nice, France Height: 185 cm Weight: 83 kg Style: Shotokan Graduation: 4º Dan... Biography of Drew FULLER
Drew Fuller (born Andrew Alan Fuller on May 19, 1980) is an American actor and former male fashion model. Early life Fuller was born in Atherton, California and grew up in Newport Beach; he has a younger sister, Hilary. He has Russian, Scottish and English ancestry. Fuller was discovered by an agent when he was twelve years old, after a family friend put him on the cover of UCLA Magazine. Career Deciding to wait a few years, Fuller eventually entered the modeling world at age sixteen ... Biography of Al GORE
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Gore served in the United States House of Representatives (1977–85) and the United States Senate (1985–93) representing Tennessee. From 1993 to 2001, he was the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, under Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic nominee for President in the 2000 election, which was one of the most controversial elections in American history. Afte... Biography of Bryan FERRY
Bryan Ferry (born 26 September 1945 in Washington, Sunderland) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style, who came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with Roxy Music. He is also noted for his subsequent solo career. Before Roxy Music (before 1971) Born into a working-class family (Ferry's father looked after pit ponies), Ferry studied fine art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne und... Biography of Emmanuel PETIT
Emmanuel "Manu" Petit (born September 22, 1970) is a French former football player, who played his club football for Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea. He represented France at the international level. Club career Born in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, Petit began his career at minor club ES Argues, before being signed by Arsène Wenger's AS Monaco at the age of 18. He made his debut soon after and played in the 1989 French Cup final. Petit became a regular at Monaco, at left back or... Biography of David TENNANT
David Tennant is the stage name of David John McDonald (born 18 April 1971), a Scottish actor from Bathgate, West Lothian, best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Already a well-known theatre actor, Tennant achieved wider fame for his TV roles in Casanova and Doctor Who, as well as his film role as Barty Crouch Jr in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He was ranked the 24th most influential person in the... Biography of Lilian THURAM
Lilian Thuram (born Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien, January 1, 1972 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France) is a French professional football defender, the most capped player in the history of the France national team. He has played at the top division level for over 15 seasons, including ten in Italy's Serie A. With the France national team, Thuram won the 1998 World Cup and the Euro 2000. Before Thuram pursued a football career, he aspired to be a Roman Catholic priest, until he found that he wan... Biography of Jean-Luc REICHMANN
Jean-Luc (Stéphane) Reichmann, born November 2, 1960 in Toulouse, is a French TV host and radio host.... Biography of Jeff BRIDGES
Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He is the son of Dorothy Simpson and Lloyd Bridges, the brother of Beau Bridges and the uncle of Jordan Bridges. Film career Bridges's first major role was in the 1971 movie The Last Picture Show for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated again for the same award for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1974 ...
Biography of KAKA
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (IPA: ; born April 22, 1982 in Brasília), better known as Kaká, is a Brazilian football midfielder who plays for A.C. Milan of the Italian Serie A. Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Early life Kaká was born to Simone Cristina dos Santos Leite and Bosco Izecson Pereira Leite. He has a younger brother, Rodrigo (known as Digão), who has followed in Kaká's footsteps by playing football for Milan. He suffered a career-threatening and possibly paralysis-inducing spi... Biography of Pete SAMPRAS
Peter "Pete" Sampras, also known to fans as 'Pistol Pete', (born August 12, 1971, in Washington, D.C.) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his 15 year career, he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles in 52 appearances and finished the year as No. 1 on the ATP rankings for six consecutive years, a record for the open era and tying him for third all-time. Sampras won the singles title at Wimbledon seven times, an all-time record shared with William Rensha... Biography of Matthew Gray GUBLER
Matthew Gray Gubler (born March 9, 1980) is an American actor, film director, sketch artist, and former fashion model. He made his début in the film The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) as Intern #1, and is best known for his role as the young genius Dr. Spencer Reid in the CBS television show Criminal Minds. Gubler created several movies that were mostly filmed in his hometown of Las Vegas as well as New York City, prior to his graduation from Tisch. He is also known for his constant weari... Biography of Chad KROEGER
Chad Robert Turton-Kroeger (born on November 15, 1974) is the lead singer and lead guitarist for the rock band Nickelback. Born as Chad Robert Turton, he later adopted the surname of his half-brother, Mike Kroeger. Background Chad Kroeger was born in Saint Alberts Hanna, Alberta, 226 kilometers northeast of Calgary, and some time later joined a cover band. Eventually they got tired of playing other people's songs, and singer/guitarist Chad Kroeger put together a collection of his own songs, ... Biography of Richard CHAMBERLAIN
George Richard Chamberlain (born March 31, 1934 in Beverly Hills, California) is an American actor who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961-1966).Coinciding with his rise to fame on Kildare, Chamberlain also had a brief but moderately successful career as a pop singer. Chamberlain subsequently became disenchanted with Hollywood and turned to the theater, finding success in England among British audiences. In 1952, he graduated from Beverly Hills High Scho... Biography of Bernard LAPORTE
