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Biography of Grigori Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (or Grigori Yefimovich Novyh) (Russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин / Григорий Ефимович Новых) (January 22 1869 -- December 29 1916) was a Russian mystic who is perceived as having influenced the later days of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, his wife the Tsaritsa Alexandra, and their only son the Tsarevich Alexei. Rasputin had often been called the "Mad Monk", while others considered him a "strannik" (or religious pilgrim) and even a starets (ста́рец, "elder", a title usually reserved for monk-confessors), believing him to be a psychic and faith healer. It has been argued that Rasputin helped to discredit the tsarist government, leading to the fall in 1917 of the Romanov dynasty.
Biography of Michael Hutchence
Michael Kelland John Hutchence (January 22, 1960 (birth time source: British Entertainers, Franck C. Clifford) – November 22, 1997) was the original lead singer of the Australian rock band INXS. Early life and career Hutchence was born in Sydney, son of Kelland ("Kell") and Patricia Hutchence, but was subsequently raised in Hong Kong. He began performing at the age of eight in a local toy store commercial. He attended King George V School and was in the house Crozier. The Hutchence family eventually returned to Sydney in Michael's late teens, and it was there that Hutchence befriended Andrew Farriss at Davidson High School on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
Biography of Diane Lane
Diane Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Early life Lane was born in New York City. The daughter of acting coach Burt Lane and singer/Playboy centerfold Colleen Farrington, Lane was raised by her father after her parents divorced when she was still a baby. Career She began acting professionally at the age of six at the La Mama Experimental Theatre in New York where she appeared in acclaimed productions of Medea and The Cherry Orchard, among others. At 13, she made her film debut opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in A Little Romance, and at 14 was featured on the cover of Time.
Biography of Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and a leading figure in Romanticism. Among Lord Byron's best-known works are the narrative poems Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan. The latter remained incomplete on his death. He was regarded as one of the greatest European poets and remains widely read. Lord Byron's fame rests not only on his writings but also on his life, which featured extravagant living, numerous love affairs, debts, separation, and allegations of incest and sodomy. He was famously described by Lady Caroline Lamb as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know.
Biography of Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953 in Akron, Ohio) is a noted American independent film director. Background Jarmusch obtained his B. A. from Columbia University. Before graduating from New York University's school of film, Jarmusch decided to drop out of the program and funnel his scholarship funds into his first feature. His advisor at the time, Thaddeus Sebena, helped to support the release. This resulted in his first film, Permanent Vacation, which introduced audiences to the deadpan style that he would later develop in Stranger Than Paradise and Down by Law. Jim had worked as a teaching assistant to American director Nicholas Ray while at NYU.
Biography of Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, but is best known as a philosophical advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. Indeed, his dedication brought him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killed by their own experiments. His works established and popularized an inductive methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method or simply, the scientific method. In the context of his time such methods were connected with the occult trends of hermeticism and alchemy. Nevertheless, his demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today.
Biography of Linda Blair
Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress most famous for her role as the possessed child in the 1973 film The Exorcist and its sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she moved with her parents to Westport, Connecticut when she was two years old. As a young child, Linda Blair began her career by model, then later started acting in commercials, including one for Gulden's Mustard that ran for years. Blair had originally planned to become a veterinarian, but instead accepted a role in The Exorcist because money she would earn would allow her to pursue her interest in horsemanship, particularly show jumping.
Biography of Tyrone Jr. Power
Tyrone Power, Jr. is an actor : Born January 22, 1959 - Los Angeles, CA Actual name: Tyrone William Power IV Wife:(divorced 2002) DeLane Matthews actress, they met and fell in love while shooting the movie Healer in 1994). Son : Tyrone Power born 1996 (looks just Like Tyrone Power IV and Tyrone Power III) Actor : Born January 22, 1959 - Los Angeles, CA Actual name: Tyrone William Power IV Father: Tyrone Power III (aka Tyrone Power, Jr) (note: Although after two divorces Tyrone had sworn off marriage, he tied the knot once again in 1958. Deborah Ann Montgomery Minardos married Tyrone in Mississippi on May 7.
Biography of August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (January 22, 1849 – May 14, 1912) was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. Along with Henrik Ibsen he is arguably the most influential and most important of all Scandinavian authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theatre. His work falls into two major literary movements, Naturalism and Expressionism. Early years Strindberg was the third son of Carl Oscar Strindberg, a shipping agent from a bourgeois family, and Ulrika Eleonora (Nora) Norling. Ulrika was twelve years Carl's junior and of humble origin, called a "servant woman" in the title of Strindberg's autobiographical novel, Tjänstekvinnans son (The Son of a Servant).
