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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on January, 26, 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, 25 May 2017 at 7:27 pm, CEST
52,400 celebrities and events, out of which 22,707 entries with a known time of birth. Search by filters, aspects, positions, categories, heights, or latest additions. Celebrities clicked on in real-time: 454,728,132 times. 145 celebrities or events were found for January, 26.
Biography of Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958 (birth time source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001122/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm)) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Early life DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana to Elliot DeGeneres, a salesman, and Elizabeth (Betty) Jane. She is of French, English, German and Irish descent. Along with her brother Vance DeGeneres, actor and guitarist for the rock band Cowboy Mouth, Ellen was raised as a Christian Scientist until the age of 13. Ellen's mother, Betty and her father, Elliot, filed for separation on December 4, 1973. The divorce was finalized in January 1974. Shortly after the divorce, Betty Jane married Roy Gruessendorf, who also worked...
Biography of Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Emmy award, along with many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. He was also the founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all profits and royalties to charity. As of May 2007, these donations have exceeded US$220 million. On September 26th, 2008, Newman died at his long-time home in Westport, Connecticut succumbing to complic...
Biography of Michel Sardou
Michel Sardou (born January 26, 1947) is a French singer. He was born in Paris, the son of Fernand Sardou and Jackie Rollin (Jackie Sardou). Contrary to what has been written at the beginning of his career, he is not the grandson of the dramatist Victorien Sardou. However, he is the father of the French novelist Romain Sardou. He is known not only for his love songs ("La Maladie d'Amour"), but also for songs dealing with various social and political issues, such as the rights of women in Islamic countries, clerical celibacy ,colonialism and death penalty. Another sometimes controversial theme found in some of his songs ("Les Ricains," for example) is respect and support for the culture and foreign policies of the United States. He has focused his full attention on his homeland, ignor...
Biography of Bernard Tapie
Bernard Tapie (French pronunciation: ) (born 26 January 1943 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French businessman, politician and occasional actor, singer, and TV host. He was Ministre de la Ville (Minister of City Affairs) in the government of Pierre Bérégovoy. Tapie is a businessman specializing in recovery for bankrupted companies, among which Adidas is the most famous (he owned Adidas from 1990 to 1993); and owner of sports teams (his cycling team won the Tour de France twice and his football club the French championship 5 times in a row, and the Champions League in 1993). On 30 September 2011, it was disclosed Tapie had agreed to buy Full Tilt Poker and its assets despite its legal troubles in the United States and the revocation of its gambling license....
Biography of José Mourinho
José Mourinho, GOIH (pron. IPA /ʒu'zɛ mo'ɾiɲu/) (full name: José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix) (born January 26, 1963 in Setúbal) is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Premier League club Chelsea. He is the son of Félix Mourinho, a former Portuguese international goalkeeper. Mourinho is considered to be one of the best coaches in Europe, having won four consecutive league titles (two at Porto and two at Chelsea) and also the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup with Porto. For two consecutive years (2004 and 2005), Mourinho was named the world's best football coach by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). He is well-known for his self-belief and has at times been a controversial figure. Career Early ...
Biography of Michel Delpech
Jean-Michel Delpech (26 January 1946 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 2 January 2016), known as Michel Delpech, was a French singer-songwriter and actor. Career In 1963, he had his debut release hit "Anatole" on Disques Vogue. In 1964, Michel Delpech met Roland Vincent, and a long singing songwriting partnership ensued with Delpech being signed to Festival French record label. In 1965, he took part in the music comedy Copains Clopant that had a 6-month run and made him very popular, particularly through his interpretation of "Chez Laurette". He was the opening act for Jacques Brel's goodbye concert at the Paris Olympia. In 1967, he collaborated with Johnny Stark. In 1968, he won the "Grand Prix du Disque" award for "Il y a des jours où on ferait mieux de rester au lit". Th...
Biography of Patrick Dewaere
Patrick Dewaere (January 26, 1947 – July 16, 1982) was a French actor. He was born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, France. He committed suicide at age 35 in Paris. Short-lived Patrick Dewaere was one of the most promising and popular French actors of the '70s. In 1968, he joined Café de la Gare, the troupe of performers which also included such future stars as Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. After initially appearing under the pseudonym Patrick Maurin, he finally opted for Dewaere, which was his grandmother's maiden name. Onscreen from 1971 in various bit parts, Dewaere made the breakthrough with his first major role in Bertrand Blier's anarchic comedy Les Valseuses (1974) where he and Gerard Depardieu starred as two young delinquents. The actor would team up again with Depardieu in ...
