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birth charts with Apollon in LeoYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Apollon in Leo. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. in ![]()
Biography of Elliott Roosevelt (general) (excerpt)
Elliott Roosevelt (September 23, 1910 – October 27, 1990) was an American aviation official and wartime officer in the United States Army Air Forces, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He was a son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Biography of Jules Durand (excerpt)
Jules Durand, born September 6, 1880 in Le Havre and died February 20, 1926 in the asylum of Sotteville-lès-Rouen, was a French libertarian trade unionist who was the victim in 1910 of a serious miscarriage of justice, sometimes called the "Dreyfus affair of working class" or the "Dreyfus affair of the poor".
Biography of Catherine Pozzi (excerpt)
Catherine Pozzi, born July 13, 1882 in Paris and died December 3, 1934 in the same city, is a French poet and woman of letters. Catherine Pozzi, born into an aristocratic and bourgeois family in Paris in the late 19th century, was the daughter of Samuel Pozzi, a renowned surgeon, and Thérèse Loth-Cazalis.
Biography of Maria Ulfah Santoso (excerpt)
Maria Ulfah Soebadio Sastrosatomo (18 August 1911 – 15 April 1988), better known by her first married name Maria Ulfah Santoso, was an Indonesian politician and women's rights activist who served as Minister of Social Affairs under Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir.
Biography of Libertas Schulze-Boysen (excerpt)
Libertas "Libs" Schulze-Boysen, born Libertas Viktoria Haas-Heye (20 November 1913 in Paris – 22 December 1942 in Plötzensee Prison ) was a German aristocrat, journalist, and resistance fighter against the Nazis.From the early 1930s to 1940, Libs attempted to build a literary career, initially as a press officer and later as a writer and journalist.
Biography of Vittorio Pozzo (excerpt)
ttorio Pozzo (2 March 1886 in Rome (Wikipedia says Turin) – 21 December 1968 in Turin) was an Italian football player, manager and journalist. The creator of the Metodo tactical formation, Pozzo is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, and is the only manager to guide a national team to two FIFA World Cup titles as coach, leading the Italy national team to victory in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups.
Biography of Gerard Hengeveld (excerpt)
Gerard Hengeveld (December 7, 1910 in Kampen – October 28, 2001 in Bergen, North Holland) was a Dutch classical pianist, music composer and educationalist.He is especially known for his compositions of study material for piano.Other compositions include two piano concertos, a violin sonata, and a sonata for cello.
Biography of Otto Nagel (excerpt)
Otto Nagel (27 September 1894 – 12 July 1967) was a German painter, graphic designer and long-time head of the Berlin Academy of Arts who was one of the most prolific artists of East Germany. Life Born at Berlin-Wedding, Nagel was the son of a carpenter and social democrat.
Biography of Julian Tuwim (excerpt)
Julian Tuwim (13 September 1894 – 27 December 1953), known also under the pseudonym "Oldlen" as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition. He was educated in Łódź and in Warsaw where he studied law and philosophy at Warsaw University.
Biography of Eugene Allen (excerpt)
Eugene Charles Allen (July 14, 1919 – March 31, 2010) was an American waiter and butler who worked for the US government at the White House for 34 years until he retired as the head butler in 1986. Allen's life was the inspiration for the 2013 film The Butler.
Biography of Glenn Langan (excerpt)
Glenn Langan (July 8, 1917 – January 26, 1991) was an American character actor on stage and films. Early years Born in Denver, Colorado, Langan was the son of Thomas Langan and Kate Quinn Langan. He attended schools there. His early training in acting came in Denver, where he was stage manager at Elitch's Gardens, handling various behind-the-scenes duties.
Biography of Anne W. Armstrong (excerpt)
Anne Wetzell Armstrong (September 20, 1872 – March 17, 1958) was an American novelist and businesswoman, active primarily in the first half of the 20th century. She is best known for her novel, This Day and Time, an account of life in a rural Appalachian community.
Biography of Consuelo Zavala (excerpt)
Consuelo Zavala Castillo (1874-1956) was a Mexican feminist, teacher, and founder of one of the first secular private schools in Mérida, Mexico. She is credited with establishing the first kindergarten to utilize the Froebel method in Mérida. She was the organizer of the First Feminist Congress in Mexico, authorized by state governor Salvador Alvarado.
