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Astrology DataBase updated Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 10:37 pm, CEST 45,421 celebrities and events, out of which 18,990 entries with a known time of birth, horoscope, excerpts of astrological portrait, biography, photo, and 18,361 heights. See categories, search by filters or astrological criteria, and latest additions. Celebrities clicked on in real-time or yesterday: 195,245,617 times. Add to favourites (68 fans)Biography of Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell (born May 22, 1970) is an iconic English supermodel, actress, singer and author. Campbell was born in London, England. Her mother was a ballet dancer, Valerie Campbell, who told Arena in 1996 that her daughter's unnamed father is a mixed-race man of part-Chinese ancestry. She attended Dunraven School, a comprehensive school run by Inner London Education Authority in Streatham and attended the London Academy for Performing Arts. A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, Campbell's first appearance to a wider public was in February 1978 when she was cast as a pupil to appear in a music video with Bob Marley for his song Is This Love?. In 1982, she appeared in another music video, this time as a tap dancer for Culture Club's "I'll Tumble 4 Ya". On graduat... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour (born May 22, 1924) is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter and actor. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the most well-known French singers abroad. He has appeared in more than 60 movies, composed more than 1000 songs (including 150 in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish, and 50 in German), and sold well over 100 million records. Aznavour started his global farewell tour in late 2006. Film career Aznavour has had a long and varied parallel career as an actor, appearing in over 60 films. In 1960 Aznavour starred in François Truffaut's Tirez sur le pianiste, playing a character called Édouard Saroyan. He also put in a critically acclaimed performance in the 1974 movie And Then There Were None. Aznavour had an importan... Add to favourites (44 fans)Biography of Novak Djokovic
Novak Đoković (commonly spelled Djokovic in English-language sources, Serbian Cyrillic: Новак Ђоковић, (born May 22, 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. His major achievements —so far— have come in 2007, when he was the runner-up at the US Open and reached three Masters Series finals, winning in Miami and Montréal. Also, he reached the semifinals at French Open and Wimbledon. His highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour is number three, which he reached on July 9, 2007. In January 2008, he defeated number one and defending champion Roger Federer at the 2008 Australian Open, and will move on to face Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final on January 27. The source for his birth time is his birth ce... Add to favourites (50 fans)Biography of Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) is an English singer and songwriter from Davyhulme, near Manchester. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the English band The Smiths. When the band broke up in 1987, Morrissey began a successful solo career, racking up ten Top 10 singles in the UK. Biography Morrissey was born in Park Hospital, now known as Trafford General Hospital in Davyhulme, on 22 May 1959 to Irish Catholic immigrants. His father, Peter Morrissey was a hospital porter whilst his mother, Elizabeth Dwyer, was a librarian. His parents had emigrated to England just before Morrissey's birth and, along with his elder sister Jackie, Morrissey was raised in Harper Street in Hulme, Manchester. In 1965, the family moved to Queens Square in Hulme ... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Katie Price
Katie Price (born Katrina Alexandra Infield on May 22, 1978) is an English glamour model, television personality, magazine columnist and businesswoman commonly known as Jordan. Her personal life is regularly featured in British tabloids and celebrity-based magazines. She is married to pop singer Peter André and has two children (Harvey Daniel & Junior Savva) and is currently expecting her third child, a baby girl. Early life Price was born and brought up in the seaside town of Brighton in East Sussex, England. Her mother is English and her maternal grandmother is Jewish. She took the surname Price after her mother remarried following the split from her biological father when she was a child. Price has an older brother named Daniel and a younger sister, Sophie. Her decision to sta... Biography of CariDee English
CariDee English (born May 22, 1985) is an American fashion model and TV personality who won Cycle 7 of America's Next Top Model in December 2006. Her prize was a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl Cosmetics, a modeling contract with Elite Models, and a six-page fashion editorial and cover for Seventeen magazine. She is the second ANTM winner from North Dakota, the first being Nicole Linkletter of Cycle 5. English is also the host of Oxygen's biggest premiering show to date, Pretty Wicked. Early life CariDee English was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She is of Swedish, Danish and Norwegian ancestry. English was named CariDee by her brother, after both Carrie from Little House on the Prairie and her grandmother, whose name is Dee. Before appearing on America's Next Top Model, English worke... Add to favourites (33 fans)Biography of Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas" as he later came to call them). Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner always wrote the scenario and libretto for his works himself. Wagner's compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their contrapuntal texture, rich chromaticism, harmonies and orchestration, and elaborate use of leitmotifs: musical themes associated with specific characters, locales, or plot elements. Wagner pioneered advances in musical language including extreme chromaticism and atonality which greatly influenced the development of European classical music. He transformed musical thought through his idea of Ges... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. Olivier's Academy acknowledgments are considerable—fourteen Oscar nominations, with two wins for Best Actor and Best Picture for the 1948 film Hamlet, and two honorary awards including a statuette and certificate. He was also awarded five Emmy awards from the nine nominations he received. Olivier's career as a stage and film actor spanned more than six decades and included a wide variety of roles, from Shakespeare's Othello and Sir Toby Belch to the sadistic Nazi dentist Christian Szell in Marathon Man. A High Church clergyman's son who found fame on the West End stage, Olivier became determined early on to mast... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish born author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction. Life Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland, to an English father, Charles Altamont Doyle, and an Irish mother, Mary Foley, who had married in 1855. Although he is now referred to as 'Conan Doyle', the origin of this compound surname is uncertain. Conan Doyle's father was an artist, as were his paternal uncles (one of whom was Richard Doyle), and... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Fiona Gélin
Fiona Gélin is a French actress born May 22, 1962 in Boulogne-Billancourt (92). Filmography 1968 Mayerling de Terence Young avec Catherine Deneuve, Omar Sharif, Ava Gardner, James Mason, Lyne Chardonnet, Andréa Parisy, Geneviève Page, Moustache, Howard Vernon, Roger Pigaut, James-Robertson Justice, Béatrice Romand 1981: Le Roi des cons de Claude Confortès avec Francis Perrin, Marie-Christine Descouard, Bernadette Lafont, Evelyne Buyle, Isabelle Mejias, Michel Aumont, Fanny Cottençon, Roland Giraud, Bernard Haller, Patrick Font, Jean-Marc Thibault, Michèle Bernier, Micheline Kahn 1983: Le Grand Carnaval de Alexandre Arcady avec Roger Hanin, Philippe Noiret, Patrick Bruel, Macha Méril, Jean-Pierre Bacri, 'Gérard Darmon, Richard Berry, Jean Benguigui, Michel Creton, Marthe Villalong... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Gérard de Nerval
Gérard de Nerval (May 22, 1808 – January 26, 1855) was the nom-de-plume of the French poet, essayist and translator Gérard Labrunie, the most essentially Romantic among French poets. Two years after his birth in Paris, his mother died in Silesia whilst accompanying her husband, a military doctor, a member of Napoleon's Grande Armée. He was brought up by his maternal great-uncle, Antoine Boucher, in the countryside of Valois at Mortefontaine. On the return of his father from war in 1814, he was sent back to Paris. He frequently returned to the countryside of the Valois on holidays and later returned to it in imagination in his Chansons et légendes du Valois. His flair for translation was made manifest in his translation of Goethe's Faust (1828), the work which earned him his reputatio... Biography of Guy Marchand
Guy Marchand, born May 22, 1937, is a famous French singer and actor. Filmography Movies 1970 : Boulevard du rhum de Robert Enrico 1972 : Une belle fille comme moi de François Truffaut 1975 : Attention les yeux ! de Gérard Pirès 1975 : Cousin, cousine de Jean-Charles Tacchella 1975 : L’Acrobate de Jean-Daniel Pollet 1975 : Le Voyage de noces de Nadine Trintignant 1976 : Le Grand Escogriffe de Claude Pinoteau 1977 : Tendre Poulet de Philippe de Broca 1977 : L'Hôtel de la plage de Michel Lang 1978 : Vas-y maman de Nicole de Buron 1978 : Le Maître nageur de Jean-Louis Trintignant 1979 : Loulou de Maurice Pialat 1980 : Plein Sud de Luc Béraud 1980 : Rends-moi la clé de Gérard Pirès 1981 : Garde à vue de Claude Miller 1982 : Les Sous-doués en vacances de Cla... Biography of Candide Thovex
