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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on May, 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".
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52,650 celebrities and events, out of which 22,794 entries with a known time of birth. Search by filters, aspects, positions, categories, heights, or latest additions. Celebrities clicked on in real-time: 468,569,505 times. 157 celebrities or events were found for May, 17.
Biography of Trent Reznor
Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the founder and primary creative force behind the band Nine Inch Nails. Michael Trent Reznor was born in Mercer, Pennsylvania, halfway between Pittsburgh and Cleveland, to Michael J. Reznor and Nancy Lou Clark. Reznor was called by his middle name to avoid confusion with his father. After his parents divorced, Trent lived with his grandparents, and his sister Tera lived with their mother. Reznor began playing the piano at the age of five and showed an early aptitude for music. In a 1995 interview, his grandfather Bill Clark remarked, "Music was his life, from the time he was a wee boy. He was so gifted." His former piano teacher Rita Beglin said "Reznor always reminded...
Biography of Enya
Enya, birth name Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin (IPA: /ˈɛnʲə pəˈtrɪʃə nʲiː ˈvˠɾˠiːn̪ˠaːnʲ/), sometimes presented in the media as Enya Brennan, was born on 17 May 1961, in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland, and is a four-time Grammy Award-winning singer, an Academy Award-nominated songwriter, and Ireland's best-selling solo artist and one of that nation's best known musicians. As a musical group, Enya is a collaboration between three people: Enya herself, who composes and performs the music; Nicky Ryan, who produces the albums, and Roma Ryan, who writes the lyrics in various languages. Enya is an approximate transcription of how Eithne is pronounced in her native Irish, in the Donegal dialec...
Biography of Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is a Scottish comedian, actor, writer and talk show host. He is the current host of CBS's The Late Late Show, a role which earned him an Emmy nomination in 2006. Early career Ferguson's experience in entertainment was as a drummer in a little-known punk band called Bastards from Hell. The band, later known as Dreamboys, performed regularly in Glasgow in 1980-1982. Ferguson's earliest comedy experience was as a comic in the United Kingdom, appearing on the alternative comedy circuit under the stage-name "Bing Hitler"). Ferguson toured the UK during the late 80's under his own name as a support act to Harry Enfield. After enjoying success at the Edinburgh Festival and breaking into television with appearances on R...
Biography of Tony Parker
William Anthony "Tony" Parker, II (born May 17, 1982(1982-05-17) (birth time source: birth certificate n° 929, André Dekoster)) is a French National Basketball Association (NBA) player with the San Antonio Spurs and captain of France's national basketball team. After playing for two years in the French basketball league, Parker entered the 2001 NBA Draft and was selected by the San Antonio Spurs. He quickly became their starting point guard, helping the Spurs win three NBA Championships. Parker has been selected as an NBA All-Star twice and was the 2007 NBA Finals MVP. He married Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria on 6 July 2007 in a civil ceremony with a lavish religious ceremony to follow on 7 July 2007. Early life Parker was born in Bruges, Belgium, but raised in France. His ...
Biography of Jean Gabin
Born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, France, he grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. The son of cabaret entertainers, he worked as a laborer, but at age 19 entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergères production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military. After completing his military service, Gabin returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas. He was part of a troupe that toured South America and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in...
Biography of Adel Imam
Adel Emam (sometimes credited as: Adel Imam), (Arabic: عادل إمام), born May 17, 1940, is a popular Egyptian movie and stage actor. He is primarily a comedian, but he has starred in more serious works and, especially early in his earlier films, combined comedy with romance. Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m) He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture from Cairo University. Since then he has appeared in over 100 movies and 10 plays. He is probably the most famous actor in the Arab World. He has received critical and popular praise throughout his career. Short, slight, and with a face seemingly more appropriate a character actor than a leading man -- let alone a star whose career has flourished since the late sixties -- Adel Imam is able to portray ...