Biography of Eddie Van Halen
Edward Van Halen or Eddie Van Halen (born Edward Lodewijk van Halen on January 26, 1955 in Nijmegen, Netherlands), is a guitarist, songwriter and producer most famous for being leader and a co-founder of the hard rock band, Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen is also known as a skilled keyboardist, as demonstrated in his performance on the smash hit "Jump". Childhood Edward Van Halen was born to Jan Van Halen, a Dutch father, and Eugenia, an Indo-European mother, in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The Dutch Van Halen family moved to Pasadena, California, from the Netherlands in 1962. Edward immediately started classical piano training, and won several talent competitions as a child . Upon their arrival in America, his parents immediately sought a piano tutor for him and his older brother, Alex Van Halen...
Biography of Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born 26 January 1961 in Brantford, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently part-owner and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. Nicknamed "The Great One," Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the NHL calls Gretzky "the greatest player of all time." He is generally regarded as the best player of his era and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, players, and coaches. He set 40 regular-season records, 15 playoff records, 6 All-Star records, won four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, and won 9 MVP awards and 10 scoring titles. He is the only player ever to total over 200 points in a season (a feat that he accomplished four times in his career). In addition, he tallied over 100 points...
Biography of Angela Davis
Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American socialist organizer, professor who was associated with the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Davis's main association, however, was her membership in the Communist Party USA. She first achieved nationwide notoriety when she was linked to the murder of Judge Harold Haley during an attempted Black Panther prison break; she fled underground, and was the subject of an intense manhunt. After 18 months as a fugitive, she was captured, arrested, tried, and eventually acquitted in one of the most famous trials in recent U.S. history. She is currently Professor of History of Consciousness at the University of California and Presidential Chair at the University of Calif...
Biography of Jacqueline du Pré
Jacqueline Mary du Pré, O.B.E. (January 26, 1945 – October 19, 1987), was a British cellist, today acknowledged as one of the greatest exponents of the instrument. She is particularly associated with the Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor; her interpretation of this work has been described as "definitive" and "legendary." Early years Born in Oxford, England, on 26 January 1945, Jacqueline du Pré was the second child of Derek du Pré, an accountant, and pianist Iris du Pré. At age four du Pré heard the sound of the cello on the radio and asked her mother for "one of those." She started with lessons from her mother, who composed little pieces accompanied by illustrations, before beginning study at the London Violoncello School at age five. Before long she was entering and winning local music...
Biography of Roger Vadim
Roger Vadim, born Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov (January 26, 1928 – February 11, 2000) was a French journalist, author, actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who launched Brigitte Bardot's career in the film And God Created Woman. The scene of Bardot dancing barefoot on a table remains one of the most erotic scenes in French cinema. Vadim was born in Paris, France. His White Russian father, Igor Plemiannikov, had immigrated from Ukraine and become a naturalized French citizen, and was a vice consul of France to Egypt. Vadim became a stage actor at the age of 16. In 1947 he became assistant writer to film director Marc Allégret. As well as his movie achievements, Roger Vadim was celebrated for his romances/marriages to such beautiful women as actresses Brigitte Bardot and Ja...
Biography of Théo Sarapo
Theophanis Lamboukas, known as Théo Sarapo (26 January 1936 in Paris – 28 August 1970 in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France), was the last husband of the French singer Édith Piaf. He was 26 years old when he married the 47-year-old Piaf. A handsome actor-singer of Greek heritage, Sarapo scored a hit with Piaf in 1962 with "A quoi ça sert l'amour?" (What Good Is Love?). Sarapo died in an automobile accident in 1970. He is buried beside Piaf in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris....
Biography of Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli (January 26, 1908 – December 1, 1997) was a French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt. It was one of the first (and arguably the most famous) of all-string jazz bands. Early years Grappelli was born in Paris, France to Italian parents. Sent to an orphanage as a youth after his mother died when he was 4 and his father left to fight in World War I, Grappelli started his musical career busking on the streets of Paris and Montmartre with a violin. He began playing the violin at age 12, and attended the Conservatoire de Paris studying music theory, between 1924 and 1928. He continued to busk on the side until he gained fame in Paris as a violin virtuoso. He also worked as a silent film pianist while at the conse...
