|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Celebrities born in January
Celebrities born in February
Celebrities born in March
Celebrities born in April
Celebrities born in May
Celebrities born in June
|
Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on February, 17, 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".
Astrology DataBase updated Thursday, 20 July 2017 at 6:47 pm, CEST
52,635 celebrities and events, out of which 22,791 entries with a known time of birth. Search by filters, aspects, positions, categories, heights, or latest additions. Celebrities clicked on in real-time: 467,423,595 times. 130 celebrities or events were found for February, 17.
Biography of Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American celebrity and socialite. She is an heiress to a share of the Hilton Hotel fortune, as well as to the real estate fortune of her father Richard Hilton. Hilton rose to fame when a home-made sex video of her was leaked onto the Internet in late 2003. The release of the tape, later titled 1 Night in Paris (2004), attracted worldwide publicity and contributed to the success of Hilton's Fox reality series The Simple Life. As an actress, she has appeared in several minor roles, most notably in the horror film House of Wax (2005), and in 2006, she released the self-titled album Paris which reached number six on the Billboard 200. In September 2006, she was arrested for driving under the influence and subsequently sentenced to 36 mo...
Biography of Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963 (birth time source: birth certificate, Astrodatabank)) is a retired American professional basketball player. Widely considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time, he became one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA (National Basketball Association) around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. After a standout career at the University of North Carolina, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as one of the stars of the league, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the foul line at Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness." He also gai...
Biography of Ed Sheeran
Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter who is currently signed to Asylum / Atlantic Records. Sheeran broke through commercially in June 2011, when his debut single "The A Team" debuted at number 3 on the UK chart. Life Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire to Irish and English parents, before moving to Framlingham, Suffolk; he is a cousin of TV journalist and presenter Gordon Burns. He learned guitar at a very young age, and began writing songs during his time at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham. His early childhood memories, referred to in a interview on the Zane Lowe show, included listening to Van Morrison on his countless trips to London with his parents and going to an intimate gig with Damien Rice in Ireland when he wa...
Biography of Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981 (birth time source: Nick Dagan Best, Astrodatabank)) is an American actor whose career as both a child and adult has included television series, theatrical films, and stage performances. He is perhaps known for his roles as Tom Hansen in the 2009 indie (500) Days of Summer, as Arthur in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi Inception, as Cameron James in 10 Things I Hate About You and as Rex Lewis/The Doctor/Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Beginning in commercials as a young child, he went on to appear in a number of television films and series, including a lead role in a television revival of Dark Shadows and a film debut in 1992's Beethoven. An appearance in A River Runs Through It followed, along with a starring role in the 19...
Biography of Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Oakland, California (birth time source: Viktor E., Astrodatabank, birth certificate)) is best known for his role as the main songwriter, lead vocalist, lyricist, and guitarist for the rock band Green Day. Early life Armstrong grew up in Rodeo, California. He's the youngest of six children. His father, Andy, was a retired Minor League Baseball catcher, who worked as a jazz musician and truck driver for Safeway to support the family. He died from esophageal cancer on September 10, 1982 when Billie Joe was 10. His mother Ollie worked as a waitress at Rod's Hickory Pit, where Billie Joe and Mike Dirnt got their first gig during their teen years. Billie Joe's interest in music started at a young age. He recorded a song titled "Look For Lov...
Biography of Denise Richards
Denise Lee Richards (born February 17, 1971 (source: http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/deniserichards.html)) is an American actress and former fashion model. She came to fame in the late 1990s, after a string of films that highlighted her sex appeal, including Wild Things and The World Is Not Enough. Richards is also known for her marriage to (and divorce from) actor Charlie Sheen. Early life Richards was born in Downers Grove, Illinois to Joni, a coffee shop owner, and Irv Richards, a telephone engineer.She is of Croatian and Welsh descent.She was raised a Roman Catholic.She graduated from El Camino High School in Oceanside, California, where she became a cheerleader. Career Before she was an actress, Richards was a fashion model. Richards spent the majority of the 19...
