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Astrology, birth chart, biography, photo and horoscope excerpts: You will find on this page all the celebrities born on November, 18, 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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52,635 celebrities and events, out of which 22,791 entries with a known time of birth. Search by filters, aspects, positions, categories, heights, or latest additions. Celebrities clicked on in real-time: 467,451,176 times. 137 celebrities or events were found for November, 18.
Biography of Owen Wilson
Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and writer. Wilson was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the screenplay of The Royal Tenenbaums, but he is perhaps best known for his successful comedic roles such as John Beckwith in Wedding Crashers and as Hansel in Zoolander. Owen is considered a part of the Frat Pack, a set of actors including Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson and Steve Carell who often work in each other's movies. It should be noted that Owen and Ben Stiller have become best friends from their onscreen performances in movies together. Early life Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas to Irish-American Catholic parents. His father was an advertising executive and his mother was a photog...
Biography of Chloe Sevigny
Chloë Stevens Sevigny (born November 18, 1974) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Sevigny, who became well known for starring in a string of critically acclaimed, well received independent films in the 1990s, experienced her mainstream breakout role as Lana in Boys Don't Cry (1999), for which she received an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. More recently, Sevigny has enjoyed success playing Nicki Grant, on the American television, series Big Love, as a woman married to a polygamist. Early life Sevigny was born Chloe Stevens Sevigny in Springfield, Massachusetts to H. David Sevigny, an accountant turned interior painter, and Janine Malinowski. Sevigny's mother is a Polish American who grew up in Roxborough and her father was...
Biography of Mahinda Rajapaksa
Percy Mahendra "Mahinda" Rajapaksa (Sinhala මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, pronounced ; Tamil மகிந்த ராசபக்ச; born November 18, 1945 in Matara (birth and city source: http://elanka.com.au/View_Full_Article_Presidential_Election_Jan_08_2015_Mahinda_Got_the_Winning_Chart_Horoscope-11a-186.html) is the 6th and current President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces. A lawyer by profession, Rajapaksa was first elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in 1970, and served as prime minister from April 6, 2004 until his victory in the 2005 Presidential election. He was sworn in for a six-year term as president on November 19, 2005. ...
Biography of Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, November 18, 1960 in Chiswick, West London) is an English pop singer, professional gardener, and pop cultural figure. She debuted in 1981 with the hit "Kids in America", which was number two in the UK Singles Chart. In 1986 she cracked the #1 spot in the United States with her hit "You Keep Me Hangin' On". Wilde was the first child of 1950s rock 'n' roller Marty Wilde (real name Reginald Smith) and Joyce Baker, formerly of the British singing and dancing group, The Vernons Girls. Prior to the age of nine, she attended Oakfield Preparatory School, Dulwich. She moved with her family to Hertfordshire at the age of nine, where she was educated at Presdales School, Ware, before completing a foundation course at St Albans College of Art & Design in 1980. Wilde...
Biography of Kirk Hammett
Kirk Lee Hammett (born on November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist in the band Metallica. Hammett is one of the better-known students of guitarist and instructor Joe Satriani. In 2003, he was ranked 11th in the Rolling Stone's The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Early life Born in San Francisco to a Filipino mother and an Irish Merchant Marine father, he later attended De Anza High School in El Sobrante, California when his family moved to the East Bay which is where he met Les Claypool from Primus. As a child and teenager, he showed great interest in his older brother Rick's extensive collection of guitars, Rickenbacker Basses and hard rock records, including material by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Status Quo, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and UFO. One of his biggest influenc...
Biography of Linda Evans
Linda Evans (born Linda Evanstad on November 18, 1942 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a Golden Globe-winning American actress known primarily for her roles on soap operas and television. At 23, she arose to fame as Barbara Stanwyck's daughter and Lee Majors's sister, Audra Barkley, on the 1960s western, The Big Valley (1965-1969) and later as John Forsythe's younger compassionate wife, Krystle Carrington, on the 1980s prime-time television soap opera, Dynasty (1981-1989). Evans's first guest-starring role was on an episode of Bachelor Father. In real-life, Evans said that she actually had a crush on Forsythe. This led her to co-starring with him on Dynasty, more than 2 decades later. Due to her character's name on Dynasty, she started a successful ad campaign for Crystal Light beverages...