Biography of Douglas MacArthur
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and later played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II, receiving the Medal of Honor for his early service in the Philippines and on the Bataan Peninsula. He was designated to command the proposed invasion of Japan in November 1945, and when that was no longer necessary he officially accepted their surrender on September 2, 1945. MacArthur oversaw the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951. Although criticized for protecting Emperor Hirohito and the imperial family, he is credited with implementing far-ranging democratic changes in that country. He led the United Nati...
About this event
The data source for this event comes from Marc Penfield, from the website http://www.astrologysoftware.com/resources/lore/astro_search_result.asp?by=name (search for Sydney). Sydney /ˈsɪdni/ is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds the world's largest natural harbour, and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west. Residents of Sydney are known as "Sydneysiders". Sydney is the second official seat and second official residence of the Governor-General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia. The Sydney area has been inhabited by indigenous Australians since the Upper Paleolithic period. The first British settlers arrived in 1788 to found Sydney as a pe...
Biography of Eddie Barclay
Eddie Barclay (January 26, 1921 – May 13, 2005) was a French music producer whose singers included Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. He founded Barclay Records. Life Born Edouard Ruault the son of a café waiter and a post office worker in Paris on January 26, 1921, he spent much of his early childhood with his grandmother in Taverny (in today's Val-d'Oise). His parents bought the Café de la Poste bar in the middle of Paris while he was a child and at the age of 15 he left school to work in the café. He had not enjoyed his studies but he taught himself music and piano. He particularly liked American jazz and embraced the music of Fats Waller. He often visited the Hot Club de France to hear the quintet of Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. He became a pianist at L'Étape club in...
Biography of Sebastian Giovinco
Sebastian Giovinco (Italian pronunciation: ; born January 26, 1987 in Turin) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Parma and the Italian national team. Giovinco is a second striker, winger or attacking midfielder with noted dribbling skills, playmaking skills and he is known for his freekicks. Due to his short stature and his technical skills, Giovinco acquired the nickname formica atomica (atom ant, after the eponymous Hanna-Barbera character). Early life Giovinco was born in Turin to a Sicilian father and a Calabrian mother who were immigrants from southern Italy. He grew up in Beinasco, a comune southwest of Turin, in a family of Milan fans and joined the Juventus youth system when he was nine. He then rose through the ranks of the club and impressed especially du...
Biography of Dimitri Szarzewski
Dimitri Szarzewski (born 26 January 1983 in Narbonne, France (birth time source: Astrotheme, civil registrar, acte n° 78)) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Stade Français in the Top 14 club championship in France. His usual position is at hooker, and he has represented France. Szarzewski's first club was Beziers, where he played from 2002 to 2004. He played five matches for Beziers during the 2002-03 Heineken Cup, as a substitution against Calvisano, Neath and Leicester during 2002. He started the matches against Neath and Calvisano during the 2003 leg of the tournament. The following season, Beziers played in the European Challenge Cup, as opposed to the Heineken Cup. He started against Connacht, and scored a try in the game, as well as playing in the matche...
Biography of Maria von Trapp
Maria Augusta von Trapp (née Kutschera; January 26, 1905 – March 28, 1987) was the matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Her story and that of her family's escape from the Nazis after the Anschluss was the inspiration for the musical The Sound of Music. Birth Maria Kutschera, was born in 1905 in Austria on a train going from her parent's Tyrol village to a hospital in Vienna. She was an orphan by her seventh birthday. She graduated from the State Teachers College for Progressive Education in Vienna at age 18, in 1923. She entered Nonnberg Abbey, a Benedictine (Roman Catholic) convent in Salzburg, intending to become a nun. While still a novice, she was asked to teach one of the seven children of widowed naval commander Georg Ritter von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead von T...