Biography of Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky (Spanish pronunciation: ) (born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean-French filmmaker, playwright, actor, author, comics writer and spiritual guru. Best known for his avant-garde films, he has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation." Born to Jewish Ukrainian parents in Chile, Jodorowsky experienced an unhappy and alienated childhood, and so immersed himself in reading and writing poetry. Dropping out of college, he became involved in theater and in particular mime, working as a clown before founding his own theater troupe, the Teatro Mimico, in 1947. Moving to Paris in the early 1950s, Jodorowsky studied mime under Etienne Decroux before turning to ci...
Biography of Natascha Kampusch
Natascha Kampusch (born 17 February 1988 in Vienna) is an Austrian television hostess mostly known for her abduction at the age of 10 on 2 March 1998. Kampusch was held in a secret cellar by her kidnapper Wolfgang Priklopil for more than eight years, until she escaped on 23 August 2006. The media attention later led to her signing a contract with Austrian channel Puls 4 for her own talk show, which had its premiere on 1 June 2008. Early years and family Kampusch was raised by her mother Brigitta Sirny (née Kampusch) and her father Ludwig Koch, in Vienna, Austria. Her early life with her mother was reportedly not a happy one, and Ludwig Adamovich, head of a special commission looking into possible police failures in the investigation of the kidnapping, claimed that "the time Kampusch ...
Biography of Rene Russo
Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954 (birth time source: Viktor E., Astrodatabank, birth certificate)) is an American film actress and former fashion model. Early life Russo, an Italian American, was born in Los Angeles, California to Shirley Jean (a secretary and barmaid) and Nino Russo, a sculptor and mechanic who left the family when Rene was 2. Russo grew up with her sister, Toni, and their single mother. She attended Burroughs High School (where her classmates included director Ron Howard), but eventually dropped out in the tenth grade. Due to financial constraints within the family, she began taking a variety of part-time jobs including working in an eyeglass factory, and as a movie cashier. Career In 1972, Russo was spotted at a Rolling Stones concert by a scout and m...
Biography of Philippe Candeloro
Philippe Candeloro (born February 17, 1972 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French figure skater who medalled at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. Early years Philippe Candeloro was born in Courbevoie, in France, the youngest of four children. His father, Luigi, was a mason, and, a few years after Philippe's birth, built a family home in the Parisian suburb of Colombes. Colombes, which hosted several events of the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, still boasted many sporting facilities in the 1970s. Although Candeloro's early tastes ran more to action heroes than athletics, he too began to foster an interest in sports. At first, he liked swimming and elastic springboard. In 1979, at age seven, Candeloro began taking weekly skating lessons. He displayed natural talent, taking to...
Biography of André Dussolier
André Dussollier (born February 17, 1946) is a French actor. He was born in Annecy, France....
Biography of Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt, C.M. (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist and pianist most famous for writing, recording and performing world music with a New-Age/Celtic feel. McKennitt was born in Morden, Manitoba of Irish and Scottish descent to parents Jack and Irene McKennitt. She moved to Stratford, Ontario in 1981, where she presently lives. Her first album, Elemental, was released in 1985 and attracted global attention with subsequent releases of self-produced work, including To Drive the Cold Winter Away (1987), Parallel Dreams (1989), The Visit (1991), The Mask and Mirror (1994), A Winter Garden (1995) and The Book of Secrets (1997). McKennitt's single "The Mummers' Dance" was a widespread success, receiving considerable airplay in North American markets durin...
Biography of David Douillet
David Douillet (born 16 February 1969) is a French judoka. Douillet was born in the city of Rouen. Standing at 1.96 meters (6'5") and weighing 125 kilograms(276 lbs), he won the heavyweight gold medals in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney....
