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682 celebrities 6' 3" tall have been found. Add to favourites (133 fans)Biography of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge KG FRS (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, and third eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He is second in the line of succession, behind his father, to the thrones of sixteen independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Consequently, he is also second in line, again behind his father, to the position of Supreme Governor of the Church of England. He was educated at four ... Add to favourites (48 fans)Biography of Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932) is a French politician. He served as President of France from 1995 until May 16, 2007. He was re-elected in 2002. As President he was an ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra and Grand Master of the French Légion d'honneur. After completing studies at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d'Administration, Jacques Chirac began his career as a high-level civil servant, and soon entered politics.[citation needed] He has since occupied various senior positions, such as Minister of Agriculture, Prime Minister, Mayor of Paris, and finally President of France. His internal policies included lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism;[citation needed] and business privatization.[... Add to favourites (42 fans)Biography of Lambert Wilson
Lambert Wilson (born August 3, 1958 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is a French actor. He is the son of actor Georges Wilson. He is half Irish, half French. He screen tested for The Living Daylights (1986) for the role of James Bond, appearing in test footage opposite Maryam D'Abo (the Bond girl in The Living Daylights) as Tatiana Romanova, re-enacting scenes from From Russia with Love (1963). He released the album Musicals on the EMI label in 2004, with John McGlinn conducting Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. It features him singing songs of the American Musical Theatre catalogue, those well-known ("Maria" from West Side Story, "There But For You Go I" from Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon, "The Cafe Song" from Les Miserables, "Johanna" from Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd), rare... Add to favourites (30 fans)Biography of Rocco Siffredi
Rocco Siffredi, byname of Rocco Tano (born May 4, 1964 in Ortona, Abruzzo, Italy) is a former pornographic actor, now working as a director and producer of pornographic movies. As of 2005, he has starred in over 1,300 pornographic films. Siffredi's screen name was reportedly inspired by a character from the movie Borsalino (1970), "Roch Siffredi", played by Alain Delon. He is also known as "the Italian Stallion", a reference to his penis size. Porn career After starting his film career in France, he subsequently starred in films abroad in such varied locales as Budapest, Hungary (which later became the headquarters of his production company, Rocco Siffredi Produzioni), Canada, Russia, Brazil, and various Eastern European countries. He became infamous in the pornographic film communi... Add to favourites (45 fans)Biography of Bertrand Cantat
Bertrand Cantat (born in Pau, France, 5 March 1964 (birth time source: Bordoni, birth certificate, Astrodatabank)) is a French singer and songwriter. He is the leader of the rock band Noir Désir. At the helm of Noir Désir, he became one of the most prominent figures of French music in the 90s. His left leaning political views saw him take position against globalisation, fascism, desertification of urban areas in Bordeaux and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He married Kristina Rady in 1997. Bertrand is the father of 2 children with Kristina. His son Milo was born in 1997 and daughter Alice was born in 2002. In July 2003, during a row with his girlfriend Marie Trintignant in a Domina Plaza Hotel apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania, he beat her violently, which resulted in her falling into a ... Add to favourites (74 fans)Biography of Tom Welling
Thomas John Patrick Welling (born April 26, 1977 in Putnam Valley, West Point. New York) is an American actor and former male fashion model, most famous for playing Clark Kent on the current television series Smallville. As well as Clark Kent, other roles Welling has played include Charlie Baker in Cheaper by the Dozen films and Nick Castle in the 2005 remake of The Fog. Early life Tom Welling was born in Putnam Valley, New York. Welling is the son of a now retired General Motors executive and a homemaker. He has two older sisters, Rebecca and Jamie, and a younger brother, Mark, who is also an actor. His father's job required frequent relocation, and Welling's family moved from Putnam Valley, New York to Janesville, Wisconsin, then to Hockessin, Delaware, until finally settling in Okem... Add to favourites (80 fans)Biography of Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on January 17, 1942) is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight Champion and winner of an Olympic gold medal. In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and the BBC. Height: 1m90 1/2 (6'3") Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr., who was named for the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Clay. Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam and subsequently converted to Sunni Islam in 1975.... Add to favourites (49 fans)Biography of John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Originally from Connecticut, he briefly attended Berklee College of Music, before moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 1998, where he refined his skills and began gaining a following. His first two studio albums, Room for Squares and Heavier Things, did well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status. In 2003, he won a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy for "Your Body Is a Wonderland". Mayer began his career performing mainly acoustic rock, but gradually made a transition towards the blues genre in 2005 (including collaborations with renowned blues artists such as BB King) and formed the John Mayer Trio. The blues influence can be seen on his album Continuum, released in September 2006. Mayer won ... Biography of Marcus Schenkenberg
Marcus Lodewijk Schenkenberg van Mierop, better known as just Marcus Schenkenberg (born 4 August 1968) a male supermodel, actor, singer, writer, and TV personality; born in Stockholm, Sweden but of Dutch descent. Though he doesn't speak Dutch, he does understand it, as was seen on a Dutch TV show 'Jensen!' in May 2007. Height 6' 3" (1.90m) He is the highest paid per-year male supermodel in the world, and also known for his muscular, well-proportioned body, and especially for his "washboard" abdominal muscles. Schenkenberg, who was discovered by American photographer Barry King, while rollerskating in Venice Beach, California in 1989, is approximately 1.90 m tall (6 ft 3 in) and weighs 82 kg (188 lb), though in reality he is said to be over 6 ft 3 in tall, rounding this figure down f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Samuele Papi
Samuele Papi (born May 20, 1973) is an Italian volleyball player. Papi, standing at 1.91 m, was born in Ancona and debuted in Italy's Serie A in 1990. He current plays passing-hitter for Sisley Treviso. He won five Italian titles, three European Champions cup, and, with Italian national team, two World Championships (1994 and 1998) and three European Championships. Clubs Club Country From To Falconara Italy 1990-1991 1993-1994 Alpitour Traco Cuneo Italy 1994-1995 1997-1998 Sisley Treviso Italy 1998-1999 ...... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI, born Louis-Auguste de France (23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. Suspended and arrested during the Insurrection of the 10th of August 1792, he was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of treason, and executed on 21 January 1793. His execution signaled the end of absolute monarchy in France and would eventually bring about the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Although he was beloved at first, his indecisiveness and conservatism led some elements of the people of France to eventually hate him as a symbol of the perceived tyranny of the Ancien Régime. After the abolition of the monarchy in 1792, the new republican government gave him the surname Capet (a reference to t... Add to favourites (44 fans)Biography of Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba. On July 31, 2006, Castro, after undergoing intestinal surgery for diverticulitis, transferred his responsibilities to the First Vice-President, his younger brother Raúl Castro. On June 2, 2007, Castro appeared on Cuban Television with Vietnamese Communist Party Leader Non Duc Mahn looking much healthier, indicating his full recovery. He led the revolution overthrowing Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and shortly after was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Cuba. Castro became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in 1965, and led the transformation of Cuba into a one-party socialist republic. In 1976 he became president of the Council of State as well as of the Council of Ministers. He also holds the supre... Add to favourites (70 fans)Biography of Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years of hard labour after being convicted of the offence of "gross indecency". The scholar H. Montgomery Hyde suggests this term implies homosexual acts not amounting to buggery in British legislation of the time.... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Anders Breivik
Anders Behring Breivik, born on February 13, 1979, is a Norwegian citizen, and the suspected perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, although it is not yet known if he acted alone. On 22 July 2011, he allegedly approached a Labour Party youth camp on Utøya island, posing as a police officer, and then open fired on the adolescents present, reportedly killing at least 84. He has also been linked with the bomb blasts which had taken place approximately two hours earlier in Oslo. He was arrested on Utøya, and is currently in police custody. Following his apprehension, Breivik was characterized by officials as being a conservative right-wing extremist. According to Reuters and the BBC, deputy police chief Roger Andresen described the suspect as a "Christian fundamentalist." Breivik studied a... Add to favourites (57 fans)Biography of Josh Hartnett
Josh Hartnett is an American actor.... Biography of Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Shrivastav Bachchan (Hindi: अभिषेक बच्चन, born 5 February 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an award-winning Indian actor. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. His wife is former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai. Early life Abhishek Bachchan is the son of Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan and actress turned politician Jaya Bhaduri. His grandfather, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a well-known poet of Urdu and Hindi literature. The original last name of Abhishek's parental family is Srivastav, Bachchan being the pen name used by his grandfather. However, when his father Amitabh entered films, he did so under his father's pen name. He is of Punjabi Sikh heritage from his grandmoth... Add to favourites (45 fans)Biography of Billy Corgan
William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr., (born March 17, 1967 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, U.S.A.) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter best known for his work in the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. In the 1990s, The Smashing Pumpkins were one of alternative rock's biggest acts and known for their complex, layered style, and Corgan's distinctive vocals and guitar solos. Music journalist Jim DeRogatis declared, "Of all the memorable artists and characters that the alternative era produced, was the most traditional rock star, with all of the good and bad traits that that implies." When the band broke up in 2000, Corgan went on to form the short-lived Zwan with former Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. After releasing a solo album and a collection of poetry, Corgan... Add to favourites (46 fans)Biography of Paul Walker
Paul William Walker IV (born September 12, 1973) is an American actor and former fashion model. He became known during the early 2000s, after starring in several major Hollywood films, including The Fast and the Furious (2001). Early life Paul was born in Glendale, California to Paul William Walker III, a retired sewer contractor, and Cheryl Crabtree, a former fashion model. His paternal grandfather, William Walker (aka. "Irish" Billy Walker), was a Pearl Harbor survivor and a Navy middleweight boxing champion, while his maternal grandfather commanded a tank Battalion that invaded Italy under General Patton during World War II. He has two younger brothers, Caleb and Cody, and a younger sister, Ashlie. Walker has Irish and German ancestry. He was raised a Mormon, a member of The Church ... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Jon Voight
Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. The father of Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, also an Oscar-winner and four-time nominee himself, has a long and distinguished career as both a leading man and, in recent years, character actor, with an extensive range. The blond, blue-eyed actor with a boyish face came to prominence at the end of the sixties, with a riveting performance as a would-be hustler in 1969's Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy, for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination. Throughout the following decades, Voight built his reputation with an array of challenging roles and has appeared in such landmark films as 1972's Deliverance, and 1978's Coming Home, for which he received an Academy Award ... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Mika (singer)
Michael Penniman (born 18 August 1983), also known as Mika is a Lebanon-born, London-based singer who has a recording contract with Casablanca Records and Universal Music. Some sources note his birth name as Michael Holbrook Penniman. Source for his birth time: the forum of his site www.mikafrance.com Early life Mika was born in Beirut, Lebanon. He is the middle child of the five children born to a Lebanese mother and an American father. When he was one year old his family was forced to leave war-torn Lebanon and moved to Paris. He wrote his first song, which he describes as an "awful" piano instrumental called "Angry", at age seven. The family moved to London when he was nine years old. In London, he experienced more severe bullying at school and had problems with dyslexia, so he was ... Add to favourites (48 fans)Biography of Garou (singer)
Garou, is a Quebec singer born as Pierre Garand on June 26, 1972 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Height: 1m89 Discovered by Luc Plamondon singing American blues tunes in small Sherbrooke bars, he was drafted by Plamondon to play the role of Quasimodo in his musical Notre-Dame de Paris, making him a star. After the musical, he managed to launch a successful international pop music career in Quebec, France, and many other European countries. His looks and hoarse voice, as well as the virility that he combines with a boyish niceness, brought many to see him as a major modern day sex symbol.... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Olivier Minne
Olivier Minne was born on 18 March 1967 in the Belgian capital, Brussels. The son of a Belgian father and a French mother, Olivier studied in Brussels for his "bac" qualification (secondary school matriculation) before moving to Paris in 1989. In Paris, Olivier studied the dramatic arts, shortly after his career in television began. In 1992, he started working for the French TV programme Matin Bonheur where he worked for five years. Following his departure in 1997, he became both presenter and co-producer of Cercle de minuit on the same channel. Having presented Le choix gagnant (1996), Jeux sans frontières (co-hosted with Jean Riffel in 1997) and the final season of Écrans du savoir in 2000, Olivier then became the co-host (along with Anne-Gaëlle Riccio) of the popular game show For... Add to favourites (38 fans)Biography of Roger Waters
George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. He is best known for his 1965-1985 career with the band Pink Floyd as their main songwriter (after the departure of Syd Barrett), bass player and one of their lead vocalists (along with David Gilmour and Rick Wright). He was also the mastermind behind many of the band's concept albums, especially Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, and The Final Cut, and their well known symbols including the Pink Floyd Pigs and the marching hammers. Following this, he began a moderately successful solo career releasing three studio albums and staging one of the largest concerts ever, The Wall Concert in Berlin in 1990 . In 2005, he released an opera, ... Add to favourites (52 fans)Biography of Brendan Fraser
Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is a American-Canadian film actor. He is known for having starred in several major Hollywood films, including 1999's The Mummy. Early life Fraser was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Canadian parents Carol, a sales counsellor, and Peter Fraser, a former journalist who worked as a foreign service officer for the Canadian Government Office of Tourism. His great-grandfather was a Royal Canadian Mountie. He has three older brothers, Kevin, Regan, and Sean. His family moved often as a child, living in Detroit, Seattle, Ottawa, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Fraser attended his first professional theatrical performance in London's West End. He began acting at Toronto's Upper Canada College, where he was a member of the boarding Seaton's... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Ludwig II of Bavaria
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm (August 24, 1845 (source: Astrodatabank) – June 13, 1886) was king of Bavaria from 1864 until shortly before his death. He is sometimes referred to in English by his detractors as 'mad' King Ludwig. There is ample evidence to prove that he was far from mad. . In German, Ludwig is known by the far kinder description as 'the fairy-tale' King (der Märchenkönig). He is best known for his personal eccentricity and for the extravagant fantasy castles he constructed, such as Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee. Neuschwanstein Castle was used as the inspiration for Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle in the animated film Sleeping Beauty and also for the castles at the many Disney parks around the world. King Ludwig II left a large coll... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of Will Ferrell
John William "Will" Ferrell (born July 16, 1967) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American comedian, actor and writer who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a successful film career. He most recently starred in Blades of Glory. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Early life Ferrell was born in Newport Beach, California, to Lee Ferrell, a keyboardist for The Righteous Brothers, and Kay (née Overman), a teacher. He attended Rancho San Joaquin Middle School, where he was remembered as "the class clown" and University High School in Irvine, where he was a kicker for the varsity football team. He enrolled at the University of Southern California, where he studied Sports Broadcasting and graduated with a degree in Sports Information(al... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. His career spanned from the 1920s until the year of his death, and saw him make one hundred films. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited for the many Westerns he made. Cooper received five Oscar nominations for Best Actor, winning twice. He also received an Honorary Award from the Academy in 1961. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Cooper among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 11. Childhood Cooper was born Frank James Cooper in Helena, Montana, but as a child lived in Duns... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Andy Murray
Andrew "Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987 in Glasgow (birth time source: Paddy de Jabrun, Astrodatabank)), is a Scottish tennis player, who is currently the highest-ranking British player. Murray broke into the official ATP Top 10 for the first time on April 16, 2007, achieving his current career-high of No. 8 on June 18, 2007. He re-entered the Top 10 on January 7, 2008 at No. 9, but slipped to No, 12 after the Australian Open. His ranking as of February 18, 2007 is 10. In December 2005, he won the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year Award, and the sport section of the Top Scot awards. His elder brother Jamie is Great Britain's highest ranked doubles player. In late 2007 Murray split with his former coach, American Brad Gilbert. He is now working with a team of fitness experts, wi... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Michael T. Weiss
Michael Terry Weiss (born February 2, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. Early life Weiss' father was a steel-industry executive and his mother was a homemaker. He has a sister, Jamie Sue Weiss, who became a make-up artist for television and films. He went to Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois, where he competed on the swim team, played basketball, and was an active member of the student council. While in high school he also studied acting at the Second City workshop. He was honored with the school's distinguished alumni award at a ceremony in 2001. He attended college at USC and graduated in 1984 with a B.F.A.. Career The acting career of Weiss started when he was a child, where he appeared in local TV commercials in Chicago. In 1980, at the age o... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Notorious B.I.G
Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), popularly known as Biggie Smalls (after a gangster in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again), Big Poppa, Frank White (from the film King of New York), and his primary stage name, The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Biggie grew up during the peak years of the 1980s' crack epidemic and started dealing drugs at an early age. When Biggie debuted with the 1994 record Ready to Die, he was a central figure in the East Coast and increased New York's viability at a time when hip hop was mostly dominated by West Coast artists. The following year, Biggie led his childhood friends to chart success through his protégé group, Junior M.A.F.I.A. While recording his second album, Biggie was heavily invol... Biography of Arsène Wenger
Arsène Wenger OBE (born October 22, 1949 in Duttlenheim near Strasbourg) is a French football manager. He is currently the manager of Arsenal. He is the club's most successful manager in terms of trophies and the club's longest-serving manager in terms of matches played (over 600 as of March 2007). Wenger is the only non-British manager to win the Double in England, having done so in 1998 and 2002. In 2004, he became the only manager in FA Premier League history to go through the entire season without a loss. Wenger has a degree in Engineering and a master's degree in Economics from Strasbourg University and is fluent in French, Alsatian, German and English; he also speaks some Italian, Spanish and Japanese. Height: 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing career Wenger's playing career was rela... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. He was one of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars, from the 1940s to the 1960s, and played important roles well into the 1990s. One of his most notable performances was as Atticus Finch in the 1963 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he won an Academy Award. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 12. Early life Peck was born Eldred Gregory Peck in San Diego, California's seaside community of La Jolla, the son of Gregory Pearl Peck, a chemist and pharmacist, and Missouri-born Bernice Ma... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, writer and actor most noted for his comic characters Borat (a Kazakh reporter), Ali G (a junglist-hip hop gangsta wannabe from Staines, England) and Bruno (a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter). Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) All three characters are featured in Da Ali G Show, a program in which Baron Cohen conducts interviews while dressed as one of his three characters. His interviewees believe that the ostensible interviews are sincere and legitimate. His work has been recognized with several Emmy nominations, an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, a BAFTA award and a Golden Globe for Best Actor for his work in the feature film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Natio... Add to favourites (69 fans)Biography of Chris Hemsworth
Chris Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor best known for playing the roles of Kim Hyde in the Australian soap opera Home and Away and George Kirk in the 2009 motion picture Star Trek. Personal life Hemsworth was born and raised in Melbourne and later moved to Phillip Island, south of Melbourne with his family. Chris's older and younger brothers Luke and Liam Hemsworth are also actors and have had recurring role as Nathan Tyson and Josh Taylor on Neighbours, respectively. He attended Heathmont Secondary College in Melbourne. Chris dated Home and Away co-star Isabel Lucas until June 2006. Career In 2004 he auditioned for the part of Robbie Hunter (played by Jason Smith), but failed to get the part. He was subsequently recalled for the part of Kim Hyde. He was ... Biography of Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker (b. November 22, 1967 in Leimen, Germany) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17. Since he retired from the professional tour, media work and colourful aspects of his personal life have kept him in the headlines. Becker is the only son of an architect, who built the tennis center (Blau-Weiss Tennisklub) where Boris learned the game. Becker turned professional in 1984 and won his first professional doubles title that year in Munich. The orange-blond teenager took the sports world by storm in 1985. He won his first top-level singles title in June at Queen's Club and then, two weeks later,... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American Academy Award-winning film actor. (Sometimes, 1923 is given, but Imdb and German Wikipedia give 1924, and more sources give 1924). Heston was known for playing heroic roles, such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. Early in his career, he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to publicly speak out against racism and was active in the civil rights movement. During the latter part of his movie career, he starred in films such as The Omega Man and Soylent Green, which have a strong environmental message. He was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. Early life Heston was born John Charles Carter in Evanston, Illinois, the s... Biography of Bachar al-Assad
Dr Bashar al-Assad (Arabic: بشار الأسد, Baššār al-Asad) (born 11 September 1965) is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Regional Secretary of the Baath Party, and the son of former President Hafez al-Assad. Overview of Presidency The Baath Party remains in control of the parliament, and is constitutionally the "leading party" of the state. Until he became President, Bashar al-Assad was not greatly involved in Syrian politics; his only political role was as head of the Syrian Computer Society, which was mainly in charge of introducing the Internet to Syria in 2001. Al-Assad was confirmed as President by an unopposed referendum in 2001. He was expected to bring a more liberal approach to the leadership than his f... Biography of Francis Heaulme
French famous serial killer.... Biography of Lou Ferrigno
Louis Jude Ferrigno (born November 9, 1951) is an American bodybuilder and actor. Ferrigno has appeared in such television shows and movies as The Incredible Hulk, Pumping Iron (with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Franco Columbu), Sinbad of the Seven Seas, and, in the title role, Hercules in 1983. He is more recently known for playing a minor role in the sitcom King of Queens. Height: 6' 3" (1.90m 1/2) Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ferrigno was raised in an Italian-American family, the son of Matthew, a New York City Police Department Lieutenant who, according to Lou, was also a weightlifter and was often very critical and negative towards him, and mother Victoria. At the age of three, Lou suffered an ear infection and permanently lost 80% of his hearing. He started weight training at age 1... Biography of J. M. G. Le Clézio
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, or J.M.G. Le Clézio (born April 13, 1940, Nice, France) is a mauritian novelist from English and Breton origins. He was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature. His family emigrated from Brittany to the île de France—today's Mauritius—in the 18th century. The family lived for a time in Africa where his father served as a surgeon in the British army. His mother was a deaf mute. During World War II, the family was separated, his father being unable to join his wife and children in Nice where Le Clézio studied at the Collège littéraire universitaire. After graduation, he moved to the United States as a teacher. A great traveler, J.M.G. Le Clézio has been writing since age seven or eight. After majoring in French literature, he ... Add to favourites (27 fans)Biography of James Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing screen persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Oscars, winning one in competition and one life achievement. He also had a noted military career, rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force. Height: Taille : 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, he first pursued a career as an architect before being drawn to the theater in college. His first success came as an actor on Broadway, before making his Hollywood debut in 1935. Stewart's career gained momentum after his well-received Frank Capra films, includ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Victor Webster
Victor Webster is a Canadian actor born on February 7, 1973 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is best known for his television work on Days of our Lives, Mutant X, and Charmed. Webster's parents were a police officer and a hair-stylist. When he became a teenager, his misbehaviour often got him into trouble. To find another more productive outlet, he started studying martial arts. He became a teacher as well as a competitor, with an undefeated record as an amateur kick-boxer and a heavyweight black belt. Meanwhile, his early interest in acting was demonstrated in his involvement with numerous school plays and theater classes. However, he decided to find more stable work, and spent several years as a stockbroker. He later became the owner of an import export company. Still interested ... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of John Krasinski
John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor, perhaps most widely known for playing Jim Halpert on NBC's The Office. The source for his time of birth is Astrotdatabank. Early life Krasinski was born in Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Mary Clare (née Doyle), a nurse, and internist Dr. Ronald Krasinski. He has two older brothers and was raised Catholic. He played on the same Little League Baseball team and attended the same high school as B.J. Novak, later his co-star (Ryan Howard) on The Office and also a writer and co-producer of several episodes of the show. Krasinski graduated from Newton South High School in 1997 and finished up his academic career at Brown University, where he graduated in 2002 as a playwright with honors. He then attended the Natio... Biography of Fabio Lanzoni
Fabio Lanzoni (born in Milan, Italy, in 1959; widely known simply as Fabio) is a male fashion model who has appeared on the cover of hundreds of romance novels throughout the 1980s and 90s. Early modeling He started as a model in Italy, then moved to New York and became a runway and catalog model for the Ford agency where he hooked up with Kevin and Gary from COLT. He became famous in the romance world for appearing on hundreds of kitschy romance novel covers, the first of which was Hearts Aflame in 1987. Fabio's image on the covers of these books increased their sales significantly. He's known among video game enthusiasts for his box cover pose for the NES game Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II in 1989. After retiring from modeling in 1991, Lanzoni left New York for the lure o... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of David Trezeguet
David Sergio Trézéguet (born 15 October 1977 in Rouen, France) is a French-Argentine football striker who plays for Juventus and France. Early life Trézéguet is the son of Argentine football player Jorge Trézéguet, who is the son of French immigrants to Argentina. His last name is very common in Francophone countries. David Trézéguet's mother gave birth to him while his father was playing in France. David grew up in Argentina after moving there from France at the age of two and played his first professional match in Argentina. He returned to France at the age of 17, when he signed for AS Monaco. National team Trézéguet won the 1998 FIFA World Cup with France, and in the 2000 European Championship scored the golden goal in the final against Italy to give the French the title. He ... Biography of Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963–1969). After serving a long career in the U.S. Congress, Johnson became the thirty-seventh Vice President, and in 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following President John F. Kennedy's assassination. He was a major leader of the Democratic Party and as President was responsible for designing his Great Society, comprising liberal legislation including civil rights laws, Medicare (health care for the elderly), Medicaid (health care for the poor), aid to education, and a major "War on Poverty". Simultaneously, he escalated the American involvement in the Vietnam War, from 16,000 American soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 in early 1968. He was elected... Biography of Pierre Bellemare