Biography of John Hurt
Sir John Vincent Hurt, CBE (22 January 1940 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, from memory – 25 January 2017) was an English actor and voice actor whose career spanned six decades. He initially came to prominence for his supporting role as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966). After this, he played leading roles as John Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man (1980), Winston Smith in a version of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama The Hit (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, Scandal (1989). He is also known for his television roles such as Quentin Crisp in the television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975), Caligula in I, Claudius (1976) and the War Doctor in Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor (2013).
Biography of Gabriel Macht
Gabriel S. Macht (born January 22, 1972) is an American actor. Macht is best known as The Spirit in the film of the same name. Personal life Macht was born in The Bronx, New York, the son of Suzanne Victoria Pulier, a museum curator and archivist, and actor Stephen Macht. He has three siblings, Jesse (who appeared on The Next Great American Band), Julie, and Ari Serbin. The family moved to California when Gabriel was five years old. After graduating from high school, he attended Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts. Macht married actress Jacinda Barrett in 2004. The couple had their first child, a girl, Satine Anais Geraldine Macht, born August 20, 2007 in Los Angeles.
Biography of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke (January 22, 1931 (birth time source: Frank Clifford, Astrodatabank) – December 11, 1964) was a popular and influential American gospel, R&B, soul, pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. Musicians and critics today recognize him as one of the founders of soul music, and as one of the most important singers in soul music history. He has been called "the king of soul" by many, and while some may dispute this title, Sam Cooke's legacy is an extensive one and his impact on soul music is undeniable. He had 29 Top 40 hits in the U.S. between 1957 and 1965. He is therefore seen by many as "the creator" of the genre.
Biography of Francis Picabia
Francis-Marie Martinez Picabia (January 22, 1879 (birth time source: Archives de Paris, Cedra, Astrodatabank, birth certificate) - November 30, 1953) was a well-known painter and poet born of a French mother and a Spanish-Cuban father who was an attaché at the Cuban legation in Paris, France. Born in Paris, he studied at École des Beaux-Arts and École des Arts Decoratifs. In the beginning of his career, from 1903 to 1908, he was influenced by the impressionist paintings of Alfred Sisley. From 1909, he came under the influence of the cubists and the Golden Section (Section d'Or). Around 1911 he joined the Puteaux Group, which met at the studio of Jacques Villon in the village of Puteaux.
Biography of Christopher Masterson
Christopher Kennedy Masterson (born January 22, 1980, Long Island, New York) is an American actor most famous for his role as oldest brother Francis in the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. His brother is actor Danny Masterson of That '70s Show. He often goes by the name of "Chris" instead of "Christopher". He is a member of the Church of Scientology. He is of Irish descent. Family Born and raised in New York, Christopher currently resides in Los Angeles. His parents are Peter Masterson and Carol Masterson. Chris's older brother Danny played Hyde in That '70s Show. Their parents divorced in 1984. His mother remarried and had two more children: his half-brother Jordan (Jordy) Masterson, also an actor, and half-sister, Alanna Masterson, who appeared on "Malcolm in the Middle" and the Young and the Restless.
Biography of Beverley Mitchell
Beverley Ann Mitchell (born January 22, 1981) is an American actress and country music singer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Reverend Lucy Camden-Kinkirk on the television series 7th Heaven. Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m) Career Mitchell's debut role was in the TV movie Big Brother Jake (1990). Her first important film role came with The Crow: City of Angels (1996). Shortly after this, she appeared on the WB network as one of the new faces on 7th Heaven (1996), and has starred on the popular show throughout its eleven-season run. More recently, she debuted a country music album titled Beverley Mitchell, which included the single "Angel".
Biography of Steve Perry (musician)
Stephen Ray "Steve" Perry (born January 22, 1949 in Hanford, California (birth time source: his biography at http://www.fortheloveofsteveperry.com/biography.html)) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Journey from 1977–1987 and 1995–1998. Perry had a successful solo career throughout the late 1980s and early '90s. Perry was named the 76th greatest singer of all-time by Rolling Stone on its list of "The 100 Greatest Singers of All-Time". Allmusic said of Perry: "If only one singer could be selected as the most identifiable with '80s arena rock, it would have to be Journey's Steve Perry." Perry resides in Del Mar, California.