Candide Thovex is a French professional Skier. History Thovex learned to ski in the Aravis region of the French Alps called La Clusaz. La Clusaz is where his childhood friends and girlfriend live and where he perfected his big air technique. He quietly burst on to scene when he in 1998 he took fourth in the X Games Big Air. He became famous though for his role in the deflowering of Chad's Gap when he became the first person to land the jump. He almost didn't go. In 1999 he was eliminated from the U.S. Freeskiing Nationals at Snowbird. With a few days to kill he was convinced by film maker Kris Ostness to go into the backcountry to film Ostness's film, Clay Pigeons. After Chad Zurinskas failed in his attempt to take the jump Thovex asked if he could try. Then 16, Candide pulled... Biography of Jean Tinguely
Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 in Fribourg, Switzerland - 30 August 1991 in Bern) was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. He grew up in Basel and belonged to the Parisian avantgarde in 1950s and 60s. He signed the manifest of the New Realism movement (Nouveau réalisme) in 1960. His self-destroying Homage to New York (1960) failed to self-destruct at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; his Study for an End of the World (1961) detonated successfully. Tinguely's art satirized the mindless overproduction of material goods in advanced industrial society. In 1971 he married Niki de Saint-Phalle. Public works Le Cyclop outside of Milly-la-Forêt. Stravinsky Fountain (or... Biography of Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (May 22, 1907 – March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. "Hergé" is the French pronunciation of "R.G.", his initials reversed. His best-known and most substantial work is The Adventures of Tintin, which he wrote and illustrated from 1929 until his death in 1983, which left the twenty-fourth Tintin adventure, Tintin and Alph-art, unfinished. His work remains a strong influence on comics, particularly in Europe. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2003. The notable qualities of the Tintin stories include their vivid humanism, a realistic feel produced by meticulous and wide-ranging research, and Hergé's ligne claire drawing style. Adult readers enjoy the many satirical references to the history and pol... Biography of Yvonne de Gaulle
Yvonne de Gaulle (May 22, 1900 (birth time source: Patrice Petitallot, Astrodatabank) – November 8, 1979), born as Yvonne Charlotte Anne Marie Vendroux, was the wife of Charles de Gaulle. They were married on April 7, 1921. She was sometimes known as "Tante Yvonne." She is known for the quote, "The presidency is temporary—but the family is permanent." She and her husband narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on August 22, 1962. The couple had three children: Phillipe (b. 1921), Élisabeth (b. 1924), and Anne (1928 – 1948), who was born with Down syndrome. Her grandson is Charles de Gaulle.... Biography of Ted Kaczynski
Dr. Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as Nathanial R.C. Cook (the "R" is for Robert) (born May 22, 1942), known as the Unabomber, is an American terrorist and social critic who carried out a campaign of bombings and mail bombings that killed 3 and wounded 23. He sent bombs to several universities, airlines, and other targets from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. In his Industrial Society and Its Future (commonly called the "Unabomber Manifesto," described below) he argued that his actions were a necessary (although extreme) tactic by which to attract attention to the erosion of human freedom necessitated by modern technology and large-scale organization. The Unabomber was the target of one of the most expensive investigations in the FBI's history. Kaczynski was charged with... Biography of Ginnifer Goodwin
Ginnifer Michelle Goodwin (born May 22, 1978) is an American television and film actress. Biography Early life Goodwin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Linda, who works for Federal Express, and Tim Goodwin, who formerly owned a recording studio. The two have since divorced. She has a younger sister, Melissa. Goodwin was affiliated with the North American Federation of Temple Youth and was active in BBYO at the Jewish Community Center in Memphis growing up. After graduating from Lausanne Collegiate School in 1996, Goodwin went on to Boston University's College of Fine Arts, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting, with honors, in 2001. Career Goodwin first had roles in the popular NBC television programs Law & Order and Ed before appearing in the Co... Biography of Gary Goldschneider
Gary Goldschneider, born May 22, 1939 in Philadelphia, is an American-Dutch composer, pianist, author and astrologer.... Biography of Harvey Milk
Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Milk was born and raised in New York where he acknowledged his homosexuality as an adolescent, but chose to pursue sexual relationships with secrecy and discretion well into his adult years. His experience in the counterculture of the 1960s caused him to shed many of his conservative views about individual freedom and the expression of sexuality. Milk moved to San Francisco in 1972 and opened a camera store, Castro Camera. Although he had been restless, holding an assortment of jobs and moving frequently, he settled in the Castro District, a neighborhood that was experiencing a ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of André Rossinot
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Margaret Denise Quigley, better known as Maggie Q (Chinese: 李美琪; pinyin: Lǐ Měiqí, Vietnamese: Lý Mỹ Kỳ (Lei Mei-Kei); born May 22, 1979), is an American actress and former fashion model. She initially gained fame in Hong Kong. Early life Maggie Q was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to an American father of Polish, French Canadian and Irish descent, and a Vietnamese mother. Her parents met while her father was stationed in Vietnam. Maggie is the youngest of five children. She has two sisters and two half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage in Vietnam. After graduating from Mililani High School, she traveled to Japan and Hong Kong to become a fashion model. In 1998, she got her first role in a Chinese-language TV series. Career She be... Biography of John Morrison (scientist)
John Morrison, born May 22, 1906 in Biggar, Scotland, is a Scottish professor and author of Mechanics books.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Gary Sweet
Gary Sweet (born May 22, 1957 in Melbourne, Australia (birth time source: British Entertainers, Franck C. Clifford)) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles of Steve in Alexandra`s Project (2003), Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers. He grew up in Warradale, South Australia and attended Brighton high school in Adelaide. He later obtained a teaching degree and whilst at teachers' college took up drama. His first role was in low-budget horror film Nightmares. In the early 1980s, Sweet became recognisable through the on-going role of Leslie 'Magpie' Maddern in the Crawfords television series The Sullivans. Television In 1984, Sweet had his first major role as Donald Bradman in the Network Ten mini-series Bodyline, the story of th... Biography of George Best
George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a football player, best known for his years with Manchester United. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders. In 1968, his annus mirabilis, he won the European Cup with Manchester United, and was named the European Footballer of the Year. When fit, he was an automatic choice for the Northern Ireland team, but he was unable to lead them to the World Cup qualification, despite being capped 37 times and scoring nine goals. In 1999 he was voted 11th, behind Marco van Basten, at the IFFHS European Player of the Century election and 16th, behind Lothar Matthäus, in the World Player of the Century election. Pelé named him as one of the 125 best living footballe... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Don Estelle
Don Estelle (May 22 1933 - August 2 2003) was a British actor and singer. Born Ronald Edwards in Crumpsall, Manchester, he was raised in a house on Russel Street, Crumpsall. During World War II, at the age of eight, he was evacuated to Darwen, Lancashire, twenty miles away from his home town, to escape the German bombing of the city. It was here that he found his voice as a treble at the local Holy Trinity Parish Church (now called St Peter's) and, on returning home after the war, carried on singing at St Mary's Church, Crumpsall. He later joined a charity group, The Manchester Kentucky Minstrels, and with them, performed the Mario Lanza hit "Granada" in the talent show What Makes a Star? in 1954 at BBC Radio's northern studios in Manchester. He gained some theatre experience by sing... Biography of Lucy Gordon
Lucy Gordon (22 May 1980 – 20 May 2009) was a British actress and model. Born in Oxford, England, she was represented by Olivia Woodward of the Curtis Brown Group in the U.K. Lucy Gordon committed suicide on 20 May 2009, in her apartment in Paris, France, two days before her 29th birthday. Filmography 2001: Perfume (as Sarah) 2001: Serendipity (as Caroline Mitchell) 2002: The Four Feathers by Shekhar Kapur (as Isabelle) 2005: The Russian Dolls by Cédric Klapisch (as Celia Shelburn) 2007: Serial de Kevin Arbouet et Larry Strong (as Sadie Grady) 2007: Spider-Man 3 by Sam Raimi (as Jennifer Dugan) 2008: Frost by Steve Clark (as Kate Hardwick) 2009: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by John Krasinski (as Hitchhiker) 2009: Cinéman (as Fernandel's friend) 2010: Serge Ga... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Catulle Mendès
Catulle Mendès (22 May 1841 – 8 February 1909) was a French poet and man of letters. Of Jewish extraction, he was born in Bordeaux. He early established himself in Paris, attaining speedy notoriety by the publication in the Revue fantaisiste (1861) of his Roman d'une nuit, for which he was condemned to a month's imprisonment and a fine of 500 francs. He was allied with the Parnassians from the beginning of the movement, and displayed extraordinary metrical skill in his first volume of poems, Philoméla (1863). In later volumes, his critics have noted that the elegant verse is distinguished rather by dexterous imitation of different writers than by any marked originality. The versatility and fecundity of Mendes' talent is shown in a series of his critical and dramatic writings, including ... Biography of Lois Rodden