Pierre Bellemare is a French TV host, journalist, writer and TV producer, born October 21, 1929 in Boulogne-Billancourt. Height: 1m90... Biography of Sasha Mitchell
Sasha Mitchell (born July 27, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, best known for his role as "Cody" on the television series Step by Step. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Sasha had a starring role in the 1988 film Spike of Bensonhurst. From 1989-1991, Mitchell appeared on the hit CBS prime time soap opera Dallas, playing James, the illegitimate son of J.R. Ewing (played by series star Larry Hagman). This led to several TV series guest-spots such as Rags To Riches. He earned his black belt in taekwondo and was a championship fighter in kickboxing. Using his real-life skills he took over Jean-Claude Van Damme's role in the Kickboxer movie series. He starred in a total of three (3), with the final one being Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor in 1994. He was also a Calvin Klein mo... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Derek Jeter
Derek Sanderson Jeter (born June 26, 1974 in Pequannock, New Jersey) is an American Major League Baseball player. Jeter is an eight-time All-Star shortstop, and currently the captain of the New York Yankees. Jeter has spent his entire career with the New York Yankees, starting in 1995 when he was 20 years old. He has won the American League Rookie of the Year Award, the All-Star Game MVP Award, the World Series MVP Award, a Silver Slugger Award, and three Gold Glove Awards. His .317 career batting average through the 2006 season ranks him with the 5th-highest lifetime batting average of all active baseball players. He has been in the top seven in the American League in both hits and runs scored for nine of the past ten years. During the 2000s he ranks second in the major leagues in hits... Biography of Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)
Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold George Dorsey, May 2 1936, Madras, India (birth time source: Joan McEvers, Astrodatabank)) is an Anglo-Indian pop singer who rose to international fame during the 1960s, after adopting the name of the famous German opera composer as his own stage name.... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Brandon Routh
Brandon James Routh (born October 9, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on several television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2005, he was cast in the lead role in the 2006 film Superman Returns. Early life Routh, the third of four children, was born in Des Moines, Iowa to Katie, a teacher, and Ron Routh, a carpenter; both of his parents play music in their spare time and his sister, Sara Routh, is a singer. Routh's family, which is Methodist, has German, French, English ancestry. Routh grew up in Norwalk, Iowa, which was located approximately 100 miles south of Woolstock, the hometown of George Reeves, the second actor to play Superman. During his childhood, Ro... Biography of Chad Smith
Chad Smith (born October 25, 1961 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA), is the drummer of the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Height : 6' 3" (1.91 m) He joined the Chili Peppers in late 1988 after former drummer, Jack Irons quit because of the distress and chaos over former guitarist Hillel Slovak's death from a drug overdose. In 1993, he released "Red Hot Rhythm Method", an educational video for aspiring drummers. At Live Earth in 2007, Smith was part of SOS Allstars with Roger Taylor of Queen and close friend Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters. Smith grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and attended Andover High School and Lahser High School, graduating from Lahser in 1980. While he was still at school, he ran away from home for a period of time. When he returned, his moth... Biography of Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born January 28, 1978) is an Italian FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper. He is currently the first choice goalkeeper for Juventus F.C. and the Italian national team. He was transferred to Juventus from childhood club Parma F.C. in 2001, for what was the largest transfer figure ever for a goalkeeper at £32 million. Early life and family Gianluigi Buffon was born in Carrara, into a sporting family: his mother Maria Stella was a discus thrower, his father Adriano a weightlifter, his two sisters Veronica and Guendalina volleyball players, and his uncle Angelo Masocco a basketball player. He is also related to former Inter Milan and Italy goalkeeper Lorenzo Buffon, who is the cousin of Gianluigi's grandfather. He is also in close relation t... Biography of Laurent Wauquiez
Laurent Wauquiez-Motte or Laurent Wauquiez, born April 12, 1975 in Lyon, is a French politician.... Biography of Guy Williams
Guy Williams (born Armand Joseph Catalano) (January 14, 1924 - April 30, 1989) was an American actor and former fashion model, who played swashbuckling action heroes in the 1950s and 1960s, but never quite achieved movie-star status despite his appearance (including hazel eyes, 6'3" height, and 190 lb. weight) and charisma, which helped launch his early successful photographic modeling career. Among his most prominent achievements were two memorable TV series: Zorro (in black and white -- colorized years later by the Disney enterprise) and Lost in Space, as the father of the Robinson family. The sci-fi TV program was highly popular, noted for the design of the sleek silver spacesuits, which Guy Williams wore in many publicity photos (see image at right). His hobbies included: astrono... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Boris Tadic
Boris Tadić (Serbian: Борис Тадић; born January 15, 1958) is the current President of Serbia serving his second term. A psychologist by profession, he is a leader of the Democratic Party. Tadić was elected to a four-year term on June 27, 2004, and was sworn into office on July 11, 2004. He was reelected for a de facto second five-year term on February 3, 2008 and was sworn in on February 15. It is his de jure first term, as Tadić was elected under previous constitution for the first term. Prior to Presidency, Tadić served as the Minister of Telecommunications of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and as the Minister of Defence of Serbia and Montenegro. Boris Tadić advocates full integration of Serbia in... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Paul Bettany
Paul Bettany (born May 27, 1971) is an English actor best known for his roles as Geoffrey Chaucer in A Knight's Tale, Charles Herman in A Beautiful Mind, Stephen Maturin in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Peter Colt in Wimbledon and as Silas in The Da Vinci Code. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Early life Bettany was born in Harlesden, London to Thane Bettany, a drama teacher and actor, and Anne Kettle, a school secretary. He has an older sister, Sarah, and a younger brother, Matthew, who died after a fall when he was only eight years old. Matthew's death left the family grief-stricken. Soon after, Bettany left home and went to live on his own in London. He lived in a small flat and earned money by playing his guitar in the streets, busker style. After two years, he foun... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Liev Schreiber
Isaac Liev Schreiber (born October 4, 1967) is a Tony Award-winning American actor. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s, having initially appeared in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the Scream trilogy of horror films. Early life Schreiber was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Heather (née Milgram) and Tell Schreiber, a stage actor and director. His father is of Austrian, Irish, Swiss, and Scottish descent while his mother is Jewish, the descendant of immigrants from Poland, Ukraine and Germany. His mother claims that she named him after her favorite author, Leo Tolstoy, while his father claims that Schreiber was named after the doctor who saved his mother's life. His family nickname, adopted when Schreiber was a b... Biography of Pierre Soulages
Pierre Soulages (born December 24, 1919) is a French painter, engraver and sculptor. Born in Rodez (Aveyron) in 1919, Soulages is also known as "the painter of black" because of his interest in the colour ("Both a colour and a non-colour. When light is reflected on black, it transforms and transmutes it. It opens up a mental field all of its own."). He sees light as a matter to work with; striating the black surface of his paintings enables him to make the light reflect, allowing the black to come out from darkness and into brightness, thereby becoming a luminous colour. Before World War II, Soulages had already toured museums in Paris seeking his vocation, and after wartime military service, he opened a studio in Paris, holding his first exhibition at the Salon des Surindépendants i... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Jérôme Le Banner
Jérôme "Geronimo" Le Banner (born December 26, 1972), known as well as "Hyper Battle Cyborg" or "The Bulldog of Normandy" is a French professional kickboxer and K-1 superstar, famous for his aggressive fighting style and knockout power.. Jérôme Le Banner was born in the French city of Le Havre, in the région of Normandy. Le Banner started training judo at the age of 6. When he was 14, Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury influenced him so much that he started practicing karate instead, while trying to incorporate techniques of Jeet Kune Do he had seen in the film. Jeet Kune Do gave him southpaw stance, which he has maintained throughout his career, even though he is right-handed. At the age of 18, he debuted in his first Full Contact Kickboxing competitions. By 20 he held the ISKA French title a... Biography of Samuel Le Bihan
Samuel Le Bihan (born November 2, 1965 in Avranches) is a French actor, best known in the United States for his work in the films Brotherhood of the Wolf and He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not. He made his French film debut in the movie Promenades d'été in 1991, and has since become one of the most popular male leads in the country's film industry. Filmography Dirty Like an Angel (Sale comme un ange) (1991) Three Colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) (1994) A French Woman (Une femme française) (1995) Captain Conan (Capitaine Conan) (1996) Restons groupés (1998) Venus Beauty Institute (Vénus beauté (institut)) (1999) Brotherhood of the Wolf (Pacte des loups, Le) (2001) He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (À la folie... pas du tout) (2002)... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Belmont, Massachusetts. Taylor's career began in the mid-1960s, but he found his audience in the early 1970s, singing sensitive and gentle acoustic songs. He was part of a wave of singer-songwriters of the time that also included Joni Mitchell, Tom Rush, Cat Stevens, Carole King, John Denver, Jackson Browne as well as Carly Simon, whom Taylor later married. His 1976 album Greatest Hits was certified diamond and has sold more than 11 million copies. He has retained a large audience well into the 1990s and early 2000s, when some of his best-selling and most-awarded albums were released. Early years James Taylor grew up in Carrboro, North Carolina, where his father Isaac M. Taylor was t... Biography of Georges Tron
Georges Tron, born August 1, 1957 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French politician, member of UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire).... Biography of Alex Rodriguez
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975 in New York, New York), commonly nicknamed A-Rod, is a Dominican American baseball player. He is currently the third baseman for the New York Yankees, after having played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers. Since 1996, his first full season, through 2007 he leads the Major Leagues in home runs (HR), runs scored, runs batted in (RBI), total bases and extra-base hits. He is currently first all-time in HR, runs scored and total bases; second in extra base hits and RBI, and 4th in hits among all players in baseball history prior to their 31st birthday. In addition, to this point in his career Rodriguez has more HR, RBI, runs scored and more base hits than all-time leaders Hank Aaron (RBI), Barry Bonds (HR), Rickey Henderson ... Biography of Ken Wahl
Ken Wahl (né Anthony Calzaretta, born 31 October 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film and television actor. Career Wahl made his screen debut starring in the 1979 film The Wanderers. In 1981 Wahl appeared in Fort Apache, The Bronx. He was cast as a blackjack dealer opposite Bette Midler in the 1982 Jinxed!, a production that resulted in Wahl making uncomplimentary remarks about his co-star that led to a threatened lawsuit. (The actor stated he thought about his dog during their romantic scenes.) He also appeared in the movies The Soldier (1982), Purple Hearts (1984), The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991), and The Favor (1990, released 1994). Wahl is best known for the lead role of "Vinnie Terranova" on the television show Wiseguy from 1987 to 1990. The show brought Wahl a Gol... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Kevin Sorbo
Kevin Sorbo (born September 24, 1958) is an American actor probably best known for the role of Hercules on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Early life Born in Mound, Minnesota and educated at then-Moorhead State University he worked as a model for print and television advertising in the 1980s. He then made guest appearances in several television series such as Murder She Wrote and The Commish. He was considered for and lost out to Dean Cain as Superman in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and was a possible contender for the role of Agent Mulder in The X Files which went to David Duchovny. Career He became famous when he landed the role of Hercules in several television films and then played the role regularly in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys from 1995 ... Biography of Guy Forget
Guy Forget (born January 4, 1965 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain. Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight 80 kg (176 lb) Career Forget first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the French Open junior title in 1982. He turned professional later that year. His breakthrough year on the professional tour was 1986 when he made it to the fourth round of Roland Garros, his best grand slam at that point, and won his first top-level singles title in Toulouse, and was also part of the French team which won the World Team Cup. Forget also won six doubles titles in 1... Biography of Ivano Balic
Ivano Balić (born April 1, 1979 in Split) is a Croatian handballer. He is considered to be the best player in the world and was voted 6 times in a row most valuable player in major international competitions. Before playing handball Balić trained with the basketball club KK Split. He began his handball career with RK Split. Balić was a member of the Croatian national team that won the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship in Portugal. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2005 World Championship in Tunisia. Balić was declared the IHF World Player of the Year in 2003 and 2006 as well as the best player in Croatia 2003. After playing for RK Metković he moved to Portland San Antonio. At the 2006 European Championship in Switzerland h... Biography of Matthew Modine
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959 in Loma Linda, California) is an American actor. Height 6' 3" (1.90m 1/2) Early life Modine is the youngest of seven children. Although he was born in Loma Linda, California, his formative years were spent growing up in Utah. His father, Mark, was a drive-in theater manager. When Modine was ten years old, he saw a documentary about the making of the film Oliver!. Inspired by the young actors and their performances, Modine decided to become an actor. He found a dance school in Provo, Utah and began taking tap dancing lessons. He also joined the junior high school Glee Club when his family moved to Midvale, Utah. Attended Marian Catholic High School for two and a half years (where his nickname was "Matt the Rat", only because it rhymed), ... Biography of Cone McCaslin
Jason Paul McCaslin best known as Cone McCaslin, born September 3, 1980 in North York, Canada, is a Canadian singer, member of group Sum 41. Height 6' 3" (1.91 m)... Biography of Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an American swimmer and actor who was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in films, a role he played in twelve motion pictures. Other actors also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller was the best-known. His distinctive, ululating Tarzan yell is still often used in films.... Biography of Max von Sydow