Biography of Franck Leboeuf
Frank Leboeuf (sometimes Franck or Lebœuf; born January 22, 1968 in Bouches-du-Rhône near Marseille) is a former French football (soccer) defender. With the French national team, Leboeuf won the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Height 183 cm After starting his career in 1986 in the lower divisions of the French league, Leboeuf moved to Laval in 1988. In 1991, he moved to Strasbourg and played there until 1996, when he made a switch to English club Chelsea for £2.5m. He played over 200 games for the club and scored 24 goals, mainly from penalties and set pieces. With Chelsea, he won two FA Cups, one League Cup and one Cup Winners' Cup.
Biography of Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet (French pronunciation: , born 22 January 1990 in Nice (birth time source: Didier Excoffon, acte n° 350) is a French professional tennis player and the current French number one. She was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, and has a career-high ranking of No. 11, achieved on 16 February 2009. Cornet also has an extensive juniors record, winning the 2007 Girls' Singles at Roland Garros. She has won four WTA titles in singles, and two in doubles. 2005–2007 She made her Grand Slam debut at the French Open in 2005 and made it to the second round, where she lost to Amélie Mauresmo.
Biography of Gaston Dominici
Gustave Dominici, born January 22, 1877 in Digne-les-Bains, became famous with "Dominici Affair". The 1952 slaying of a vacationing family in rural France sent shock waves through the country for years. The crime was dubbed "The Dominici Affair" after Gaston Dominici, the French peasant who was jailed for the death of the couple and their 10-year-old daughter. Source: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Biography of Olivia d'Abo
Olivia Jane d'Abo (born January 22, 1969 in London, England) is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She has numerous supporting roles, particularly in science fiction, cartoon, horror-thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime-drama television programs and movies, such as Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992), The Legend of Tarzan (2001), The Twilight Zone (2002), Conan the Destroyer (1984), The Wonder Years (1988-1992), Greedy (1994) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002-2005). Most recently, she appeared as the ex-wife of Sheriff Jack Carter on Sci-Fi Channel's Eureka. She is perhaps best known for her role as "Karen Arnold" on The Wonder Years. She played a hippie character who later moved to Alaska.
Biography of Bill Bixby
Bill Bixby (January 22, 1934 – November 21, 1993) was a popular three-time Emmy Award-nominated American film and television actor, director and frequent game show panelist. His career spanned over three decades, appearing on stage, in motion pictures and starring in five TV series. His lead television roles were as Ray Walston's young reporter, Tim O'Hara, in My Favorite Martian (1963–1966) on CBS; Tom Corbett in The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1972) on ABC; Anthony Blake in The Magician (1973) on NBC; Dr. David Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk (1977-1982) on CBS; and Matt Cassidy in Goodnight, Beantown (1983-1984) on CBS.
Biography of Etienne Bacrot
Étienne Bacrot (born January 22, 1983 in Picardie, France) is a French chess grandmaster. He started playing at 4; by 10 young Bacrot was already winning junior competitions and in 1996, with 13 years of age, he won against Vasily Smyslov. He became a Grandmaster in March 1997 at the age of 14 years and 2 months, making him the youngest person to that date to have held the title (later in December, Ruslan Ponomariov took his record). He has won several competition and notable games. He first passed the mark of 2700 in Elo rating in 2004. In January 2005, he became the first French player to enter the top 10.
Biography of Porfirio Rubirosa
Porfirio Rubirosa Ariza, (January 22, 1909 in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic - July 5, 1965 in Bois de Boulogne, France) was a Dominican diplomat, polo player and race car driver who competed in the 1950 and 1954 24 Hour of Le Mans, but was best known as an international playboy for his jet setting lifestyle and legendary prowess with women. Born to a middle-class family, he was the son of an army general. He grew up in Paris, France, after his father was appointed the chargé d'affaires at the Dominican consulate in 1920. He returned to the Dominican Republic at 17 to study law but did not complete his schooling, instead enlisting in the military.
Biography of Raica Oliveira
Raica Oliveira (born January 22, 1984 in Niterói, Brazil) is a Brazilian supermodel, best known as one of the faces of Dior and Lancome. Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) Hair color dark brown Eye color brown Measurements 86-60-89 (EU), 34-24-35 (US) Shoe size 40 (EU), 11 (US) Oliveira has two brothers: Givago (economist) and Pablo (lawyer) and she is currently living with her mother in New York. Shortly after winning 2nd place at the Elite Model Look International Final in 1999, Raica was christened "The sensation" at the fall fashion shows in Paris and Milan. She was one of the most talked about models of the season alongside fellow Elite stars Adriana Lima, Maggie Rizer, Oluchi and Karen Elson.