Biography of Megyn Kelly
Megyn Marie Kelly (born November 18, 1970), previously known as Megyn Kendall, is an American news anchor employed by the Fox News Channel. She currently hosts America Live from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on FNC. The show is broadcast live from the network’s New York studios. She previously co-hosted America's Newsroom, along with Bill Hemmer, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Early life and education Kelly was nine years of age when her parents moved to Delmar, New York from Syracuse, New York. At Bethlehem Central High School, Kelly played on the basketball and field hockey teams, as well as captaining the cheerleading squad. Her father, who was on the staff of the University at Albany, died when she was 15. She earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Syracuse University and her J.D. ...
Biography of Mireille Nègre
Mireille Nègre born November 1943 is a French dancer and writer....
Biography of David Hemmings
David Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English film actor and director, whose most famous role was the photographer in Blowup. In his later acting career, he was known for his distinctive eyebrows, and gravelly voice. Career Early performances Born in Guildford, Surrey, he started his career as a boy soprano, appearing in several works by Benjamin Britten, who formed a close "friendship" with him at this time. Most notably, he created the role of Miles in the opera Turn of the Screw. Hemmings' intimate, yet innocent, relationship with Britten is described in John Bridcut's Britten's Children. Although many commentators identified Britten's relationship with Hemmings as based on an infatuation, throughout his life Hemmings maintained categorically that Britten's ...
Biography of Ignacy Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE (November 18, 1860 - June 29, 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat and politician, and the third Prime Minister of Poland. He is sometimes referred to by the German version of his name Ignaz Paderewski. Ignacy Jan Paderewski was born in the village of Kurylovka (Kuryłówka) in the province of Podolia, then in the Russian Empire (now Ukraine). His father was an administrator of large estates. His mother, Poliksena (née Nowicka), died several months after Paderewski was born, and he was brought up by his distant relatives. From his early childhood, Paderewski was interested in music. Initially he took piano lessons with a private tutor. At the age of 12, in 1872, he went to Warsaw and was admitted to the Warsaw Conservatorium. After graduating in...
Biography of Peta Wilson
Peta Gia Wilson (born November 18, 1970) is an Australian actress and model. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Wilson was born in Sydney, New South Wales to Karlene White and Darcy Wilson, who divorced in 1982. At a young age, she moved and lived a portion of her life in Papua New Guinea. Living there without television or radio, she and her brother learned to entertain themselves putting on private shows for their parents lip synching to Liza Minnelli. This was just a hint of her budding talent to come. Her family moved around from place to place as her father, Darcy Wilson, was in the military special forces. She learned to adapt quickly to each place she moved and was very well liked. During her teen years she involved herself in sports such as netball and swimming. As a very...
Biography of Alain Barrière
Alain Bellec, best known as Alain Barrière, born November 18, 1935 in La Trinité-sur-Mer, is a French singer and composer....
Biography of Elizabeth Perkins
Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-nominated American film, television and theater actress. Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m) Early life Perkins was born in Queens, New York City to James Perkins, a farmer, writer and businessman, and Jo Williams, a drug treatment counselor and concert pianist. Her paternal grandparents were Greek immigrants who anglicized their surname from "Pisperikos" to "Perkins" when they immigrated to the United States. Perkins was raised in Vermont; her parents divorced in 1963. After finishing highschool at Northfield Mount Hermon School she spent three years in Chicago studying acting at the famous Goodman School of Drama. In 1984, she made her theatrical debut on Broadway in Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs", and afterwar...
Biography of Sofiane (Star Academy)
Sofiane is a French singer, born November 18, 1980 in Paris. He has participated in Star Academy third season in 2004....