Biography of Jerry O'Connell
Jerry O'Connell (born February 17, 1974) is an American television and film actor. He is probably best known as "Vern Tessio" in Stand by Me and for the role of Quinn Mallory in the TV series Sliders and also as Detective Woody Hoyt on the hit drama Crossing Jordan. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life O'Connell was born Jeremiah O'Connell in New York City, the son of Linda, an art teacher, and Michael O'Connell, an advertising agency art director. He has Irish ancestry. O'Connell was raised in Manhattan with his younger brother Charlie O'Connell. O'Connell began his acting career at a young age. As a child, he did commercial work for Duncan Hines cookies. Shortly after at the age of eleven, he landed his first feature film role in Rob Reiner's Stand By Me. As a teenager, he starred in...
Biography of Bonnie Wright
Bonnie Kathleen Wright (born February 17, 1991) is an English actress, best known for her role in the Harry Potter films as Ginny Weasley. Early life Bonnie Wright was born in London to Sheila Teague and Gary Wright, two jewellery designers who together run their own company, Wright & Teague. She has an older brother named Lewis. Wright attends The King Alfred School in London, England. Wright enjoys dance, art, travelling, and playing musical instruments like the piano, guitar, saxophone, harmonica, and recorder, as well as sports such as football, swimming, tennis, riding, ice skating, surfing, ringette, cycling, and athletics. Career Wright was originally cast as Ginny Weasley for a small scene in the first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), set at King...
Biography of Gérard Rinaldi
Gérard Rinaldi, born February 17, 1943 in Paris (birth time source: Paddy de Jabrun, Astrodatabank, birth certificate), died on March 2, 2012 in Briis-sous-Forges (Essonne) (cancer), is a French actor and singer. He was the leader of French band Les Charlots. Filmography 1986 : Descente aux enfers de Francis Girod 1986: La Vie dissolue de Gérard Floque de Georges Lautner : Francis Clément 1987 - 1991: Marc et Sophie (série TV) : Marc 1996: Forza Roma de Bruno Garbuglia et Roberto Ivan Orano: Oreste 2005: Mis en bouteille au château de Marion Sarraut : Jacques 2006: Tombé du ciel (télésuite): Joseph Voice Ratigan dans Basil, détective privé Le chef Louis dans La Petite Sirène Big Ben, voix chantée dans La Belle et la Bête Dingo dans Dingo et Max Clayton ...
Biography of Raphaël Ibañez
Raphaël Ibañez (born 17 February 1973 in Dax, France) is a French rugby union footballer. He is a hooker, and is currently vice-captain of the France national team. Height 1,78 m Weight 102 kg Ibañez began his playing career in his home town of Dax before moving to Perpignan and Castres. He made his debut against Wales in 1996 and went on to win 72 caps for his country, including 27 as captain. He won successive Grand Slams with France in 1997 and 1998 and led them to the World Cup Final in 1999. After retiring from international rugby union following the 2003 World Cup he moved to Saracens. In 2005 he moved to Wasps on a two-year deal. In the first match of the following season, he was made captain as replacement for the injured Lawrence Dallaglio. Bernard Laporte made it one ...
Biography of Sasha Pieterse
Sasha Embeth Pieterse is a South African-born American actress, born on Feb ruary 17, 1996 in Johannesburg. Career She began acting in 2000, when she was given the role of Buffy Davis on the Warner Brothers remake of the popular show Family Affair. In 2004, she appeared in Stargate SG-1 and House. In 2005, she appeared in her first film The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl and also in a short-lived series called Wanted with her former Family Affair co-star, Gary Cole. During her appearance as a cancer patient on House, her long curly hair was hidden under a special latex fake scalp. She was submitted for Emmy Award consideration for her guest-starring role. Pieterse was cast as Alison DiLaurentis in the TV series Pretty Little Liars based on the book series by Sara Shepard...