Lois Rodden (22 May 1928 - 5 June 2003) was an astrologer and databank creator. She was born on May 22, 1928 at 12:22 am MST (rectified by her) in Lang, Canada. She died on June 5, 2003 at 8.30 am PDT, Yucaipa, California. Life and work Rodden's study of astrology with the Church of Light began in 1962 when she moved to Los Angeles, California. She sold her first astrology article in February, 1968, and in September, 1968, was invited to become a charter member of Professional Astrologers Inc. At the same time, she was invited to give a series of astrology lectures in San Jose and to teach at the Hollywood Astrological Society. She believed that her career as an astrologer began at that time. Moving to Hollywood in 1973, she built up a clientele mainly of people in the entertainm... Biography of Mary Cassatt
Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Cassatt (pronounced ca-SAHT) often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children. Early life Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, which is now part of Pittsburgh. She was born into favorable circumstances: her father, Robert S. Cassatt, was a successful stockbroker, and her mother, Katherine Kelso Johnston, came from a banking family. Cassatt grew up in an environment that viewed travel as integral to education; before she was ten years old she had already visited m... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Leonardo Del Vecchio
Leonardo Del Vecchio (May 22, 1935-) is the founder and chairman of Luxottica, a $3 billion (sales) designer and manufacturer of high-quality eyeglass frames. The firm owns the Sunglass Hut and Lenscrafters chains with a total of over 6000 stores. Mr. del Vecchio did not know Certegy (a check screening company) was selling him false information about potential customers of Lenscrafters. Certegy would deny a purchase based only on RETAIL purchases, and could not track mortgage payments, car loan payments, utility payments, or even grocery payments. Lenscrafters staff were keeping all of this from him. Those people turned away, frequently with more than $10,000.00 in their accounts would be angry and go to other stores for their glasses. Fortunately Mr. V cleaned house and got rid of Certegy... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Venet
Philippe Venet, born May 22, 1929 in Oullins (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is a French fashion designer, owner of perfume shops.... Biography of Susan Strasberg
Susan Elizabeth Strasberg (May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999) was an American actress. Personal life Strasberg, a Jewish American, was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of theatre director and drama coach Lee Strasberg and former actress Paula Strasberg. Her brother, John Strasberg, is an acting coach. Strasberg died in 1999 from breast cancer. She had a daughter, Jennifer Robin Jones (born March 14, 1966 in Los Angeles, by actor Christopher Jones) and joked in her autobiography "Bittersweet" that her daughter would be the "real Jennifer Jones" as the actress Jennifer Jones had taken it as a stage name. Career After a widely praised performance as a teenager in Picnic, Strasberg originated the title role in the Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank at the age ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Pedro Diniz
Pedro Paulo Diniz (born in São Paulo on May 22, 1970 as a son of Abílio dos Santos Diniz) is a racing driver from Brazil. He participated in 99 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on March 26, 1995. He scored a total of 10 championship points. He joined the Forti team due to his father's supermarket ownership connections leading to a marketing-deal with Parmalat, backing he took throughout his career. At the 1996 Argentine Grand Prix his car burst into flames after a pit-stop; British newspaper The Sun printed the photo alongside the headline "Diniz in the Oven". In 1997 he was teamed with Damon Hill at Arrows, and embarrassed the world champion by outqualifying him at the challenging Spa circuit in Belgium, and then again at the tough Suzuka circuit. He remained at the team in 1998 al... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Martha Angelici
Martha Angelici (May 22, 1907, Cargèse - September 11, 1973, Ajaccio) was a French operatic soprano of Corsican origin, particularly associated with the French lyric repertoire. While still very young she moved with her family to Belgium, where she studied voice in Brussels with Alfred Mahy. She began singing for the Belgian, Dutch and Luxemburg radio in 1933, and gave her first public concert at the Kurzaal of Ostend in 1934. Her first stage performance was in Marseille, as Mimi in La bohème, in 1936. She made her debut at the Opéra-Comique in 1938, where she had a long and successful career, and made her debut at the Palais Garnier in 1953, as Micaela in Carmen, other notable roles included Leila, Pamina, Nedda, etc. She made a few guest appearances at the Monte Carlo Opera and La ... Biography of Jaouad Gharib
Jaouad Gharib (Arabic: جواد غريب) (born May 22, 1972) is a Moroccan long-distance athlete competing mainly in the marathon. He was born in Khenifra. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of 22. His 2005 retention made him one of only two successive world championship marathon champions. Abel Antón is the other. On August 24, 2008, Gharib won the Silver Medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics marathon held in Beijing, China, giving him his first Olympic medal. Furthermore, he has an easily recognizable running style; he looks around and behind him frequently and constantly fidgets with his shirt and shorts, tucking and unt... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alla Nazimova
Alla Nazimova (Russian & Ukrainian: Алла Назимова), born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon (Russian: Мириам Эдес Аделаида Левентон, Ukrainian: Міріам Эдес Аделаїда Левентон; May 22, 1879 – July 13, 1945) was a Russian/American theater and film actress, screenwriter, and producer. She is often known as just Nazimova, and was also known as Alia Nasimoff. Early life Nazimova was one of three children of Yakov Levent... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Masahilo Nakazono
Mutsuro Nakazono (b. May 22 1918 or Dec 20, 1918, died 1994) (first name also spelled "Mitsuro" or "Masahiro" or Masahilo") is a Japanese acupuncturist, an Oriental medicine practitioner and an aikido teacher with a strong judo background. Born in the Kagoshima prefecture, he relocated to France in 1961 where he remained until the early 1970s before moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. where he spent several years. He operated a natural healing center in California: The Nakazono Clinic, San Diego, CA, USA. Nakazono was an authority on kotodama and wrote privately published books on the subject. His study of kotodama was a result of his studies with Morihei Ueshiba, founder of the martial art of Aikido. Ueshiba is believed to have mastered kotodama to a certain degree, yet few of his ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vina Bovy
Vina Bovy or Vina Bovy de l'Opéra, born May 22, 1900 in Gent, is a Belgian actress. Filmography Capitaine Fracasse, Le (1943) (as Vina Bovy de l'Opéra) .... Séraphine/Serafina ... aka Captain Fracasse (International: English title) ... aka Maschera sul cuore, La (Italy)... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Marie Cuypers
Jean-Marie Cuypers, born May 22, 1948 in Ixelles, died September 30, 1996 (lung cancer), was a Belgian astrologer and author.... Biography of Michael Sarrazin
Michael Sarrazin (May 22, 1940 – April 17, 2011) was a Canadian film and television actor who found fame opposite Jane Fonda in the drama film They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). Early life He was born Jacques Michel André Sarrazin in Quebec City, Quebec, and moved to Montreal, Quebec, as a child. After acting in school plays he landed his first professional role aged 17. Career Sarrazin worked on television productions in Toronto, Ontario, and then gained a contract with Universal Studios. His early appearances include The Virginian (1965), Gunfight in Abilene (1967), and a starring role in The Flim-Flam Man (1967) with George C. Scott. He served as a supporting actor in Sometimes a Great Notion (1971). He starred in a string of successes, including the television film Frank... Biography of Irène Frain
Irène Frain, born Le Pohon in Lorient (Morbihan) May 22, 1950, is a French writer, novelist and historian. Works 1979 : Quand les Bretons peuplaient les mers 1980 : Les Contes du cheval bleu les jours de grand vent 1982 : Le Nabab (d’après la vie de René Madec) 1984 : Modern Style 1986 : Désirs 1989 : Secret de famille 1990 : Histoire de Lou 1991 : La Guirlande de Julie 1992 : Devi 1992 : Quai des Indes 1993 : Vive la Mariée 1994 : La vallée des hommes perdus , illustré par André Juillard 1995 : L'Homme fatal 1995 : La Fée chocolat 1996 : Le Roi des chats 1997 : Le Fleuve bâtisseur 1998 : L'inimitable 1999 : À jamais 2000 : La Maison de la source 2000 : Julien Gracq et la Bretagne 2001 : La Côte d'amour 2002 : Pour que refleurisse le Monde (en... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Francis Lorentz
Francis Lorentz, born May 22, 1942 in Mulhouse, is a French entrepreneur and businessman.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Romain Cabon
Romain Cabon, born May 22, 1979 in Chambray-les-Tours, is a French singer and model. He has participated in Loft Story second season. Loft Story is a French reality show started in 2001 on the M6 channel. Description Loft Story is a slightly re-tooled version of the Dutch-created Big Brother, toned down slightly for the French market by production company Endemol. The initial French Loft Story inspired the creation of a similar show of the same name in Quebec. The famous eye logo is used by both Loft Story versions. It evokes the voyeuristic eye of the television viewer as she or he watches the Lofteurs live in front of the cameras. Some of them get gradually voted off the show by viewers on their phones and the last couple win a house. It caused great controversy in France and the hou... Biography of Marcia Moore