Max Carl Adolf von Sydow, (born April 10, 1929) is an Academy Award-nominated Swedish actor, known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Height: 6' 3¼" (1.91 m) Early life Von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow to a wealthy family in Lund, Skåne, Sweden. His father, Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, was an ethnologist and professor of Irish, Scandinavian, and comparative folklore at the University of Lund. His mother, Friherrinnan (Baroness) Greta (Rappe), was a school teacher. Little material is available on his childhood, except that he was apparently a shy, quiet child with no siblings. He attended the Cathedral School of Lund, and learned German and English starting at the age of nine. At school, he and some friends founded an amateur theatre company, wher... Biography of Christophe Dugarry
Christophe Dugarry (born March 24, 1972 in Lormont) is a former French football (soccer) forward. Coming from the Girondins de Bordeaux youth ranks, he was part of a gifted generation at the club which included future France teammates Bixente Lizarazu and Zinedine Zidane (who was a close friend of Dugarry). The highlight of his career at this club was the two goals he scored in quarter final of the UEFA cup against AC Milan, sealing his move the following year to the Italian club in the process. Dugarry made his international debut in a 1-0 win against Australia on 26 May 1994 he went on to be selected 55 times for the national team scoring 8 goals in the process. With the French national team, Dugarry won World Cup 1998 and Euro 2000. Dugarry's talent has always been debated. He ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pierre Tchernia
Pierre Tchernia was born Pierre Tcherniakowski on January 29, 1928 in Paris. In France known as "Magic" Tchernia and Monsieur Cinema, he is a cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor. Career He was part of the creation of the first televised news in France in 1949 and was an early French news presenter. In 1955 he became a producer of animation (with a heavy influence from the early animation of Walt Disney). For many years he hosted a television game show of movie trivia, Monsieur Cinéma. He has also been host or presenter for various French talk, variety, quiz and music shows over the years. Asterix A good friend of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the creators of Asterix, he has narrated many of the Asterix films in the original French, and ... Biography of Dean McDermott
Dean McDermott (born November 16, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor best known for playing Constable Turnbull on the TV series Due South and for his marriage to Tori Spelling. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) McDermott has appeared in many TV and movie roles, including the Kevin Costner film Open Range. He received a Gemini Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1997 for his portrayal of small town boy Garet French in Lives of Girls and Women. In 2007, he and Spelling co-starred in the reality series, Tori & Dean: Inn Love. McDermott married Spelling after they met on the set of Mind over Murder. His previous marriage to TV chef Mary Jo Eustace was dissolved in September 2005. McDermott has two sons, Jack Montgomery (born to Eustace in 1998), and Liam Aaron (born to Spellin... Biography of Method Man (actor)
Clifford Smith (born March 2, 1971), better known by his stage name Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man & Redman. He won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" with Mary J. Blige. In 2007, the writers of About.com placed him on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007). In 2012, The Source placed him on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time. He is also the only MC to be featured on Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album Ready to Die. Method Man appeared in the motion pictures Belly, How High, Gard... Biography of Sinik (rapper)
Thomas Idir a.k.a. Sinik (born June 26, 1980) is a French-language rap artist of Kabylian ethnicity. His father is Algerian while his mother is French. His meeting with Diam's at 14 was the turning point of his career. They consider themselves as brother and sister. In 2001, he founded his label Six o Nine. Discography 2000 - Malsain (Mixtape) 2003 - Artiste Triste 2004 - En attendant l'album (Mixtape) 2005 - La Main Sur Le Coeur (200.000 copies in France); 2006 - Sang Froid (more 500 000 copies in France)... Biography of Emmanuel Chain
Emmanuel Chain is a French journalist and producer.... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Jim Henson
Jim Henson, born James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990), was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. He was the creator of The Muppets and the leading force behind their long creative run in the television series Sesame Street and The Muppet Show and films such as The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Dark Crystal (1982). He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company, the Jim Henson Foundation, and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Henson is widely acknowledged for the ongoing vision of faith, friendship, magic, and love which infused nearly all of his work. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Henson died on May 16, 1990 of organ failure due to infection by bacterial p... Biography of Jeff Daniels
Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician and playwright. Early life Daniels was born in Athens, Georgia and grew up in Chelsea, Michigan, where his father, Robert Lee Daniels, ran a local lumber yard. He was raised in the Methodist religion. Daniels attended Central Michigan University and participated in their theater program before dropping out during his junior year to move to New York City. His first performance in New York was in The Shortchanged Review (1979) at Second Stage Theatre. It was the first show of the inaugural season for Second Stage Theatre. Stage career Daniels has starred in a number of New York productions, on and off Broadway. On Broadway, he has appeared in Lanford Wilson's Redwood Curtain, A. R. Gurney's The G... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Steve Nash
Stephen John Nash, OC, OBC (born February 7, 1974), is a Canadian professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nash was brought up in a family of sportsmen and he excelled in a variety of sports. He enjoyed an outstanding high school basketball career, but garnered no attention from US college recruiters as he was based in Canada. He was eventually recruited by Santa Clara University head coach Dick Davey, and in Nash's four seasons with the Broncos, the team made three National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) appearances. Nash was twice named the West Coast Conference Player of the Year, and he left Santa Clara as the all-time leader in assists. Nash entered the 1996 NBA Draft and was selected as the 15th... Biography of Pete Seeger
Peter Seeger (born May 3, 1919), better known as Pete Seeger, is a folk singer, political activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. As a member of the Weavers, he had a string of hits, including a 1949 recording of Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene" that topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. However, his career as a mainstream performer was seriously curtailed by the Second Red Scare: he came under severe attack as a former member of the Communist Party of the United States of America. Later, he re-emerged on the public scene as a pioneer of protest music in the late 1950s and the 1960s. He is perhaps best known today as the author or co-author of the songs "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)", and "Turn, Turn, Turn... Biography of Gustavo Kuerten
Gustavo Kuerten (born September 10, 1976 in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001. Kuerten is also known as "Guga", an affectionate nickname which is a common abbreviation of the name "Gustavo" in Portuguese-speaking countries. Height 6'3" (190 cm) Weight 183 lb (83 kg) Personal and early career Kuerten was born in Florianópolis in southern Brazil. He has German family roots. Kuerten's early life is marked by two family tragedies. The first one concerns his youngest brother, who suffered prolonged oxygen deprivation and consequently irrepairable brain damage during birth and as a result suffers from mental retardation and severe physical disability. Kuerten has been deeply ... Biography of Billy Graham
William Franklin Graham, Jr., (born November 7, 1918) better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian. He has been a spiritual adviser to multiple U.S. presidents and was number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for the 20th century. He is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention. Graham has preached in person to more people around the world than anyone who has ever lived. As of 1993, more than 2.5 million people had stepped forward at his crusades to "accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior". Graham consistently ranks near the top of most admired Americans, and in one opinion survey on achievements in religion, Graham was ranked second, after God. As of 2002, Graham's lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, topped two bil... Biography of Michel Barnier
Michel Barnier (born January 9, 1951) is a conservative French politician. Michel Barnier was born in La Tronche in the Isère département of the Rhône-Alpes région, in France. He graduated from the École supérieure de commerce de Paris in 1972. He was elected to the House of Representatives as a deputy for the Savoie in 1978 and served in this function until 1993. Together with Jean-Claude Killy he organised the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville as co-president of the COJO (Comité d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques). Barnier served as Minister of the Environment from 1993 to 1995 and as Secretary of State for European Affairs from 1995 to 1997. Barnier served as a European Commissioner for regional policy in the Prodi Commission from 1999 until March 31, 2004 having been made th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of David Skrela
David Skrela (born 2 March 1979) is a French rugby union footballer. Height 1.91 Weight 91 Skrela is a native of Toulouse. He currently plays for Stade Français Paris in the Top 14 He previously played for the US Colomiers. He has also played for France in the past. He is the son of the famous French rugby union player Jean-Claude Skrela. He graduated from Toulouse's INSA as an engineer in Civil Engineering. He's married and has a daughter. His sister, Gaëlle Skrela, is a professional basketball player.... Biography of Michael Nouri
Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American television and film actor. He is known for his role as Nick Hurley, the boyfriend of Alex Owens (Jennifer Beals) in the 1983 movie blockbuster Flashdance. Recently, he had a recurring role in "The O.C." as Dr. Neil Roberts, the father of Summer Roberts (Rachel Bilson). Height: 6' 3" (1.91 m) Nouri was born in Washington, D.C. to Gloria (née Montgomery) and Edward Nouri, of Lebanese descent. His father, a businessman, worked in life insurance. He attended Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Connecticut and Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He graduated from Emerson College in Boston. He has two daughters, Jennifer and Hannah. Filmography Invincible (2006) Boynton Beach Club (2006) Last Holiday (2005) The Young and the... Biography of Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as "shadow senator" for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. Early life Jackson was born Jesse Louis Burns in Greenville, South Carolina, to Helen Burns. Helen Burns was a 16-year old single mother when he was born. His biological father, Noah Louis Robinson, a former professional boxer and a prominent figure in the black community, was married to another woman when Jesse was born. He was not involved in his son's life. In 1943, two years after Jesse's birth, his m... Biography of Thierry Omeyer
Thierry Omeyer, born November 2, 1976 in Mulhouse, is a French handball player. Height : 1,91 m... Biography of Tim Rice-Oxley
Timothy "Tim" James Rice-Oxley is the co-founder, pianist and composer of English piano rock and alternative rock band Keane. He plays piano, keyboards, bass, and provides backing vocals for the band. Life and career He was born in June 2, 1976 to Margaret and Charles Patrick Rice-Oxley. He went to Tonbridge school, Kent with his best friends at the time, Richard Hughes and Tom Chaplin. He had been close friends with Chaplin due to Chaplin having been born on the same day as Rice-Oxley's brother (also named Tom) – their mothers met in hospital as a result. He had piano lessons when he was a teenager but admitted to hating them and never practising pieces because they were all classical music which he found boring. After his parents stopped his lessons, he developed a liking for piano a... Biography of Roschdy Zem
Roschdy Zem, born September 27, 1965 in Gennevilliers near Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is a French actor. Selected filmography 1991: I Don't Kiss 1993: My Favorite Season 1995: Don't Forget You're Going to Die 1996: The Best Job in the World 1997: L'autre côté de la mer 1998: Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train 1998: Alice et Martin 1998: For Sale 1998: Louise (Take 2) 2000: Stand-by 2001: Change moi ma vie 2001: My Wife Is an Actress 2002: The Race 2003: Merci Docteur Rey 2003: Sansa 2004: 36 2005: Va, Vis et Deviens 2005: Camping à la ferme 2005: Le Petit Lieutenant 2006: Indigènes 2006: La Californie 2006: Mauvaise foi (also written and directed) 2007: ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Radivoje Bukvic
Radivoje Bukvic (or Rasha Bukvic) , born November 11, 1979 in Sombor, is a Serbian actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1366568/ ) Largo Winch (2008) (post-production) .... Goran Femme invisible, La (2008) (post-production) .... Jean "Cour des grands, La" .... Vlad (1 episode, 2008) - Félix (2008) TV episode (as Rasha Bukvic) .... Vlad Taken (2008) .... Anton ... aka Taken (France) "Stizu dolari 2" .... Danilo Scepanovic (17 episodes, 2006) - Episode #1.29 (2006) TV episode .... Danilo Scepanovic - Episode #1.26 (2006) TV episode .... Danilo Scepanovic - Episode #1.25 (2006) TV episode .... Danilo Scepanovic - Episode #1.24 (2006) TV episode .... Danilo Scepanovic - Episode #1.22 (2006) TV episode .... Danilo Scepanovic (1... Biography of Tom Green
Michael Thomas "Tom" Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian actor, rapper, writer and television host. He currently hosts the internet talk show Tom Green's House Tonight. Born in Pembroke, Ontario, Green grew up in suburban Ottawa. He pioneered a type of "shock humour" that began Jackass, Fear Factor and other reality shows. Rap Career In the early 1990s, Green had a short-lived career as a rapper in a group called Organized Rhyme. He came back in 2005 with his rap group, the Keeping it Real Crew, featuring DJ EZ Mike of the Dust Brothers. In late 2005, Tom released his first solo rap album, titled Prepare For Impact. He has received offers from such rap artists as Spice 1 and Bushwick Bill of the Geto Boys to appear on his raps. He has performed with Grand Buffet, Mickey Avalon, an... Biography of Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits (born July 9, 1955) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning American actor, primarily in movies, soap operas and television. Smits is perhaps best known for his long-running roles on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law as Richard Dysart's youngest uptight law partner, Victor Sifuentes, who was also the firm's pro-bono lawyer (a role he played from 1986 to 1991), and as Dennis Franz's second partner, Det. Bobby Simone, in NYPD Blue (a role he played from 1994 to 1998), a police officer who was a widower, as well as his role on The West Wing as congressman and presidential candidate Matt Santos, opposite Alan Alda, Martin Sheen and Dule Hill. He most recently played Alex Vega, the main character on CBS's prime-time serial, Cane. As an actor, he is noted for his portrayal of earnest, hones... Biography of Martin Landau
Martin Landau (born June 20, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American film and television actor. He is perhaps most well-known for his roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966 - 1969) and Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977). He received a Golden Globe award in 1969 for his performance in the former, playing the role of mission specialist Rollin Hand. In 1968 and 1969 he received Emmy award nominations for best actor in a dramatic series for his Mission: Impossible work. In 1994 he won the Oscar (among other awards) for Best Supporting Actor in the critically acclaimed movie Ed Wood, having already received two previous Oscar nominations. Height 6' 3" (1.91 m) Landau was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of 17 began working as a cartoonist for the New York Daily New... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hugues Duboscq
