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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on August, 31, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the number of real time Astrotheme users' clicks for a celebrity. You can either access the photo and detailed natal chart by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the comprehensive horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart".
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52,648 celebrities and events, out of which 22,793 entries with a known time of birth. Search by filters, aspects, positions, categories, heights, or latest additions. Celebrities clicked on in real-time: 468,432,251 times. 140 celebrities or events were found for August, 31.
Biography of Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949 (birth time source: http://www.astrologyweekly.com/data-archive/celebrities.php)) is an American actor. He first became famous during the 1980s, after appearing in several successful Hollywood films, including An Officer and a Gentleman, and has since retained his status as a leading man. During the 1990s and 2000s, he starred in several well-received films, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, and Chicago for which he won a Golden Globe award as Best Actor. Career Gere's first major acting role was in the original London stage version of Grease in 1973. He began appearing in Hollywood films in the mid 1970s, co-starring in the thriller Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), and playing the leading role in director Terrence Malick's well-reviewed 1978 film, Da...
Biography of Eric Zemmour
Éric Zemmour (born August 31, 1958 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French writer and political journalist, born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis. Until 2009, he was a reporter for Le Figaro and has since had a column in Figaro Magazine. He has also appeared as a television personality on the shows On n'est pas couché on France 2 between 2006 and 2011, Ça se dispute on i>TÉLÉ since 2003, and Z comme Zemmour on RTL since January 2010. Starting September 2011, he has hosted Zemmour et Naulleau, a weekly evening talk show on Paris Première, together with Éric Naulleau. His antiliberal and radical positions as well as the numerous controversies he has been involved in, are notorious in France. Life and career Early life Éric Zemmour was born in Montreuil (today in Seine-Saint-...
Biography of Queen Rania of Jordan
Rania Al Abdullah (Arabic: الملكة رانيا العبد الله Rānyā al-‘abdu l-Lāh) (born Rania al Yassin on 31 August 1970) is the current Queen consort of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan. As a global figure, and considered by some to be one of the world’s most powerful women, Queen Rania has focused her energy, at home and abroad, on a variety of causes, notably education. In Jordan, her work focuses on the calibre and quality of education for Jordanian children, while abroad she advocates for global education and for world leaders to fulfill their commitments towards the second Millennium Development Goals, Universal Primary Education....
Biography of Jeff Hardy
Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American professional wrestler on the Raw brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), though he is currently suspended for drug policy violations. Before gaining prominence in WWE, Hardy performed for the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA), a promotion he ran with his brother Matt. After being signed by WWE, the brothers worked as jobbers before gaining notoriety in the tag team division, partly due to their participation in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches. With the addition of Lita, the team became known as Team Xtreme and continued to rise in popularity. As a tag team wrestler, Hardy is a former six-time World Tag Team Champion and one-time WCW Tag Team Champion. Apart from his success as a tag team wre...
Biography of Caligula
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. (August 31, 12 – January 24, 41), more commonly known by his nickname Caligula, was the third Roman Emperor and a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from 37 to 41 . In general, only some details of his life are known. What is known, however, is that during his brief reign, Caligula focused much of his attention on ambitious construction projects and territorial expansion. He worked to increase the authority of the principate and struggled to maintain his position against several conspiracies to overthrow him. He was eventually assassinated in 41 by several of his own guards in a conspiracy involving the Roman Senate. Though Caligula was popular with the Roman public throughout his reign, the scarce surviving sources focus upon anecdo...
Biography of Van Morrison
George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born August 31, 1945 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is a Grammy Award-winning Northern Irish singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician during the last five decades. He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone. Featuring his characteristic growl — a unique mix of throaty folk, blues, Irish, scat, and Celtic influences — Morrison is widely considered one of the most unusual and influential vocalists in the history of rock and roll.Critic Greil Marcus has gone so far as to say that "no white man sings like Van Morrison." Known as "Van the Man" by his fans, Morrison first rose to prominence as the lead singer of the N...