Biography of Rémy Pflimlin
Rémy Pflimlin (17 February 1954 (birth time source: Astrotheme, civil registrar) – 3 December 2016) was a French media executive. He served as the CEO of France 3 from 1999 to 2005, the Nouvelles Messageries de la Presse Parisienne (later known as Presstalis) from 2006 to 2010, and France Télévisions, France's public national television broadcaster, from 2010 to 2015. Early life Rémy Pflimlin was born on 17 February 1954 in Mulhouse, France. His great-uncle, Pierre Pflimlin, was a politician. His father was a Protestant while his mother was a Catholic. One of his brothers, Bertrand-Louis Pflimlin, became a general in the French Army; his other brother, Thierry Pflimlin, went on to work for the oil company Total. His cousin, Étienne Pflimlin, later served as the CEO of Crédit Mutuel. ...
Biography of Alice Dona
Alice Donadel better known as Alice Dona is a French singer and songwriter, born February 17, 1946 in Maison-Alfort. She is the wife of TV host Laurent Boyer....
Biography of Dominic Purcell
Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell (born February 17, 1970) is a British-born Australian actor, of Norwegian-Irish parentage, most active in the United States. He is best known for his roles as the title character on John Doe and as Lincoln Burrows on Prison Break. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Purcell was born in Wallasey, Merseyside, England in 1970, the eldest of five children. He moved to Sydney, with his family when he was two, where he was raised by his father and Irish mother, Maureen, in the Western Suburbs. Purcell attended St Dominic's College, Penrith. Purcell's father, who had previously served in the Norwegian Merchant Navy, installed air-conditioning ducts for a living, but later separated from the family. Purcell's paternal grandfather was from Bergen, and his paternal grandmoth...
Biography of Huey Newton
Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989), was co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, a black internationalist and racial equality organization that began in October 1966. Early life Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana to Amelia and Walter Newton, a sharecropper and Baptist minister; he was the seventh and youngest child in his family. Newton's family moved to Oakland, California when he was three. Despite completing his secondary education at Oakland Technical High School, Newton did not know how to read. During his course of self-study, he struggled to read Plato's Republic, which he understood after persistently reading it through five times. This success, he told an interviewer, was the spark that caused him to become a leader. Found...
Biography of Michael Bay
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1964 (birth time source: Viktor E., Astrodatabank, birth certificate)) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for directing high-budget action-adventure films characterized for their fast edits and substantial use of practical effects. His films, which include Bad Boys, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and Transformers, have grossed over three billion dollars world-wide. He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute, a.k.a. The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness. He is co-chair and part-owner of the special effects house Digital Domain. He co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house which has remade horror movies including Friday the 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and A Nightmare on Elm Str...
Biography of Katica Illényi
Katica Illényi (born February 17, 1968) is a Hungarian violinist and singer. On her concerts she plays classical pieces on the violin, jazz standards, world famous movie soundtracks and evergreens. Introduction She was born in Budapest, Hungary, and comes from a classical music family. Her first teacher was her father Ferenc Illényi (1935–2007), who played in the Hungarian State Opera House. He decided to bring up all his children to become musicians. Her mother was a special education teacher but played the piano very well. The four Illényi siblings Ferenc, Katica, Anikó and Csaba started to play on instruments at the age of three. Childhood My dad played in the Opera Orchestra. My father used to take us to the Opera when we were young. We loved sitting in his place in the ...
Biography of Taylor Hawkins
Oliver Taylor Hawkins (born on February 16, 1972 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the rock band Foo Fighters. Prior to joining the band in 1997, he was the touring drummer for Alanis Morissette on her Jagged Little Pill tour, as well as the drummer in a short-lived experimental band called Sylvia. He started a band named Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, in which he plays drums and sings. His spare time is spent creating more music in the 1970s' cover band Chevy Metal with Achim Dangerfield and Wiley Hodgden. Hawkins has said that his drumming has been influenced by Roger Taylor of Queen and Stewart Copeland of The Police. He was voted "Best Rock Drummer" in 2005 by UK drumming magazine, Rhythm. At Live Earth in 2007, Hawkins was pa...