Biography of Karrueche Tran
Karrueche Tran, born on May 17, 1988 in Los Angeles, California (source: http://hollywoodlife.com/celeb/karrueche-tran/), is an Amercian model of both Vietnamese and African descent. Karrueche dated Chris Brown and was his first serious girlfriend after Brown’s tumultuous relationship with Rihanna....
Biography of Nikki Reed
Nicole Houston "Nikki" Reed (born May 17, 1988) is an American film actress and screenwriter. She became known in 2003, after the release of the film Thirteen, and has since appeared in several films, including Lords of Dogtown and Mini's First Time. She will also portray Rosalie Hale in the upcoming film adaptation of the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. Early life Reed was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Cheryl Houston, a hairdresser, and Seth Reed, a set designer. She has an older brother, Nathan. Reed's father is Jewish and her mother is of Cherokee and Italian descent; Reed was raised without religion though grew up around Judaism (her brother had a Bar Mitzvah). Reed has described her home life as "complicated". She attended Palms Middle School. Her parents d...
Biography of Princess Máxima of the Netherlands
Princess Máxima of the Netherlands (born Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti on May 17, 1971, in Buenos Aires, Argentina (birth time source: Fred Opmeer, Astrodatabank, BC)) is the wife of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, heir to the Dutch throne and eldest son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Early life and education Máxima is the daughter of Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini (who would later be under-secretary of Agriculture under Jorge R. Videla's junta), and his second wife, Maria del Carmen Cerruti Carricart. She has two brothers, a sister and three half sisters. A former investment banker, she graduated with a degree in economics from the Universidad Católica Argentina in 1995 before working for companies in Argentina, New York and Europe. Relationship with Prince Willem-Al...
Biography of Jean-Marie Bigard
Jean-Marie Bigard (born 17 May 1954 in Charmont-sous-Barbuise , France (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French comedian and actor. Known for his often controversial humour, he has performed at some of the largest entertainment facilities in France, including the Palais omnisports at Paris-Bercy and the Stade de France. Bigard is a close friend of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whom he accompanied on an official visit to Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. Personal life Jean-Marie Bigard married Claudia Bigard in February 1991. They divorced in August 2009. He then married the comedian Lola Marois in May 2011. The couple have one child, Sasha, born on 19 June 2009. Theater Year Title Notes 1988 Vous avez dit Bigard ? One Man Show 1990 Oh Ben Oui ! One Man Show 199...
Biography of Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1955, and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). Over the next ten years, Hopper appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and by the end of the 1960s had played supporting roles in several films. He directed and starred in Easy Rider (1969), winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as co-writer. Film critic Matthew Hays notes that "no other persona better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis Hopper....
Biography of Josh Homme
Joshua Michael Homme (born May 17, 1973 in Joshua Tree, California) is an American Rock musician. He was a founding member of the desert rock band Kyuss, as well as the founding and only continuous member of the hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA), in which he generally sings and plays guitar. However, Homme is a multi-instrumentalist and is also known for contributing bass, drums and keyboard. He co-founded and occasionally performs with Eagles of Death Metal as its drummer, and continues to produce and release a musical improv series with other musicians, mostly from the Palm Desert Scene, known as The Desert Sessions. Early life Homme was born in Palm Springs, California and grew up in the suburbs of Palm Desert. He learned to play guitar at age nine. His earliest musical...
Biography of Erik Satie
Alfred Éric Leslie Satie (Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French composer, pianist, and writer. Dating from his first composition in 1884, he signed his name as Erik Satie, as he said he preferred it. He wrote articles for several periodicals and, although in later life he prided himself on always publishing his work under his own name, there appears to have been a brief period in the late 1880s during which he published articles under the pseudonym, Virginie Lebeau. Satie introduced himself as a "gymnopedist" from 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. He also referred to himself as a "phonometrograph" or "phonometrician," meaning "someone who measures and writes down sounds" — he preferred this definition of his profession to "...