Biography of Marcel Dassault
Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch, (Paris, 22 January 1892 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, acte n° 129) - Neuilly-sur-Seine, 17 April 1986) was a French aircraft industrialist. After graduating from the lycée Condorcet, Breguet School and Supaero, he invented a type of aircraft propeller used by the French army during World War I and founded the Société des Avions Marcel Bloch aircraft company. Following the nationalization of his company in 1936, under the Front Populaire, he stayed as a director. As a Jew, he was deported to Buchenwald during World War II, refusing collaboration with the German aviation industry. He changed his name from Bloch to Bloch-Dassaut then Dassault in 1949.
Biography of Steven Adler
Steven Adler (born January 22, 1965 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a well known American rock drummer. He is most famous for his tenure as a member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he performed and recorded from 1985 to 1990. Early Life Steven Adler was born on January 22, 1965 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was born into the Jewish faith and has some Icelandic heritage. Adler moved to Los Angeles with his mother, Deanna, and older brother Kenny, as a young child. His mother re-married to Melvin Adler and had another child, Jamie. Steven was forced to live on his own at age 11 when he came home one day to find all of his belongings packed up on the sidewalk.
Biography of Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern (January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress with a career spanning six decades. Early life and career Born Harriette Arlene Lake in Valley City, North Dakota, although she went to Central High School in St. Paul, Minnesota with classmate Edward Heimberger (A.K.A. Eddie Albert), Sothern left home very young and began her film career as an extra in the 1927 film, Broadway Nights at the age of 18. During 1929 and 1930, she appeared as a chorus girl in such films as The Show of Shows and Whoopee! (as one of the "Goldwyn Girls").
Biography of Willa Ford
Amanda Lee Williford-Modano, known professionally as Willa Ford (born January 22, 1981) is an American pop singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, television personality, and presenter. She became known in 2001 as the self-proclaimed "Bad Girl of Pop", when she released her debut album, Willa Was Here. Aside from her music career, Ford has hosted several reality television shows, posed for Playboy, and competed on ABC's top-rated Dancing with the Stars in 2006. Ford will also portray Anna Nicole Smith in an upcoming television movie about Smith's life and death. Willa Ford is married to NHL player Mike Modano. Personal life Ford dated Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys from 1998 to 2001.
Biography of Balthazar Getty
Balthazar Getty (pron.: /bælˈθeɪzər/) (born January 22, 1975) is an American film actor and member of the band Ringside. He is known for the roles of Thomas Grace on the American action drama Alias and Tommy Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters. Early life Getty was born Paul Balthazar Getty in Tarzana, California, and raised in San Francisco before being educated in the United Kingdom at the Gordonstoun School, a boarding school that has educated three generations of the British Royal Family. His great-grandfather was Jean Paul Getty, founder of the Getty Oil Company, and at one time one of the richest men in the world.
Biography of René Pellos
René Pellos or Pellos, born René Pellarin January 22, 1900 in Lyon, died April 8, 1998 in Mougins, was a French screenwriter and cartoonist.
Biography of Hidetoshi Nakata
Hidetoshi Nakata (born January 22, 1977 in Yamanashi Prefecture), is a Japanese former football player. He was one of the most famous Asian footballers of his generation. Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with A.S. Roma in 2001, played for Japan in three FIFA World Cup tournaments (1998, 2002 and 2006) and played in the Olympics twice (1996 and 2000). In 2005, he was made the Knight of the Star of Italian Solidarity, one of the Italy's highest honours, for improving the country's image overseas.
Biography of George Balanchine
George Balanchine (Georgian: გიორგი ბალანჩივაძე, giorgi balanchivadze) (January 22, 1904 – April 30, 1983), was a Russian ballet choreographer of Georgian descent. Balanchine is one of the 20th century's foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of American ballet. His work formed a bridge between classical and modern ballet. Russia Balanchine was born Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze(Georgian: გიორგი მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე) in Saint Petersburg, Russia to Georgian parents. His father, noted Georgian composer Meliton Balanchivadze (1862–1937), was one of the founders of the Georgian Opera. George's brother, Andria Balanchivadze (1906–1992), became a well-known Georgian composer. Balanchine himself, as a child, was not particularly interested in ballet.