Bernard Laporte (born 1 July 1964 in Rodez, Aveyron) is the current head coach of the France national rugby union team, taking over in 1999. He was previously the coach at Stade Français. He was the first fully professional head coach of France. He played rugby union at scrum-half and won the French Under-21 championship with UA Gaillac in 1983 and then again in 1984, in which he was captain. Seven years later he captained Begles-Bordeaux to the French championship. Laporte's first coachin... Biography of Henri LECONTE
Henri Leconte (born July 4, 1963 in Lillers, Pas-de-Calais) is a former French professional tennis player. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, for winning the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and for helping France win the Davis Cup in 1991. Leconte first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the French Open junior title in 1981. As a professional, Leconte won his first career doubles title in... Biography of Steve REEVES
Stephen L. Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000), was an American bodybuilder, actor, and author. Childhood Born in Glasgow, Montana, Steve Reeves moved to California at the age of 10 with his mother Goldie, after his father Lester Dell Reeves died in a farming accident. Reeves developed an interest in bodybuilding while in high school and trained at Ed Yarick's gym in Oakland. By the time he was 17 he had developed a Herculean build, long before the rise in general interest in bodybuildin... Biography of Burt LANCASTER
Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an Oscar-winning American film actor, noted for his athletic physique (a rare thing for leading men of that time), distinct smile (which he called "The Grin") and, later, his willingness to play roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image. Initially dismissed as "Mr Muscles and Teeth", in the late 1950s Lancaster would abandon his all-American image and gradually he would be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation. ... Biography of Freddie Jr. PRINZE
Freddie James Prinze (born March 8, 1976) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his leading roles in teen-oriented films. Early life Prinze was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Katherine Elaine Cochran (a real-estate agent) and Freddie Prinze, an American actor and comedian who died in 1977, after Elaine left him and filed a restraining order against him. (Prinze was just 10 months old at the time). His father's death was originally termed a suicide but later ruled an accid... Biography of Bill MURRAY
William James "Bill" Murray (b. September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. He is perhaps most famous for his work in Saturday Night Live, as well as for his comedic roles in films such as Stripes, Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Rushmore, among many others. He has gained further acclaim for recent dramatic roles, such as in the acclaimed films Lost In Translation, Broken Flowers and The Royal Tenenbaums. Ea... Biography of Nick NOLTE
Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is a Oscar-nominated American actor, model, and producer. Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His father, Frank Nolte, a farmer's son and an itinerant irrigation pump salesman of part German descent -- his father a German immigrant --, was an All-American candidate at Iowa State in 1934. His mother, Helen King, was a department store buyer; her father, Matthew Leander King, invented the hollow-tile silo and was prominent in early aviation. Nolte's ma...
Biography of Eric ABIDAL
Éric Abidal (born July 11, 1979 in Lyon) is a left-sided French football defender of Martiniquean descent who currently plays for FC Barcelona in La Liga. He is married with an Algerian woman and became a Muslim with Islamic name Bilal. Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Club career Abidal was trained in Lyon-La Duchère, a team playing in the suburbs of Lyon. He started his professional career with AS Monaco on September 16, 2000, where he earned 22 first-team appearances. He moved to Lille OSC ... Biography of David SOUL
David Soul (born August 28, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor and British citizen and singer best known for his role as the "seat-of-the-pants" California police detective Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson (opposite co-star and long-time friend Paul Michael Glaser) in the cult television program Starsky and Hutch (1975-79). Originally David Richard Solberg, he was born the son of a Lutheran minister. His father, Dr. Richard Solberg, was a senior representative for Lutheran World Relief dur... Biography of Frédéric DELTOUR
Frédéric Deltour is a French sportsman, a stunt performer and a model.... Biography of Gavin ROSSDALE
Gavin McGregor Rossdale (born October 30, 1965) is a British musician most famous for being the lead singer and guitarist of the former British rock group Bush, and later the lead singer and guitarist of Institute, which broke up in 2006. Born in Kilburn, London, England, to parents Lucy Stephan (b. Scotland) and Douglas Rossdale (a doctor of Russian Jewish descent); they divorced when he was eleven years old and he was raised primarily by his father and aunt (his mother remarried and moved t... 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 for... Biography of Bill COSBY
William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr., Ed.D. (born July 12, 1937) is an American actor, comedian, television producer, and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a vanguard role in the 1960s action show I Spy. He later starred in his own series, The Bill Cosby Show, in the late 1960s. He was one of the major characters on the children's television show for its first two seasons, and created the humorous educational cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby...