Biography of Ilona Hallyday
Ilona Hallyday is the daugther of David Hallyday and his former wife Estelle Lefébure. She has a sister, Emma, born September 13, 1997....
Biography of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (Persian: روح الله موسوی خمینی Rūḥollāh Mūsavī Khomeynī (May 17, 1900 (birth time and date source: Frances McEvoy, Astrodatabank, conflicting data)) – June 04, 1989) was a senior Shi`i Muslim cleric, Islamic philosopher and marja (religious authority), and the political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. Following the revolution, Khomeini became Supreme Leader of Iran—the paramount symbolic political figure of the new Islamic Republic until his death. Khomeini was known as an anti-colonial leader who created the post-colonial state, Isla...
Biography of Sasha Alexander
Sasha Alexander (born Suzana S. Drobnjaković on May 17, 1973 (rather than in 1975)) is an American actress of Serbian and Italian descent. She is well known for her role as Caitlin Todd in the CBS television drama NCIS. Early life Alexander was born in Los Angeles, California. She began acting in school productions at the seventh grade. She was also an ice skater, but had to stop due to an injury to her knee. She continued acting through high school and college, and then moved to New York to act in summer stock and Shakespeare festivals. She graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. Career Alexander was a regular on two short-lived series, the medical drama Presidio Med and ABC's twenty-something drama Wasteland. She appeared on the...
About this event
The source for this event comes from Marc Penfield, on http://www.astrologysoftware.com/resources/lore/astro_search_result.asp?by=name (search for Montreal). Montreal (Listeni/ˌmʌntriːˈɒl/); (pronounced: ( listen)) officially Montréal in both Canadian English and French, is the most populous city in Quebec and the second most populous municipality in Canada. Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary," it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. The city is on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters. In 201...
Biography of Idi Amin
Idi Amin Dada (May 17, 1928 in Kampala (source: Fred Guweddeko) – 16 August 2003) was a military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and eventually held the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army prior to taking power in the military coup of January 1971, deposing Milton Obote. He later promoted himself to Field Marshal while he was the head of state. Amin's rule was characterized by human rights abuse, political repression, ethnic persecution, extrajudicial killings, nepotism, corruption, and gross economic mismanagement. The number of people killed as a result of his regime is estimated by international observers and human rights groups to range from 100,000 to 500,000. During...
Biography of Jordan Knight
Jordan Knight (born Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight, 17 May 1970, Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer of the boy band, New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), which rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his distinctive falsetto style of singing, influenced by The Stylistics. Early career Jordan Knight was a member of the boy band New Kids on the Block along with his brother, Jonathan Knight, as well as Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood. The band was assembled in Boston in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr. The group sold over 70 million albums worldwide, generated hundreds of million of dollars of concert revenues, and paved the way for later boy bands like Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. New Kids on the Block disbande...
Biography of Andrea Corr
Andrea Jane Corr MBE (born May 17, 1974) is the lead singer of Irish pop-rock band The Corrs and an actress. Although her voice is her greatest instrument, she also plays the tin whistle for the band. The Corr siblings were awarded honorary MBEs in 2005 by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of their musical talents and their charitable work which raised money for Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, victims of the Omagh Bombing, and other charities. She was born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, the youngest daughter of Jean and Gerry Corr, two musicians. She and her elder siblings, sisters Caroline (b. 1973) and Sharon Corr (b. 1970) and brother Jim Corr (b. 1964), formed The Corrs to audition for the 1991 film The Commitments. Although all four appeared in the film, Andrea was the only one ...
Biography of Géraldine Giraud
Géraldine Giraud (May 17, 1968 Sens - November 1, 2004 Villeneuve-sur-Yonne) was a French actress. She was the daugther of French actor Roland Giraud. She was found murdered with her friend Katia Lherbier in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne November 1, 2004....