Marcia Moore (May 22, 1928 – January 14, 1979) was an American astrologer brought to national attention through Yoga, Youth, and Reincarnation by Jess Stearn in 1968. She became a proponent of the drug Ketamine in her 1978 book, Journeys Into The Bright World. After disappearing from her home in 1979, 2 years later her lower jaw skeleton was found, and identified via dental records, in a local forest. The cause of her death remains unknown. Marcia Moore was the sister of Robin Moore, author of The French Connection and The Green Berets. Publications Reincarnation, the Key to Immortality, with Mark Douglas, Able Trust edition, ISBN 978-0-912240-02-2, 1968. Diet, Sex and Yoga, with Mark Douglas, Able Trust edition, ISBN 978-0-912240-00-8, 1970. Astrology in Action, with Mark Doug... Biography of Cyril Fagan
Cyril Fagan (born Dublin, Ireland, May 22, 1896, died Tucson, Arizona, United States, January 5, 1970) was an astrologer, who claimed historical use of sidereal astrology in the west and established it as a separate field from tropical astrology. His books include: Astrological Origins, Zodiacs Old and New The Fixed Zodiac Ephemeris A Primer of the Sidereal Zodiac... Biography of Richard Benjamin
Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including the 1969 film, Goodbye, Columbus based upon the novella of the same name by Philip Roth, and with Yul Brynner in Westworld in 1973. Benjamin was born in New York City, New York and attended the High School of Performing Arts. He married actress Paula Prentiss on October 26, 1961 and they have two children. He graduated from Northwestern University where he was involved in many plays and studied in the famous Northwestern theater school. Benjamin is Jewish. He and his wife appeared together in the short-lived television series He & She (1967-68), as well as the film Catch-22 (1970). In 1978, he starred in the ambitious, but short-lived, television series Qu... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Philippe Richert
Philippe Richert (born 22 May 1953 in Ingwiller (Bas-Rhin)) is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Bas-Rhin department. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arni Egilsson
Arni Egilsson, born May 22, 1939 in Reykjavik, is an American composer and jazz classical musician.... Biography of Walter Campbell
Walter Campbell, born May 22, 1941 in Glasgow, is a Scottish politician, a former Member of Parliament.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Vance Packard
Vance Packard, born May 22, 1914, died December 12, 1996 (aged 82), was an American journalist, social critic, and author. Life and career He was born in Granville Summit, Pennsylvania to parents Philip J. Packard and Mabel Case Packard. Between 1920-32 he attended local public schools in State College, Pennsylvania where his father managed a farm owned by Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). In 1932 he entered Penn State, majoring in English. He graduated in 1936, and worked briefly for the local newspaper, the Centre Daily Times. He earned his master's degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1937. That year, he joined the Boston Daily Record as a staff reporter and a year later, he married Virginia Matthews. About 1940, he became a reporter for th... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Serge Doubrovsky
Serge Doubrovsky (May 22, 1928- ) is a French writer and 1989 Prix Médicis winner for Le Livre brisé. He is also a critical theorist. Along with publishing seven volumes of autobiography, he is known as a critical theorist. He has coined the term 'autofiction', which has now entered the French dictionary. Bibliography Le jour S, 1963. Corneille et la Dialectique du héros, 1963. Pourquoi la nouvelle critique : critique et objectivité, 1966. La Dispersion, 1969. La place de la madeleine : écriture et fantasme chez Proust, Mercure de France 1974. Fils, 1977. Parcours critique, 1980. Un amour de soi, 1982. La vie l'instant, 1985. Autobiographiques, 1988. Le livre brisé, 1989. L'après-vivre 1994. Laissé pour conte, 1999.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dino Viola
Dino Viola, born May 22, 1915 in Aulla and died January 18, 1991 in Rome, was an Italian football manager.... Biography of Marsha Joyner
Marsha Joyner, born May 22, 1938 in Brazil, Indiana, is an American Democrat politician and civil rights activist.... Biography of Kenneth Bianchi
Kenneth Alessio Bianchi (born May 22, 1951) is an American serial killer. Bianchi and his cousin Angelo Buono, Jr., together are known as the Hillside Stranglers. He is serving a term of life imprisonment in Washington. Bianchi is also a suspect in the Alphabet murders, three unsolved murders in his home city of Rochester. Early life Bianchi was born in Rochester, New York to a prostitute who gave him up for adoption two weeks after he was born. He was adopted at three months by Frances Scioliono and her husband Nicholas Bianchi in Rochester. Bianchi was deeply troubled from a young age, and his adoptive mother described him as being "a compulsive liar who had risen from the cradle dissembling." He often worried Frances with his penchant for trance-like daydreams. Despite having ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paula Brown
Paula Brown, born May 22, 1969 in Fairfield, California, is an American model and actress. She was Miss California in 1989.... Biography of Apolo Anton Ohno
Apolo Anton Ohno (born May 22, 1982) is an American short track speed skating competitor and a six-time medalist (two gold, two silver, two bronze) in the Winter Olympics. Ohno has won six Olympic medals over his career and is one of only four Americans who has won three medals in a single Winter Olympic games. He is tied with Bonnie Blair for most career medals at the Winter Games by an American. He has been the reigning United States’ champion since 2001 and has won the men's national title a total of 12 times. In December 1999, he became the youngest skater to win a World Cup event title, and became the first American to win a World Cup overall title in 2001. In 2008, Ohno won his first overall World Championship title. He was the United States Olympic Committee's Male Athlete of ... Biography of Maurice Siegel
Maurice Siegel, born May 22, 1919 in Paris and died February 4, 1985, was a French journalist. He was the founder of French magazine VSD (in 1977). Bibliography Vingt ça suffit, dans les coulisses d'Europe n°1, par Maurice Siegel, Plon, 1975.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Yves Rocard
Yves-André Rocard (Vannes, 22 May 1903 – 16 March 1992 in Paris) was a French physicist who helped develop the atomic bomb for France. After obtaining a double doctorate in mathematics (1927) and physics (1928) he was awarded the professorship in electronic physics at the École normale supérieure in Paris. As a member of a Resistance group during the Second World War he flew to England in a small plane as part of a dangerous mission, and was able to provide British intelligence with invaluable information. There he met up with Charles de Gaulle who named him Director of Research in the Forces navales françaises libres (the Navy of Free France). He became particularly interested in the detection of solar radio emissions by English Radar, which were causing military problems by jamming... Biography of Jean Cras
Jean Émile Paul Cras (pronounced ) (22 May 1879 - September 14, 1932) was a 20th century French composer and career naval officer. His musical compositions were inspired by his native Brittany, his travels to Africa, and most of all, by his sea voyages. As a naval commander he served with distinction in the Adriatic Campaign during World War I. Naval career Cras was born and died in Brest. His father was naval medical officer. He was accepted into the navy at the age of seventeen. As a midshipman cadet on the Iphigenie, he fought in the Americas, the West Indies and Senegal. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1908. His mathematical skills led to his proposing a number of innovations in technical practices which were adopted by the navy, including his invention of an electrical selector a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Anne de Vries
Anne de Vries (May 22, 1904, in Assen – November 29, 1964, in Zeist) was a Dutch teacher and author. In the Netherlands he became particularly famous for his novels. He was married to Alida Gerdina van Wermeskerken, the couple had five children. In 1972, de Vries got national recognition when his novel Bartje was made into a television series by Willy van Hemert. Bartje then became the symbol of the Dutch province Drenthe.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guillaume Fouace
Guillaume Fouace, born May 22, 1837 in Réville (Manche), and died January 7, 1895 in Paris, was a French painter.... Biography of Betty Williams
Betty Williams (born 22 May 1943) was a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. She heads the Global Children's Foundation and is President of the World Centers of Compassion for Children International. She is also the Chair of Institute for Asian Democracy in Washington D.C. and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Nova Southeastern University. In 2006, Williams was one of the founders of the Nobel Women's Initiative along with sister Nobel Peace Laureates Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Jody Williams and Rigoberta Menchu Tum. Six women representing North America and South America, ... Biography of Yannick Bru
Yannick Bru (born 22 May 1973 in Auch, Gers) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Stade Toulousain in the elite level of French rugby, the Top 14. Bru has also played for France. Bru's career with Toulouse has been very successful, having won the Heineken Cup with the club twice, in 2003 and 2005, as well as winning the Top 14 in 1999 and 2003. Bru has also been capped 18 times for France, including their grand slam at the 2002 and 2004 Six Nations Championship, as well as being a part of their 2003 World Cup squad.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Kenny Ball