Hugues Duboscq (born August 29, 1981 in Saint Lô, Manche) is a breaststroke swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the 100m Breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. Two years later Duboscq won his first individual medal at the European LC Championships 2002 in Berlin: bronze in the 100m Breaststroke. He's on the French Swimming Team since 2000.... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Idris Elba
Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba (born 6 September 1972) is a British television, theater, and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. Idris Elba grew up in Hackney, East London. One of his first acting roles was in a British soap opera, Family Affairs. He has worked in a variety of TV roles including Ultraviolet and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. He is best known as Russell "Stringer" Bell, the drug dealer who aspired to become a high powered businessman, in HBO's The Wire. Elba is also a DJ under the moniker DJ Big Driis / Big Driis the Londoner, and a hip-hop soul recording artist. In 2009, Idris began playing a character in NBC's television hit series The Office. He will be in six episodes playing Charles Miner, Michael Scott's new boss. Elba is currently in ... Biography of Bernie Mac
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), better known by the stage name Bernie Mac, was an American actor and comedian. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer and D.L. Hughley as The Original Kings of Comedy. After briefly hosting the HBO show Midnight Mac, Mac appeared in several movies in smaller roles. His most notable movie role was as Frank Catton in the remake of Ocean's Eleven and its two sequels. Mac also starred in several movies, including Mr. 3000. He was the star of The Bernie Mac Show , which ran from 2001-2006, and earned two Emmy Award nominations. Early life Mac was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised by a single mother, Mary. She ... Biography of Rodrigo Santoro
Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro (born August 22, 1975) is a Brazilian actor. Career In 1993, as Santoro was studying Journalism at PUC-Rio, he entered the Actor's Workshop of Rede Globo. Santoro went on to play parts in many of Globo's telenovelas, such as Olho no Olho (1993), Pátria Minha (1994), Explode Coração (1995), O Amor Está no Ar (1997), Suave Veneno (1999) and Mulheres Apaixonadas (2003), as well as the miniseries Hilda Furacão (1998), in the role of a priest. Santoro also did the Brazilian version of the titular character in Stuart Little and its sequel. His first major role in a cinema production would come in 2001, with Bicho de Sete Cabeças (Brainstorm) by Brazilian director Laís Bodansky. At the time, he was under heavy criticism for his role in a Brazilian soap an... Biography of James Eagan Holmes
On July 20, 2012, a gunman opened fire during a midnight premiere of the film The Dark Knight Rises in a Cinemark movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. The gunman, acting alone and dressed in protective clothing, entered the theater and set off tactical grenades, then opened fire on the theatergoers with multiple firearms. The attack received worldwide media coverage, being one of the deadliest mass murders in contemporary United States history. Suspect At the scene The alleged shooter, James Eagan Holmes (born December 13, 1987 (birth time source: Kenneth D. Miller, birth certificate, Astrodatabank)), was taken into police custody at the scene. He was found next to his car in the theater parking lot and did not resist arrest. The responding of... Biography of Stewart Granger
Stewart Granger (May 6, 1913 – August 16, 1993), born James Lablache Stewart, was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. Tall, dark, dignified and handsome, Granger was a popular leading man in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Height : 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) He was born in London, and educated at Epsom College. The grandson of the actor Luigi Lablache, he was obliged to change his name in order to avoid being confused with the famous American actor James Stewart. As Granger reported in an interview once, his off-screen friends called him "Jimmy". Acting career In 1933, he made his film debut as an extra. His first starring role was in the Gainsborough Pictures period melodrama The Man in Grey (1943), a film that helped to make him a huge star in Britain... Biography of Danny Aiello
Daniel Louis Aiello, Jr. (born June 20, 1933) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning American actor who has appeared in numerous motion pictures, including Once Upon a Time in America, Ruby, The Godfather: Part II, Hudson Hawk, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, Léon: The Professional, Two Days in the Valley, and Dinner Rush. He had a pivotal role in the 1989 Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing, earning a nomination for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of Sal, the pizzeria owner. Early life Aiello, the second youngest of six children, was born in Manhattan, the son of Italian American parents Frances (née Pietrocova), a seamstress who was a native of Naples, Italy, and Daniel Louis Aiello, Sr., a laborer. He moved to the South Bronx when he was seven ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Meredith (football)
Joseph Don "Dandy Don" Meredith (born April 10, 1938 in Mount Vernon, Texas) is a retired American football quarterback in the NFL who played for the Dallas Cowboys, a former football commentator, and entertainer. Football career Meredith played college football at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he started at quarterback for 3 years, leading the Southwest Conference in passing completion percentage each year and getting selected as an All-American in 1958 and 1959. Meredith was so popular on campus that many at the time jokingly referred to the school as "Southern Meredith University". To date, Meredith is the only quarterback to play amateur football for a Dallas area team (high school or college) and go on to start a game for the Dallas Cowboys. The Chicago Bears ... Biography of Ramzy Bédia
Ramzy Bédia, born March 10, 1972 in Paris, is a French actor and humorist. With Eric Judor, is a created the comic duo Eric et Ramzy. With French journalist Anne dePtrini, he has had a daughter, Ella, in June 2002. Filmography 1995 : Jamais deux sans toi...t (série télévisée) de Eric Assous et Alexandre Denim 1998-2002 : H (série télévisée) créée par Abd-el-Kader Aoun avec Jamel Debbouze 2001 : La Tour Montparnasse infernale 2003 : Pecan Pie (court métrage) 2004 : Les Nicole (série télévisée - production) 2004 : Double Zéro 2004 : Les Dalton 2005 : Il était une fois dans l'oued 2006 : Bled number one dans lequel Ramzy Bedia joue seul 2007 : Steak (film) le second film de Quentin Dupieux Voice 2002 : Ratz (série télévisée d'animation franco-canadienne) 2004 :... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Matthew Lillard
Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his role as Stevo in SLC Punk, Shaggy Rogers in the Scooby-Doo film series, and Stu Macher in Scream. Lillard was born in Lansing, Michigan, and grew up in Tustin, California. After high school, he was hired as an extra for Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College (1991). He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California, with fellow actor Paul Rudd, and later, the theater school Circle in the Square in New York City. Lillard married Heather Helms in 2000. The couple have two children together: Addison Grace and Macey Lyn. Will hosted ACME This Week, Saturday March 8th at the ACME Comedy Theatre. Filmography Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College (1993) Serial Mom (199... Biography of Rodney King
Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – June 17, 2012) was an American man who was most famous for being the victim of an incident of police brutality involving the Los Angeles Police Department on March 3, 1991. A bystander, George Holliday, witnessed the beating and videotaped much of the incident from a distance. The videotaped footage showed seven officers surrounding the solitary King, with several Los Angeles police officers repeatedly striking a helpless King with their batons while the other officers stood alongside watching the incident, without taking any noticeable action to stop the beating. A portion of this videotaped footage was aired by news agencies around the world, causing public outrage that increased tension between the local African Ame... Biography of Arnold Vosloo
Arnold Vosloo (born 16 June 1962) is a South African-born U.S. actor, known for playing the title role in the 1999 film The Mummy and its sequel, The Mummy Returns. More recently, he played a South African Mercenary named Colonel Coetzee in the film Blood Diamond. Early life Vosloo was born in Pretoria, South Africa into an acting family, his parents having been stage-actors, and the family moved around quite a lot. They lived in Port Elizabeth, where his father ran a drive-in theatre, and Alberton. He has one sister, Nadia. Career Vosloo began his acting career in the South African theatre where he won several Dalro Awards for his performances in such plays as Don Juan, Hamlet, and Môre is 'n Lang Dag (Tomorrow is a Long Day) and he quickly became a regular at Pretoria's State ... Biography of David Walliams
David Walliams (born David Williams, August 20, 1971) is an English comedy actor, best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas in the sketch show Little Britain. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Born to Peter (a London Transport engineer) and Kathleen Williams (a lab technician) in Surrey, Walliams was raised in Banstead. Both his parents appeared in The Friday Night Project, as their son David was the guest star on the new show. Walliams was educated at Reigate Grammar School, where he was a contemporary of Robert Shearman. He was a member of the National Youth Theatre, where he met comedy partner Lucas, and later studied Drama at the University of Bristol, where he was in the 1989-92 cohort - one year below Simon Pegg. Walliams is a stage name adopted for Equity purposes. This was s... Biography of Robin Söderling
Robin Söderling (born 14 August 1984) is a professional tennis player from Sweden. Currently, he is the only Swede on top 100 in the ATP Rankings. On May 31, 2009 he became the first and only player to defeat Rafael Nadal at the French Open. Early career Robin Söderling made his first steps in international tennis in November 1998 in Luxembourg, when at the age of 14 he played his first official junior tournament, losing the opening match to Fred Hemmes Jr. In his first full year in the junior tour (2000), he achieved four tournament victories and in 2001 attained three more titles in the juniors including the Orange Bowl. In the same year Söderling achieved fourth place in the year-end ranking and played in his very first ATP tournament in Stockholm, winning his first match against Ra... Biography of Georges Eugène Haussmann
Georges-Eugène Haussmann (March 27, 1809 – January 11, 1891), who called himself Baron Haussmann, was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris. He was born in Paris to a Protestant family from Alsace. Life The son of Nicolas Valentin Haussmann, a negociant, he was born in Paris and educated at the College Henri IV and subsequently studied law, attending simultaneously the classes at the Paris conservatory of music, for he was a good musician. He became sous-préfet of Nérac in 1830, and advanced rapidly in the civil service until in 1853 he was chosen by Persigny prefect of the Seine département in succession to Jean Jacques Berger, who hesitated to incur the vast expenses of the imperial schemes for the embellishment of Paris. Haussmann would remain ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree (born July 9, 1942) is an American actor and former male fashion model famous for portraying John Shaft in the film Shaft (1971) and in its two sequels, Shaft's Big Score (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973). Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Personal life Roundtree was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of Kathryn, a nurse and housekeeper, and John Roundtree, a caterer and garbage collector. He attended Southern Illinois University. Roundtree was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993 and underwent a double mastectomy and chemotherapy. Career Roundtree was a leading man in early 1970s Blaxploitation films. Prior to becoming an actor, he was a football player and a model. Although Roundtree worked through the 1990s, many of his more recent films were not well-recei... Biography of Mariano Rajoy
Mariano Rajoy Brey (pronounced ) (born March 27, 1955 (birth time source: his birth certificate) is a Spanish politician. As the leader of the conservative Popular Party (PP) he is currently leader of the opposition in the Spanish parliament. Having served as minister in previous PP cabinets, Rajoy was appointed as the party candidate for prime minister in the controversial Spanish general election on March 14, 2004. That election was won by the then opposition Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the aftermath of the Madrid train bombings. Rajoy was born in Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia in north-western Spain, a traditionally conservative region. He holds a law degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela and at the age of 24 he became the youngest ever property r... Biography of Robert Davi
Robert Davi (born June 26, 1953) is an American character actor. Davi is best remembered for his role as the villain Franz Sanchez in the James Bond film Licence to Kill, but also played roles such as Special Agent Johnson in Die Hard and the villainous, singing Fratelli brother, Jake, in The Goonies. Early life Davi was born in Astoria, Queens, New York to Maria (nee Rullo) and Sal Davi. His mother was an Italian American and his father was a native of Southern Italy; Davi spoke Italian during his childhood. He attended Seton Hall, a Catholic high school in Patchogue (Long Island), New York. He graduated from Hofstra University, the same alma mater as fellow James Bond villain Christopher Walken. Davi was drawn to Hofstra because of the school's Shakespearean 'round' theatre. Ca... Biography of Peter Schmeichel
Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE (IPA: , born 18 November 1963 in Gladsaxe, Denmark) is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993. He experienced his most successful years playing for English club Manchester United, with whom he won the 1999 UEFA Champions League to complete The Treble. He was a key member of the Denmark national football team which won the 1992 European Championship (Euro 92) tournament. Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Schmeichel is famous for his intimidating physique (he wears an XXXL shirt and stands 6'4" tall) and his attacking threat. Throughout his career, Schmeichel scored 11 goals, a great feat for a keeper. He is the most capped player for the Denmark national team, with 12... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of John Candy
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Canada, branch of The Second City, often playing lovable losers and characters with bad luck but big hearts. Candy died of a heart attack in 1994. His film roles were mostly comedic. Candy's daughter, Jennifer is an actress and television producer, having production credits for the television series Prom Queen and Sam Has 7 Friends. Early life & career Candy was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Evangeline (née Aker) and Sidney James Candy. He had an older brother, Jim. His father died of a heart attack at 35 (his father's father had also died of heart attack at a young age). He attended Neil McNeil High School, an all-boys, Cath... Biography of Elliott Gould
Elliott Gould (born August 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He became known during the 1970s, having starred in many Hollywood films, and has since continued appearing in supporting roles. Early life Gould was born Elliott Goldstein in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. His mother, Lucille (née Raver), sold artificial flowers to beauty shops, and his father, Bernard Goldstein, worked in the garment business. He graduated from the Professional Children's School. Career Gould was one of the most prominent American film actors in the early-1970s, best known for playing Trapper John in Robert Altman's satirical 1970 film MASH. Time magazine placed him on one of its covers in 1970, when he was at the brief height of his long ... Biography of Jeb Bush