Biography of Kandi Burruss
Kandi Burruss (born May 17, 1976), better known by her stage names Kandi or Kandi Girl, is an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. She is also a former member of the group Xscape from Atlanta. Early life Kandi was born on May 17, 1976 in Atlanta, Georgia to a single mother, Joyce Jones. Her first major appearance was on BET's Teen Summit, which introduced her to the publc. Career Songwriting After the disbanding of Xscape, Burruss began to focus on production and songwriting. In 1999, Burruss teamed with bandmate Tameka "Tiny" Cottle to score the international number one hit "No Scrubs" for TLC. The single received a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, MTV Video Music Award, Billboard Music Award and Soul Train Music Award. That same ye...
Biography of Sugar Ray Leonard
Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956) is a retired American professional boxer. He was one of the leading boxers in the world in the late 1970s and 1980s, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler. He was named after the singing legend Ray Charles. Leonard was given the nickname "Sugar" by one of his amateur coaches in his hometown of Palmer Park, Maryland. Personal Ray's older brother, Roger Leonard, was also a professional boxer, as well as an amateur standout. He frequently found on the undercard of Ray's bouts . Amateur career Sugar Ray Leonard had an extremely successful amateur career, winning several championships, three Golden Gloves, 5 gold medals, 1...
Biography of Derek Hough
Derek Hough (pronounced /ˈhʌf/; born May 17, 1985 (the source of his birth time is http://www.officialderekhoughfanclub.com/DEREK_html.html) is an American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor. A world champion in Latin American Dance, Hough has appeared since September 2007 (Seasons 5 though 11) on the hit U.S. television series Dancing with the Stars, where he is a three-time champion (with Nicole Scherzinger, Brooke Burke, and Jennifer Grey), two-time semi-finalist (with Jennie Garth and Joanna Krupa) and a Quarter-Finalist with Lil' Kim. Hough has earned three Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Choreography (2009 and 2010 ) for his work on the show. Prior to joining Dancing with the Stars, Hough starred as Ren in the 2006 original cast production of...
Biography of Bill Paxton
William "Bill" Paxton (born May 17, 1955) is an American actor and film director. He gained in popularity after his starring roles in the movies Apollo 13 and Twister. He is currently working on the third season of the HBO series Big Love which will premiere on January 25, 2009. Early life Paxton was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Mary Lou (née Gray) and John Lane Paxton, who was a businessman, lumber wholesaler, museum executive, and occasional actor. Paxton was raised in his mother's Catholic religion. Paxton attended Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth, Texas and then Texas State University (called Southwest Texas State at that time) in San Marcos, TX and then moved to Los Angeles and began working for director Roger Corman as a set designer on his films. Exposure to ...
Biography of Marshall Applewhite
Do (Marshall Herff Applewhite) (May 17, 1931 - c. March 26, 1997) was the leader of the Heaven's Gate cult. He died in the cult's suicide in 1997. Applewhite was born in 1931, the son of Louise Haecker Winfield and Marshall Herff Applewhite, a Presbyterian minister who started new churches and moved from place to place in Texas about every three years. As a child, Applewhite wanted to preach like his father did. He was also very dedicated to music and at his father's urging he pursued a degree in music and pre-theology at Austin College. Though he did not complete his theological studies, Applewhite did complete his study of music. From 1948 to 1952, he was a philosophy major at the college, with minors in English and music. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in 1952. Later,...
Biography of Bob Saget
Robert Lane "Bob" Saget (born May 17, 1956 (birth time source: email, his family)) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, screenwriter and filmmaker. Although he is best known for his past roles in the family-oriented shows Full House and America's Funniest Home Videos, Saget is known outside of television for his starkly blue stand-up routine. He is currently starring in the ABC sitcom Surviving Suburbia. Early life and career Saget was born in Philadelphia. His father, Benjamin, was a supermarket executive and his mother, Rosalyn, was a hospital administrator. Saget lived in Norfolk, Virginia and Encino, California before moving back to Philadelphia and graduating from Abington Senior High School. Saget originally intended to become a doctor, but his Honors English teach...