Biography of Lorik CANA
Lorik Cana (born on 27 July 1983 in Priština, Kosovo, Yugoslavia) is an Albanian footballer. A midfielder, 1.85m tall and weighing 77kg, he plays for the Albania national football team and Olympique de Marseille of France at club level. He holds Albanian, French and Swiss citizenship. Lorik Cana was born in Kosovo, but left as a child to escape the war when he moved to Switzerland. His father, Agim Cana, also a famous Albanian footballer of so-called "Golden Generation" of KF Prishtina dur... Biography of Ruud GULLIT
Ruud Gullit (born September 1, 1962) is a Dutch football coach and former player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was a member of the Netherlands national team at the Euro 88 and the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1987 and the World Soccer Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989. He was a versatile player, as he played several positions during his career. Club career Gullit, of Surinamese descent, was born Ruud Dil in Amsterdam. He signed... Biography of Chris ISAAK
Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956 in Stockton, California) is an American indie rock, pop and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. Height 6' 1" (1.85 m) Isaak's music can be described as a blend of country, blues, rock and roll, pop and surf rock. He signed a contract to Warner Bros. Records in 1984 for his first album Silvertone. Isaak's contract was renewed in 1988 when Warner Bros. moved him to their Reprise Records label. His best-known song is "Wi... Biography of Eric IDLE (MONTY PYTHON)
Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author and composer of comedic songs. He wrote and performed as a member of the internationally renowned British comedy group, Monty Python. Early life Idle was born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear (then County Durham) and in Harton Village. His father had served in the Royal Air Force and survived World War II, only to be killed in a truck-crash shortly afterwards. His mother had difficulty coping with a full-time job and raisin... Biography of Roger HANIN
Roger Hanin (real name Roger Lévy, born October 20, 1925 in Algiers) is a French actor (and film director). He is the brother in law of former President of France François Mitterrand.... Biography of Johnny KNOXVILLE
Johnny Knoxville (born Philip John Clapp on March 11, 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American comic actor and daredevil. Knoxville has been featured in a number of films, but is best known as the co-creator and principal star of the MTV series Jackass and its subsequent films. Career After graduating from South-Doyle High School in 1989 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Clapp moved to California to become an actor, and at first appeared in commercials and as an extra. Not getting the big break h... Biography of Iker CASILLAS
Iker Casillas Fernández (born May 20, 1981 in Móstoles, Madrid) is a Spanish football goalkeeper. He is currently the first choice goalkeeper for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He is the captain of the Spanish national team, as well as one of the vice-captains of Real Madrid. Real Madrid He was a product of Real Madrid's youth system, and started in the junior squad during the 1990-91 season, but it wasn't until 1998-99 that he debuted in the senior side, and he was in Real's sta... Biography of Thierry PAULIN
Thierry Paulin (born November 28, 1963 in Fort-de-France, Martinique; died April 16, 1989 in Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, France; nicknamed the Beast of Montmartre or Dandy of Death or the Old Ladies' Killer) was a French serial killer active in the 1980's. Childhood and teenage years The child of a Martinican parents, Paulin's father flew to France just after his birth, leaving her teenage mother to fend for herself and the baby. Paulin was raised in Martinique by his paternal grandmother, who o... Biography of Shemar MOORE
Shemar Franklin Moore (born April 20, 1970 in Oakland, California) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor and former male fashion model with Irene Marie Models, best known for his role as Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless, which he originally played from 1994 to 2002, and is the fourth permanent host of the long-running Soul Train series, from 1999 to 2003. Currently, he plays FBI Special Agent Derek Morgan on CBS's hit drama, Criminal Minds. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early year... Biography of Lee MAJORS
Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary on April 23, 1939), a popular American actor, primarily for his roles in movies, sitcoms and television who also starred in four long-running ABC TV series over four decades. He is best known for his roles as Barbara Stanwyck's son, Heath Barkley on The Big Valley (1965-1969), as Arthur Hill's law partner/friend, Jess Brandon on Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971-1974), as Colonel Steve Austin on The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-1978), and as Colt Seavers on ... Biography of ROMAIN (STAR ACADEMY)
Romain is a French singer, born July 8, 1981 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot. He has participated in Star Academy third season in 2003.... Biography of Harry ROSELMACK