Kenny Ball (born Kenneth Daniel Ball, 22 May 1930, Ilford, Essex, England) is an English jazz musician, best known as the lead trumpet player in Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen. Career Ball began his career as a semi-professional sideman in bands, whilst also working as a salesman and for an advertising agency. He played the trumpet in bands led by Charlie Galbraith, Sid Phillips, Eric Delaney and Terry Lightfoot before forming his own trad jazz band in 1958. His dixieland band was at the forefront of the early 1960s UK jazz revival. Ball and his band have enjoyed the longest unbroken spell of success for bands of their generation. Their traditional, 1960s hits like "Samantha" and "Midnight in Moscow", remain popular in dixieland and trumpet circles today. Ball's status rivals contemporar... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Frédéric Kuhlmann
Charles Frédéric Kuhlmann (22 May 1803 – 27 January 1881) is a French chemist who patented the reaction later used in the Ostwald process. He was both a research scientist and a professor at Université Lille Nord de France. He promoted chemical engineering education for science graduates in Lille and supported the developpement of École centrale de Lille (IDN). As an entrepreneur starting in 1829, he established his own chemical company producing sulfuric acid. This company later merged into Pechiney Ugine Kuhlmann group. References * Bibliothèque numérique de Lille-Frédéric Kuhlmann * Aftalion, Fred; Benfey, Otto Theodor (1991). A history of the international chemical industry. pp. 87. http://books.google.de/books?id=--Hsa_KuCqIC.... Biography of Elek Bacsik
Elek Bacsik (22 May 1926 – 14 February 1993) was a Hungarian-born American jazz violinist and guitarist. Bacsik was born in Budapest, Hungary, the son of Arpad Bacsik and Erzsebet Pocsi. He was of Romani ethnicity and studied violin at the Budapest Conservatory, but found his primary musical inspiration in bebop pioneers Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He was also the cousin of Django Reinhardt. In his early years he travelled as a musician to Lebanon, Spain, Portugal and Italy. He worked in Paris in the early 1960s and recorded with some well known French musicians such as Jeanne Moreau, Serge Gainsbourg and Claude Nougaro as well as making solo albums. In 1966, he went to work and live in the United States and played at Las Vegas. Bacsik recorded on guitar on Gillespie's Dizzy on ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Barbara Palmer
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (May 22 1641 – October 9, 1709) was a British courtesan and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of Charles II of England. Early life Born Barbara Villiers at the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, she was the only child of the 2nd Viscount Grandison, William Villiers (a half-nephew of the 1st Duke of Buckingham), and his wife, Mary Bayning, heiress of the 1st Viscount Bayning. On September 20, 1643, her father died in the English Civil War from a wound sustained at the Battle of Newbury while fighting for the Royalists. He had spent his considerable fortune on horses and ammunition for his Cavalier regiment; his widow and daughter were left in straitened circumstances. Shortly after Lord Grandison's death, Barbara's mother t... Biography of Jean-Louis Curtis
Jean-Louis Curtis (May 22, 1917 - Nov. 11, 1995) was a French novelist best known for his second novel The Forests of the Night (French: Les Forêts de la nuit), which won France's highest literary award the Prix Goncourt in 1947. He has authored over 30 novels, many of them published with the pseudonym of Louis Laffitte. Curtis was born in Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. He was one of the founders of the literary monthly La Table Ronde in 1948. He was elected to the French Academy in 1986. Martin Seymour-Smith said of Curtis in the early 1980's: He is one of the best of the 'conventional' novelists now writing in France, but is very uneven: he is not worried about originality of technique, and prefers to concentrate on what he can do well, which is to anatomize bourgeois societies a... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Cornut-Gentille
François Cornut-Gentille (born May 22, 1958) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Haute-Marne department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.... Biography of Hew Lorimer
Hew Lorimer (May 22, 1907 – 1993) was a Scottish sculptor. He was born in Edinburgh,Scotland, the second son of architect Sir Robert Lorimer. He was educated at Loretto School in Musselburgh, then at Magdalen College, Oxford University, but he left Oxford prematurely to study design and sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art. After graduating in 1934, he entered an apprenticeship with sculptor and stonemason Eric Gill. Lorimer was principally an architectural sculptor, and his profound religious beliefs had a lasting effect on his art and subject matter. After World War II, he worked on many grand sculptures, including Our Lady of the Isles, 1958, a massive granite statue of the mother and child sited at Rueval on South Uist. Between 1950 and 1955 he also sculpted the artwork adornin... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sharon Deberry
Sharon Deberry, born May 22, 1957 in Morgantown, West Virginia, is an American businesswoman. She is also an astrologer.... Biography of Frédérique Guétat-Liviani
Frédérique Guétat-Liviani, born May 22, 1963 in Grenoble, is a French writer and poet. She lives in Marseille.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Charles Moore Jr.
Charles Moore Jr., born May 22, 1928 in Cleveland Heights, is an American former dancer and choreographer.... Biography of Vaughn Eshelman
Vaughn Michael Eshelman (born May 22, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1995 through 1997 for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6' 3", 205 lb., he batted and threw left-handed. In a three-season career, Eshelman posted a 15-9 record with a 6.07 ERA and 118 strikeouts and in 83 appearances, including 30 starts, 11 games finished, four shutouts, and 212.0 innings of work.... Biography of Marco Siffredi
Marco Siffredi (May 22, 1979 in Chamonix - 2002) was a French snowboarder and mountaineer. He was the first to descend Mount Everest on a snowboard in 2001 via the Norton Couloir. In 2002, he disappeared attempting to snowboard the Hornbein Couloir. References ^ "Marco Siffredi First Ever to Board Everest". Everest News. 2001. http://www.everestnews.com/sb.htm. Retrieved on 2007-03-22. ^ a b Sarah Smith (2002-09-27). "Everest Snowboarder Vanishes On Second Try". National Geographic Adventure. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/09/0927_020927_siffredi.html. Retrieved on 22 March 2007... Biography of Jurgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May, 1981 in Vienna) is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 26 on 18 May 2009, and a doubles ranking of No. 17 on 19 March 2007. In 1999, he won the boy's singles event at Wimbledon. He is often referred to as the best player on the tour to have not yet reached the fourth round of a major tournament. He is dating Croatian-Austrian swimmer Mirna Jukić. He is endorsed by adidas and Dunlop Sport. He is known for mental weakness, earning the well-known nickname, "MeltzDown" Career Early Years In 1998 Melzer slarted playing in the Futures in his country where he won his first two matches but lost the next four. In 1999, He started playing outside of Austria in the Futures and Challengers. He competed in his first main draw... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Dominique Rolin
Dominique Rolin, born May 22, 1913 in Brussels, died on May 15, 2012 in Paris, is a Belgian writer. She lives in Paris, France. She is a member of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Vanden Boeynants
Paul Emile François Henri Vanden Boeynants (Dutch pronunciation: ) (22 May 1919 – 9 January 2001) was a Belgian politician. He served as the 41st Prime Minister of Belgium for two brief periods (1966–68 and 1978–79). Vanden Boeynants (called "VDB" by journalists) was born in Forest / Vorst, a municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region. Active as a businessman in the meat industry, he was a Representative for the PSC-CVP between 1949 and 1979. From 1961 to 1966 he led the PSC-CVP (which was in those days a single party). In 1966, he became Prime Minister of Belgium; he stayed in this post for two years. Later in 1978, he led another Belgian government which lasted until 1979. He left politics in 1995, and died of pneumonia after undergoing cardiovascular surgery in 2001. Fraud Conv... Biography of Mickaël Gelabale
Mickaël Gelabale (born May 22, 1983, in Pointe-Noire, Guadeloupe) is a French professional basketball player. He currently plays for Spirou Basket in the Belgian BLB. He is a 6-foot 7-inch, 215-pound small forward, with athleticism as his main asset. Club career Gelabale started playing professionally with Cholet Basket, averaging 10 points and five rebounds per game in his final season (2003–04). Subsequently, he joined Real Madrid, being used in the side's rotation during two seasons (about 23 minutes per game combined). At the end of his first season, Gelabale was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round (48th overall) of the 2005 NBA Draft, but opted to stay in the Spanish capital instead of immediately joining the NBA. On July 12, 2006, he signed a two-year ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Alec Monteath
Alec Monteath (May 22, 1941 in Perthshire) was an announcer for Scottish Television from 1964 - 1969 and was also an announcer on BBC Scotland. Alec was also an actor who played Dougal Lachlan in STV's Take the High Road from 1980 until 1992.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tashi Grady
Tashi Grady, born May 22, 1954 in Vancouver, is a Canadian and American professional astrologer and author.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Portier
Paul Jules Portier, born on May 22, 1866 in Bar-sur-Seine, died on January 26, 1962 in Bourg-la-Reine, was a French zoologist and biologist. Selected publications: 1918 : Les Symbiotes, Masson (Paris) : xx + 315 p. 1938 : Physiologie des animaux marins, Flammarion (Paris) : 253 p. 1949 : La Biologie des lépidoptères, Paul Lechevalier (Paris) : 643 p.... Biography of Giacomo Matteotti