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953), an American politician, was the 43rd Governor of Florida, as well as the first Republican to be re-elected to that office. He is a prominent member of the Bush family: the younger brother of current President George W. Bush; the older brother of Neil Bush, Marvin Bush and Dorothy Bush Koch; and the second son of former President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush. Early years John Ellis Bush was born in Midland, Texas, where his father was running an oil-drilling company. He has been known as Jeb (taken from his initials, "JEB") since childhood. When Bush was six years old, the family moved to Houston. He was a childhood athlete, enjoying baseball and tennis. He went to a public elementary school, but later transferred to a private sch... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Janet Reno
Janet Reno (born July 21, 1938) was the first and to date only female Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001). She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11. She was the second longest serving Attorney General after William Wirt. Reno's father, Henry Reno (original surname Rasmussen), immigrated to the United States from Denmark and for forty-three years was a police reporter for the Miami Herald. Jane Wood, Reno's mother, raised her children and then became an investigative reporter for the Miami News. Janet Reno has three younger siblings. She is the sister of columnist Robert Reno, and aunt to model Hunter Reno. She was one of two Danish Americans in the cabinet, the other being Lloyd Bentsen. Reno attended public school in M... Biography of Derrick Rose
Derrick Martell Rose (born October 4, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. Born in Chicago, Rose learned the game of basketball from his three older brothers. In high school, he won two state championships and was rated by scouts as the top point guard prospect in the country after graduation. He played for the University of Memphis Tigers and reached the NCAA national championship game in 2008. Shortly after, Rose declared for the 2008 NBA Draft and was selected first overall by his hometown Chicago Bulls. In his first year of professional basketball, Rose was voted the Rookie of the Year and was selected to the All-Rookie Team. In only his second season, Rose was selected as an All-Star for the first time for th... Biography of Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) (nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed), is an American professional golfer. He is one of the leading players of his generation, having won three major championships and a total of 34 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. The source for his time birth is his birth certificate. Height 6 ft 3 in (1.90 1/2 m) Weight 200 lb (91 kg) Career summary Early years through college Mickelson was born in San Diego, California and raised there and in Arizona. He swings a golf club left-handed, which he learned by watching his right-handed father swing and mirroring it. He is right-handed otherwise. He graduated from the University of San Diego H... Biography of Tony Hawk
Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk (born May 12, 1968) is an American professional skateboarder. Hawk gained significant fame for completing the first 900 as well as his licensed video game titles distributed by Activision. He is widely considered one of the most successful and influential pioneers of modern vertical skateboarding. Raised in San Diego, California, Hawk was described as being "hyperactive" as a child. His parents supported his skateboarding because it served as an outlet for his excessive energy, and as Hawk's skills developed, he became a professional skateboarder at age fourteen. In 1999, he became the first skater to land a 900 in competition. In 2002, he created the Boom Boom Huck Jam, an extreme sports competition in Las Vegas. Throughout his career, Hawk has made numerous a... Biography of Christopher Judge
Douglas Christopher Judge (born October 13, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor of African American and Cherokee Native descent. He attended the University of Oregon on a football scholarship, and was an all Pacific Ten Conference player. One of his first roles was in a 1990 episode of MacGyver with future Stargate co-star Richard Dean Anderson. Judge is best known for playing Teal'c in Stargate SG-1. He has written several episodes of Stargate SG-1, most of which deal with crises for his character. He has also done voice acting for animated series and video games, including the voice of Magneto on X-Men: Evolution and the canceled Stargate SG-1: The Alliance. In the season eight episode, "Avatar", Teal'c informs SG-1 that he plays Def Jam Vendetta, alluding to the fac... Biography of Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire (including his classic works "'Round Midnight" and "Blue Monk"). He is often regarded as a founder of bebop, although his playing style evolved away from the form. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are impossible to separate from Monk's unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of silences and hesitations. Early life Little is known about Monk's early life. He was born on October 10, 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious and Barbara Monk, two ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote (born October 10, 1941) is an American actor and author, and has narrated many documentaries and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics. He has also served as a producer during Oscar telecasts. He is one of the founders, with Emmett Grogan, of the Diggers, an anarchist group active in Haight- Ashbury during the mid-1960's. The Diggers were known for operating without money and fed nearly 600 people a day for "free" as well as running a Free Store, Free Medical Clinic, and even a short-lived Free Bank. Coyote was also an actor, writer director with the San Francisco Mime Troupe; his prominence in the San Francisco hippie scene led to his being interviewed for the highly acclaimed book, "Voices from the Love Generation." H... Biography of Tom Baker
Thomas Stewart Baker (born January 20, 1934) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, a role he played from 1974 to 1981, and for being the narrator of the comedy series Little Britain. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Early life Baker was born in Liverpool. His Jewish father, John Stewart Baker, was a sailor who was rarely at home, resulting in Baker's being raised largely by his Irish mother, Mary Jane (née Fleming), in her Catholic faith. He left school at 15 to become a novice monk and remained in the monastic life for six years, but left after losing his faith and went into the Royal Army Medical Corps. At the same time he took up acting, at first as a hobby. Personal... Biography of Frank Rijkaard
Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard (born September 30, 1962 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football manager and former player. Rijkaard has played for AFC Ajax, Real Zaragoza and AC Milan, and represented his national side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. Since 2003 he has been the manager of FC Barcelona. His mother is Dutch and his father is Afro-Surinamese. Height: 1m90 Playing career Ajax (1980-1987) Rijkaard was just 17, when Ajax coach Leo Beenhakker gave him his senior squad debut in 1980. He made an immediate impact, scoring for his team in the 4-2 victory over Go Ahead Eagles. He would play another 23 games for Ajax in his first season, netting a total of 4 goals. In 1982 he won his first Dutch Eredivisie championship with Ajax, and went on to successfully defend that title a year later. I... Biography of Terry Bradshaw
Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a football analyst and co-host of FOX NFL Sunday. In a six-year span, he won an unprecedented four Super Bowl titles with Pittsburgh (1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979), becoming the first quarterback to do so, and led the Steelers to eight AFC Central championships. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989 in his first year of eligibility. A tough competitor, Bradshaw had a powerful – albeit at times erratic – throwing arm and called his own plays throughout his pro career. His physical skills and on-the-field leadership played a major role in Pittsburgh sports history. During his career, he passed for mor... Biography of Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (pronounced /ˈɪŋveɪ ˈmɑːlmstiːn/ in English) (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck on June 30, 1963) is a Swedish guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader. Malmsteen became notable in the mid-1980s for his technical fluency and neo-classical metal compositions. Four of his albums, from 1984 to 1988, Rising Force, Marching Out, Trilogy, and Odyssey, ranked in the top 100 for sales. Early life Malmsteen was born in Stockholm, Sweden, as the first child of a musically talented family. At age seven, he saw a television news report on the death of Jimi Hendrix. To quote his official website, "The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar-playing Malmsteen was born". At the age of 10 he took his mother's maiden name Malmste... Biography of Chauncey Billups
Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976, in Denver, Colorado) is an American professional basketball player. Billups is the starting point guard and team captain for the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons. He played college basketball at the University of Colorado, where he was honored in 2004 as the fifth player to have his jersey (number 4) retired. His nickname is "Mr. Big Shot." He was the 2004 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. He is also currently a member of the United States men's national basketball team that will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Height 6 ft 3 in (1.90 1/2 m) Weight 202 lb (92 kg) Basketball career High school Chauncey Billups attended Denver's George Washington High School, where he was a four-time All-State first team pick... Biography of Mikko Lindström
Mikko Viljami Lindström (born August 12, 1976) is the lead guitarist of the Finnish rock band, HIM. Lindström is commonly called by his nickname, Linde. Biography Lindström was born near Helsinki, Finland and during his childhood, his father (Olli) worked as an engineer and his mother (Riita) as a stewardess on Finnair, the national airline. Linde also has a younger brother named Jude, who was born four years after Linde. Linde was an introverted boy notable only for his bobbed blond hair and glasses. He developed a passion for music at an early age. Lindström's father has always been an avid music fan and especially loves Elvis Presley. Lindström was given his first guitar, an acoustic mini Landola, for Christmas at the age of 10. Himself and keyboardist Burton are the only current m... Biography of La Fouine
Laounni Mouhid, commonly known by his alias La Fouine or Fouiskin (born December 25, 1981 in Trappes, Yvelines), is a French rapper of Moroccan origins from the city of Trappes, Yvelines in the Paris western suburbs. He is a growing figure of French rap. La Fouine signed with Sony Records in 2003 and released his debut album, Bourré au son, in 2005. La Fouine released his second album, Aller-Retour, on March 12, 2007. The American beatmaker Focus produced four songs on the album. His most recent album, Mes Repères, was released on February 23, 2009 and is two times gold record in France. Discography * 2004: Planète Trappes Vol.1 (mixtape) * 2005: Bourré au son * 2006: Planète Trappes Vol.2 (mixtape) * 2007: Aller-Retour * 2008: Capital Du Crime * 2009: M... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laurent Hernu
Laurent Philippe Hernu, born August 22, 1976 in Creil, is a French athlete (Decathlon).... Biography of Christophe Juillet
Christophe Juillet, born March 20, 1969 in Villeneuve sur Lot, is a French former rugby player.... Biography of Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Houston, Texas and was raised by his mother in Venezuela, until he returned to California as a teenager. He began to study at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1998, but dropped out to perform music in Europe, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Banhart released his debut album in 2002, continuing to record his material on the Young God and XL labels, as well as other work on compilations and collaborations. Early life and career Banhart was born May 30, 1981 in Houston, Texas to a Venezuelan mother and an American father. His given name is a synonym for Indra, the Hindu god of rain and thunder, which was suggested by Prem Rawat, an Indian religious leader whom Banhart's parents f... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Grant (basketball)
Gary Grant (born April 21, 1965 in Canton, Ohio) is a retired American professional basketball point guard in the NBA. Gary "The General" Grant played for Canton McKinley High School and collegiately at the University of Michigan and was selected in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, but was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers before the 1988-89 season started. There he remained for seven years before moving on to the New York Knicks, the Miami Heat, and the Portland Trail Blazers. Grant also spent time playing in Europe after his NBA career had wound up, performing extremely well, especially in Aris BC, Thessaloniki, Greece. In high school, he was a three-year starter for Canton McKinley and helped lead the school to its first-ever state championship in 1984. He left the sto... Biography of Gabrielle Reece
Gabrielle Allyse Reece (born 6 January 1970) is an American professional volleyball player, sports announcer, and fashion model. Early Life Reece was born in La Jolla, California, to a mother from Long Island, New York, and a Trinidadian father - who died when she was five years old. Her height is inherited mostly from her mother. She was raised in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and she returned to the U.S. mainland for the eleventh grade. Reece didn't take up sports until then (the 11th grade) when she and her mother moved to St.Petersburg, Florida. Many colleges started recruiting her due to her abilities in sports. She accepted a volleyball scholarship from the Florida State University, where she majored in communications, and in volleyball she led the league in kills four ti... Biography of James Ellroy
James Ellroy (born Lee Earle Ellroy on March 4, 1948 in Los Angeles, California) is an American writer. Ellroy is a best-selling crime writer and essayist with a "telegraphic" writing style, which omits words other writers would consider necessary, and often features sentence fragments. Other hallmarks of his work include dense plotting and a relentlessly pessimistic worldview. Ellroy has been called the "Demon Dog of American crime fiction." In 1958, his mother, the former Geneva Hilliker, was murdered in El Monte, where she and Ellroy had moved three years after her divorce from his father, Armand. The unsolved killing, and a birthday present from his father a few months later, The Badge by Jack Webb (a book comprised of sensational cases from the files of the Los Angeles Police De... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Matthew Macfadyen
David Matthew Macfadyen (born 17 October 1974) is a BAFTA award-winning English actor, known for his role as MI5 intelligence officer Tom Quinn in the BBC television drama series Spooks (also known as MI-5) and for starring as Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice. Early life Macfadyen was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, the son of Meinir, a drama teacher and former actress, and Martin Macfadyen, an oil worker. His paternal grandparents were Scottish and his maternal grandparents were natives of Wales. Macfadyen was raised in several locations, including Jakarta, Indonesia, because of his father's profession. He attended schools in England (including in Louth, Lincolnshire), Scotland, and Indonesia, and went to Oakham School in Rutland, before being accep... Biography of Eric Raoult
Éric Raoult (Paris, 19 June 1955) is a French right-wing politician, currently affiliated to the Union for a Popular Movement. Political carrer Raoult started his political career as aid to the major of Le Raincy, in 1983. He was first elected deputy in 1986. In 1995, Raoult was Minister in charge of "integration and activities against exclusion. He has been major of Le Raincy since 1995. Raoult was elected deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis in 2002. He is the vice-president of the National Assembly. During the 2005 civil unrest, Le Raincy was, although untouched by the riots, the first town to decree a curfew. In 2007, Raoult voted against inscribing the abolition of Capital punishment in the Constitution, advocating reserves for cases of "war, imminent danger or terrorist at... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sam Cassell