Biography of Chris Tucker
Christopher "Chris" Tucker (born August 31, 1971) is an American actor and comedian most widely known for his role as Smokey in Friday and James Carter in the Rush Hour trilogy. Early life Chris Tucker was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Mary, who was involved in church work, and Norris Tucker, who owned a janitorial service. Tucker was raised in Decatur, Georgia. After graduating from Columbia High School, he moved to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in comedy and movies. Through DNA tests (as aired on the 2006 PBS documentary African American Lives), his paternal ancestry was traced back to the Mbundu ethnic group of Angola and his mother's to Cameroon; Tucker has also managed to trace his family tree back to the 1830s. The test also showed that Tucker's ancestry is 83...
Biography of Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, Gauquelin Vol 2/1509) – May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician, educator, philosopher, humanitarian and devout Catholic; she is best known for her philosophy and method of education of children from birth to adolescence. Her educational method is in use today in a number of public as well as private schools throughout the world. Life and work Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle (Ancona), Italy to Alessandro Montessori and Renilde Stoppani. Montessori was the first woman to graduate from the University of Rome La Sapienza Medical School. She was a member of the University's Psychiatric Clinic and became intrigued with trying to educate the "mentally retarded" and the "uneducable" in Rome. In 1898, she gave a lectur...
Biography of Laurence Parisot
Laurence Parisot, born August 31, 1959 in Luxeuil-les-Bains (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is the head of the French MEDEF employers' union, and also directs the IFOP poll institute....
Biography of James Coburn
James Harrison Coburn (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an Academy Award-winning American actor. Early life Coburn was born in Laurel, Nebraska to James Harrison Coburn, Sr., a garage mechanic, and Mylet S. Johnson; his maternal grandparents were immigrants from Sweden. Coburn grew up in Compton, California and acted in college, eventually making his stage debut at the La Jolla Playhouse. Career Coburn became famous as the "tough guy" in a variety of films, first mostly with his friends Robert Vaughn and Charles Bronson (with whom he co-starred in The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape). In 1966, Coburn finally became a bona-fide star with the release of Our Man Flint, a James Bond spoof released by 20th Century Fox as competition. After a sequel, Coburn decided to b...
Biography of Edwin Moses
Edwin Corley Moses (born 31 August 1955) is an American track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in his event four times. In addition to his running, Moses was also an innovative reformer in the areas of Olympic eligibility and drug testing. In 2000, he was elected the first Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, an international service organization of world class athletes. 122 consecutive wins Born in Dayton, Ohio, Moses accepted an academic scholarship to Morehouse College in Atlanta and majored in physics and Industrial Engineering while competing for the school track team. Morehouse did not have its own track, so...
Biography of Tula (model)
Caroline "Tula" Cossey (born August 31, 1954, in Brooke, Norfolk), is an English model. Born Barry Kenneth Cossey, she is one of the world's most well known transsexual people and the first to ever pose for Playboy. Since being "outed" by British tabloid News of the World, Cossey has fought for her right to legally marry a man and to be recognized by the law as a woman. Early life and transition At the age of 17, Cossey started hormone therapy and began living as a woman full time. She was already somewhat feminine due to a condition known as Klinefelter's syndrome. However, instead of having XXY chromosomes like most with this condition, Cossey is XXXY. Soon after beginning transition, Cossey began a career as a showgirl and topless dancer, working in nightclubs in London, Paris and R...
Biography of Gerard Love
Gerard Love (born on 31 August 1967, in Motherwell, Scotland) is the bass player, and one of the three singer-songwriters in the Glasgow band, Teenage Fanclub....
Biography of Rachel Legrain-Trapani
Rachel Legrain-Trapani (born on August 31, 1988, (French) Saint-Saulve, Nord, France (birth time source: civil registrar)) was elected Miss France in 2007. Living in Saint-Quentin, she was elected Miss Aisne, and chosen to represent the region of Picardie. She succeeded Alexandra Rosenfeld as the 53rd Miss France on December 9, 2006. Rachel has brown hair and brown eyes. She is 1.72 meter tall. Her first runner-up was Sophie Vouzelaud, the first deaf or hard of hearing person to ever compete in the finals of a Miss France pageant. Sophie represented the region of Limousin....