Biography of Melvil Poupaud
Melvil Poupaud is a French actor, director, and musician, born in Paris, 26 January 1973 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate). Filmography (actor, source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0693799/) 2016 Victoria Vincent Kossarski 2016 Dans l'ombre du tueur (TV Mini-Series) Paul Brodsky - Episode #1.3 (2016) ... Paul Brodsky - Episode #1.2 (2016) ... Paul Brodsky - Episode #1.1 (2016) ... Paul Brodsky 2016 The Lady in the Portrait Jean Denis Attiret 2015 Vue sur mer François 2015 Tête baissée Samy 2015 Fou d'amour Le curé 2015/I Le grand jeu Pierre Blum 2014 Fidelio, l'odyssée d'Alice Gaël 2012 Les lignes de Wellington (TV Mini-Series) Marechal Massena - Torres Vedras (2012) ... Marechal Massena - Terra Queimada (2012) ... Marechal M...
Biography of Jörg Haider
Jörg Haider (January 26, 1950 – October 11, 2008) was an Austrian politician. He was Governor of Carinthia and Chairman of the "Alliance for the Future of Austria" (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich, BZÖ). Haider was a long-time leader of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ). When he stepped down as the FPÖ's chairman in 2000, he remained its major figure until 2005, when he founded the BZÖ in April. He was subsequently expelled from the FPÖ by its interim leader Hilmar Kabas. Personal life Parents Haider's parents had been Nazis and early NSDAP party members. They were from different backgrounds; Haider's father, Robert Haider, was a shoemaker, while his mother, Dorothea Rupp, was the daughter of a wealthy, noted, medical doctor and head of the general hospital of Linz. Robert Haider jo...
Biography of Jacques d'Arès
Jacques d'Arès, born January 26, 1925 in Blois, is a French author and occultist. He was President of esoteric group Atlantis....
Biography of Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American rock, folk, and country music singer and songwriter. She recorded her first albums in 1978 and 1980 in a traditional country and blues style and received very little attention from radio, the media or the public. In 1988, she released her self-titled album, Lucinda Williams. This release featured "Passionate Kisses" a song later recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter which garnered Lucinda her first Grammy (Best Country Song, 1994). Known for working slowly, only one other album was recorded and released in the next several years (Sweet Old World in 1992) before her greatest success came in 1998 with Car Wheels On A Gravel Road. This album presented a broader scope of songs that fused rock, blues, country and Americana into a more unique s...
Biography of Jean-Paul Rouve
Jean-Paul Rouve (born 26 January 1967 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, Paddy de Jabrun)), who was part of Les Robins des Bois, is a French film and television actor. He is also a film director and screenwriter. Early life He was born in Dunkirk, France. Career Rouve has appeared in over thirty films and over ten television productions. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746162/) 2015 Les nouvelles aventures d'Aladin (post-production) Artaud, le Suréel y los Tarahumaras (announced) Antonin Artaud 2014 Les souvenirs Philippe 2014 La queue (Short) 2014 Ce soir je vais tuer l'assassin de mon fils (TV Movie) Philippe Tessier 2014 Jamais le premier soir Marc 2013 En solitaire Denis Juhel 2013 Denis ...
Biography of Anita Baker
Anita Baker (born January 26, 1958 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards, and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit. Music career The Songstress (1983) Baker released her debut album, The Songstress, in 1983. Produced by the late Patrick Moten and Otis Smith, the album was released on a small label, Beverly Glen Records. The album helped launch Baker's career as it found minor success on the R&B chart. Baker herself co-wrote the album's opening track, "Angel". Rapture (1985-1986) In 1985, Baker signed a contract with Elektra Records, a division of Warner Music Group. She released her second album, Rapture, in 1986. Produced by her friend Michael J. Powell (from the Detroit soul band Chapt...
Biography of Frédéric Lodéon
Frédéric Lodéon, born January 26, 1952 in Paris, is a French cellist and conductor....
Biography of Anna LaCazio
Anna LaCazio, born January 26, 1962 inHighland Falls, New York (birth time and city source: familiy source), is a co-founder of the American group Cock Robin in the early '80s. She remained with the group through three albums and tours with, among others, Bryan Adams, the Bangles and James Taylor. Unfortunately, other than from in Europe, Cock Robin never became famous, and the group dissolved in 1990. While her former colleague Peter Kingsbery's entry into solo work was almost instantaneous (with first solo album in 1991), LaCazio disappeared from the music scene, singing occasional backup for artists from Corey Hart to Purple Mountain Matinee and on Kingsbery's 1997 release Pretty Ballerina, reinterpreting one of their Cock Robin moments, "More Than Willing". She moved from Los Angel...