Harry Roselmack, born March 20, 1973 in Tours, is a French radio and TV journalist. Harry Roselmack is gratuated in History (DEUG) and Journalist (DUT). He began to work for a local radio station, during this period. Than, he wrote some sport's papers for a regional news paper La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest. Roselmack has worked with Radio France, in 2000 (France Bleu, France Info) before joining Canal+. In 2006, he was appointed official summer replacement for Patrick Poivre... Biography of David SCHWIMMER
David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 12, 1966) is an Emmy-nominated American actor and director, who gained popularity when playing Ross Geller on the American sitcom Friends. Early life Schwimmer was born in Astoria, Queens, New York to Jewish parents, Arthur Schwimmer and Arlene Colman, and then lived in Valley Stream, Long Island, until he was 2 years old. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, where he attended Beverly Hills High School. Having attended Northwestern University’s... Biography of R. KELLY
Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American R&B and pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and occasional rapper. He first appeared on the music scene as the founder and lead singer of Public Announcement whose smooth mixture of hip hop beats, soul, and funk propelled the group's 1992 debut album Born into the '90s to platinum status. After leaving the group in 1993, he became one of the top-selling musical acts of ... Biography of Larry HAGMAN
Larry Martin Hagman (born on September 21, 1931) is a popular American film and television actor, producer and director, primarily in soap operas and television, who is best known for playing John Ross "J.R." Ewing, Jr. in the 1980s television soap opera Dallas and as Barbara Eden's master (later husband) Major Anthony Nelson in the 1960s sitcom, I Dream of Jeannie. Early life Hagman was born in Fort Worth, Texas. His mother, Mary Martin, was a popular Broadway actress and his father, Be... Biography of James DENTON
James Denton (born January 20, 1963) is an American film and television actor. Early life Denton was born in Nashville, Tennessee and grew up in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, the son of J. T. Denton, a dentist who served in the military. He attended the University of Tennessee where he majored in television/journalism and earned a degree in advertising. Before he became an actor, he sold advertising for two radio stations. He began acting at 23, at a community theater in Nashville. He eventuall... Biography of Mark SPITZ
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950, in Modesto, California) is an American Jewish swimmer. He holds the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (seven), which he set at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Between 1965 and 1972, Spitz won 9 Olympic gold medals, 1 silver, and 1 bronze; 5 Pan American golds; 31 National U.S. Amateur Athletic Union titles; and 8 U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships. During those years, he set 33 world re... Biography of David CONRAD
David Crawford Conrad (born 17 August 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended The Kiski School, Brown University and The Juilliard School. He is currently starring in Ghost Whisperer alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt and Camryn Manheim. He is best known for roles in Men of Honor and Return to Paradise, as Leo Roth on Relativity, and as Agent Pierce on Roswell. He also played the minor role of Trap in Wedding Crashers. He appeared in... Biography of David GINOLA
David Ginola (born January 25, 1967) is a former French international football player and also a model. Career Born in Gassin (south-eastern France), Ginola played at club level for Toulon (1985-88), Racing Club Paris (1988-90), Brest (1990-92), Paris Saint-Germain (1992-95), Newcastle United (1995-97), Tottenham Hotspur (1997-2000), Aston Villa (2001-02) and Everton (2002). In 1999, he was named PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year, while playing for Tottenham H... Biography of Paul WAGNER
Paul Allen Wagner (born November 14, 1967 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Wagner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992—1997), Milwaukee Brewers (1997—1998), and Cleveland Indians (1999). Height: 6'1" (1m85)... Biography of Dan AYKROYD
Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of the Blues Brothers (with John Belushi), and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Aykroyd was born on Dominion Day 1952 at the Ottawa General Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in the Canadian ca... 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 Well... Biography of Charlie HUNNAM
Charles Matthew "Charlie" Hunnam (born 10 April 1980) is an English actor. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Hunnam was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Discovered while clowning around in a shoe store by a production manager for the British Children's show Byker Grove, Charlie Hunnam was cast in his first role as the long locked child model Jason in three episodes of the show. His first major role came soon after as Nathan Maloney in the Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk (1999). Immediately following his ro... Biography of Jon-Erik HEXUM