Biography of Michel Le Royer
Michel Le Royer, born August 31, 1932 (birth time source: Grazia Bordoni, Astrodatabank, original source unknown) in Carrouges, Ornes, is a French actor. Filmographie Theater 2007 - Avignon - Le Prophète 2005 - La Récréation 2004 - Le Prophète 2002 - Théâre du Nord Ouest 2001 - Lorenzaccio 1986 - Jean -Luc Tardieu 1986 - Théâtre de la Tête d'Or 1983 - Tréteaux de France 1975 - Recherche et Tradition 1974 - Le Sexe faible 1973 - Le Cid 1973 - Ruy Blas 1973 - Aurélia 1971 - Jeux d¹enfants 1970 - La Locandira 1970 - J'ai régné cette nuit 1970 - Le Soir du Conquérant 1969 - Cocu Magnifique 1969 - L'Aiglon 1968 - La Dame de Chicago 1968 - Madame Princesse 1966 - Agnés Bernauert 1961 - ORTF 1960 - Cyrano de Bergerac 1958 - le Misanthrope 1957 - Prix 1957 - L'ava...
Biography of Edwy Plenel
Hervé Edwy Plenel, born August 31, 1952 in Nantes (birth time source: Marc Brun), is a French journalist and writer. Bibliography La République inachevée. L'État et l'école en France, Paris, Payot, 1985 ; Stock, 1997 ; Biblio « Essais », 1999. Voyage avec Colomb, Paris, Le Monde-Éditions, 1991. La Part d'ombre, Paris, Stock, 1992 ; « Folio Actuel », 1994. Un temps de chien, Paris, Stock, 1994 ; Gallimard, « Folio Actuel », 1996. Les Mots volés, Paris, Stock, 1997 ; Gallimard, « Folio Actuel », 1999. L'Épreuve, Paris, Stock, 1999. Secrets de jeunesse, Paris, Stock, 2001 (prix Médicis essai); « Folio », 2003. La Découverte du monde, Paris, Stock, 2002 ; Gallimard, « Folio Actuel », 2004. Procès, Paris, Stock, 2006 (prix du Journal du Centre) ; Gallimard, « Folio », 200...
Biography of Eléonore Klarwein
Eléonore Klarwein, born August 31, 1963 in Paris, is a French actress and former model. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0458302/) 1992 André Baston (short) 1992 Tous les garçons (short) 1991 Road to Ruin Girlfriend 1990 If the Shoe Fits (TV movie) Second Model (uncredited) 1988 Liebe ist stärker als der Tod (TV movie) 1988 Nuit de fête (short) 1983 Exposed Rivas' Gang 1979 Le temps des vacances Marie (as Éléonore Klarwein) 1978 La clé sur la porte Charlotte 1978 Vas-y maman Olivia 1977 Diabolo menthe Anne Weber...
Biography of Dana Hamm
Dana Hamm, born August 31, 1979 in Sanford (NC) has become the most photographed fitness model today. Magazines such as Ultimate Athlete, Muscular Development and Pump put her on the map while calendars, posters and endorsements continue to be her bread and butter. One thing is for sure: she can really hamm it up....
Biography of Philippe Vasseur
Philippe Vasseur, born August 31, 1943 in Le Touquet (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), is a French politician and former journalist....
Biography of Hassan Nasrallah
Hassan Nasrallah (Arabic: حسن نصرالله) (b. August 30, 1960, Bourj Hammoud, Beirut, Lebanon) is the current Secretary General of the Lebanese Islamist party Hezbollah. He is also a Shi'a cleric who is a protege of Ali Khamenei. A December article in the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat reported that command of the organization's military wing was transferred from Nasrallah to his deputy, Na'im Qasim in August 2007. Hezbollah has refuted this claim, declaring it an attempt "weaken the popularity" of the movement. Personal life Hassan Nasrallah was born the ninth of ten children in East Beirut's Bourj Hammoud neighborhood on August 31, 1960. His father, Abdul Karim, was a vegetable vendor in a small village near the city ...
Biography of Valérie (Star Academy)
Valérie is a French singer, born August 31, 1984 in Geneve. She has participated in Star Academy third season in 2003, from August 30, 2003 until December 20, 2003....