Biography of Colin O'Donoghue
Colin O'Donoghue (born 26 January 1981) is an Irish actor in television and theatre. He is also a musician. Early life and education O'Donoghue was born and raised in Drogheda, County Louth, in a Roman Catholic family. He initially attended Dundalk Grammar School, and then The Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. At age 16, O'Donoghue went to Paris, France, for a month to learn the French language. Colin's early career was mainly split between theatre and television work in Ireland and the UK. In 2003, Colin won the Irish Film and Television Award for "Best New Talent" for his role as Norman in "Home For Christmas. Career His work is usually in Ireland and the United Kingdom. O'Donoghue appeared as Duke Philip of Bavaria in Season 3 (2009) of The Tudors (2007–2010), an historical-...
Biography of Gonzague Saint Bris
Gonzague Saint Bris (born in Loches, France on January 26, 1948 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) is a French writer and journalist. Publications Marquis de Sade - L'ange de l'ombre, Télémaque, 2013 Louis XIV et le Grand Siècle, Télémaque, 2012 En tête à tête avec Victor Hugo, Grund, 2012 Rosa Bonheur - Liberté est son nom, Robert Laffont, 2012 Balzac - Une vie de roman, SW Télémaque, 2011 Alfred de Musset, Grasset, 2010 Au Paradis avec Michael Jackson, Presses de la Cité, 2010 Henry IV et la France réconciliée, Télémaque, 2009 La Malibran, Éditions Belfond, 2009 François Ier et la Renaissance, Télémaque, 2008 Les Romans de Venise, Rocher, 2007 Histoires d’Été, Télémaque, 2007 Marie, l’ange rebelle, Éditions Belfond, 2007 La Fayette, Télémaque, 2006, (ISBN 2-7533-0039-9)...
Biography of Cameron Bright
Cameron Douglas Bright (born January 26, 1993) is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in numerous high profile roles in the films Godsend, Birth, Running Scared, Ultraviolet, X-Men: The Last Stand and Thank You for Smoking. Personal life Bright was born Cameron Douglas Crigger in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; he was given his middle name, "Douglas", after his maternal grandfather. Bright has a scar on his eyebrow which he got as a toddler, after his brother chased him around a rose bush. Career Bright's first acting job was in a commercial for Telus, which was soon followed by a guest appearance on the television series, Higher Ground. He subsequently appeared in several minor roles in made-for-television films, and was credited as "Cameron Crigger" for his early roles (from ...
Biography of René Étiemble
Étiemble (René Ernest Joseph Eugène Étiemble, born Mayenne 26 January 1909, died Vigny, 7 January 2002) was an essayist, scholar, novelist, and promoter of Middle Eastern and Asian cultures. Known commonly by his family name alone, Etiemble was Professor of comparative literature at the Sorbonne from 1956 to 1978. He was the author of numerous works including: ; Connaissez-vous la Chine? (Do you know China?), Gallimard 1964, and Quarante ans de mon maoïsme (1934-1974) (Forty years of my Maoism) Gallimard 1976 . In his youth a militant communist and anti-fascist, he became interested in the Chinese communist movement. Together with the Chinese poet Dai Wangshu 戴望舒 (1905-1950) he produced a number of translations of the works of left-wing Chinese writers and published th...
Biography of Louis Gallois
Louis René Fernand Gallois (born 26 January 1944 in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne) is a French businessman and currently the CEO of EADS. He will be replaced by Tom Enders on May 31st when his 5 year contract is due to expire. Education Gallois was raised in Montauban, where he obtained the degree of Baccaulaureat in 1961. He next attended business school at HEC, graduating in 1966. He then graduated from the administration school ENA in 1972. Career Gallois headed several government departments during his career. He was appointed head of the civil and military cabinet in the French defense ministry (1988–1989). He was Chairman and CEO of Snecma from 1989 to 1992, when he became CEO of Aérospatiale. He headed that company until 1996, when he became President of SNCF. Gallois joined...
Biography of Marie-Renée Oget
Marie-Renée Oget (January 26, 1945, Rostrenen, France) is a French female politician....
Biography of Scott Glenn
Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26, 1941) is an American actor known for appearing in supporting roles. His roles include Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Commander Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), and as Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Biography Early life Glenn was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Elizabeth, a homemaker, and Theodore Glenn, a business executive. He grew up in Appalachia and has Irish and Native American ancestry. During his childhood he was regularly ill, and for a year was bed-ridden. Through intense training programs he got over his illnesses, including a limp. After graduating from a Pittsburgh high school, Glenn entered College of William and Mary where he...