Biography of Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner, FRS, (May 17, 1749 – January 26, 1823) was an English scientist who studied his natural surroundings in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. He is often credited as the first doctor to introduce and study the smallpox vaccine. Early life Jenner trained in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire as an apprentice to Dr. Ludlow, a surgeon, for eight years from the age of 14. In 1770 Jenner went up to London to study surgery and anatomy under the surgeon John Hunter and others at St George's, University of London. Hunter was a noted experimentalist, and later a fellow of the Royal Society. William Osler records that Jenner was a student to whom Hunter repeated William Harvey's advice, very famous in medical circles (and characteristically Enlightenment), "Don't think, try". Jen...
Biography of Gayelord Hauser
Dr. Bengamin Gayelord Hauser (1895-1984), popularly known as Gayelord Hauser, was an American nutritionist, self-help author, and promoter of "the natural way of eating" during the mid-20th century. He promoted foods rich in Vitamin B and discouraged consumption of sugar and white flour. Hauser was a best selling author, popular on the lecture and social circuits, and was nutritional advisor to many celebrities. Background and education Gayelord Hauser was born Helmut Eugene Benjamin Gellert Hauser on 17 May 1895 in Tübingen, Germany to Christian Hauser, a schoolmaster, and Agate Rothe. At the age of sixteen, he jointed his brother Otto Hauser, a pastor, in Milwaukee. Shortly after arriving in the USA, Hauser was stricken with tuberculosis of the hip which, before the development of...
Biography of Taj Mahal (musician)
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, better known by the stage name Taj Mahal (born May 17, 1942), is an American blues musician. He was born in Harlem in New York City, but grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father was a jazz pianist/composer/arranger of Jamaican descent, while his mother was a schoolteacher from South Carolina who sang gospel. His grandfather married a St. Kitts woman. His sister was Carole Fredericks. In his song titled Ain't It Funky Now, he talks about his past and where he grew up. In the early 1960s he studied agriculture and animal husbandry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and graduated in 1964. (The same university also gave him an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 2006.) While there he formed Taj Mahal & the Elektras; using a stage name of ...
Biography of Misha Aznavour
Misha Aznavour, born May 17, 1971 in Paris, is the son of French singer Charles Aznavour and a producer. He is the brother of Seda (1946), Charles (1952), Patrick (1956), Katia (1969) and Nicolas (1977)....
Biography of Ayda Field
Ayda Field (born 17 May 1979) is an American television actress. Field was born Ayda S. Evecan in Los Angeles, California. Early life She attended Harvard-Westlake School and Duke University, where she gained a degree in International Political Science and Economics.. She went on to study law at Columbia University but dropped out when she was offered a part in a television series. She is of Turkish descent and she is fluent in Turkish, English,and speaksFrench and Italian as well. She is the daughter of movie producer Gwen Field. Television career Field first became known on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, but has subsequently specialised in comedy roles. She was a regular on Blue Collar TV, guest starred in the sitcom Eve and appeared as Jeannie Whatley on NBC's Studio 6...
Biography of Magda Schneider
Magdalena Schneider, best known as Maria Schneider, was a German actress and singer, (May 17, 1909 Augsbourg - July 30, 1996 Berchtesgaden). She was the mother of actress Romy Schneider. Filmography 1933 : Une histoire d'amour (Libelei) de Max Ophuls 1955 : Sissi de Ernst Marischka...
Biography of Rochelle Aytes
Rochelle Aytes (born May 17, 1976) is an American actress. She is most known for her role in White Chicks as Denise, and more recently as Lisa in Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion, where Rochelle plays a woman who is caught in a relationship in which her fiance (Blair Underwood) beats, and threatens Lisa (Rochelle) for her life. She also plays Leigh Barnthouse in the Fox series Drive. Rochelle modeled for the cover art of the hardcover version of popular novelist Zane's book "The Sisters of APF : The Indoctrination of Soror Ride Dick." Biography Rochelle was born and raised in Harlem of New York City and lived in St. Nicholas Projects . Rochelle Aytes was born on Jan 19, 1976, in New York City. Rochelle attended LaGuardia High School, and she graduated from State University o...