Biography of Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (excerpt)
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (born Meta Vaux Warrick; June 9, 1877 – March 18, 1968) was an African-American artist who celebrated Afrocentric themes. At the fore of the Harlem Renaissance, Warrick was known for being a poet, painter, theater designer, and sculptor of the black American experience.
Biography of Mala Zimetbaum (excerpt)
Malka Zimetbaum, also known as "Mala" Zimetbaum or "Mala the Belgian" (26 January 1918 – 15 September 1944), was a Belgian woman of Polish Jewish descent, known for her escape from the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. She is also remembered for her lifesaving acts in favor of other prisoners during her captivity at Auschwitz and for the resistance she displayed at her execution following her being recaptured, when she tried committing suicide before the guards were able to execute her, then slapped the guard who tried to stop her, before eventually being killed.
Biography of Arne Johnson (excerpt)
Arne Johnson (3 May 1907, Oslo – 12 July 1994, Oslo) was a Norwegian designer, illustrator, stamp artist and painter. He studied at the SHKS in Oslo and undertook study trips to Paris in 1930, to Berlin in 1932-1933, to London in 1934-1935, to Portugal and Italy in 1938 and to East Africa in 1972.
Biography of Marjorie Grene (excerpt)
Marjorie Glicksman Grene (December 13, 1910 - March 16, 2009) was an American philosopher who focused on existentialism and the philosophy of science, particularly biology. She taught at the University of California at Davis from 1965 to 1978 and was an Honorary University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech from 1988 until her death.
Biography of Hartzell Spence (excerpt)
John Hartzell Spence (February 15, 1908 – May 9, 2001) was an American writer and founding editor of Yank, the Army Weekly, a weekly magazine published by the United States military during World War II. He is credited with coining the term "pinup".
Biography of Maria Dimadi (excerpt)
Maria Dimadi (Greek: Μαρία Δημάδη; 7 May 1907 – 31 August 1944) was a member of the National Liberation Front (EAM) during the Axis occupation of Greece.She acted as a spy for the resistance at the German garrison of Agrinio, providing crucial information on German maneuvers and undermining the Axis war effort.
Biography of Elzbieta Zawacka (excerpt)
Elżbieta Zawacka (19 March 1909 – 10 January 2009), known also by her war-time nom de guerre Zo, was a Polish university professor, scouting instructor, SOE agent and a freedom fighter during World War II. She was promoted to brigadier general of the Polish Army (the second woman in the history of the Polish Army to hold this rank) by President Lech Kaczyński on 3 May 2006.
Biography of Hoyt Vandenberg (excerpt)
Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (January 24, 1899 – April 2, 1954) was a United States Air Force general.He served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence. During World War II, Vandenberg was the commanding general of the Ninth Air Force, a tactical air force in England and in France, supporting the Army, from August 1944 until V-E Day.
Biography of Suzanne Delvé (excerpt)
Suzanne Delvé (1892–1986) was a French film actress. While most of her roles were during the silent era, she also appeared in a few sound films such as Maurice Tourneur's Accused, Stand Up! (1930). Selected filmography Les Vampires (1916) Rose de Nice (1921) The Cradle of God (1926)
Biography of Boris Taslitzky (excerpt)
Boris Taslitzky, sometimes Boris Tazlitsky (September 30, 1911 – December 9, 2005), was a French painter with left-wing sympathies, best known for his figurative depictions of some difficult moments in the history of the twentieth century. His work is considered as representative of Socialist realism in art in France.
Biography of Hilde Radusch (excerpt)
Hilde Radusch (6 November 1903 – 2 August 1994) was a German political activist (KPD, SPD) who became involved in anti-fascist resistance.As the 20th century progressed, she became increasingly prominent as a feminist and lesbian activist. Throughout her life Radusch kept a diary.
Biography of Jean Milhau (painter) (excerpt)
Jean Louis Édouard Milhau is a French painter of the 20th century, born on December 21, 1902, in Mèze (Hérault) and died in Châtenay-Malabry (Hauts-de-Seine) on May 7, 1985.