Biography of Pierre Chanal
Pierre Chanal, born November 18, 1946 in Saint-Étienne (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died October 15, 2003 in Reims (suicide), was a former army officer. He was charged with the murder of three young men, including an Irish tourist, in the early and mid-1980s. He is also believed to have killed five others, but those cases were dropped for lack of evidence. The suspected serial killer Pierre Chanal foiled his police guard to commit suicide, hours after his trial began yesterday, infuriating victims' relatives and bringing to an abrupt end one of the most badly bungled murder investigations in recent French history....
Biography of Cheryl Bachman
Cheryl Bachman is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in October, 1991. Today, Cheryl is a single mom living in Florida. Measurements 34" - 22" - 35" Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Weight 110 lb (50 kg) Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 8 June 1992 - pages 82-91. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 26 July 1992. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 27 September 1992. Playboy's Girls of the World October 1992. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 28 November 1992. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 29 January 1993. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 31 May 1993. Playboy's Wet & Wild Women July 1993. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 34 November 1993 - cover. Playboy's Nudes December 1993 - pages 22-23. ...
Biography of Louis Daguerre
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (November 18, 1787 – July 10, 1851) was a French artist and chemist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. He was born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France. He apprenticed in architecture, theater design, and panoramic painting. Exceedingly adept at his skill for theatrical illusion, he became a celebrated designer for the theater and later came to invent the Diorama, which opened in Paris in July 1822. In 1827, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce produced the world's first permanent photograph (known as a Heliograph). Daguerre partnered with Niépce two years later, beginning a four-year cooperation. Niépce died suddenly in 1833. The main reason for the "partnership", as far as Daguerre was concerned, was connected to his already famou...
Biography of Thierry Dusautoir
Thierry Dusautoir (born 18 November 1981 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (birth time source: Paddy de Jabrun, Astrodatabank, birth certificate)) is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position is flanker. He currently plays for Toulouse in the Top 14 club competition in France. He has played for France. Dusautoir's first club was Bègles-Bordeaux. He subsequently moved to the US Colomiers, and later signed with Biarritz. He played in the final of the 2005-06 Heineken Cup at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, which was lost to Irish team Munster. Although the Heineken Cup final was lost, Biarritz made it to the final of the 2005-06 Top 14, where they met Stade Toulousain. Biarritz won. Dusautoir was called up into the French squad for tests during June against Romania and the Springboks. ...
Biography of Christina Vidal
Christina Abbi Vidal (born November 18, 1981) is an American film and television actress and singer. She is known for her role in the Nickelodeon sitcom Taina in which she played the title character. Early life Vidal was born in Whitestone, an area in Queens, New York, the daughter of Puerto Rican parents Anne, a secretary, and Manuel Vidal, Jr. a business and tax consultant. She attended the Performing Arts School Of New York. When she was 17 she joined a girl group called Gemstone (along with Jade Villalon and Crystal Grant). Vidal later moved to Orlando, Florida, to proceed with the filming of Taina. Her sisters Lisa Vidal and Tanya Vidal are also actors and have appeared on TV and in theatre; she also has a brother, Christian. Acting career Vidal's acting career started when...
Biography of Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst, Freiherr von Weber (Eutin, Holstein, November 18, 1786 – June 5, 1826 in London) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. Weber's works, especially his operas Der Freischütz, Euryanthe and Oberon greatly influenced the development of the Romantic opera in Germany. He was also an innovative composer of instrumental music. His compositions for the clarinet, which include two concertos, a concertino, a quintet and a duo concertante, are regularly performed, while his piano music - including four sonatas, two concertos and the Konzertstück (Concert Piece) in F minor - influenced composers such as Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Felix Mendelssohn. The Konzertstück provided a ne...
Biography of Allyson Felix
Allyson Felix (born November 18, 1985) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meter and the 400 meter distances. She is a two-time Olympic silver medalist at the 200 meters, as well as being the only woman ever to be a three-time Athletics World Championship gold medalist for that distance. She is also an Olympic gold medalist, winning gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympics as a member of the United States' Women's 4 x 400 meter relay team. As a participant in the US Anti-Doping Agency's "Project Believe" program, Felix is regularly tested to ensure that her body is free of performance-enhancing drugs. Early life Felix, born and raised in Southern California, is a devout Christian...