Biography of Tahj Mowry
Tahj Dayton Mowry (born May 17, 1986 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American actor and singer. He played varsity football at Westlake High School in California and Savannah State University. He also attended Pepperdine University. Family Tahj Mowry was born and raised in Hawaii to Darlene Flowers, who manages her children's careers, and Timothy Mowry, a police officer in California. His mother is African American and his father is Italian American; the two met during high school in Miami and later both enlisted in the military, becoming NCOs. He is the younger brother of twin sisters Tia and Tamera Mowry and the older brother of Tavior Mowry. Career Mowry starred in the television series Smart Guy and also appeared in Full House as Teddy and in Disney Channel movies. He had a guest ...
Biography of Gabriel Bacquier
Gabriel Bacquier (born May 17, 1924 in Béziers, France) is a French operatic baritone. One of the leading baritones of the 20th century, he is particularly distinguished in the French repertoire and considered an accomplished actor as well as singer. Career From 1963, Bacquier sang regularly at the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, the Royal Opera House in London, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he was one of the few French singers to have sung in 18 consecutive seasons. He created the title roles of Jean-Pierre Rivière's Pour un Don Quichotte (La Scala, March 10, 1961) and Daniel-Lesur's Andréa del Sarto (Opéra de Marseille, 1969), as well as singing in the world premiere of Maurice Thiriet's La véridique histoire du Docteur at the Opéra-Comique. Awards and Distinct...
Biography of Maureen O'Sullivan
Maureen Paula O’Sullivan (17 May 1911 – 23 June 1998) was an Irish actress considered Ireland's first film star. Biography Early life O'Sullivan was born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, the daughter of Mary Lovatt (née Fraser) and Charles Joseph O'Sullivan, an officer in The Connaught Rangers who served in The Great War. She attended a convent school in Dublin, then the Convent of the Sacred Heart at Roehampton in London. One of her classmates there was Vivien Leigh. After attending finishing school in France, O'Sullivan returned to Dublin and began working with the poor. Film career O'Sullivan's film career began when she met motion picture director Frank Borzage, who was doing location filming on Song o' My Heart for 20th Century Fox. He suggested she take a screen tes...
Biography of Michio Kushi
Michio Kushi (久司 道夫 Kushi Michio) born 1926 in Japan, helped to introduce modern macrobiotics to the United States in the early 1950’s . He has lectured about philosophy, spiritual development, health, food and diseases at conferences and seminars all over the world. Background After World War II, Kushi studied with macrobiotic educator, George Ohsawa, in Japan. Since coming to America in 1949, Michio Kushi and Aveline Kushi, his wife, founded Erewhon Natural Foods, the East West Journal, the East West Foundation, the Kushi Foundation, One Peaceful World and the Kushi Institute. They have written over 70 books. Kushi studied law and international relations at the University of Tokyo, and continued his studies at Columbia University. Kushi now lives in ...
Biography of Tabatha Coffey
Tabatha Coffey (born 17 May 1969) is an Australian hairstylist, salon owner, and television personality. Her participation as a contestant on the television show Shear Genius led to her own fame in the USA. She was given television show, Tabatha's Salon Takeover, which airs on the U.S. cable television network Bravo. In Australia it airs on Foxtel's pay television network Arena as well as on Network Ten. Career Coffey, whose mother and brother were hairstylists, got her start in her hometown of Surfers Paradise in Queensland, where she started as an assistant in a local shop at the age of 14. A year later, she entered a four-year apprenticeship programme to learn more. Later, she moved to London to continue her training for the next three years. Coffey opened her own salon, Indust...