Biography of Emmanuel Brihaye (excerpt)
Emmanuel Brihaye, born September 30, 1913 in Glageon in the North, died June 22, 2004, was a French engineer, soldier and test pilot. Decorations Officer of the Legion of Honor, Croix de guerre 39-45, Medal of Aeronautics, Soviet decorations: Merit for the Fatherland and Order of Victory.
Biography of Gregorio Marañón (excerpt)
Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo, OWL (19 May 1887 – 27 March 1960) was a Spanish physician, scientist, historian, writer and philosopher.He married Dolores Moya in 1911, and they had four children (Carmen, Belén, María Isabel and Gregorio). Gregorio Marañón, a Spanish intellectual known for his austere, humanist, and liberal values, is considered one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century.
Biography of Marga Klompé (excerpt)
Margaretha Albertina Maria "Marga" Klompé (16 August 1912 – 28 October 1986) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and chemist. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 17 July 1971.
Biography of Martha Sharp (excerpt)
Martha Ingham Dickie Sharp Cogan (April 25, 1905 – December 6, 1999) was an American Unitarian who was involved in humanitarian and social justice work with her first husband, a Unitarian minister, Waitstill Sharp, and others of her denomination, and so helped hundreds of Jews to escape Nazi persecution, through relocation and other efforts.
Biography of Clarita von Trott (excerpt)
Clarita von Trott zu Solz, née Tiefenbacher (born on 19 September 1917 in Hamburg; deceased on 28 March 2013 in Berlin), was a German medical doctor and psychotherapist, and the widow of Adam von Trott zu Solz, one of the figureheads of German resistance to Nazism and one of the protagonists of the 20 July plot, who was executed after the failure of the assassination attempt against Hitler.
Biography of Georges Wague (excerpt)
Georges Wague, born Georges Marie Valentin Waag on January 14, 1874, in Paris, was a French mime, teacher, and silent film actor. Raised by devout parents, he turned to the arts, studying at the Conservatory of Dramatic Art of Paris. He pioneered "cantomime," a blend of song and mime, and became known for his performances in Pierrot.
Biography of Beverly Cleary (excerpt)
Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn; April 12, 1916 – March 25, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction.One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950.
Biography of Théodore Simon (excerpt)
Théodore Simon, born on July 10, 1873, in Dijon and died on September 4, 1961, in Paris, was a French psychiatrist.He had a distinguished career in asylum medicine, working notably at Dury-les-Amiens, Saint-Yon near Rouen, and the admissions department of Sainte-Anne Hospital.
Biography of Carmen Mondragón (excerpt)
María del Carmen Mondragón Valseca, also known as Nahui Olin (July 8, 1893 – January 23, 1978)), was a Mexican painter, poet, and model. She grew up in a privileged environment, lived in France and Spain during her early years, and married Manuel Rodríguez Lozano.
Biography of Thea Tewi (excerpt)
Thea Tewi (June 24, 1902 – July 5, 1999) was a German-born American sculptor and lingerie designer. Initially a prominent lingerie designer in New York during the 1940s, Tewi transitioned to sculpture after 1950.Born Thea Wittner in Berlin, she fled Nazi Germany with her family in 1938, gaining U.S.
Biography of André Ludwig (excerpt)
André Ludwig, born June 12, 1912 in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre and died January 7, 2024 in Longué-Jumelles, was a French supercentenarian. André Ludwig was born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre in Seine-et-Marne on June 6, 1912.He became a commercial executive in working life.He was mobilized in 1939 and was taken prisoner of war in 1940.
Biography of Hélène Viannay (excerpt)
Hélène Victoria Mordkovitch (12 July 1917 in Paris – 25 December 2006), spouse of Philippe Viannay, was a French résistante who cofounded the Resistance movement Défense de la France on 14 July 1941. Hélène Viannay was born in Paris to Russian parents, who had emigrated to Paris in 1908 after being twice imprisoned by the Czarist government.