Biography of René Laennec
René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (February 17, 1781- August 13, 1826), French physician; inventor of the stethoscope. Dr. Laennec was born in Quimper, Brittany and studied medicine at the Hôpital de la Charité, Paris qualifying in 1804. He invented the stethoscope in 1816, while working at the Hôpital Necker. The Stethoscope Laennec is the author of the classic treatise De l'Auscultation Mediate (On Mediate Auscultation), published in August, 1819. This refers to his idea of using an instrument, or mediator, to hear sounds within the body. (The complete title of this book, often referred to as the 'Treatise' is De l’Auscultation Médiate ou Traité du Diagnostic des Maladies des Poumons et du Cur (On Mediate Auscultation or Treatise on the Diagnosis of the Diseases of the Lungs and Heart...
Biography of Lou Diamond Phillips
Lou Diamond Phillips (born February 17, 1962 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, Sy Scholfield, BC)) is an American film, television, and stage actor. Early life Phillips was born Lou Diamond Upchurch in Olongapo in the Philippines, the son of Lucita and Gerald Upchurch, a naval officer. His father was an American of Scottish-Irish, Hawaiian and Cherokee descent and his mother was a Filipina of Spanish, Chinese and Japanese descent. Phillips was named after Marine legend Lou Diamond and adopted his surname, "Phillips", from his stepfather. Career The first low-budget film in which he starred in was called Trespasses. Phillips' big break came with the starring role in 1987's La Bamba as early rocker Ritchie Valens. Though the role garnered him praise from critics, he has since fou...
About this event
Data source for this event: Marc Penfield, on http://www.astrologysoftware.com/resources/lore/astro_search_result.asp?by=name...
Biography of Amélie Bitoun
Amélie Bitoun, born February 17, 1983 in Paris, is a French TV host....
Biography of Isabelle Eberhardt
Isabelle Eberhardt (17 February 1877–21 October 1904) was an explorer and writer who lived and travelled extensively in North Africa. For the time she was an extremely liberated (but troubled) individual who rejected conventional European morality in favour of her own path and that of Islam. She died in a flash flood in the desert at the age of 27. Early Life and Family Background Eberhardt was born in Geneva, Switzerland, to an aristocratic Lutheran Baltic German Russian mother, Nathalie Moerder (née Eberhardt), and an Armenian-born father, Alexandre Trophimowsky, anarchist, ex-priest, and convert to Islam. Isabelle's mother had been married to elderly widower General Pavel de Moerder, who held important Imperial positions. After bearing him two sons and a daughter she travelled to Sw...
Biography of Kelly Carlson
Kelly Carlson (born February 17, 1976) is an American actress. She is known for her current role as Kimber Henry on Nip/Tuck. In 2001 she was listed on Tear Sheet Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful list, and in 2003 her career picked up with a role on Nip/Tuck. Carlson is originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and attended the Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Minnesota. In addition to acting, she has also modeled, including ad campaigns with Miller Lite, Rembrandt, and Oliver Peoples sunglasses. She appeared in the August 2004 edition of Maxim magazine and on the cover of the October issue of Stuff Magazine. She is a spokesperson for the Smile Network, a Minnesota-based humanitarian organization that provides life altering reconstructive surgeries and related healthcare services to im...
Biography of Chord Overstreet
Chord Overstreet (born February 17, 1989) is an American actor and musician, best known for his role as Sam Evans on the television series Glee. Early life Overstreet was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of make-up artist Julie and country music singer-songwriter Paul Overstreet, he has an older brother Nash, an older sister Summer, and three younger sisters Harmony, Skye and Charity. The third of six children, he was named after the musical term of the same name. His brother Nash is also a musician, and is a member of the band Hot Chelle Rae. Encouraged by his parents to pursue music, he started playing the mandolin at an early age, and moved on to the drums, flute, piano, and guitar. He is also a songwriter, but is unsigned. In his teenage years, he modeled for advertisements ...