Biography of Peter Schmeichel
Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE (IPA: , born 18 November 1963 in Gladsaxe, Denmark) is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993. He experienced his most successful years playing for English club Manchester United, with whom he won the 1999 UEFA Champions League to complete The Treble. He was a key member of the Denmark national football team which won the 1992 European Championship (Euro 92) tournament. Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Schmeichel is famous for his intimidating physique (he wears an XXXL shirt and stands 6'4" tall) and his attacking threat. Throughout his career, Schmeichel scored 11 goals, a great feat for a keeper. He is the most capped player for the Denmark national team, with 12...
Biography of Caroline Proust
Caroline Proust, born on November 18, 1967 in Le Vigan, is a French actress and comedian. She married actor Clovis Cornillac in 1994 and has two twin daughters, Alice and Lily, born in 2001. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698960/ ) # Le coeur du sujet (2009) (TV) .... Paula # "Engrenages" .... Laure Berthaud (16 episodes, 2005-2008) - Episode #2.7 (2008) TV episode .... Laure Berthaud - Episode #2.8 (2008) TV episode .... Laure Berthaud - Episode #2.5 (2008) TV episode .... Laure Berthaud - Episode #2.6 (2008) TV episode .... Laure Berthaud - Episode #2.3 (2008) TV episode .... Laure Berthaud (11 more) # Ca$h (2008) .... Léa # Notable donc coupable (2007) (TV) .... Hélène Borda # Scorpion (2007) .... Léa ... aka "The Scorpion: Kin...
Biography of Karla Faye Tucker
Karla Faye Tucker (November 18, 1959 – February 3, 1998) was convicted of murder in Texas in 1984 and sentenced to death. After the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole denied her request for clemency, Tucker became the first woman to be executed in Texas since the American Civil War. Early years and murder Karla Tucker was born and raised in Houston, Texas, the youngest of three sisters. Her father, Larry, was a longshoreman in the Gulf of Mexico, and her mother Carolyn was a homemaker. The marriage was very troubled, and Karla started smoking with her sisters when she was eight years old. At the age of ten, her parents divorced, and during the divorce proceedings, she learned that she had been the result of an extramarital affair. By age 12, she had turned to drugs and sex. When she wa...
Biography of Brenda Vaccaro
Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born November 18, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American actress. Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m) Early life Vaccaro was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian American parents Christine M. Pavia and Mario A. Vaccaro (originally a lawyer), both of whom were pioneers in Italian cuisine. She was raised in Texas, where her parents co-founded Mario's Restaurant (a nationally recognized restaurant) and where Vaccaro graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1958. She returned to New York City to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse, and made her Broadway debut in the short-lived 1961 comedy Everybody Loves Opal, for which she won the Theatre World Award. Career Vaccaro's Broadway credits include Cactus Flower (1965), How Now, Dow Jones (...
Biography of Alan Moore
Alan Oswald Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell. Frequently described as the best graphic novel writer in history,(p10)(p7) he has also been described as "one of the most important British writers of the last fifty years". He has occasionally used such pseudonyms as Curt Vile, Jill de Ray, and Translucia Baboon. Moore started out writing for British underground and alternative fanzines in the late 1970s before achieving success publishing comic strips in such magazines as 2000 AD and Warrior. He was subsequently picked up by the American DC Comics, and as "the first comics writer living in Britai...
Biography of René Margotton
René Margotton, born November 18, 1915 in Roanne, is a French painter and illustrator....
Biography of bin Said al Said Qaboos
Qaboos bin Said Al Said (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد; Qābūs ibn Sa’īd Āl Sa’īd; born 18 November 1940 in Salalah) is the Sultan of Oman, the first since the country gained independence. He rose to power after overthrowing his father, Sa‘id ibn Taymur, in a palace coup in 1970. He is the 14th descendant of the Al Bu Sa‘idi dynasty. Early life Sultan Qaboos ibn Sa‘id was born in Salalah in Dhofar on 18 November 1940. He is the only son of Sultan Said bin Taimur and princess Mazoon al-Mashani. He is one of the 8th generation of the Al Bu Sa‘idi dynasty. He received his primary and secondary education in Salalah and at Pune, in India, and was sent to a p...