Biography of Raymond Gérôme
Raymond Gérôme, born Raymond De Backer May 17, 1920 in Koekelberg (birth time source: André Dekoster), died (heart attack) February 3, 2002 in Les Lilas, (Seine-Saint-Denis), France, was a Belgian actor and comedian. Filmography Actor * 1954 : Bonnes à tuer d'Henri Decoin : Un client de la boîte * 1955 : L'Affaire des poisons d'Henri Decoin : Louis XIV * 1956 : Mademoiselle et son gang de Jean Boyer : L'avocat de la défense * 1957 : Dangerous Exile - Le prisonnier du temple de Brian Desmond Hurst : Citoyen-meneur de la Révolution * 1957 : Élisa ou La Fille Elisa de Roger Richebé : Villedieu * 1957 : Méfiez-vous fillettes d'Yves Allégret: Jacques * 1959 : Meurtre en 45 tours d'Étienne Périer * 1960 : La Princesse de Clèves de Jean Delannoy : Le...
Biography of Henri Barbusse
Henri Barbusse (May 17, 1873, Asnières-sur-Seine (birth time source: Didier Geslain, acte n° 88) - August 30, 1935, Moscow) was a French novelist, journalist and communist. Born in Asnieres-sur-Seine, France in 1873, he grew up in a small town but in early life left for Paris in 1889 at age 16. In 1914 already at the age of 41 he enlisted in the French Army and served against Germany in World War I. Barbusse would serve in the war for 17 months, until the end of 1915, when he was moved to an office due to pulmonary damage, exhaustion and dysentery. He came to fame with the publication of his novel Le Feu (translated as Under Fire) in 1916, which was based on his experiences during World War I. It shows his growing hatred of militarism and drew criticism at the time for its harsh natural...
Biography of Alfonso XIII of Spain
Alfonso XIII (Alfonso León Fernando Maria Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbon y Austria-Lorena) (May 17, 1886 – February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth. He reigned from 1886-1931. His mother, Queen Maria Christina, was appointed regent during his minority. In 1902, on attaining his 16th year, the King assumed control of the state. Reign Although Alfonso's reign would not end well, it began well. The French newspaper Figaro described the young king as "the happiest and best loved of all the rulers of the earth." When he came of age in 1902, the week of his accession to the throne was marked by a week of festivities, bullfights, balls and receptions throughout Spain. During his reign Spain lost its last colonies in...
Biography of Sérgio Cabral
Sérgio Cabral,, born on May 17, 1937 in Cascadura, Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian journalist, writer, and composer. Publications: As Escolas de Samba - o que, quem, onde, como, quando e porque (1974) Pixinguinha, Vida e Obra (1977) ABC do Sérgio Cabral (1979) Tom Jobim (1987) No Tempo de Almirante (1991) No Tempo de Ari Barroso (1993) Elisete Cardoso, Vida e Obra (1994) As Escolas de Samba do Rio de Janeiro (1996) A Música Popular Brasileira na Era do Rádio (1996) Pixinguinha Vida e Obra (1997) Antonio Carlos Jobim - Uma biografia (1997) Livro do Centenário do Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama (1998) Mangueira - Nação Verde e Rosa (1998) Nara Leão - Uma biografia (1991) Ataulfo Alves (2009)...
Biography of Hill Harper
Hill Harper (born Francis Harper; May 17, 1966) is an American film, television and stage actor. Harper was born in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Harry Harper, a psychiatrist, and Marilyn Hill, who was one of the first black practicing anesthesiologists in the United States. Acting since the age of 7, Harper graduated magna cum laude from Brown University (A.B. 1988) and also graduated with a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Master of Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. During his years at Harvard, he was a full-time member of Boston's Black Folks Theater Company, one of the oldest and most acclaimed black theater troupes in the country. Personal life Harper adopted the name "Hill" as tribute to both his maternal and paternal ancesto...