Biography of Barry Humphries
John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE (born 17 February 1934 in Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria (birth time source: British Entertainers, Franck C. Clifford, Sy Scholfield)) is an Australian comedian, satirist and character actor best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife, and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attaché to Britain. Humphries is also a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer and an accomplished landscape painter. Humphries' characters, especially Edna Everage, have brought him international renown, and he has appeared in numerous films, stage productions and television shows. His Barry McKenzie comic strips about Australians in London appeared in Pri...
Biography of Bernard Rapp
Bernard Rapp (February 17, 1945 – August 17, 2006) was a French film director and television news presenter. Rapp was born in Paris, France. After graduating from university, he worked as a freelance journalist. In 1976, he joined Antenne 2 (now France 2) as their international correspondent, working later as their London correspondent from 1981 to 1983. Rapp was Antenne 2's news anchor from 1983 to 1987. He created a minor stir on May 18, 1986 when he became the first French newscaster to appear on camera without a tie. Rapp was a two time winner of le 7 d'Or award (Best TV Newscaster, 1987 and Best Journalist or Reporter, 1988). After leaving the news desk, Rapp, hosted a series of shows on the cultural, culinary, and literary arts. After a long career in television, Rapp entere...
Biography of Michel Aoun
Michel Naim Aoun (born 17 February 1935 in Haret Hreik, Lebanon) is a former Lebanese military commander and politician. From 22 September 1988 to 13 October 1990, he served as Prime Minister and acting President of one of two rival governments that contended for power. He was defeated by Syria in the war of liberation and forced into exile. He returned to Lebanon on May 7, 2005, eleven days after the withdrawal of Syrian troops. Known as "General," Aoun is currently a Parliament Member. He leads the "Free Patriotic Movement" party. Biography Background and early career A Christian Maronite, Michel Aoun was born to a poor family in the mixed Christian and Shiite suburb of Haret Hreik, to the south of Beirut. Aoun had close friendships with many Muslims during his early years. "We ...
Biography of Chante Moore
Chanté Torrane Moore (born February 17, 1967 in San Francisco, California) is an American R&B and jazz singer. Biography Career Moore has recorded several hit records, including "Love's Taken Over", "It's Alright", "I'm What You Need", "Old School Lovin", and "Free" (a Deniece Williams cover). Moore recorded "Your Home Is In My Heart" with Boyz II Men for the How Stella Got Her Groove Back soundtrack. Moore was also featured on the soundtrack of Waiting to Exhale in 1995 with the song "Wey U." This also shows off her vocal range and does not go unnoticed by music reviewer Tracy E. Hopkins at Barnes and Noble who remarks how this record "showcases Moore's Minnie Riperton–reminiscent pipes". In 2000, Moore earned a Soul Train Music Awards nomination alongside Whitney Houston a...
Biography of Patricia Routledge
Katherine Patricia Routledge, CBE (born 17 February 1929) is an English actress and singer. In addition to her roles in British television, she has had a long and successful career in musical theatre, as well as in film. Early life and education Routledge was born in Birkenhead. She was educated at Mersey Park Primary School, Birkenhead High School, an independent girls' school, and the University of Liverpool. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and launched her acting career at the Liverpool Playhouse. Theatre Routledge has had a prolific career in theatre, particularly musical theatre, in the UK and the US. Her West End credits include Little Mary Sunshine, Cowardy Custard, Virtue in Danger, Noises Off, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Solid Gold Cadil...
Biography of Lola Montez
Elizabeth Rosanna Gilbert (February 17, 1821 – January 17, 1861), better known by the stage name Lola Montez, was an Irish-born dancer and actress who became famous as a Spanish dancer, courtesan and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Early life Like many other aspects of her life, discrepant reports of her birth have been published. She was born in Grange, County Sligo in 1821, but Encyclopædia Britannica inaccurately claims that she was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1818. She was baptised at St Peter’s Church in Liverpool on 16 February 1823. Lola's mother was Eliza Oliver, an illegitimate daughter of Charles Silver Oliver, of Castle Oliver in County Limerick, Ireland. Lola's mother was 15 when she gave birth to her, a year after she married Lola's father, Ensign Edward Gilbert ...