Biography of Wolfgang Joop
Wolfgang Joop (born November 18, 1944) in Potsdam is an German fashion designer. He is the founder of the fashion and cosmetics company JOOP!. Early life After completing his Abitur at the Wilhelm-Gymnasium high school in Braunschweig, Joop began to study advertising psychology in Braunschweig at the insistence of his father. He was not interested in this course of study, and did not complete it. He next worked as a restauranteur and got involved in art. In 1968 he started formal studies of art, which he never completed. Joop's career began in 1970, when he and his then wife Karin participated in fashion competition sponsored by the German magazine Constance and won the three top prizes. Following this success Joop became a fashion editor at the women's magazine Neue Mode. He left t...
Biography of Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, United States Navy, Ret.) was the second person and the first American in space. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the moon. Naval career This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. (September 2008) Shepard began his naval career after graduation from Annapolis, on the destroyer USS Cogswell, deployed in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. He subsequently entered flight training at Corpus Christi, Texas and Pensacola, Florida, and received his wings in 1947. His next assignment was with Fighter Squadron 42 at Norfolk, Virgi...
Biography of Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais
Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais (18 October 1777, Paris - 1809, Cacabelos, Spain), comte de l'Empire was a general of the Napoleonic wars. Life Colbert joined the army as a private, but soon became aide-de-camp to Grouchy, then to Murat, and served in Italy and Egypt, taking part in the Saléhieh affair and the siege of Acre (receiving a serious wound at the latter). He returned to France with Desaix then went to Italy, where he behaved with distinction at Marengo. His actions merited the star of the Légion d'honneur, granted him on December 11, 1803, and on the following December 25 he was made a colonel in the 10th Chasseur Regiment. The following year, as colonel, he distinguished himself before Ulm and at the battle of Austerlitz. Promoted to Brigadier General at the en...
Biography of Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC OOnt FRSC (born November 18, 1939 (birth time source: David Fisher, Shelagh Kendal, Astrodatabank)) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honored authors of fiction in recent history. She is a winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and Prince of Asturias award for Literature, has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, winning once, and has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award seven times, winning twice. She is also a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, a non-profit literary organization that seeks to encourage Canada's writing community. While she is best known for her work as a novelist, she is also a poet, having published fifteen books of poetry to date. Many of ...
Biography of Brené Brown
Casandra Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW (born November 18, 1965), is an American scholar, author, and public speaker, who is currently a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Over the last ten years she has been involved in research on topics ranging from vulnerability, courage, and authenticity, to empathy and shame. She has written books such as The Gifts of Imperfection (2010) and Daring Greatly (2012). She and her work have been featured on PBS, NPR, TED, and CNN. Early life and education Brown completed her Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) at University of Texas at Austin, followed by Master of Social Work (MSW) and Ph.D. from Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston. Career Brown became research professor at the University of ...
Biography of François Deluga
François Deluga, born November 18, 1956 in Cauderan, is a French politician....
Biography of Gérard Weber
Gérard Weber, born November 18 1948 in Orélansville, Algeria, is a French politician, member of UMP. He was the Mayor of Annonay (Ardèche) (March 18, 2001 - March 16, 2008)....
Biography of Sigvard Mahler Dam
Sigvard Mahler Malher, born November 18, 1957 in Copenhagen, is a Danish astrologer. External link: http://www.mahlerdam.dk/default.asp?ID=99...
Biography of Sam Cassell
Samuel James Cassell (born November 18, 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland), commonly referred to as Sam Cassell, is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the NBA's Boston Celtics. The 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 185 lb (84 kg/13.2 st) point guard was selected out of Florida State University by the Houston Rockets with the 24th overall pick in the 1993 NBA Draft and won two NBA Championships in his first two seasons in the league as a member of the Rockets. He was voted into the NBA All-Star Game and All-NBA Team once, both in the 2003-04 season. A journeyman, he has also played for the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Clippers. College After graduating from Dunbar High School in Baltimore, Maryland,...