Biography of Piper Laurie
Piper Laurie (born January 22, 1932) is an American Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning actress. Early life Laurie was born Rosetta Jacobs in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Jewish parents Charlotte Sadie (née Alperin) and Alfred Jacobs, a furniture dealer. She moved to Los Angeles when she was young. She signed a contract with Universal Studios when she was 17, co-starring with Ronald Reagan (whom she dated a couple of times before his marriage to Nancy Davis) in Louisa. Career Dissatisfied with the work she was being offered in Hollywood, Laurie went to New York City in 1955 to work on the live television programs of the 1950s.
Biography of Orianthi (guitarist)
Orianthi (born Orianthi Panagaris 22 January 1985) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist. She is perhaps best known for being Michael Jackson's lead guitarist for his ill-fated This Is It concert series. Her debut single "According to You" has peaked at No. 8 in Australia and No. 17 in the US; her sophomore album, Believe, received a worldwide release in late 2009. Life and career Early life Orianthi Panagaris was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and is of Greek and Australian descent. She learned to play the acoustic guitar at six at the encouragement of her father, started electric when she was eleven and left her school, Cabra Dominican College, due to bullying and a lack of support from her peers, enrolling at the prestigious Mercedes College.
Biography of Henri Maréchal
Henri Maréchal, born January 22, 1842 in Paris, died May 12, 1924 in Paris, was a French musician, composer and poet.
Biography of Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. His most famous character — created in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Barbarian. With Conan and his other heroes Howard created the genre now known as sword-and-sorcery in the late 1920s and early 1930s, spawning a wide swath of imitators and giving him an influence in the fantasy field rivaled only by J.R.R. Tolkien and Tolkien's similarly inspired creation of the modern genre of High Fantasy. Howard remains a highly read author, with his best work endlessly reprinted.
Biography of Guy Fieri
Guy Fieri /ˈɡaɪ/ /ˈfjɛri/ (born Guy Ferry, January 22, 1968) is an American restaurateur, author, game host, and television personality currently working for Food Network. He co-owns five restaurants in California and is known for his television series on the Food Network. By mid-2010, the Food Network had made Fieri the "face of the network." In 2010, the New York Times reported that Fieri brought an "element of rowdy, mass-market culture to American food television," and that his "prime-time shows attract more male viewers than any others on the network." Career Fieri began his association with food in grade school in Ferndale, California by selling pretzels from his "Awesome Pretzel" cart and washing dishes to finance his trip to France to study cuisine.
Biography of Pierre Gassendi
Pierre Gassendi (January 22, 1592 – October 24, 1655) was a French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer/astrologer , and mathematician, best known for attempting to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity and for publishing the first official observations of the Transit of Mercury in 1631. The Moon's Gassendi crater is named after him. Early life Pierre was born at Champtercier, near Digne, in France. At a very early age he showed academic potential and attended the college at Digne. He showed particular aptitude for languages and mathematics. Soon afterwards he entered the University of Aix-en-Provence, to study philosophy under P. Fesaye. In 1612 the college of Digne called him to lecture on theology.
Biography of Stojko Vrankovic
Stojan "Stojko" Vranković (born January 22, 1964, in Drniš, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian basketball player. A 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) center, he played 5 seasons (1990–1992; 1996–1999) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Los Angeles Clippers. He was very popular in Europe while playing for Athens-based Panathinaikos and winning the club's first Euroleague Championship. Club career A renowned shot blocker, he made little impact in the NBA, managing small minutes and a low scoring average. He did however have a major impact in Europe playing for Greek team Panathinaikos.
Biography of Félix Kir
Canon Félix Kir (January 22, 1876 (birth time source: Richard Pellard, Astrodatabank, birth certificate) - April 26, 1968) was a French Catholic priest, resistance fighter and politician. He was born at Alise-Sainte-Reine on the Côte-d'Or. He entered a small seminary at Plombières-lès-Dijon in 1891 and was ordained 1901. He then worked as a parish priest. During the occupation of France during World War II, he took an active part in the French Resistance, helping with the escape of 5,000 prisoners of war from a camp at Longvic. He was arrested and condemned to death, but he was released because of his status.