Biography of Marie Ventura (excerpt)
Marie Ventura (born Aristida Maria Ventura 14 July 1888 - 3 December 1954) was a Romanian-French actress and theatre director. From 1919 to 1941 she worked at the Comédie-Française. In 1938, she directed Iphigénie by Racine, becoming the first women to direct a play at the Comédie-Française.
Biography of Jean Bouyssonie (excerpt)
Canon Jean Bouyssonie, born August 31, 1877 in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the department of Corrèze in France and died August 13, 1965 in the same city, is a French Catholic priest, canon and prehistorian who became interested in the remains. of the departments of Lot and Corrèze.
Biography of Alfred Machin (excerpt)
Alfred Machin (20 April 1877 – 16 June 1929) was a French actor and film director.He is remembered to have been one of the few French film directors whose films expressed progressive tendencies before World War I.He was also a pioneer of aerial filming.
Biography of Titta Ruffo (excerpt)
Titta Ruffo (9 June 1877 – 5 July 1953), born as Ruffo Cafiero (double forename) Titta, was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca, who said of Ruffo: "His was not a voice, it was a miracle" (although not often published is the second part of De Luca's conclusion "which he (Ruffo) bawled away..."), and Victor Maurel, the creator of Verdi's Iago and Falstaff.
Biography of Edith Kiss (excerpt)
Edith Bán Kiss, also Edit, née Rott (21 November 1905 - 27 October 1966) was a Hungarian sculptor and painter. In the autumn of 1944, she was deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in northern Germany and then transferred to the Daimler-Benz factory at Ludwigsfelde where she was forced to work on aircraft engines for the Luftwaffe.
Biography of Ethel Ayres Purdie (excerpt)
Ethel Ayres Purdie (née Ayres) (2 October 1874 – 26 March 1923) was a chartered accountant and suffragist. She specialised in counselling women and women's suffragist organisations. She was active in the Women's Tax Resistance League which argued that no vote meant no tax.
Biography of Eric Liddell (excerpt)
Eric Henry Liddell (16 January 1902 – 21 February 1945) was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player and Christian missionary. Born in Qing China to Scottish missionary parents, he attended boarding school near London, spending time when possible with his family in Edinburgh, and afterwards attended the University of Edinburgh.
Biography of Corrado Racca (excerpt)
Corrado Racca (November 14, 1889 – May 13, 1950) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Corrado began his career on stage when he moved to Florence in 1908.He later worked alongside other stage actors such as Ruggero Ruggeri, Emma Gramatica and Italia Almirante Manzini.
Biography of Carl Oberg (excerpt)
Carl Albrecht Oberg (27 January 1897 – 3 June 1965) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era.He served as Senior SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) in occupied France, from May 1942 to November 1944, during the Second World War, Oberg came to be known as the Butcher of Paris.
Biography of Rahel Sanzara (excerpt)
Rahel Sanzara (also Sansara; pseudonym for Johanna Bleschke) (9 February 1894 – 8 February 1936) was a German dancer, actress and novelist. Johanna Bleschke was the oldest of a town musician's four children.After graduating from a school for 'higher daughters', she went into an apprenticeship as a bookbinder in Blankenburg.
Biography of Grace Coolidge (excerpt)
Grace Anna Coolidge, born Goodhue (1879-1957), was the wife of the 30th U.S. President Calvin Coolidge and served as First Lady from 1923 to 1929. A University of Vermont graduate, she taught deaf children before marrying Calvin Coolidge in 1905. Known for avoiding politics, she focused on supporting causes like the Red Cross and remained active in public life, even after her son's death in 1924.
Biography of Marcel Bardiaux (excerpt)
Marcel Bardiaux was a French navigator and writer born on April 12, 1910 in Clermont-Ferrand and died in Redon on February 9, 2000. He was the first solo sailor to have crossed Cape Horn from east to west (against the prevailing winds), in full winter (austral) 1952 at the helm of a 9.38 m wooden sailboat Les Quatre-Vents.
Biography of Pedro Salinas (excerpt)
Pedro Salinas y Serrano (27 November 1891 – 4 December 1951) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, as well as a university teacher, scholar and literary critic.In 1937, he delivered the Turnbull lectures at Johns Hopkins University. |
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