Biography of Suzette Haden Elgin
Suzette Haden Elgin is an American science fiction author, born November 18, 1936 in Louisiana, Missouri. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and is considered an important figure in the field of science fiction constructed languages. Elgin is also a linguist; she publishes non-fiction, of which the best-known is the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series. Born in 1936 in Missouri, Elgin attended the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in the 1960s, and began writing science fiction in order to pay tuition. She has a Ph.D. in linguistics, and was the first UCSD student to ever write two dissertations (on English and Navajo). She created the engineered language Láadan for her Native Tongue science fiction series. A grammar and dictionary was published in 1985. Sh...
Biography of Jean-Pons-Guillaume Viennet
Jean-Pons-Guillaume Viennet (18 November 1777, Béziers - 10 July 1868, Le Val-Saint-Germain) was a French politician, playwright and poet. He was also a member of the Académie française and a prominent Freemason. His long career as a soldier then a politician, playwright and poet lasted through political revolutions and literary wars, and is full of incident and travels. He had a talent for self-promotion within many regimes and got to know all political and literary dignitaries, all the while verging on impopularity - he said "I have counted up to 500 epigrams a year against me; anyone who escapes college to join a soap-opera thinks I should have his first kick". His name was like a red rag to a bull to Republicans and Romantics, but he avenged himself on his worst enemies by fables or...
Biography of Félix Mayol
Félix Mayol (November 18, 1872 - November 1, 1941) was a French singer and entertainer. Mayol was born in Toulon, France. His parents were both amateurs singers or actors, who arranged for Felix to make his debut stage at six years of age. In 1895 he went to Paris and the Montparnasse Quarter where he began a career in entertainment that spanned more than forty years. He sang the famous song "Viens poupoule, viens poupoule, viens...". In the early years of the 20th century some of Mayol's performances were captured by an early form of talking picture. He would record his voice, then the motion picture camera would film him as he lip-synced to the record. Several of his "Phono-Cinema" films exist. The teenage Maurice Chevalier took a risk by impersonating Mayol in small-time ...
Biography of François Duval
François Duval (born 18 November 1980 in Chimay) is a Belgian rally driver. Career 1999–2004 With victories in four events Duval won the Belgian Citroën Saxo Challenge title in 1999. He began his career as a rally driver at the international level; first, as a driver in the inaugural season of the lower-rung Super 1600 category of the World Rally Championship and later competed in the Junior World Rally Championship) aboard a Ford Puma in 2001, the same year in which Saxo driver and future Citroën team-mate Sébastien Loeb won the title. Beginning with the 2002 season, he progressed to become a regular driver of a Ford Focus WRC with the factory M-Sport-ran Ford World Rally Team. Concurrent with his World Rally Car exploits, he added a second campaign with the Puma in the junior ser...
Biography of Damon Wayans Jr.
Damon Kyle Wayans, Jr. (bornNovember 18, 1982 in Huntington, Vermont (birth time source: Craft, Astrodatabank, BC)) is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He is the oldest son of actor-comedian Damon Wayans. Wayans currently stars as Brad Williams on the ABC comedy series Happy Endings. arly life Wayans is the son of Lisa Thorner and actor Damon Wayans. He is the eldest of four children: Michael Wayans, Cara Mia Wayans and Kyla Wayans. Career Wayans made his film debut when he was cast in his father's 1994 feature film Blankman playing Young Kevin. He later appeared on his father's sitcom My Wife and Kids as John, one of Junior's friends. He later worked as a staff writer on the series. In fact, the character of Junior was loosely based on Wayans Jr. himself. He appea...
Biography of Raghib Ismail
Raghib Ramadian "Rocket" Ismail (born November 18, 1969 in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is a former professional American football player, who played wide receiver at the University of Notre Dame and in both the Canadian Football League and National Football League. Stats Height: 5-11 Weight: 188 Nicknamed "The Rocket", Ismail stands 5' 11" tall and had strong hands and blazing speed on a football field, making him exceptionally dangerous both as a kick returner and as a receiver. Ismail recorded two 1,000-yard receiving seasons in the NFL and was a CFL All-Star in 1991, as well as the most valuable player of the 79th Grey Cup. In 2004, CollegeFootballNews.com named Ismail as the #75 player on their list of the Top 100 Greatest College Football Players of All-Time. He has most rec...