Biography of Olivier Nicolas
Olivier Nicolas, born January 22, 1973 in Paris, is a French musician, a member of rock group Daisyrock. Members of Daisyrock Olivier Nicolas Samuel Nicolas Anne-Lise Pernotte Scott Greiner Former members Olivier Nuc Léonard Vasco Discography 1999 : Indessa (auto produit) 2002 : Organic 2005 : Diagnostic 2008 : Polyester
Biography of Louis-Georges de Bréquigny
Louis-Georges-Oudard-Feudrix de Bréquigny (22 February 1714 – 3 July 1795), French scholar and scientist, was born at Granville, Manche in Normandy. His first publications were anonymous: an Histoire des revolutions de Genes jusqu'à la paix de 1748 (750), and a series of Vies des orateurs grecs (1752). Elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres in 1759, he contributed an Histoire de Posthume empereur des Gaules (vol. XXX., 1760) to the collected works of that illustrious society, and also a Mémoire sur l'établissement de la religion et de l'empire de Mahomet (vol. XXXii., 1761-1763). After the close of the Seven Years' War he was sent to search in the archives of England for documents bearing upon the history of France, more particularly upon that of the French provinces which once belonged to England.
Biography of Hjalmar Schacht
Dr. Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht (22 January 1877 – 3 June 1970) was the Currency Commissioner and President of the Reichsbank under the Weimar Republic, and President of the Reichsbank under the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1939. Schacht was one of the primary drivers of Germany's policy of redevelopment, reindustrialization and rearmament, and was a fierce critic of his country's post-World War I reparation obligations. Released from effective service to the Nazi government in 1939, Schacht ended World War II in a concentration camp, and was tried and acquitted at Nuremberg for his role in Germany's war economy. Education and rise to President of the Reichsbank
Biography of Ian Bayne
Iain Bain, born January 22, 1960 in St. Andrews, Scotland, is a member of folk rock group Runrig. Runrig is a six-piece folk rock band from Scotland. The group was founded in 1973, and as of 2008, Runrig has released 13 studio albums. Musically, Runrig is rock-oriented. The band's lyrics, however, tend to be folk-oriented. Typical Runrig songs will mention locations or events that are unique to Scotland. The history and politics of Scotland (as-well-as its position within the United Kingdom) are also discussed in many songs. Another recurring theme involves an awareness of the natural world, along with many references to agriculture and land conservation.
Biography of Nyree Dawn Porter
Nyree Dawn Porter, OBE, (born Ngaire Dawn Porter, 22 January 1936 - 10 April 2001) was an actress. Early life and career Born in Napier, New Zealand, she began her career as a stage actress before moving to Britain in the late 1950s. Her first professional work was touring with the New Zealand Players Trust. She was acclaimed for such roles as Jessica in The Merchant of Venice and Juliet in Romanoff and Juliet. She also performed in revues and musicals, including Love from Judy and The Solid Gold Cadillac. Porter moved to Britain in 1958 after winning a Miss Cinema talent competition for young actresses organised by Rank, with the prize of a round-the-world trip and a film test in London.
Biography of Gotthold Ephraïm Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, and art critic, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg. Life Lessing was born in Kamenz, a little town in Saxony. His father was a clergyman and the author of theological writings. After visiting Latin School in Kamenz (from 1737 onwards) and the Fürstenschule St. Afra in Meissen (from 1741 onwards) he studied theology and medicine in Leipzig (1746–1748).
Biography of Jean-François Fonson
Frantz Fonson, best known as Jean-François Fonson, born on January 22, 1870, died in 1924, was a Belgian author, playwright, theater director, actor, and journalist.
Biography of Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt (22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German-born British actor best remembered for his roles in films such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919), The Man Who Laughs (1928), The Thief of Bagdad (1940) and Casablanca (1942). After a successful career in German silent film, where he was one of the best paid stars of Ufa, he left Germany in 1933 with his new Jewish wife and settled in the United Kingdom, where he participated in a number of films before continuing to the United States around 1941. Early life and work He was born Hans Walter Conrad Weidt in a working-class district of Berlin, Germany.
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Biography of D. W. Griffith
David Llewelyn Wark "D. W." Griffith (January 22 1875 – July 23, 1948) was a premier pioneering Academy Award-winning American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance (1916). Early life Griffith was born in La Grange, Kentucky to Jacob "Roaring Jake" Griffith and Mary Perkins Oglesby. His father was a Confederate Army colonel, a Civil War hero, and a Kentucky legislator. D.W. was educated by his older sister, Mattie, in a one-room country school. His father died when he was 7, upon which the family experienced serious financial hardships. |
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