Biography of Debbie Gibson
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson (born August 31, 1970 (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, Astrodatabank, BC (RR=AA)), is an American singer-songwriter who was a teen pop icon. She was popular in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. At the age of seventeen, Gibson was the youngest person to write, produce, and perform a Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit single (in the USA) with her song "Foolish Beat," a title that is now shared with rapper Soulja Boy. She appeared repeatedly on the covers of teen magazines (in the USA) such as Tiger Beat. She has gone on to starring roles on Broadway and touring musicals, as well as independent film and television work. She continues to record, and reached the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart as high as #24 during 2006 in a duet with Jordan Knight titled "Say Goodby...
Biography of Vanessa Gleason
Vanessa Gleason (born August 31, 1979 in San Diego, California) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy Playmate of the Month for September 1998. While most playmates say their families were supportive of their decision to pose nude, Vanessa readily admitted that she was disowned by her parents and that they threw her out of the house. She was able to live at the Mansion for a year due to her contract, and she has since reconciled with her parents. Trivia Is an animal rights activist. Graduated with honors from high school. Enjoys practicing yoga, riding horses, and doing Tae Bo. Is a big fan of David Bowie and the White Stripes. Good friends with Playmates Kelly Monaco and Jennifer Rovero. Ranked second on Netscape's Top 10 Internet Models. Appearanc...
Biography of Mickie James
Mickie Laree James (born August 31, 1979) is an American professional wrestler signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) appearing on its Raw brand. Ring name(s) Mickie James{ Alexis Laree Princess Alexis Queen Alexis Superball Vicki Adams Billed height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Billed weight 124 lb (56 kg/8.9 st) James began her professional wrestling career in 1999 as a valet on the independent circuit, where she was known under the name Alexis Laree. She trained in several camps to improve her wrestling abilities before working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in June 2002, where she gained national attention. After only a few appearances, she joined a stable called The Gathering and was written into angles with the group. She is also the first and only woman to be ...
Biography of Vladimir Jankélévitch
Vladimir Jankélévitch (31 August 1903 in Bourges–6 June 1985 in Paris) was a French philosopher and musicologist. Association Vladimir Jankélévitch, 48 rue de Fresnes L'Hay-les-Roses France. Biography Jankélévitch was the son of Russian parents, who had emigrated to France. In 1922 he started studying philosophy at the École normale supérieure in Paris, under Professor Bergson. From 1927 to 1932 he taught at the Institut Français in Prague, where he wrote his doctorate on Schelling. He returned to France in 1933, where he taught at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and at many universities, including Toulouse und Lille. In 1939 he joined the French Resistance. After the war, in 1951, he was appointed to the chair of Moral Philosophy at the Sorbonne, where he taught until 1978. The extrem...
Biography of Maria Candido
Maria Candido, born August 31, 1922 in Hyères, is a French singer....
Biography of Alma Mahler
Alma Maria Mahler-Werfel (born Schindler) (31 August 1879 – 11 December 1964) was a Viennese-born socialite well known in her youth for her beauty and vivacity. She became the wife, successively, of composer Gustav Mahler, architect Walter Gropius, and novelist Franz Werfel, as well as the consort of several other prominent men. Musically active in her teens, she was the composer of at least seventeen songs. In later years her salon became an important feature of the artistic scene, first in Vienna, then in Los Angeles. Born in Vienna, Austria (then Austria-Hungary), to the prominent landscape painter Emil Jakob Schindler and his wife Anna von Bergen, in 1879, Mahler-Werfel grew up in a privileged environment. After her father's death (1892), her mother married her late husband's former...
Biography of Vincent Delerm
Vincent Delerm (born August 31, 1976 in Évreux) is a French singer-songwriter, pianist, composer and author. He is the son of the writer Philippe Delerm. His first album was released in 2002, the second, Kensington Square, in 2004, the third Les Piqûres d'araignée in 2006 . All were released by the Tôt ou tard record label. Discography Vincent Delerm (2002) Fanny Ardant et moi La vipère du Gabon Châtenay-Malabry Catégorie Bukowski Tes parents Cosmopolitan (with Irène Jacob) Slalom géant Le monologue shakespearien Charlotte Carrington Deauville sans Trintignant L'heure du thé Kensington Square (April 6, 2004) Les filles de 1973 ont trente ans Quatrième de couverture Le baiser Modiano Veruca Salt et Frank Black (with Keren Ann and Dominique A) Kensing...