Samuel James Cassell (born November 18, 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland), commonly referred to as Sam Cassell, is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the NBA's Boston Celtics. The 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 185 lb (84 kg/13.2 st) point guard was selected out of Florida State University by the Houston Rockets with the 24th overall pick in the 1993 NBA Draft and won two NBA Championships in his first two seasons in the league as a member of the Rockets. He was voted into the NBA All-Star Game and All-NBA Team once, both in the 2003-04 season. A journeyman, he has also played for the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Clippers. College After graduating from Dunbar High School in Baltimore, Maryland,... Biography of Brian McFadden
Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer and songwriter. He is the brother of Grease actress Susan McFadden. Height: 6' 2¾" (1.90 m) Early years He worked as a security guard in McDonalds and as a bingo caller before finding fame with Westlife. McFadden's main interests have always been singing, dancing and football. Together with his sister he attended "Billie Barry Stage School'" in Dublin and performed as an actor onstage all major theatres in Ireland. He also had a role in the Irish TV show "Finbar's Class", a comedy about a group of teenagers set in a school. In 1998 he started a pop and R&B-influenced group called Cartel with two other boys named Tim and Darragh. Together they performed live in many of Dublin's pubs. R... Biography of Gavin Newsom
Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is the current mayor of San Francisco. A Democrat, Newsom was elected mayor in 2003, succeeding Willie Brown and becoming San Francisco's youngest mayor in 100 years. Before his political career, Newsom graduated from Santa Clara University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He started the PlumpJack Wine Shop in 1992 that grew into a multi-million dollar enterprise. He was first appointed by Willie Brown to serve on San Francisco's Parking and Traffic Commission in 1996, and was appointed the following year as Supervisor. Newsom drew voter attention with his Care Not Cash program, designed to move homeless people into city assisted care. He defeated Matt Gonzalez by 6% in his race for mayor in 2003. Newsom was reelected... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Enqvist (born March 13, 1974 in Stockholm) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden, who played on the ATP circuit since turning pro in 1991. He announced his retirement from tennis in April, 2006. He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 (which he attained in 1999) on the ATP Rankings. Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team. In 1997, he helped Sweden reach the finals of the Davis Cup for the fourth time in four years. Throughout his career, Enqvist finished a year ranked in the top 10 four times and won at least one ATP title for six consecutive years. In 1998 he underwent surgery in Stockholm to remove a small piece of bone from his right foot and had sur... Biography of Tom Laughlin
Tom Laughlin (born August 10, 1931) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, psychologist, and political activist. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Laughlin is best known for his series of Billy Jack films. Background Laughlin began his on-screen acting career in the 1955 feature film Climax! From there he went on to appear in numerous feature films including: These Wilder Years, Tea and Sympathy and South Pacific. He also appeared in several episodes of various television series throughout the late 1950s and 1960s. He also appeared in Gidget (1959) as "Lover Boy." Laughlin's first starring role was in Robert Altman's 1957 film The Delinquents. He made his directorial debut three years later with 1960's The Proper Time. In 1963... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Flo Rida
Tramar Dillard, better known by his stage name Flo Rida, is an American rapper. As a teenager, he toured with local rap group 2 Live Crew. Later, he appeared in numerous popular rap mixtapes and studio albums, most notably in We the Best in 2006. Mail on Sunday was Flo Rida's solo debut album; its lead single "Low" (featuring T-Pain) was a number-one hit for ten weeks in early 2008. Flo Rida's single "Right Round" (featuring Kesha), from his new album R.O.O.T.S., is currently at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, and has spent four consecutive weeks there. Early life Dillard was born in the 187th Street projects in Carol City, Florida. As a teenager, Dillard worked with local rap group 2 Live Crew and formed his own amateur group with some friends called the Groundhoggz. His work with 2... Biography of Coby Bell
Coby Scott Bell was born on 11 May 1975, in Orange County, California. He is an American Actor best known for his role as Police Officer Tyrone Davis Jr on Third Watch. Personal Coby is married to Aviss Pinkney-Bell and has twin girls with her. Serrae and Jaena, were born June 21st, 2003. Coby's father is renowned Broadway veteran Michel Bell. He is an honors graduate of San Jose State University, California. In his spare time Coby serves as a Big Brother for Long Beach Volunteer Patrol, which since its inception has saved over 3,000 victims of the sea. Bell is the outgoing master of cadets. He also surfs, plays tennis and plays basketball. Coby sings in a reggae band. He also plays the keyboard. Career Coby's career started with a few minor roles in various shows, such... Biography of Walter Matthau
Walter John Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American award-winning actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with fellow Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon. Early life Walter Matthau was born in New York City's Lower East Side on October 1, 1920, the son of Russian – Jewish immigrants. His original surname is often shown as Matuschanskayasky, but this is not true (see Matuschanskayasky below for a detailed discussion). As a young boy, Walter attended a Jewish non-profit sleepaway camp, Tranquility Camp where he first began acting on stage for the shows the camp would put in stage every Saturday night. Career During World War II Matthau served in the U.S. Army Air Forces with the Eighth Air Force in England as a B-24... Biography of Nicholas Rogers
Nicholas Rogers, born March 6, 1969 in Sydney, is an Australian actor and former model. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0737109/ ) # The Razor's Edge (2005) (as Nick Rogers) .... Nameless # Maria: Daughter of Her Son (2000) (TV) .... Jesus ... aka "Maria, figlia del suo figlio" - Italy (original title) # "Caraibi" (1999) TV mini-series .... Ferrante 'Malasorte' Albrizzi ... aka "Pirates: Blood Brothers" - Canada (English title) (DVD title), USA (DVD title) # Laura non c'è (1998) .... Lorenzo # La principessa e il povero (1997) (TV) .... Ademaro ... aka "The Princess and the Pauper" - Europe (English title) # Fantaghirò 4 (1994) (TV) .... Tarabas # Fantaghirò 3 (1993) (TV) .... Tarabas... Biography of Jens Lehmann
Jens Lehmann (German; pronounced ; born November 10, 1969 in Essen) is a German football goalkeeper who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart and for the German national team. He was voted UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for 2005-06, and he has been selected for three World Cup squads. Club career Schalke 04 Lehmann started his career in 1988 with Schalke 04, playing for them for nearly a decade. His first years were rocky, notably a game against Bayer Leverkusen in 1993 in which he conceded three goals and was substituted after 45 minutes, causing him to flee the stadium alone by tram rather than taking the team bus, but Lehmann gradually established himself as a strong keeper lauded for his ability to intercept crosses. He scored his first league goal on March 12, 1995 in a 6–2 v... Biography of Charles Dance
Charles Dance, OBE (born Walter Charles Dance; 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter and director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. Dance was appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) on 17 June 2006. Early life Dance was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, the son of Eleanor (née Perks), a cook, and Walter Dance, an engineer. He was set for a career in graphic design from the Plymouth College of Art before turning to acting. Career Dance was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company during the mid- to late-1970s and was in many of their productions in London and Stratford upon Avon. Later he returned to the RSC to take the title role in Coriolanus at Stratford upon Avon and Newcastle in 1989, and at the Barbican Theatre in 1990. He rec... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Lee Pace
Lee Grinner Pace (born March 25, 1979) is an American actor. Pace has been featured in film, stage and television. He is best known for his starring role as Ned in the ABC series Pushing Daisies, as well as his supporting role as Aaron on the series Wonderfalls. Early life Pace was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. As a child, Pace spent several years in Saudi Arabia, where his father was in the oil business; the family later moved to Houston, Texas. Pace temporarily quit high school to act at Houston's Alley Theatre before returning to graduate. At the Alley, he appeared in productions of The Spider's Web and The Greeks. Pace attended Klein High School, just outside of Houston, with fellow actor Matthew Bomer. In 1997, Pace was accepted by the Juilliard School's drama division (Gro... Biography of Norman Schwarzkopf
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. or H. Norman Schwarzkopf, KCB (/ˈʃwɔrtskɒf/; August 22, 1934 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – December 27, 2012) was a United States Army general. While serving as Commander of United States Central Command, he was commander of coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Schwarzkopf grew up in both the United States and Iran. After graduating high school he was accepted into the United States Military Academy (known popularly as West Point), where he attained a Bachelors of Science degree in 1956 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. He obtained his Masters of Science degree and served as an instructor at West Point before volunteering to serve as a task force adviser to the South Vi... Biography of David Morrissey
David Mark Morrissey (born 21 June 1964) is an English actor and director. Morrissey grew up in the Kensington and Knotty Ash areas of Liverpool, and learned to act at the city's Everyman Youth Theatre. At the age of 18, he was cast in the television series One Summer (1983), which won him recognition throughout the country. After making One Summer, Morrissey attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, then acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre for four years. Throughout the 1990s, he often portrayed policemen and soldiers, though took other defining roles such as Bradley Headstone in Our Mutual Friend (1998) and Christopher Finzi in Hilary and Jackie (1998). More film parts followed, including roles in Some Voices (2000) and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Nick Faldo
Nicholas "Nick" Alexander Faldo (born 18 July 1957) is an English professional golfer on the European Tour, and is one of Europe's most successful players ever. Over his career, he has won three Open Championship titles and three US Masters titles. He was ranked the World No. 1 on the Official World Golf Rankings for a total of 98 weeks. In 2006, Faldo became the lead golf analyst for CBS Sports. Tournament career Faldo was born in Welwyn Garden City, England. He borrowed some clubs from his neighbours after watching Jack Nicklaus play the 1971 Masters on television. While working as a carpet fitter, Faldo won the English Amateur and the British Youths Championship in 1975. He turned professional in 1976 and quickly achieved success, finishing 8th on the European Tour Order of Merit i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Harry de la Roche
Harry de la Roche, born September 23, 1958 in Englewood, New Jersey, is an American homicide; he killed his mother, father and two brothers (15 and 12 years old), November 24, 1976 around 3:00 AM. Harry was given life in prison.... Biography of James d'Arcy
James D'Arcy is an English actor. He was born 24 August 1975 in London, England. James D'Arcy (birth name Simon D'Arcy) was born and brought up in Fulham and fell into acting almost by accident. After completing his education at Christ's Hospital (1984-1991), D'Arcy went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth, which gave him an interest in acting. When he returned to London he applied for drama school. He did a three-year course at LAMDA, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, completing a BA in Acting in 1995. During his time at LAMDA he appeared in training productions of Heracles, As You Like It, Wild Honey, The Freedom of the City and Sherlock Holmes. On leaving drama school: "It was only when I finished the course and left my gradu... Biography of Claudia Poll
Claudia Maria Poll Ahrens (born December 21, 1972) is a Nicaraguan-born swimmer, with Costa Rican citizenship. Height: 6'3" (190.5 cm) Weight: 168 lbs (76 kg) Career Poll was born in Managua, Nicaragua. Her parents were Germans who settled in Nicaragua where they had Claudia and her older sister Silvia Poll. After the 1972 earthquake of Managua and rising political problems, Claudia's parents decided to move south to Costa Rica. Poll became a citizen of Costa Rica in 1993. She began swimming in 1979 under coach Francisco Rivas and quickly became one of the best in Central America, winning many regional titles. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics she won the Gold medal in the 200 m Freestyle event. The win was the first gold medal for Costa Rica in a summer Olympic game. It was a surpris... Biography of Alex Karras
Alexander George Karras (born July 15, 1935 in Gary, Indiana), is a former football player, professional wrestler, and actor who is best known for playing with the National Football League's Detroit Lions from 1958-1962 and 1964-1971. In addition, he starred on the ABC sitcom Webster, alongside real-life wife Susan Clark, as the titular character's adoptive father. College career Alex Karras is the son of Dr. George Karras, a Greek immigrant who graduated from Chicago and got his medical degree in Canada. There, George Karras met and married a Canadian woman, Alex's mother. George Karras opened a medical practice in Gary, Indiana, but he died when Alex was 13 years old. By that time, Alex Karras had learned to play football in a parking lot near his home, and he blossomed into a four-t... Biography of Billy Jack Haynes
William Haynes, Jr. (born July 10, 1953 in Portland, Oregon) is a retired American professional wrestler better known as Billy Jack Haynes. Career Billy Jack Haynes (born William Haynes, Jr.) started wrestling in 1982 at the age of 28. He trained in Stu Hart's infamous "Dungeon" and briefly wrestled in Hart's Stampede Wrestling under his given name, forming a tag team with Bruce Hart. He started wrestling as Billy Jack in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) territory but had to change his name when Tom Laughlin (who starred in the movie Billy Jack) threatened to sue him. He added his real last name to the gimmick and continued to work as a face. He feuded heavily with Rip Oliver until 1984, when he had a brief run in Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) and then a run in World Class Champio... Biography of Ernests Gulbis
Ernests Gulbis (born August 30, 1988) is a tennis player from Latvia. He is currently ranked 80th in the world for singles, and 241st for doubles. Gulbis is coached by Karl Heinz Wetter. He used to be coached by Nikola Pilić, the former Yugoslavian tennis player and Croatian and German Davis Cup captain, and trained at the Niki Pilic Tennis Academy in Germany since he was 12. Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight 76 kg (170 lb) Personal life Gulbis first started playing tennis with his grandmother and considers basketball, soccer and hockey as his favourite sports. His father, Ainārs, is an investment businessman and his mother, Milēna, is a theatre actress. The second of five children, Gulbis has three sisters (Elīna, Laura and Monika) and one younger brother named... Biography of Mel Ferrer
Mel Ferrer (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor, film director and film producer. Early life Melchior Gaston Ferrer was born in Elberon, New Jersey. His Cuba-born father, Dr. José María Ferrer (died 1920), was a surgeon and a chief of staff of St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. His mother, the former M.M. Irene O'Donohue (died 1967), was a daughter of Joseph O'Donohue, New York's City Commissioner of Parks, a founder of the Coffee Exchange, and a founder of the Brooklyn-New York Ferry. An ardent opponent of Prohibition, Irene Ferrer was named, in 1934, the New York State chairman of the Citizens Committee for Sane Liquor Laws. Ferrer had three siblings. His elder sister was the cardiologist and educator Dr. M. Irene Ferrer, who helped refine the cardiac cathe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bruno Le Maire