Giacomo Matteotti (22 May 1885 – 10 June 1924) was an Italian socialist politician. On 30 May 1924, he openly spoke in the Italian Parliament alleging the Fascists committed fraud in the recently held elections, and denounced the violence they used to gain votes. Eleven days later he was kidnapped and killed by Fascists. Political career Matteotti was born a son of a wealthy family, in Fratta Polesine, Province of Rovigo (Veneto). A graduate in law from the University of Bologna and from early on an activist in the socialist movement and the Italian Socialist Party, he opposed Italy's entry into World War I (and was interned in Sicily during the conflict for this reason). He was elected deputy three times: in 1919, 1921 and 1924. As a follower of Filippo Turati, Matteotti be... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of William Sturgeon
William Sturgeon (22 May 1783 - 4 December 1850) was an English physicist and inventor who made the first electromagnets, and invented the first practical English electric motor. Life Sturgeon was born in Whittington, Lancashire and apprenticed to a shoemaker. He joined the army in 1802 and taught himself mathematics and physics. In 1824 he became lecturer in science at the East India Company College at Addiscombe, Surrey and in the following year he exhibited his first electromagnet. He displayed its power by lifting nine pounds with a seven-ounce piece of iron wrapped with wire through which a current from a single battery was sent. In 1828 he put into practice Ampere's idea of a solenoid. In 1832 he was appointed to the lecturing staff of the Adelaide Gallery of Practical Scien... Biography of Xiaoshuai Wang
Wang Xiaoshuai (simplified Chinese: 王小帅; traditional Chinese: 王小帥; pinyin: Wáng Xiăoshuài; born May 22, 1966 in Shanghai) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He is commonly grouped under the loose association of filmmakers known as the Sixth Generation of the Cinema of China. Many of Wang's works are known for their sensitive portrayal of teens and youths, most notable in films such as Beijing Bicycle, So Close to Paradise, Drifters, and Shanghai Dreams. His 2008 film In Love We Trust is an exception as it portrays marital strains. He also served as a member of the jury of the BigScreen Italia Film Festival 2006, held in Kunming, Yunnan, China. Early life and education Wang Xiaoshuai was born in 1966 in S... Biography of Bernard Shaw (journalist)
Bernard Shaw (born May 22, 1940) is a retired American journalist and former news anchor for CNN from 1980 until his retirement in March 2001. Biography Early years Shaw was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1963 to 1968. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Career Shaw began his broadcasting career as an anchor and reporter for WNUS in Chicago. He then worked as a reporter for the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company in Chicago, moving later to Washington as the White House correspondent. Shaw worked as a correspondent in the Washington Bureau of CBS News from 1971 to 1977. In 1977, Shaw moved to ABC News as Latin American correspondent and bureau chief before becoming the Capitol Hill Senior Correspondent. He left ABC in 1980 to move... Biography of Alison Eastwood
Alison Eastwood (born May 22, 1972) is an American film director, Hollywood actress, fashion model, and fashion designer. She made her directorial debut with Rails & Ties (2007), starring Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden. Early life and education Eastwood was born in Carmel, California, the daughter of swimsuit model Maggie Johnson and movie star and film director Clint Eastwood (and younger sister to Kyle Eastwood). She attended Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California, and Stevenson School in Pebble Beach. Her parents separated when she was three years old. When she was eighteen, in 1990, Eastwood moved to Santa Barbara to study acting at the University of California. Career Eastwood landed some professional acting roles during her childhood and preadolescent years. She... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (22 May 1715 – 3 November 1794) was a French cardinal and statesman. He was the sixth member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1744. Biography Born at Saint-Marcel d'Ardèche, de Bernis was of a noble, but impoverished family, and, being a younger son, was intended for the church. He was educated at the Louis-le-Grand college and the seminary of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, but did not take orders till 1755. De Bernis became known as one of the most expert epigrammatists in the gay society of Louis XV of France's court, and by his verses won the friendship of Madame de Pompadour, the royal mistress, who obtained for him an apartment, furnished at her expense, in the Tuileries, and a yearly pension of 1500 livres. In 1751 de Bernis ... Biography of Pascal Touron
Pascal Touron, born May 2é, 1973 in Arcachon, is a French rawer.... Biography of Donald Royal
Donald Adam Royal (born May 22, 1966 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a retired American professional basketball player, a 6'8" small forward. He played his collegiate basketball at the University of Notre Dame for four seasons (1983/84-1986/87), and was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 3rd round (52nd overall pick) of the 1987 NBA Draft. Royal played in 8 NBA seasons for five different teams (for some repeatedly): Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors and Charlotte Hornets. In his NBA career, Royal played in 504 games and scored a total of 3,161 points. His best period as a professional came during the 1992-93 NBA season as a member of the Magic, appearing in 77 games and averaging 9.2 ppg.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Randy Brown (basketball)
Randy Brown (born May 22, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'2" (1.88 m) guard who played at New Mexico State University, Brown was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 1991 NBA Draft. He played four seasons in Sacramento, scoring 1,349 points, but he would become best known for his tenure with the Chicago Bulls. Brown signed with the Bulls in 1995, and he provided valuable energy and aggressiveness off the bench during the Bulls' second "three-peat" (1996–1998). In the clinching game of the 1996 NBA Finals against the Seattle SuperSonics, Brown was the first player to get on the floor with Michael Jordan to celebrate. A fan favorite, Brown was also one of the few veteran players who stayed with the Bulls after the 1998-99 loc... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Eugène Claudius-Petit
Eugène Petit or Eugène Claudius-Petit, born on May 22, 1907 in Angers, died on October 24, 1989 in Paris, was a French politician. Awards: Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur Compagnon de la Libération - décret du 19 octobre 1945 Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (2 citations) Médaille de la Résistance avec rosette Commandeur du Mérite Social Commandeur de la Rose blanche de Finlande Grand Officier du Ouissam Alaouite Bibliography « Pour un plan national d'aménagement du territoire », Les grands textes de l'aménagement du territoire et de la décentralisation. Christel Alvergne, Pierre Musso, DATAR (Avant-propos de Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Premier ministre), 2004, ISBN 2110052392 Benoît Pouvreau, Danièle Voldman, Un politique en architecture : Eugène ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of François Bon
François Bon, born on May 22, 1953 in Luçon, Vendée, is a French writer. Selected works: Sortie d'usine, roman - Minuit, 1982 (ISBN 978-2-7073-0630-2) - Nouvelle édition en 1985. Limite, roman - Minuit, 1985. Décor ciment, roman -Les éditions de Minuit, 1986. Le Crime de Buzon, roman - Minuit, 1988. Un fait divers, roman - Minuit, 1994. La Folie Rabelais, essai - Minuit, 1990. Calvaire des chiens, roman- Minuit, 1990. L'Enterrement, récit - Verdier, 1991 - repris Folio 1994, réédition Folio 2004. Temps machine, récit - Verdier, 1992. Dans la ville invisible, roman - Gallimard Jeunesse, 1993. Un fait divers, roman - Minuit, 1994. C'était toute une vie, récit - Verdier, 1995. Parking - Minuit, 1996. 30, rue de la Poste,... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Claude Ballif
Claude Ballif (22 May 1924 in Paris – 24 July 2004 in Poissons) was a French composer. His music is known as a combination of tonality (in the sense of Bartok, for instance) and serialism - a system that he named metatonality. Claude Ballif was a committed pedagogue who taught composition and analysis at the Paris Conservatoire from 1971 to 1990. Following this, he taught the same subjects at the Sevran conservatory. His pupils included Raynald Arseneault, Nicolas Bacri, Gérard Buquet, Alexandre Desplat, Joseph-François Kremer, Philippe Manoury, and Mehmet Okonsar.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Winfield
Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) was an American television, film, and stage actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Winfield also portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. Early years Winfield was born in Los Angeles, California to Lois Beatrice Edwards, a union organizer in the garment industry. His stepfather from the age of eight was Clarence Winfield, a city trash collector and construction worker. He attended Manual Arts High School, the University of Portland, Stanford University, Los Angeles City College and the Univers... Biography of Aleksandra Kirsanova
Aleksandra Kirsanova, born on May 22, 1980 in Barysaw, is a Belarusian dancer.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hendrik Heyman
Hendrik Heyman, born on May 22, 1879 in Sint-Niklaas (birth time source: Lescaut) died on April 4, 1958 in Ghent, was a Belgian politician, former Minister and member of the Catholic Party.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Hubert Robert
Hubert Robert (22 May 1733 – 15 April 1808), French artist, was born in Paris. His father, Nicolas Robert, was in the service of François-Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de Stainville a leading diplomat from Lorraine. Young Robert finished his studies with the Jesuits at the Collège de Navarre in 1751 and entered the atelier of the sculptor Michel-Ange Slodtz who taught him design and perspective but encouraged him to turn to painting. In 1754 he left for Rome in the train of Étienne-François de Choiseul, son of his father's employer, who had been named French ambassador and would become a Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Louis XV in 1758.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Bellino Ghirard