Jon-Erik Hexum was an American actor and model. He died October 18, 1984 in Century City, California. While on set making a TV movie, he accidentally shot himself in the head with what was supposed to be a prop gun.... Biography of Brice HORTEFEUX
Brice Hortefeux (born 11 May 1958 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France but was raised in Auvergne) is a French politician and Minister of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Cooperative Development. He was previously Minister-Delegate for Local Government at the Ministry of the Interior and was a Member of the European Parliament for central France. Overview He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European P... Biography of Crispin GLOVER
Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American primarily known as a film actor, but is also a painter, filmmaker, author, musician, and collector and archivist of esoterica. Glover is known for portraying eccentric people on screen, such as George McFly in Back to the Future, the Creepy Thin Man in the big screen adaptation of Charlie's Angels and Willard Stiles in Willard. In the early 2000s, Glover started his own production company, Volcanic Eruptions. Early life Born in New ... Biography of John ABRAHAM
John Abraham (Hindi: जॉन अब्राहम) (born December 17, 1972 in Mumbai, India), is a Bollywood actor and a former model. Early life Born in Mumbai, India on December 17, 1972, John Abraham is one of the most successful male models in India, His height is 6' 1". Abraham's father is a Malayali Christian architect, from Alwaye, Kerala in India. His mother, Phiroza Irani, is part of Bombay's Parsi community. Abraham's Parsi name is Farhan ... Biography of William BALDWIN
William 'Billy' Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor, known for his starring roles in such films as Backdraft (1991) and Flatliners (1990). Early life Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Alexander Rae Baldwin, a high school history teacher/sports coach, and Carol Newcomb (Martineau). He is the brother of notable actors Daniel, Stephen and Alec, sometimes collectively known as the Baldwin brothers. A graduate of Binghamton University, he has a degree in polit... Biography of Henry FONDA
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. Fonda's subtle, naturalistic acting style preceded by many years the popularization of method acting. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor, and made his Hollywood debut in 1935. Fonda's career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance in 1940's The Grapes of Wrath, an adaptation of Joh... Biography of Luke GOSS
Luke Damon Goss is a singer and actor from England, born 29 September 1968. Along with twin brother Matt Goss, he started his career with the highly successful 1980s boy band Bros. In total he has charted no fewer than 13 hit singles in his homeland. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) When Bros broke up in the early 1990s, Goss embarked on a solo career and also formed Luke Goss and the Band Of Thieves. His highly successful autobiography, "I Owe You Nothing" was a top 10 best seller book, and had thr... Biography of Mike LOVE (BEACH BOYS)
Michael Edward "Mike" Love (born March 15, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer and songwriter who was one of the lead singers and lyric writers of The Beach Boys. He formed the band along with Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and a school friend Al Jardine. Mike Love is first cousin to the Wilson brothers. Role in The Beach Boys Although he played the saxophone in the early days, Mike Love was mainly the co-lead singer, along with Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys. ... Biography of Laurent BOYER
Laurent Boyer is a French TV host and radio host born January 23, 1958 in Paris. He is the husband of French singer Alice Dona.... Biography of Aimé JACQUET
Aimé Jacquet (born November 27, 1941) is a French football (soccer) coach and former player, and manager of the France national football team when they won the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Aimé Jacquet was born in Sail-sous-Couzan, Loire. He began his career as an amateur player for his local club, US Couzan, while working in a factory. Scouted by Saint-Étienne, he joined Les Verts in 1959 and signed his first professional contract in 1961. One of the most successful soccer clubs of the time, Saint-É... Biography of James GARNER
James Garner (born April 7, 1928) is an American film and Emmy-award winning television actor. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades. These included his roles as Bret Maverick, in the popular 1950s western-comedy series, Maverick; Jim Rockford, in the popular 1970s detective drama, The Rockford Files; and the father of Katey Sagal's character on 8 Simple Rules following the death of John Ritter. He has starred in dozens of movies, including Th... Biography of Sam WATERSTON
Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor noted particularly for his portrayal of Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series Law & Order. He has also appeared in many feature films. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Waterston, one of four siblings, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father, George Chychele Waterston, was an immigrant from Leith, Scotland and was a semanticist and language teacher. His mother, Alice Tuc... Biography of Roald AMUNDSEN
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872 – c. June 18, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to the South Pole between 1910 and 1912. He was also the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage. He disappeared in June 1928 while taking part in a rescue mission. With Douglas Mawson, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Amundsen was a key expedition leader during th... Biography of Paolo MALDINI
Paolo Maldini (born June 26, 1968 in Milan) is an Italian footballer who plays for A.C. Milan. He is also a former Italian national team captain and the most capped player for Italy with 126 caps. Maldini has played in eight Champions League finals (six under its current format) since the inception of the tournament - equalling Francisco Gento's record and more than any other active player. Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) He is the son of Cesare Maldini. Maldini is a a defender who now predomin... Biography of Jason LEWIS
Jason Lewis (born June 25, 1971) is an American actor and former male fashion model. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Lewis was born in Newport Beach, California to Nancy, a nurse, and Gregory Lewis, a court judge; the two are divorced. He has two siblings, Sean and Nicole. Lewis attended college in San Diego, California. After college he started fashion modeling, first in Paris and then with star status in Milan in the late 1990s for some of the biggest designers in fashion, including G... Biography of Matthias POHL (SECRET STORY)
Matthias Pohl, born August 28, 1980 in Germany, is a Belgian model. He is a contestant in French reality television programme called Secret Story, in 2008. Secret Story is a French reality television programme following the format of the popular Big Brother series carrying on from the previous similar show, Loft Story. It is currently being shown on TF1, being presented by the same presenter of Loft Story, Benjamin Castaldi. The series started on 27 June 2008, when 15 people entered a purpose-bu...
Biography of Bobby DEOL
Vijay Singh Deol (Punjabi: ਵਿਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿੳਲ, Hindi:विजय सिंह देओल, Urdu: وِجے سِںہ دِیول, born 27 January 1967) known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor. He was born in Mumbai, India. His father is the actor Dharmendra and his brother is actor Sunny Deol.He is now considered one o... Biography of Ryan O'NEAL
Ryan O'Neal (born Patrick Ryan O'Neal on April 20, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is an Oscar- and Golden Globe- award nominated American actor. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life O'Neal was born in Los Angeles, California to Irish-American Hollywood movie screenwriter Charles O'Neal and actress Patricia Callaghan and first became famous on the soap opera Peyton Place. Career His role in Love Story gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Further starring roles have ... Biography of Christophe TIOZZO
Christophe Tiozzo (born June 1, 1963 in St. Denis, France) was a French boxer, who won a Light Middleweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Tiozzo is the brother of Three-Time World Champion Fabrice Tiozzo. Professional Accomplishments Tiozzo began his professional career in 1985 and won his first 28 bouts, winning the WBA Super Middleweight Title by beating In Chul Baeklosing in 1990 by TKO. Tiozzo successfully defended the belt twice, losing it in 1991 to Victor Cordoba by 9th... Biography of Clay AIKEN
Clay Aiken (born Clayton Holmes Grissom on November 30, 1978) is an American pop singer who began his rise to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. Based on album sales surpassed only by Idol winners Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, Aiken has become the most successful male and the most successful second-place finisher in that show's history. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) In the four years following his American Idol appearance Aiken has launched eight tou... Biography of Philippe VERCRUYSSE
Philippe Vercruysse (born January 28, 1962 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire) is a former football midfielder from France, who earned a total number of twelve international caps (one goal) for the French national team during the 1980s. A player of RC Lens (1980-1986), he was a member of the French team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Clubs RC Lens (1980-1986) Girondins de Bordeaux (1986-1987) RC Lens (1987-1988) Olympique de Marseille (1988-1991) Nîmes Olympique (1991-1993) Girondins de Bor... Biography of CESAR
César Baldaccini (January 1, 1921 in Marseille - December 6, 1998 in Paris) was a noted sculptor. He is the creator of the César du cinéma trophy which awards the best in French cinema.... Biography of Dominic PURCELL
Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell (born February 17, 1970) is a British-born Australian actor, of Norwegian-Irish parentage, most active in the United States. He is best known for his roles as the title character on John Doe and as Lincoln Burrows on Prison Break. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Purcell was born in Wallasey, Merseyside, England in 1970, the eldest of five children. He moved to Sydney, with his family when he was two, where he was raised by his father and Irish mother, Maureen, in the... Biography of Miguel BOSE
Miguel Luchino González Bosé (born April 3, 1956) is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish-Italian musician and actor. He has been in many successful Spanish language movies and other artistic works. Height: 6' 1¼" (1.86 m) Early life Bosé was born in Aries, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel González Lucas. He is also cousin of the late Carmen Ordóñez. His godfathers were Luchino Visconti, Pablo Picasso, and Salvador Dalí. Ca... Biography of Bela LUGOSI
Béla Lugosi (October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), was a Hungarian actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American Broadway stage production (1927), and subsequent film (1931), of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Lugosi, the youngest of four children, was born as Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó in Lugos, Hungary, at the time part of Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania), to Paula de Vojnich and István Blasko, a banker. He was raised in... Biography of Ken WATANABE
Ken Watanabe (渡辺 謙, Watanabe Ken?, born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese Oscar-nominated stage, film, and television actor. Born Kensaku Watanabe in Koide, Niigata prefecture, his mother was a school teacher and his father taught calligraphy. Japanese roles After graduating from high school in 1978, Watanabe moved to Tokyo to begin his acting career, getting his big break with the Tokyo-based theater troupe En. While with the troupe, he was cast as the hero in the p... Biography of Cristobal HUET
Cristobal Huet (pronounced in French, variously IPA: /ˈhjuːɨt/ or /juːˈeɪ/ in English) (born September 3, 1975 in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France) is a French professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for the NHL's Montreal Canadiens. Huet was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings as their seventh-round pick, 214th overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Huet played for the Kings in 2002-2003, and 2003-2004. He was traded to the Montreal Canadi... Biography of Chris KLEIN
Frederick Christopher Klein (born March 14, 1979) is an American movie actor. He is perhaps best known for his American Pie role, in which he played Chris "Oz" Ostreicher. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Klein was born in Hinsdale, Illinois to Terry, a kindergarten teacher, and Fred Klein, an engineer. He has a sister, Debbie (currently a Capt USAF), and a younger brother, Tim. Klein moved to Omaha, Nebraska, as a young teenager and played Defensive End and was a standout swimmer on the... Biography of Stéphane DIAGANA
Stéphane Diagana (born July 23, 1969 in Saint-Affrique) is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37 sec. in Lausanne in 1995. He has two sons named Tidiane and Djibril.... Biography of Andrew JACKSON
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the 7th President of the United States (1829–1837). He was also military governor of Florida (1821), commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815), and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. He was a polarizing figure who dominated American politics in the 1820s and 1830s. His political ambition combined with the masses of people shaped the modern Democratic Party. Nicknamed "Old Hickory" because he was renowned fo... Biography of Kevin RICHARDSON
Kevin Scott Richardson (born October 3, 1971) is an American singer and former member of the Backstreet Boys. Career Back in his younger years, he was a choir member and acted in school plays such as "Bye, Bye Birdie" at Estill County High School in Kentucky. He was also a football quarterback. He made a very very hard decision to retire. He used to play the role of "Aladdin" and one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Disney World (where he also met his wife Kristin Kay Willits who was p... Biography of Damien TOUYA
Damien Touya, born April 23, 1975 in La Rochelle, is a French fencer, specialist at sabre.... Biography of Rick SPRINGFIELD
Rick Springfield (born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on August 23, 1949 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a songwriter, musician and actor. As a musician, he is most famous for the 1981 #1 single "Jessie's Girl", which became a Grammy Award-winning landmark of 1980s pop-rock and helped establish the emerging music video age. Also an actor, Springfield's best known role is that of the character Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital. He originated the character from 1981-1983, ... Biography of Keith CARRADINE