Biography of Norman Hassan
Norman Hassan, born January 26, 1958, is a British musician, a member of group UB40. UB40 are a British reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. Featuring the same line-up of 8 musicians from 1978-2008, the band placed more than 50 singles on the UK charts, and achieved considerable international success as well. Their #1 hits (which are all covers) include "Red Red Wine" (#1 US/UK/Canada/NZ/Netherlands), "Can't Help Falling in Love" (#1 US/UK/Australia/Sweden/Netherlands), and "I Got You Babe" (#1 UK/Netherlands). History The band members began as friends who knew each other from various colleges and schools across Birmingham. The name "UB40" was selected in reference to a paper form issued by the UK government's Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) at the time of the band...
Biography of François Faber
François Faber (26 January 1887, Aulnay-sur-Iton, Eure, France – died Carency, Pas-de-Calais, 9 May 1915) was a Luxembourgian cyclist. He was born in France. He was the first foreigner to win the Tour de France in 1909, and his record of winning 5 consecutive stages still stands. He died in World War I while fighting for France. Origins Faber's father, Jean-François, was born in Wiltz, Luxembourg, which gave his son Luxembourg nationality. His mother, Marie-Paule, was born in Lorraine. François Faber had a Luxembourg passport but lived in France and considered himself French. His half-brother was another cyclist, Ernest Paul. Faber worked as a furniture-remover and as a docker when he raced as an amateur. Racing career Faber was a professional from 1906 to 1914. He won 27 r...
Biography of Bob Uecker
Robert George "Bob" Uecker (pronounced /ˈjuːkər/) (born January 26, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American former Major League Baseball player, later an award-winning sportscaster, comedian and actor. Uecker jokingly identifies himself by the title of "Mr. Baseball". Playing career Though he sometimes joked he was born on an oleo run to Illinois, Uecker was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He grew up watching the minor-league Milwaukee Brewers at Borchert Field. He signed a professional contract with his hometown Milwaukee Braves in 1956 and made his major league debut as a catcher with the club in 1962. He was a mediocre hitter who finished with a career batting average of .200. He was a sound defensive player and committed very few errors in his Major Lea...
Biography of Charles XIV John of Sweden
Charles XIV John (Swedish: Karl XIV Johan), born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, later renamed Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and the King of Norway (where he was known in Norwegian as Karl III Johan) from 1818 until his death. He was also the first Sovereign Prince of Pontecorvo, Italy. French by birth, Bernadotte served a long career in the French Army. He was appointed as a Marshal of France by Napoleon I, though the two had a turbulent relationship. His service to France ended in 1810, when he was elected the heir to the Swedish throne - because the Swedish royal family was dying out with King Charles XIII, with both of his children having died in infancy. Early life and ancestry He was born in Pau, France, as the son of Jean Henri B...
Biography of François Coppée
François Edouard Joachim Coppée (January 26, 1842 – May 23, 1908), was a French poet and novelist. He was born in Paris to a civil servant. After attending the Lycée Saint-Louis he became a clerk in the ministry of war, and won public favour as a poet of the Parnassian school. His first printed verses date from 1864. In 1869 his first play, Le Passant, was received with approval at the Odéon theatre, and later Fais ce que dois (1871) and Les Bijoux de la délivrance (1872), short poetic dramas inspired by the Franco-Prussian War, were applauded. After holding a post in the library of the senate, Coppée was chosen in 1878 as archivist of the Comédie Française, an office he held till 1884. In that year his election to the Académie française caused him to retire from all public appointme...
Biography of Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen (Danish pronunciation: ( listen)) (born 26 January 1953) is a Danish politician, and the 12th and current Secretary General of NATO. Rasmussen served as Prime Minister of Denmark from November 27, 2001 to April 5, 2009. Anders Fogh Rasmussen was the leader of the Liberal Party (Venstre), and headed a right-wing coalition with the Conservative People's Party which took office in 2001, and won its second and third terms in February 2005 and in November 2007. Rasmussen's government relied on the Danish People's Party for support, in keeping with the Danish tradition for minority government. His government introduced tougher limits on non-ECA immigration and froze tax rates before he took office (the "tax freeze", or skattestoppet in Danish). He has authored several ...