Bruno Le Maire (born April 15, 1969) is the French Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fishing. Biography Bruno Le Maire was born on April 15, 1969 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration. From 2002 to 2004, he worked as an advisor to Dominique de Villepin in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2004, he moved to the Ministry of the Interior. In 2005, he became the political advisor to the Prime Minister. From 2007 to 2008, he was a member of the National Assembly of France, representing the Eure department. From December 2008 to 2009, he served as Secretary of State in charge of European Affairs in the François Fillon government. Since 2008, he has served as a political advisor for the Union for a Popular Move... Biography of Tim Tebow
Timothy Richard Tebow (play /ˈtiːboʊ/; born August 14, 1987) is an American football player who is currently the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Florida, winning the Heisman Trophy in 2007 and appearing on BCS National Championship-winning teams in 2007 and 2009. After graduating, he was drafted by the Broncos as the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. Tebow is known as a dual threat quarterback, adept at both rushing and passing the football. With his unorthodox NFL quarterback skills, frequent demonstrations of his religious devotion, and his team's success, Tebow has attracted unprecedented praise, criticism, and attention from the sporting media and beyond. Commenting ... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Duff McKagan
Michael Andrew "Duff" McKagan (born February 5, 1964) is an American musician and rock bassist, who is best known for his thirteen-year tenure in the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. He is currently the bassist for the hard rock band Velvet Revolver, lead vocalist and guitarist for his own solo punk rock project Loaded, a weekly columnist for SeattleWeekly.com and recently agreed to write a weekly financial column for Playboy.com. Early years Michael Andrew McKagan was born in Seattle, Washington, the youngest of eight children born to Elmer (Mac) and Alice (Marie) McKagan. They were a musical family with every member playing at least one instrument. It was his brother Bruce who taught him his first bass lines, though he developed his own skills playing along to 1999 by Prince and Black F... Biography of Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is an American professional basketball player with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and being undrafted out of college, the 2010 Harvard University graduate reached a partially guaranteed contract deal later that year with his hometown Golden State Warriors. In late 2011, Lin spent less than two weeks with the Houston Rockets, moving to the New York Knicks at the very end of the year. Lin is one of the few Asian Americans in NBA history, and the first American player in the league to be of Chinese or Taiwanese descent. Early life Lin was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in Palo Alto, California. His parents, Gie-Ming and Shirley, emigra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun (August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was an American television and film actor, screenwriter, and producer best known for his roles in Westerns. Early life Born Francis Timothy McCown in Los Angeles, California, Calhoun was raised in Santa Cruz, California. When he was nine months old, his father died. After his mother remarried, he occasionally used the last name of his stepfather, Durgin. At the age of thirteen, his theft of a revolver landed him in the California Youth Authority,Preston School of Industry reformatory at Ione, Ca. He escaped while in the adjustment center (jail within the jail) and never told how he managed it. After robbing several jewelry stores, he stole a car and drove it across state lines. This offense sent him to the federal penitentiary in Springfie... Biography of Michael Barrymore
Michael Ciaran Parker (born May 4, 1952) is an English comedian better known by his stage name Michael Barrymore, who appeared as a presenter of game shows and light entertainment programmes on British television in the 1990s. With his then wife Cheryl as manager, he won a 1979 edition of New Faces, and then became a regular panellist on Blankety Blank and the warm-up man for Larry Grayson on the Generation Game.. Barrymore went on to present ITV1 entertainment show Strike It Lucky from 1986, followed by Kids Say the Funniest Things and My Kind of Music. Barrymore was voted the UK's favourite TV star several times, and became one of the highest-paid stars on TV. The body of Stuart Lubbock (1 October 1969 - 31 March 2001) was found by the side of the Barrymore's swimming pool. Afte... Biography of Mathieu Carrière
Mathieu Carrière (born August 2, 1950 in Hannover, Germany) is an actor. Carrière grew up in Berlin and Lübeck and partly went to school in France. His sister Mareike Carrière is also a well known actor. After a minor role in Tonio Kröger he played a main part in the 1966 German movie Der junge Törless (US title: Young Törless). In 1969 Carrière moved to Paris to study Philosophy and continue his acting. Carrière is also a director and a writer and is known to fight for the rights of fathers. Selected filmography Arsène Lupin (2004) Luther (2003) La Passante du Sans-Souci (1982) Exzess und Bestrafung (1980) Bilitis (1977) Gates to Paradise (1968) Young Törless (1966) Tonio Kröger (1964)... Biography of Christopher McDonald
Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American actor. He is known for playing pompous, arrogant and/or villainous characters, such as Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore and Tappy Tibbons from Requiem for a Dream. Personal life McDonald was born in New York City, the son of Patricia, a nursing professor and real estate agent, and James McDonald, an educator. He was raised in upstate Romulus, New York and is a graduate of Hobart College in Geneva, New York, where he was an active member of the Kappa Alpha Society. McDonald is married to Lupe Gidley and together they are the parents of four children. He has five surviving siblings following the death of his younger brother, actor Daniel McDonald (1960 - February 15, 2007), who died on Christopher's 52nd birthday. He is a Buf... Biography of Ricardo Chavira
Ricardo Antonio Chavira (born September 1, 1971 in Austin, Texas) is a Mexican American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Carlos Solis on Desperate Housewives. Education Raised in San Antonio, Texas, he graduated from Robert E. Lee High School (San Antonio, Texas), now the Performing Arts School, and the University of the Incarnate Word. He is a '00 UC, San Diego Alumnus and received his Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the UC San Diego's Professional Actor Training Program in 2000, and moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter. Since that time, he has worked in film, television and theatre. Career Film credits include Touchstone's The Alamo. Television credits prior to Desperate Housewives include a series regular role on The Grubbs, recurring roles on Six Feet Under and ... Biography of Robert Reed
Robert Reed (October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an Emmy Award-nominated American stage and television actor. Biography Early life Reed was born John Robert Rietz in Highland Park, Illinois, the son of Helen (née Teaverbaugh) and John R. Rietz. Reed spent much of his childhood in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and later studied Shakespeare in college. He was educated at Northwestern University and later transferred to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, UK. Career He first gained fame in the early 1960s for starring along with E.G. Marshall in the television drama series The Defenders from 1961 to 1965 and later on the sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974. After winning the role of Mike Brady, he later became unhappy with his part, feeling that acting in the often silly s... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Joël Abati
Joël Marc Abati (born April 25, 1970 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a French handball player, currently playing for Montpellier HB in France. Before joining Montpellier HB, Abati played ten years for SC Magdeburg in Germany. History Espoir de Floreal (France) 1990-91 : Saint Michel sur Orges (France) 1991-92 : Levallois (France) 1992-95 : USM Gagny (France) 1995-97 : US Créteil (France) 1997-2007 : SC Magdeburg (Germany) since 2007: Montpellier HB (France) Honors European Men's Handball Championship : 2006 World Cup : 2001 Champions League : 2002 EHF Cup : 1999 , 2001, 2007 German Championship : 2001 French Cup : 1997... Biography of James Valentine
James Valentine (born James Burgon Valentine, October 5, 1978, Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American musician. He is best known as the guitarist for the pop rock group Maroon 5. Valentine played in Lincoln bands Kid Quarkstar, Mondello,and Happy Dog. In 2000, Happy Dog changed its name to Square and he moved to Los Angeles, California from Anaheim, California where he taught private guitar lessons out of his home. Eventually the members of Square and Kara's Flowers became friends and when Kara's Flowers began looking for another guitarist, Valentine was approached. Personal tensions in Square helped the decision, and shortly afterward, Kara's Flowers became Maroon 5. Valentine is a friend of John Mayer, whom he met in 1996 at a week long guitar school at Berklee in Boston, Massachuset... Biography of Flex Alexander
Mark "Flex" Alexander Knox (born April 15, 1970 (source: Imdb)) is an American actor and comedian. Knox was born in New York City, New York. He is the son of Alethia Knox and Robert Whitehead. On Valentine Day 2000 he married singer Shanice Wilson. They have two children, daughter Imani Shekinah (23 Aug 2001) and son Elijah (5 March 2004). He is also a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Career He has acted in various tv movies and shows. In 1991 he was a choreographer for New Jack City. Other work includes Juice (film), Sister, Sister, New York Undercover, The Cosby Mysteries, Money Train, Moesha, Total Security and much more. He was on the 1996 show Homeboys in Outerspace that last for just one season of 21 episodes. He was also the first Darnell Wilkes actor in season ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jim Harbaugh
James Joseph "Jim" Harbaugh (born December 23, 1963 in Toledo, Ohio) is the head coach of the Stanford Cardinal football team. He is also a former quarterback who played for the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens, and San Diego Chargers of the NFL. He played for the junior league Ann Arbor Packers, then for Tappan Junior High, going on to Pioneer High School and then to Palo Alto High School in California. He was selected by the Bears out of the University of Michigan with the 26th pick in the first round of the 1987 NFL Draft. College career Harbaugh was a four-year letterman at the University of Michigan and finished his college career in the top five in passing attempts, completions, completion percentage, passing yards, and touchdown passes in school history. Pla... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Laurent Gamelon
Laurent Gamelon, born on June 19, 1960 in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a French actor and comedian. Filmography * 1985 : P.R.O.F.S. de Patrick Schulmann : Gérard Biril * 1987 : Les Oreilles entre les dents de Patrick Schulmann : Max * 1988 : Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort de José Pinheiro : L'homme au bébé * 1990 : On peut toujours rêver de Pierre Richard : Un motard * 1990 : Triplex de Georges Lautner : Mario * 1990 : Merci la vie de Bertrand Blier : Le beau-frère * 1990 : Les Secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück de Alessandro Capone, Stéphane Clavier, Hervé Palud, Mathias Ledoux et Thierry Lhermitte : Maurice * 1990 : Une époque formidable... de Gérard Jugnot : Le musclè accident * 1991 : Vieille canaille de Gérard Jourd'hui : 1er inspe... Biography of Carlos Moyá
Carlos Moyà Llompart (born August 27, 1976), also known as Carles Moyà, Carlos Moyá and Carlos Moya, is a former world number one tennis player from Spain. He was French Open singles champion in 1998 and was singles finalist at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004 he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland. Although he plays with his right hand he is naturally left handed - the opposite of fellow Mallorcan Rafael Nadal. Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) Weight 86 kg (190 lb) Personal life Moyà was born in Palma de Mallorca. He began playing tennis at the age of six. He turned professional in 1995 and won his first tour title later that year in Buenos Aires. He dated Italian WTA player Flavia Pennetta but they broke up after Wimbledon 2007. He is currently da... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Steve Forrest
Steve Forrest (born September 29, 1924) is an American actor. Born William Forrest Andrews in Huntsville, Texas, Forrest is the younger brother of actor Dana Andrews. Among Forrest's notable films are So Big, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor, The Longest Day, North Dallas Forty, and Mommie Dearest. Forrest's television credits include The DuPont Show with June Allyson, S.W.A.T., Hollywood Wives, and Dallas, in which he played an impostor pretending to be Jock Ewing. Forrest also appeared in the title role of the British crime drama The Baron. Forrest has had cameo roles in Spies Like Us, Amazon Women on the Moon, and the movie version of S.W.A.T.. Forrest has been married to Christine Carilas since 1949, and they are the parents of three sons. ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dominique Desseigne
Dominique Desseigne, born August 19, 1944 in Commercy (Meuse) (birth time source: birth certificate, act n° 142), is a French businessman, the manager of The Groupe Lucien Barrière, a French business group of casinos, grand hotels, deluxe tourist complexes and restaurants. It belongs to the Barrière-Desseigne family, which founded the group with François André, Lucien Barrière, Diane Barrière-Desseigne and Dominique Desseigne. Properties include the Montreux Casino. It is part of Accor. He woulb be the father of Rachida Dati's daugther, Zora Dati ( http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/exclusif-rachida-dati-designe-dominique-desseigne-comme-etant-le-pere-de-son-enfant-02-10-2012-1512374_23.php).... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Cory Monteith
Cory Allan Monteith (born May 11, 1982) is a Canadian actor and musician best known for his role as Finn Hudson on the Fox television series Glee. Early life Cory Allan Monteith was born in Calgary, Alberta, and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. He has one older brother. His parents divorced when he was 7, and by 13, Monteith—once a promising student who at age 5 could read at a fourth-grade level—dropped out of school. Monteith estimates that by the age of 16, when he quit for good, he had attended 12 different schools, including alternative programs for troubled teens. Cory revealed he went to rehab at the age of 19 and was finally given an ultimatum by his family to get clean or get turned over to the police for theft charges after he stole a significant amount of money from a... Biography of Ted Williams
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) also nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. He played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot, with the Boston Red Sox. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball. Williams was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner, led the league in batting six times, and won the Triple Crown twice. He had a career batting average of .344, with 521 home runs, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. He is the last player in Major League Baseball to bat over .400 in a single season (.406 in 1941). Williams holds the highest career batting ... Biography of Kerri Walsh
Kerri Lee Walsh (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player. Walsh and teammate, Misty May-Treanor, were the gold medalists in beach volleyball at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. They have been called "the greatest beach volleyball team of all time". Early years Kerri Lee Walsh was born in Santa Clara, California and grew up in Saratoga, California. High school As a high school student, Walsh played indoor volleyball at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California. She graduated in 1996. In high school competition, she played against her current partner, Misty May-Treanor. College Walsh continued on to Stanford University, where she won national titles in 1996 and 1997 and was a four-year first-team All-American, Final ... | |||||||