Keith Carradine (born August 8, 1949, in San Mateo, California) is an actor and Academy Award-winning songwriter born into a family of actors. His father is John Carradine, his half-brother is David Carradine, and his full brother is Robert Carradine. All three Carradine brothers appeared together as the Younger brothers in Walter Hill's 1980 film The Long Riders, with Keith playing Jim Younger. Carradine appeared again for Hill in 1981's Southern Comfort. His daughter by actress Shelley Plim... Biography of Dr. DRE
André Romell Young (born February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California), better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, actor and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records. He was a member of the influential rap group N.W.A., which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life (also known as Gangsta rap). He has also produced albums f... Biography of Corey SEVIER
Corey Daniel Sevier (born July 3, 1984 in Ajax, Ontario) is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his role on the Fox television series North Shore as Gabriel McKay. Sevier first scored a modelling job at the mere age of six months, winning a baby beauty pageant. As a child actor, he notably appeared on the Goosebumps television series A Night in Terror Tower, Cry Of The Cat, and in the theatrical release Summer of the Monkeys. As a teenager, he played the role of Timmy Cabot in the ... Biography of Zen GESNER
Zen Gesner is an American television and movie actor. He is most recognized for his roles as "Sinbad" in the syndicated television series The Adventures of Sinbad, and as a regular cast member on the ABC daytime drama All My Children. More recently he's appeared in Miller Lite's "Man Laws" commercials as one of the "Men Of The Square Table". The actor also guest-starred on an episode of the popular sitcom Friends in which he played Rachel Green's boyfriend. A graduate of the prestigious London A... Biography of George HAMILTON
George Hamilton (born August 12, 1939) is an American film and television actor and occasional film director. He is noted for his perpetual, chestnut-colored suntan and his colorful private life. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Hamilton was born George Stevens Hamilton, the son of Ann Potter Hamilton Hunt Spaulding (née Stevens) and band leader George "Spike" Hamilton. He won many awards as a student at Palm Beach High School and was the lead in his high school's production of Brigadoon... Biography of Arnaud LEMAIRE
Arnaud Lemaire, born November 30, 1975 in Uccle, near Bruxelles, is a top model, actor and TV host. He is the boy friend of French journalist Claire Chazal.... Biography of William FICHTNER
William Edward "Bill" Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor, often credited as William Fichtner and occasionally as Bill Fichtner. Personal life Fichtner was born in Cheektowaga, New York, the son of Patricia and William E. Fichtner. He has German ancestry. His sister is a Colonel in the USAF. After graduating from State University of New York at Brockport with a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice in 1978, Fichtner decided to study at the American Academy of Dramat... Biography of Stone GOSSARD (PEARL JAM)
Stone Gossard (born Stone Carpenter Gossard on July 20, 1966 in Seattle, Washington) is the rhythm guitarist and, along with Jeff Ament and Mike McCready, a founding member of the American rock band Pearl Jam. Stone is well known for his work in grunge rock bands based in Seattle through the 1980s prior to Pearl Jam, and he has made significant contributions to the music industry as a producer and owner of a record label and a recording studio. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early work Gossard gr... Biography of Alain BOGHOSSIAN
Alain Boghossian (born 27 October 1970 in Digne) is a retired Armenian-French football player who played as midfielder. Most of his success was at AC Parma, along with compatriot Lilian Thuram. He won the 1998 World Cup with France, but was injured the day before Euro 2000 started, and his career ended in October 2003 after being dogged with injury. He appeared at the 2002 World Cup, and in total made 26 appearances for France, scoring 2 goals. Club career 1988 - 1992 : Olympique de Ma... Biography of Kelsey GRAMMER
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane in the NBC sitcoms Cheers (nine years) and Frasier (eleven years). He was nominated for Emmys for playing his character on three different sitcoms (the third being a guest appearance on Wings). He has also worked as a television producer, director, writer, and a voice artist. He is currently starring in Back ... Biography of Salim SDIRI
Salim Sdiri (born October 26, 1978) is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.25 metres, achieved in July 2005 in Angers. He has jumped eight meters or more every season since 2002 and has a bronze medallion from the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships. Rome Javelin Accident On Friday the 13th July 2007, during the IAAF Golden League at Rome's Olimpico Stadium, Sdiri was hit in the upper body by a stray javelin thrown by Tero Pitkämäki. Sdiri was rushed to a local Rome... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||