Biography of Eric Saint Martin
Eric Saint Martin, born August 31, 1965 in Senlis is a French jockey. He is the son of French jockey Yves Saint Martin....
Biography of Nomo Hideo
Hideo Nomo (野茂 英雄, Nomo Hideo, born August 31, 1968 in Minato-ku, Osaka) is a right-handed relief pitcher who is currently a free agent. He achieved early success in Japan, and his later success in the United States is often credited with paving the road for the "wave" of Japanese players entering Major League Baseball. Success in Japan Nomo was on the silver medal winning Japanese baseball team at the 1988 Olympics, and the Kintetsu Buffaloes drafted him in 1989. Nomo debuted with them in 1990 and was an immediate success, going 18–8 but more impressively striking out 287 hitters in just 235 innings. The strikeout numbers are attributed to his unorthodox wind-up, where he turns his back to the hitter, raises his pivot leg, and freezes for a second before th...
Biography of Jacques Foccart
Jacques Foccart (31 August 1913 – 19 March 1997) was French President Charles de Gaulle's and then Georges Pompidou's spin-doctor for African policy, who founded in 1959 the Gaullist organization Service d'Action Civique (SAC) with Charles Pasqua, which specialized in shady operations. From 1960 to 1974, he was the president's chief of staff for African and Malgache matters. Henceforth, he played a most important role in French policies in Africa, so much so that he has been said to have been, after de Gaulle, the most influential man of the Fifth Republic. He was considered to be the instigator behind various coups d'état in Africa during the 1960s. He retained his functions during Georges Pompidou's presidency (1969–74) and was replaced by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing by a young deputy whom ...
Biography of Ramón Vinay
Ramón Vinay (August 31, 1911 – January 4, 1996) was a famous Chilean operatic tenor with a powerful, dramatic voice. He is probably best remembered for his appearances in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi's tragic opera Otello. Biography The young Vinay was encouraged by his mother to learn to sing. He commenced his opera career as a baritone in Mexico in 1938. He later switched to tenor, making a second debut in 1943 and forging a successful international career after World War II . Vinay eventually returned to the baritone fold in 1962 and retired from the stage in 1969. Even as a tenor, however, his vocal timbre retained its dark, baritonal colouration. Son of Jean Vinay Robert and Rosa Sepúlveda. Born in Chillán, Chile, Vinay earned particular renown throughout the operatic...
Biography of Percy Fawcett
Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett (August 31, 1867 – in or after 1925) was a British archaeologist and explorer. Along with his son, Fawcett disappeared under unknown circumstances in 1925 during an expedition to find what he believed to be an ancient lost city in the uncharted jungles of Brazil. Early life and career An adventurous father Percy Fawcett was born 1867 in Torquay, Devon, England to Edward B. and Myra Fawcett. His Indian born father was a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. Percy's elder brother Edward Douglas Fawcett (1866-1960) was a mountain climber, Eastern Occultist, and popular writer of adventure novels. In 1886 Percy received a commission in the Royal Artillery and served in Trincomalee, Ceylon where he also met his wife. Later he worked for the British se...
Biography of Marcia Clark
Marcia Rachel Clark (born 31 August 1953) was a prosecutor for the State of California, County of Los Angeles, in the O.J. Simpson murder case along with Christopher Darden. With Teresa Carpenter, she authored a book, Without a Doubt, about the case, in a deal reported to be worth $4.2 million. Clark was on leave from her job following Simpson's acquittal in 1995, and officially resigned in 1997, before the release of her book. Prior to the O.J. Simpson murder case, her most high-profile prosecution was in 1991, when she prosecuted Robert John Bardo for the murder of television star Rebecca Schaeffer. Clark and her colleagues approached the Simpson murder case using a battered woman theme. They spent considerable time on DNA evidence. Vincent Bugliosi, successful prosecutor of Charles M...