Biography of Vince Carter
Vincent Lamar "Vince" Carter (born January 26, 1977) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently a shooting guard/small forward for the Orlando Magic. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, Carter was a McDonald's All-American basketball player in 1995, out of Mainland High School in Daytona Beach. After high school, he spent three seasons playing basketball at the University of North Carolina, before entering the 1998 NBA Draft. He won the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, in which he competed alongside his third cousin and then-teammate, Tracy McGrady. He became the third player to lead the NBA All-Star Game fan voting three or more times, after Julius Erving and Michael Jordan. and helped lead the Toronto Raptors to two playoff appe...
Biography of Pascal Dolique
Pascal Doloique, born January 26, 1960 in Beauvais, is a French industrialist....
Biography of Denise Rich
Denise Rich, born January 26,1944 in Worcester, Massachusetts, is the former wife and the mother of three children of Marc Rich. Some words about Marc Rich Marc Rich (born Marc David Reich on December 18, 1934) is an international commodities trader. He fled the United States in 1983 to live in Switzerland while being prosecuted on charges of tax evasion and illegally making oil deals with Iran during the hostage crisis. He received a presidential pardon from United States President Bill Clinton in 2001. Life Rich was born to a Jewish working class family in Antwerp, Belgium in 1934. The Rich family immigrated to the United States in 1942 to avoid the Nazis. Young Marc attended high school at the Rhodes Preparatory School in Manhattan. He later attended New York University, but ...
Biography of Tom Keifer
Carl Thomas Keifer was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania, on January 26, 1961. He is best known for being the vocalist and guitarist for the band Cinderella. Biography Keifer grew up in a musical family and began playing guitar at a young age. Keifer soon fell in love with the blues and was heavily influenced by this kind of music. Keifer joined his first rock band while in junior high school. He soon learned to play the electric guitar. The young musician struggled with drug and alcohol abuse during this time, and considered dropping out of school to pursue a music career. However, his mother Adrienne bribed her son to stay in school by promising him a Gibson Les Paul guitar upon graduation. Keifer graduated and received the coveted instrument. After graduating Keifer played guit...
Biography of Dorian Gregory
Dorian Gregory (January 26, 1971) is an American actor most notable for playing Darryl Morris on the television show Charmed, and as the fourth and final permanent host of Soul Train, replacing Shemar Moore. Background Dorian was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Cleveland, Ohio until age nine when he and his family moved to Los Angeles, California. Dorian Gregory began his acting career with guest roles in various series. He was seen in Baywatch, Beverly Hills 90210, Sister, Sister, and others. He played his first major role in Baywatch Nights, where he belonged to the regular cast from 1996 to 1997. Career In 1998, Dorian Gregory received the role of the police officer Darryl Morris in the successful series Charmed, which he played until 2005. In 2002, he replaced cosm...
Biography of Annick Tellenne
Annick Tellenne, born January 26, 1924 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French TV host and writer. She is the mother of French journalist and TV host Karl Zéro....
Biography of Peter Sagan
Peter Sagan (born January 26, 1990 in Žilina) is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Liquigas-Doimo. He turned professional in 2010 with Liquigas, but rode for Dukla Trenčín Merida in 2009. Major results 2009 1st GP Kooperativa (1.2) 2010 Paris-Nice 1st, Stage 3 1st, Stage 5 References http://www.teamliquigasdoimo.com/2010/ita/main.php?mod=schedaAtleti&id=20...
Biography of Eugène Sue
Joseph Marie Eugène Sue (January 20, 1804 – August 3, 1857) was a French novelist He was born in Paris, the son of a distinguished surgeon in Napoleon's army, and is said to have had the Empress Joséphine for godmother. Sue himself acted as surgeon both in the Spanish campaign undertaken by France in 1823 and at the Battle of Navarino (1828). In 1829 his father's death put him in possession of a considerable fortune, and he settled in Paris. A street in Paris is named for Eugene Sue, in the 18th Arrondissement: Rue Eugene Sue is located near the Poissonnière Metro station, and is not far from Montmartre and the Basilica of the Sacré Coeur. Overview His naval experiences supplied much of the materials of his first novels, Kernock le pirate (1830), Atar-Gull (1831), La Salamandre ... |
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