Biography of Max Boublil
Max Boublil, born May 17, 1979 in Paris (birth time source: Marc Brun, FDAF), is a French actor, singer and humorist. Actor 1999 : Les hirondelles d'hiver: Carrousel Songs Ce soir... tu vas prendre : 2007 Une larme qui coule : 2008 A noter que ces chansons ont principalement un but promotionnel pour le one man show de Max One-man-show Max Boublil prend le Petit Gymnase : mai à juillet 2007 Max Boublil prend la Grande Comédie : octobre 2007 Max Boublil prend la Cigale : décembre 2007 et octobre 2008 Max Boublil prend le Bataclan : mars 2008 Max Boublil prend le Festival d'Avignon : du 10 juillet au 2 août 2008 Max Boublil prend la Route : courant 2008-2009...
Biography of André Valardy
André Knoblauch, best known as André Valardy, born May 17, 1938 in Anvers, died April 30, 2007 in Paris, was a Belgian director, humorist and actor. Selected filmography 1967 : Ne jouez pas avec les martiens 1967 : Bang-Bang de Serge Piolet 1970 : Papa, les petits bateaux de Nelly Kaplan 1973 : L'Emmerdeur d'Édouard Molinaro 1973 : Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob de Gérard Oury 1975 : Le Téléphone rose d'Édouard Molinaro 1976 : Monsieur Papa de Philippe Monnier 1977 : Bobby Deerfield de Sidney Lumet 1977 : Le Point de mire de Jean-Claude Tramont 1977 : La Raison d'État de André Cayatte 1978 : Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses ! d'Édouard Molinaro 1979 : Nous maigrirons ensemble de Michel Vocodeur 1979 : Les Charlots en délire 1979 : Je vais craquer de François ...
Biography of James Sacré
James Sacré, born on May 17, 1929 in Cougou, Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges (Vendée), is a French poet. Publications America solitudes, André Dimanche, 2011 Tissus mis par terre et dans le vent, Le Castor Astral, 2010 Le désir échappe à mon poème, Al Manar, Collection Méditerranées, 2009 Paroles du corps à travers ton pays, poème de quatre pages accompagné de deux gravures sur bois de Jacky Essirard, éd. Atelier de Villemorge, 2009 Portrait du père en travers du temps, lithographies couleur de Djamel Meskache, éditions La Dragonne, 2009 Bernard Pagès : élancées de fêtes, mais tenant au socle du monde, Éditions La Pionnière/Pérégrines, 2009 Le poème n'y a vu que des mots, L'Idée Bleue, 2007 Un paradis de poussières, André Dimanche, 2007 Âneries po...
Biography of Sendhil Ramamurthy
Sendhil Ramamurthy (born May 17, 1974) is an American actor, born in Chicago, Illinois. He plays the Indian geneticist Mohinder Suresh in the NBC drama Heroes. He was born in the US to Indian parents, both of whom are physicians. His parents are from Bangalore, India. He has one sister, who is a physician, doing a residency in a combined internal medicine and psychiatry residency program. He and his sister were raised in San Antonio. In San Antonio, he went to Keystone School and graduated from there in 1991. He is married to actress Olga Sosnovska; they have one daughter, Halina. Ramamurthy attended Tufts University initially as a pre-med major to follow in his parents' footsteps. He was also a member of the Kappa Charge of Theta Delta Chi. He then became interested in acting when ...
Biography of Christian Blanc
Christian Blanc (b. 17 May 1942) is a French politician. He was a member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank. Blanc was elected to the National Assembly to represent the third district of Yvelines on 15th December 2002, replacing Anne-Marie Idrac, who had stood down to on nomination to become president of the RATP. He is a member of the UDF, and a supporter of the presidential candidacy of Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2007 presidential election....
Biography of Hélène Diolot
Hélène Diolot, born May 17, 1946 in Paris, is a French dancer and dance teacher.... |
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