Bellino Ghirard, born on May 22, 1935 in Seyches, Lot-et-Garonne, is a French Catholic Bishop, the Bishop Emeritus of Rodez (2011 - ).... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Arthur Cravan
Arthur Cravan (born Fabian Avenarius Lloyd on May 22, 1887, Lausanne, Switzerland) was known as a pugilist, a poet, a larger-than-life character, and an idol of the Dada and Surrealism movements. He was the second son of Otho Holland Lloyd and Hélène Clara St. Clair. His brother, Otho, was born in 1885. His father's sister, Constance Mary Lloyd, was married to Irish poet Oscar Wilde. He changed his name to Cravan in 1912 in honour of his fiancée Renée Bouchet, who was born in the small village of Cravans in the department of Charente-Maritime in western France. Why he chose the name Arthur remains unclear. Cravan was last seen at Salina Cruz, Mexico in 1918 and most likely drowned in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico in November 1918. Biography Cravan was born and educated i... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jacques Poitrenaud
Jacques Poitrenaud, born May 22 1922, in Lille, died April 5 2005 in Paris, is a French film director and actor. Director 1956 : Saint-Germain-en-Laye, cité royale (short film) 1957 : Enfants, Touraine (short film) 1960 : La revenante (short film) 1960 : Les portes claquent co-réalisé avec Michel Fermaud 1960 : Les amours de Paris 1961 : Les Amours de Paris 1962 : Les Parisiennes, pour le sketch : Ella 1963 : Strip Tease 1963 : L'Inconnue de Hong Kong 1964 : Du grabuge chez les veuves 1964 : Une souris chez les hommes (or Un drôle de caïd) 1965 : La Tête du client 1966 : Le Canard en fer blanc 1966 : Carré de dames pour un as 1968 : Ce sacré grand-père 1969 : Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ? ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Monique Denise (politician)
Monique Denise, born on May 22, 1941 in Saint-Sauflieu, Somme, is a French politician (Socialist party), a former member of Parliament (1997-2002).... Biography of Noa Tishby
Noa Tishby (born 22 May 1977) is an Israeli-born actress, model and singer, currently residing in Los Angeles, United States. An actress and a singer, Tishby got her first big break at 16 playing the lead in the original hit musical "David", for which she won national recognition. She received a full scholarship with the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and went on to play the lead in the nation's highest rated prime time drama, Ramat Aviv Gimmel. She became a household name and appeared in numerous TV shows and films, among them the critically acclaimed Five Minutes Walking. Her album Nona was the first English-language album released by an Israeli artist to hit No. 1 on the nation's top selling albums chart. The album was released in Japan by Virgin Records. She received critical acclaim playin... Biography of Guillermo Toledo
Guillermo Toledo (born Madrid, 22 May 1970), professionally known as Willy Toledo, is a Spanish film and television actor, theater producer and political activist. Filmography Year Film Director 1995 Morirás en Chafarinas Pedro Olea 1995 La Ley de la frontera Adolfo Aristarain 1998 Insominio Chus Gutiérrez 1998 La vuelta del Coyote Mario Camus 1998 Mensaka, páginas de una historia Salvador García Ruíz 1999 Se buscan fullmontis Alejandro Calvo-Sotelo 1999 La mujer más fea del mundo Miguel Bardem 1999 La lengua de las mariposas José Luis Cuerda 1999 Manolito Gafotas Miguel Albaladejo 1999 Zapping Juan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa 2000 El otro barrio Salvador García Ruiz 2000 La espalda de Díos Pablo Llorca 2001 El viejo que leía historias de amor 200... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Enric Morera i Viura
Enric Morera i Viura (Catalan pronunciation: ; 22 May 1865 – 12 March 1942), was a Spanish Catalan musician and composer. Morera was born in Barcelona but moved with his father, a musician, to Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1867, studying organ, trumpet, and violin there. He returned in 1883 to Barcelona, studying with Isaac Albéniz and Felip Pedrell. Later he lived for two years in Brussels before returning to Argentina. He finally returned to Barcelona in 1890 where he was prominent in the movement Catalan Musical Modernism, with for example the opera La Fada (The Fairy) in 1897. He founded the choir "Catalunya Nova". He wrote books on musical theory such as a "Practical Treatise on Harmony". Among his students were Vicente Asencio, Manuel Infante, Xavier Montsalvatge and Carlos Surina... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of José Mesa
José Ramón Nova Mesa (born May 22, 1966 in Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. His nickname was "Joe Table," the literal translation of his name in the English language. Baseball career Mesa was initially signed as an amateur free agent by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1981, originally as an outfielder. He was traded to the Baltimore Orioles, during the 1987 season for starting pitcher Mike Flanagan. Mesa began his major-league career as a starting pitcher with the Orioles who hoped that Mesa's superior fastball would earn him success in the starting role. After 48 starts of below-average results during four seasons, the Orioles traded Mesa to the Cleveland Indians in 1992. Cleveland continued to use Mesa as a starter through the... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of M. Scott Peck
Morgan Scott Peck (22 May 1936 (source: http://www.mscottpeck.com/)) – 25 September 2005) was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author, best known for his first book, The Road Less Traveled, published in 1978. Biography Peck was born in New York City. His parents sent him to the prestigious boarding school Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, when he was 13. In his book, The Road Less Traveled, he confides the story of his brief stay at Exeter, and admits that it was a most miserable time. Finally, age 15, during the spring holiday of his third year, came home and refused to return to the school, whereupon his parents sought psychiatric help for him and he was (much to his amusement in later life) diagnosed with depression and recommended for a month's stay in a ... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of René Cleitman
René Cleitman, born on May 22, 1940 in Paris, died on December 15, 2004 in Paris, was a French film producer. Filmography 1984 : Liste noire, de Alain Bonnot 1984 : Un printemps sous la neige (The Bay Boy), de Daniel Petrie 1986 : La Galette du roi, de Jean-Michel Ribes 1986 : Tenue de soirée, de Bertrand Blier 1987 : Tandem, de Patrice Leconte 1989 : Monsieur Hire, de Patrice Leconte 1989 : La Vie et rien d'autre, de Bertrand Tavernier 1990 : Cyrano de Bergerac, de Jean-Paul Rappeneau 1991 : Un cœur qui bat, de François Dupeyron 1991 : Urga, de Nikita Mikhalkov 1993 : Tango, de Patrice Leconte 1993 : Moi Ivan, toi Abraham, de Yolande Zauberman 1994 : Le Joueur de violon, de Charles Van Damme 1994 : La Machine, de Fra... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Herbert C. Brown
Herbert Charles Brown (May 22, 1912 – December 19, 2004) was a chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate for his work with organoboranes. Brown was born Herbert Brovarnik in London to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants from Zhitomir. He moved to the United States in June 1914, at the age of two. In autumn 1935, he entered the University of Chicago, completed two years of studies in three quarters, and earned a B.S. in 1936. That same year, he became a naturalized United States citizen. On February 6, 1937, Brown married Sarah Baylen, the person he credits with making him interested in hydrides of boron, a topic related to the work in which he with Georg Wittig won the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 1979. Two years after starting graduate studies, he earned a Ph.D. in 1938, also from the Unive... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Tommy John
Thomas Edward John Jr. (born May 22, 1943) is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball whose 288 career victories rank as the seventh highest total among left-handers in major league history. He is also known for the revolutionary surgery, now named after him, which was performed on a damaged ligament in his pitching arm. Playing career An outstanding basketball player at Gerstmeyer High School in Terre Haute, where he held the city single game scoring record, John was originally signed by the Cleveland Indians, making his major league debut in 1963. John chose baseball when he realized he had the most talent in it and would not go on to play professional basketball. Of his 26-year major league career, he is best remembered for his seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers in... Biography of Johnny Gill
Johnny Gill (born May 22, 1966) is a Grammy Award-nominated and Soul Train Award winning American R&B singer-songwriter best known for his romantic ballads and as a member of New Edition. His signature song "My, My, My" has been included on numerous romantic compilations. Life and work Gill was born in Washington, D.C., the son of a minister. He started singing at age five in a family gospel group called "Wings Faith," which included his brothers Bobby, Jeff, and Randy Gill (himself a solo recording artist and member of the group II D Extreme). His recording career began in 1983 when his childhood friend, singer Stacy Lattisaw, convinced him to record a demo. This demo fell into the hands of the president of Atlantic Records, and his self-titled debut album was released shortly there... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Georges Rol
Georges Rol, born May 22, 1926 in Thiviers, is a French ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic Bishop and Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême since 1993. He was ordained into the priesthood on February 28, 1953. He resigned at age 67, on December 22, 1993.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Jean-Paul Ollivier