Biography of Emperor Taisho
Emperor Taishō (大正天皇, Taishō-tennō?), KG (August 31, 1879 – December 25, 1926) was the 123rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from July 30, 1912, until his death in 1926. His personal name was Yoshihito (嘉仁, Yoshihito?). Like all other Japanese Emperors, he is known since his death by a posthumous name that, according to a practice dating back to 1912, is the name of the era coinciding with his reign. Having ruled during the Taishō era (Great Righteousness), he is now known as Emperor Taishō. Although he is sometimes referred to as Yoshihito or Emperor Yoshihito outside Japan, Japanese emperors are referred to in Japan only by their posthumous names. The situation is similar to...
Biography of Andreï Medvedev
Andriy Medvedev (born 31 August 1974 in Kiev) is a retired professional tennis player from Ukraine. Medvedev made a splash on the international tennis scene when, as a 17-year-old, he won titles in Genoa and Stuttgart. His most successful tournament was the Hamburg Masters (formerly the German Open), which he won three times. In the late 1990s, Medvedev's form and results began to flounder until he unexpectedly reached the final of the 1999 French Open after having having defeated Pete Sampras and Gustavo Kuerten en route. Medvedev dominated the first two sets of the final against Andre Agassi before Agassi mounted a come-from-behind victory, which allowed him to complete a career Grand Slam. For Medvedev, this was a last hurrah, and he faded into obscurity shortly afterwards and retire...
Biography of Priest Lauderdale
Priest Lauderdale (born August 31, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player. Pro career A 7' 4", 325 lb center, Lauderdale was selected 28th overall in the 1996 National Basketball Association Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, after playing collegiately at Central State University and professionally in the Greek League for Peristeri Nikas. He also attended Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Illinois but did not play basketball there competitively. He concluded his brief NBA career with the Denver Nuggets, in 1997-98. After 2001 he played professionally in Bulgaria for Lukoil Academic, and received Bulgarian citizenship three years later. Career Peristeri Nikas (1995-96) Atlanta Hawks (1996-98) Denver Nuggets (1998-1999) Grand Rapids Hoops ...
Biography of Serge Blanco
Serge Blanco (born 31 August 1958 in Caracas, Venezuela (birth time source: Astrodatabank, Paddy de Jabrun)) is a former rugby union footballer who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and France, gaining 93 caps, 81 of them at fullback. His alternative position was wing. He was born in the Venezuelan capital Caracas from a Venezuelan father and a Basque mother but brought up in Biarritz (Basque country) France. Blanco made his international debut against South Africa at Newlands on 8 November 1980, which France lost 37-15. His elegant running style, creativity and inventive spirit epitomised the flamboyance for which French rugby is admired. Blanco is considered one of France's greatest players and also one of the best fullbacks in rugby history. He owes his popularity also to his...
Biography of Bob Welch
Robert Lawrence "Bob" Welch, Jr. (August 31, 1945 – June 7, 2012) was an American musician. A former member of Fleetwood Mac, Welch had a briefly successful solo career in the late 1970s. His singles included "Hot Love, Cold World", "Ebony Eyes", "Precious Love", and his signature "Sentimental Lady". Early life Welch was born in Los Angeles, California, into a show business family. Raised in Beverly Hills, his father was movie producer and screenwriter Robert L. Welch, who worked at Paramount Pictures in the 1940s and 1950s, producing films starring Paramount's top box office stars, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby (solo, not as a duo). He also worked as a TV producer, responsible for the 25th Annual Academy Awards TV special in 1953 and The Thin Man TV series in 1958-59. Bob's mother, Templ...
Biography of Jonathan LaPaglia
Jonathan LaPaglia, M.B.B.S. (born August 31, 1969 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian actor best known for his role as Frank Parker in the television series Seven Days. He is the younger brother of Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia. LaPaglia graduated from Rostrevor College, then the University of Adelaide with a degree in medicine. He worked three (3) years as an emergency-room physician in Adelaide, Sydney and London. Feeling restricted, he decided to follow his brother into acting. In 1994, he moved to New York City where he joined the Circle In The Square Theatre School. He got his first break in 1996, when he joined the cast of TV show New York Undercover. From 1998 until 2001 he played the role of Lt. Frank B. Parker on the science fiction series Seven Days. He also pla...