Biography of Anne Focan
Anne Focan, born November 18, 1961 in Namur, is a Belgian athlete. Anne Focan got a 4th place in the discipline Trao/Women (shooting) at the Olympic Games Sydney 2000....
Biography of Warren Moon
Harold Warren Moon (born November 18, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American and Canadian football quarterback who played for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos and the National Football League's Houston Oilers, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs. He is currently a broadcaster for the Seattle Seahawks. He is the only player ever to be enshrined by both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Canadian Football Hall of Fame. (Bud Grant is also enshrined in both, but as a coach.) Moon was also the first, and currently only, modern African-American quarterback elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Moon held the record for most passing yardage in professional football until surpassed by Damon Allen on September 4, 2006 , held the record f...
Biography of Amelita Galli-Curci
Amelita Galli-Curci (18 November 1882 – 26 November 1963) was an Italian operatic coloratura soprano. She was one of the best regarded singers of the early 20th century. Biography She was born as Amelita Galli into an upper-middle-class family in Milan, where she studied piano in her youth. She was inspired to sing by her grandmother. Operatic composer Pietro Mascagni also encouraged Galli-Curci's singing career. By her own choice, Galli-Curci's singing was largely self-trained, from listening to other sopranos, reading old singing method books, and practicing piano exercises with her voice. Galli-Curci made her operatic debut in 1906 at Trani, as Gilda in Rigoletto and she rapidly became acclaimed throughout Italy. In 1908 she married the Marchese Luigi Curci, and added his las...
Biography of Joe Malone
Joe Malone, born November 18, 1954 in Newton, Massachusetts, is an American politician....
Biography of Antoine Clamaran
Antoine Clamaran (born November 18, 1964 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (birth time source: Astrotheme, acte n° 4709)) is a French house music artist and music remixer. Clamaran was born in Villeurbanne. In the early 90's, his local fame interested Maximum FM, the leading parisian dance radio station at that time. Impressed by his mixing gift, Clamaran gained a huge audience and started to be booked for one off parties. But Palace headquarters (Palace in Paris is the NYC equivalent of Studio 54) asked him to run the mythical Gay Tea Dance every Sunday, instead of French icon Laurent Garnier. In 1992 Clamaran, eager to get involved into production, teamed up with Laurent Pautrat. Their first Production "I've got music in me" by 400 Hz made him one of the most promising French producers. Released o...
Biography of Nick Chinlund
Zareh Nicholas Chinlund (born November 18, 1961) is an American actor and producer. Early life Chinlund was born in New York City. He attended the Friends Seminary in Lower Manhattan. He moved to Albany NY in order to have a better chance for basketball.He attended Albany High School where he played Varsity basketball. With dreams of pursuing a career in basketball at Brown University and majoring in history, Chinlund was sidelined when he had a shoulder injury and had to have it operated on. The result is a two inch scar on his left shoulder. Career With his narrow eyes and gravelly voice, Chinlund is frequently cast as villainous or smarmy characters. After appearing in small roles on episodic television, Chinlund came to prominence when he guest starred on The X-Files second ...
Biography of Daphne Rubin-Vega
Daphne Rubin-Vega (born November 18, 1969) is a dance music singer and actress. Rubin-Vega was born in Panama City, Panama, the daughter of Daphne, a nurse, and Jose Mercedes Vega, a carpenter. Her stepfather, Leonard Rubin, was a writer. She began her musical career as the lead singer for the Latin freestyle group Pajama Party, placing three songs on the Hot 100 in 1989 and 1990. As a solo artist her biggest success is on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where in 1996 she hit #1 with the song "I Found It." She returned to the top of the dance/club play charts in 2003 with a dance version of Elton John's "Rocketman". In 2001 she recorded her debut full-length rock album of original songs ("Souvenirs") but it fell through the cracks when her record company Mercury merged. It is avail... |
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