Jean-Paul Ollivier, born on May 22, 1944 in Concarneau, is a French sports journalist and author. Bibliography (fr) Books About bicycling Raymond Poulidor, Glénat, Paris, 1994 Jacques Anquetil, Glénat, Paris, 1994 Raphaël Géminiani Le grand fusil, Glénat, Paris, 1995 René Vietto, Glénat, Paris, 1995 Eddy Merckx, Glénat, Paris, 1996 Bernard Thévenet, Glénat, Paris, 1997 Bernard Gauthier, Glénat, Paris, 1998 Bernard Hinault, Glénat, Paris, 1998 La légende de Louison Bobet, Glénat, Paris, 1998 Roger Hassenforder, Glénat, Paris, 1999 Jacques Marinelli, Glénat, Paris, 1999 Luis Ocaña, Glénat, Paris, 1999 Federico Bahamontes, Glénat, Paris, 2000 Rik Van Steenber... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Roger Brown
Roger William Brown (May 22, 1942 – March 4, 1997), nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American professional basketball player. Career A 6'5" forward/guard, Brown starred at Brooklyn's Wingate High School and signed to play for the University of Dayton in 1960, but he was banned from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA) when it was revealed that while still in High School and along with fellow Brooklyn star Connie Hawkins, he had been introduced to a gambler, Jack Molinas, who was involved in illegal point shaving. Brown was never accused of point shaving and his only crime was associating with Molinas. With the NCAA and NBA ban in place, he continued to play basketball in Dayton's amateur leagues, and in 1967 signed with the Ameri... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Larry Siegfried
Larry Siegfried (born May 22, 1939, in Shelby, Ohio) is a retired American National Basketball Association player. Siegfried played college basketball for Ohio State University, and his tenure there overlapped with future Hall-of-Famers Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek. He played for the 1960 national champion team, and in 1961 he was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team. Siegfried, a junior high scoring guard, and Joe Roberts, a senior forward, were the two holdover starters when three outstanding sophomores, Lucas, Havlicek and guard Mel Nowell arrived for the 1959-60 season. Siegfried adjusted his scoring to allow for Lucas and Nowell while joining Roberts and Havlicek as a key defender. Siegfried was also an excellent free throw shooter few risked fouling. The Ohio State Co... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Carl Craig
Carl Craig, born May 22, 1969, is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJs. According to an article about Craig, "Of this group, Craig was often recognised as being the most artful and the most willing to engage the rapidly growing shape of techno outside Detroit." Carl Craig has approached techno using inspiration from a wide range of musical genres, including jazz and soul. Carl Craig has released many successful albums under a large number of aliases, such as BFC, Psyche, Paperclip People, 69, Designer Music and Innerzone Orchestra. Using one alias, Innerzone Orchestra, he released perhaps his best-known track "Bug in The Bassbin" in 1992, a track that many regard as... Biography of Pénélope Bonna
Pénélope Bonna, born on May 22, 1988 in Beaumont-sur-Oise, is a French judoka. On April 21, 2001, Penelope Bonna became champion at the European Championship.... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Mc Eight
Aaron Tyler (born on May 22, 1967 in Compton, California), better known by his stage name MC Eiht, is an American rapper. His stage name was partly inspired by the numeral in KRS-One's name. He chose Eiht for its links to "hood culture", including 8Ball and .38 caliber firearms. He is a member of the rap group Compton's Most Wanted. Music career Tyler grew to fame on the West Coast as one of two MCs in the four-man crew, Compton's Most Wanted. After enjoying increasing success with the group, which peaked with 1992's Music to Driveby, Eiht took a role in the hit movie Menace II Society as well as a high-profile spot on the soundtrack. The song, "Streiht Up Menace," which chronicles the unfortunate downturn of the film's protagonist within the pathological conditions of American inner... Biography of Charles F. Haanel
Charles Francis Haanel (May 22, 1866 – November 27, 1949) was a noted American New Thought author and a businessman. He is best known for his contributions to the New Thought Movement through his book The Master Key System. Personal life and business career The Haanel family was of Swedish extraction, but had lived in Silesia, Prussia, before emigrating to Canada and thence to the United States. In St. Louis: History of the Fourth City, the author Walter B. Stevens wrote that "Charles F. Haanel was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the son of Hugo and Emeline (Fox) Haanel." He was the fourth of six children. According to Stevens, "The family moved to St. Louis, Missouri when Charles was a child. His first job was as an office boy for the National Enameling & Stamping Company in St. Louis... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Paul Mariner
Paul Mariner (born 22 May 1953) is an English football coach, manager, and retired player, who is currently with Toronto FC. A striker during his playing days, Mariner began his career with Chorley. He became a professional player in 1973 with Plymouth Argyle, where he scored 61 goals in 155 appearances and is considered to be one of the club's best players. He joined Ipswich Town in 1976, where he achieved domestic and European success under the guidance of Bobby Robson. He was called up to play for the England national team during his time at Portman Road, and went on to represent his country at the 1980 European Championships and the 1982 World Cup. He spent two years with Arsenal and then Portsmouth before finishing his career abroad. He played for clubs in Australia, the United Sta... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Rich Preston
Richard John Preston (born May 22, 1952 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former forward. Preston began his pro career in the World Hockey Association in the 1974-75 season with the Avco World Trophy champion Houston Aeros. He then played three more years with the Aeros before joining the Winnipeg Jets in 1978-79. The Jets won the Avco World Trophy in 1979 (the league's final year) and Rich was named Most Valuable Player of the WHA playoffs. Preston started his National Hockey League career with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1980. He also played for the New Jersey Devils. He left the NHL after the 1987 season. Most recently Preston served as an assistant coach for the Calgary Flames from the 2003-2004 NHL season until just after the 2008-2009 NHL season. Shortl... Biography of Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Nikolaj Lie Kaas (born 22 May 1973) is a prominent Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s and who is still actively working today. He is also the host of the annual Zulu Comedy Galla on Danish TV. He is the son of actor Preben Kaas and actor and writer Anne Mari Lie and father of two. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509263/) 2013 Skytten (filming) Thomas Borby 2012 Forbrydelsen III (TV series) (filming) Mathias Borch – Episode #1.1 (2012) … Mathias Borch 2012 Sover Dolly på ryggen (post-production) 2012 Mad Ship (post-production) 2011/IV Beast Valdemar 2011 Dirch Dirch Passer 2011 Orla Frøsnapper Orla Frøsnapper (voice) / Tryllekunster (voice) / Klovn (voice) 2011 Grantræet (short) Grantræet (voice) 2010 Seule contre tous... Biography of Barbara Parkins
Barbara Parkins (born May 22, 1942) is a Canadian-American television and film actress. Biography Early life and rise to stardom Parkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the age of sixteen, she and her mother moved to Los Angeles, where she enrolled at Hollywood High School and began to study acting, tap, ballet, and fencing at the Falcon School, where her mother played the piano. Her earliest employment was as a backup singer and dancer in the nightclub acts of major stars, including comedian George Burns. She made her film debut in a low-budget crime caper, 20,000 Eyes, in 1961, and also guested in a number of television series, including Leave It to Beaver, The Untouchables, Perry Mason, and The Wide Country. Shortly before gaining nationwide fame, Parkins worked as... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Sean Gunn
Sean Gunn (born May 22, 1974) is an American actor, most famous for his role as Kirk Gleason on the television show Gilmore Girls (2000–2007). Early life Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Gunn comes from an Irish Catholic family with four other brothers and one sister. Most of his brothers are following careers in the entertainment industry. His brother James Gunn is a screenwriter/director (as well as the ex-husband of Jenna Fischer, who took acting classes with Sean when they were children), and Patrick Gunn is an executive producer for Artisan Entertainment. Gunn attended the Jesuit St. Louis University High School (class of 1992) and graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University. After graduation, he started a theater company with friends.. Though the surname Gunn... Add to favourites (no fan yet)Biography of Guillaume Warmuz
Guillaume Warmuz (born 22 May 1970 in Saint-Vallier, France (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French former football goalkeeper. He started his career at Olympique Marseille. He spent a season at L'OM without making any first team appearances. He then made a move to CS Louhans-Cuiseaux where he quickly established himself as first-choice goalkeeper. His performances there attracted the attention of another first division side, RC Lens, and he signed for them in 1992, eventually totalling 351 league appearances in an 11-year spell between the sticks. Warmuz left Lens on a free transfer in December 2002 and, the next month, signed a short-term contract with Arsenal, as cover for both David Seaman and the injured Rami Shaaban, but did not play any first-team matches. In July 200...
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