Biography of Roy Castle
Roy Castle OBE (August 31, 1932 in Scholes, near Holmfirth – September 2, 1994 in Buckinghamshire) was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. He attended Honley High School, where there is now a building in his name. He was a talented jazz trumpet player. Early career The son of a railwayman, he was a tap dancer from an early age and after leaving Holme Valley Grammar School, he started his career as an entertainer in an amateur concert party. As a young performer in the 1950s, he lived in Cleveleys near Blackpool and appeared there at the local Queen's Theatre, turning professional in 1953 as a stooge for Jimmy Clitheroe and Jimmy James. By 1958 he was appearing at the Royal Variety Show. Television career In the mid-1960s he starred in t...
Biography of Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violin virtuoso, conductor, and instructor. He is widely considered as one of the preeminent violin virtuosi of the 20th century. Perlman was born in Tel Aviv, where he first became interested in the violin when he heard a classical music performance on the radio. He studied at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv before moving to the United States to study at the Juilliard School with the great violin pedagogue, Ivan Galamian, and his assistant Dorothy DeLay. He made his debut at Carnegie Hall in 1963 and won the prestigious Leventritt Competition in 1964. Soon afterward he began to tour extensively. In addition to an extensive recording career, he has made occasional guest appearances on American television, starting in the 1970...
Biography of William Saroyan
William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an American author. The setting of many of his stories and plays was Fresno, California, the center of Armenian-American life in California and where he grew up. When The Literary Digest inquired about the pronunciation of his name, he replied "In Armenian it is sor-row'yan, accent on yan. In America, it is mispronounced with the accent on 'roy.'" Early Life Saroyan was born in Fresno, California to Armenian immigrants from Bitlis, Turkey. His father, a small vineyard owner who had been educated as a Presbyterian minister, was eventually forced to take farm-laboring work. He moved to New Jersey in 1905 and died in 1911. At the age of four, William Saroyan was placed in the Fred Finch Orphanage in Oakland, California, together wit...
Biography of Eugène Chevreul
Michel Eugène Chevreul (August 31, 1786 (birth time source: Arno Müller, Astrodatabank, birth certificate) – April 9, 1889) was a French chemist whose work with fatty acids led to early applications in the fields of art and science. He is credited with discovering margarine and designing an early form of soap made from animal fats and salt. He lived to 102 and was a pioneer in the field of gerontology. Chevreul was born in Angers, where his father was a physician. Chevreul's birth certificate, kept in the registry book of Angers, bears the signature of his father, grandfather, and a great-uncle, all of whom were surgeons. At about the age of seventeen Chevreul went to Paris and entered L. N. Vauquelin's chemical laboratory, afterwards becoming his assistant at the Muséum National d'H...
Biography of Carmen Carven
Carmen Carven, born August 31, 1909 in Châtellerault (birth time source: Didier Geslain, acte n° 106), died on June 8, 2015 (age 105), opened her fashion house at n¡6, Rond Point des Champs Elysees in Paris. The address of this the head office has never changed. Carven have much to be proud of and has built an excellent reputation over the years dressing queens, princesses and empresses not to mention the post-war stars of the screen....
Biography of Alexia Deschamps
Alexia Deschamps or Alexia Dechamps, born August 31, 1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a Brazilian actress. Filmographiy Television 1991 - O Dono do Mundo ... Liliane 1993 - Mulheres de Areia ... Maria Helena 1994 - Pátria Minha ... Alexandra Pires 1995 - História de Amor ... Maria Vieira Salles 1995 - Malhação ... Lorena 1996 - O Fim do Mundo ... Valdete 1996 - Xica da Silva ... Condessa Efigênia 1997 - Mandacaru ... Arlete Corrêa 1998 - Estrela de Fogo ... Renata 1998 - Brida ... Diana 1998 - A História de Ester ... Vasti 2000 - O Cravo e a Rosa ... Participação especial 2000 - Aquarela do Brasil ... Helen 2005 - América ... Participação especial 2006 - Cobras & Lagartos ... Dorinha 2007 - Malhação ... Teresa Gurgel 2008 - Zorra Total ... Mariinha G... |
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