Biography of Leito Adriano
Adriano Leite Ribeiro (born February 17, 1982 in Rio de Janeiro), known simply as Adriano, is a Brazilian striker who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club São Paulo on loan from Italian Serie A club Internazionale. Club career Early career Adriano started his career in 1999 on Flamengo's youth squad, and earned promotion to the senior squad one year later. Despite signing a two-year contract with Flamengo in June 2000, he secured a move to Internazionale for the 2001-02 season, and scored his first goal with the club against Real Madrid in a friendly match as a substitute. He was loaned out to league rival ACF Fiorentina for the 2001-02 season, after which a two-year co-ownership deal with Parma F.C. was agreed, along with Matteo Ferrari. He formed one of the most impres...
Biography of Per-Jakez Helias
Pêr-Jakez Helias (nom de plume Pierre-Jakez Hélias) was a French author, poet, stage actor and radio worker of Breton expression. He was born in 1914 in Pouldreuzig, Penn-ar-Bed, Brittany and died on August 13, 1995. He also collected folk tales from his native land and wrote both in Breton and French. His best-selling novel is Le Cheval d'orgueil (Horse of Pride, 1975), which Claude Chabrol adapted for cinema in 1980....
Biography of Frédéric Bolley
Frédéric Bolley, born February 17, 1974 in Marseille, is a French motocross driver. Awards Champion du Monde de motocross 250 cm³ 1999 et 2000 vainqueur du Guidon d'Or en 2000 3 ème du premier enduro indoor à Lyon. Champion de France Elite 1993 Champion de France 125 SX 1990 Champion de France Cadet 1987 Champion de France Minivert Cadet 1986 Champion de France Minivert Minime 1985 Link : http://www.FredBOLLEY.Com...
Biography of Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley (born February 17, 1939 in Biloxi, Mississippi (birth time source: Dana Haynes, Astrodatabank, birth certificate quoted)). She is a former Miss America, actress, and television personality. She married actor Gary Collins in 1967. Their daughter, Mary Clancy Collins, is a Senior Vice President with MGM Television. Career After serving her reign as Miss America 1959, she embarked on a career in film and television. She appeared in movies, including two with Elvis Presley; and on such television shows as Fantasy Island and The Love Boat. She also had a recurring role on the show Falcon Crest. She also played Maggie McKinney/Drummond in Diff'rent Strokes during the series' final season. Coincidentally, Mobley and Dixie Carter, who originated the role of Maggie on D...
Biography of Valeria Mazza
Valeria Raquel Mazza (born February 17, 1972) is an Argentine fashion supermodel. She was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, and discovered when she was only 16 years old by hairstylist Roberto Giordano. She rose to fame in 1996 when she appeared on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover with Tyra Banks, Guess and presented the San Remo Music Festival in Italy. Mazza has also appeared on the covers of Glamour, ELLE, and Vogue. In 1998 she married businessman Alejandro Gravier, with whom she has three sons and a daughter : Balthazar (b. May 29, 1999), Tiziano (b. March 12, 2002), Benicio (b. February 23, 2005) and Taína (b. April 22, 2008)....
Biography of Joëlle Milquet
Joëlle F.G.M. Milquet (born 17 February 1961 in Montignies-sur-Sambre, Charleroi (birth time source: Michaël Mandl, BC, on http://www.mandlonline.com/IMG/pdf/archives_mm_po_politique-2.pdf)) is a Belgian politician from the Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH). Education She graduated in law at the Université Catholique de Louvain in 1984. In 1985, she graduated in European law at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) Career She started her career at the Bar in Brussels. From 1995 to 1999 she was a delegate to the Belgian Senate. She has been the president of the CDH party since, and played a prominent role in the 2007-2008 formation negotiations for the Leterme I Government. During the government formation negotiations she was given the nickname "Madame Non" (Mrs No) by the Flemish ...
Biography of Philippe Bernat-Salles
Philippe Bernat-Salles (born February 17, 1970 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is a French Rugby Union player, usually deployed as wing....
Biography of Ruth Rendell
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, (born 17 February 1930 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) died on May 2, 2015)), who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, is an English best-selling mystery and psychological crime writer, often called the Queen of Crime. Aside from her police procedurals starring her most enduring creation, Chief Inspector Wexford, Rendell has written psychological crime novels wherein she explores themes such as sexual obsession, the effects of misperceived communication, the impact of chance and coincidence and the humanity of the criminals involved. In many of these books the protagonists are severely socially isolated and disadvantaged and the writer explores the ways in which their circumstances adversely impact on them as well as th...
Biography of Jackson Hurst
Jackson Hurst (born Ryan Hurst on February 17, 1979 in Houston, Texas) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Grayson Kent on the Lifetime comedy series Drop Dead Diva (2009–present). Early life Hurst was born and raised in the Houston area. He attended St. Pius X High School and Baylor University, where he majored in international economics and management information systems with a minor in Spanish. After college, Hurst spent a year in Mexico City working for a transport company before beginning a finance career in Houston. Career Hurst kept his day job in the finance industry, juggling it with acting gigs, until he was offered a role in The Mist in 2007. When Hurst began acting, he changed his first name because Ryan Hurst was already an actor. Hurst chose the f...
Biography of Jim Brown
James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor and social activist. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back for the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. In 2002, he was named by The Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever. James Nathaniel Brown was born to Theresa (a housekeeper) and Swinton Brown (a professional boxer). At Manhasset High School, Brown earned 13 letters playing football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball and running track. "Mr. Brown credits his self-reliance to having grown up on St. Simons's island, an all-black community off the coast of Georgia where he was raised by his grandmother and where...
Biography of Michèle Manceaux
Michèle Manceaux, born on February 17, 1933 in Paris, is a French journalist, writer, and producer. Publications: Un beau mariage, Grasset, 1962. Catherine la danseuse, textes sur photo de Robert Doisneau, Nathan, 1966. Ce n'est qu'un début, Jean-Claude Lattès, 1968. La Nuit sera noire et blanche, Gallimard, 1968. Les Policiers parlent, Seuil, 1969. Les Professeurs pour quoi faire ?, avec Madeleine Chapsal, Seuil, 1970. Les Maos en France, Gallimard, 1972. Les Femmes de Gennevilliers, Mercure de France, 1974. Cours, camarade, le P.C.F. est derrière toi, avec Jacques Donzelot, Gallimard, 1974. Les Femmes du Mozambique, Mercure de France, 1975. Grand reportage, Seuil, 1980. Pourquoi pas Venise, Seuil, 1981. Anonymus, Seuil, ...
Biography of Alan Bates
Sir Alan Arthur Bates CBE (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was a British actor of stage, screen and television. Early life Bates was born in Allestree, Derby, England on February 17, 1934, the eldest of three sons of Florence Mary (née Wheatcroft), a homemaker and a pianist, and Harold Arthur Bates, an insurance broker and a cellist.. The family briefly moved to Mickleover, then returned to Allestree. Both of his parents were amateur musicians, and encouraged him to pursue music, but by age 11, young Bates already had determined his life's course as an actor, and so they sent him for dramatic coaching instead. He also saw productions at Derby's Little Theatre on Beckett Street. He was educated at the Herbert Strutt Grammar School (amalgamated in 1973 with two secondary modern sch... |
Celebrities born in July
Celebrities born in August
Celebrities born in September
Celebrities born in October
Celebrities born in November
Celebrities born in December
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
To add this celebrity to your favourites, please create an account.
