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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. ![]() ![]()
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Biography of Caesar Rudolf Boettger (excerpt)
Caesar Rudolf Boettger (20 May 1888 – 8 September 1976) was a German zoologist from Frankfurt am Main, specializing in malacology. He earned his PhD from the University of Bonn in 1912 and conducted expeditions in Africa and the Orient. During WWI, he served in France and Turkey.
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Biography of Xavier Villaurrutia (excerpt)
Xavier Villaurrutia y González (27 March 1903 – 25 December 1950) was a Mexican poet, playwright, translator, and literary critic whose most famous works are the short theatrical dramas called Autos profanos, compiled in the work Poesía y teatro completos, published in 1953.
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Biography of Florence R. Sabin (excerpt)
Florence Rena Sabin (November 9, 1871 – October 3, 1953) was an American medical scientist. She was a pioneer for women in science; she was the first woman to hold a full professorship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to head a department at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
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Biography of Gloria Guinness (excerpt)
Gloria Guinness (née Gloria Rubio y Alatorre, August 27, 1912 – November 9, 1980) was a Mexican socialite and a contributing editor for Harper’s Bazaar from 1963 to 1971. A muse and friend of Truman Capote, she was photographed by Cecil Beaton and Slim Aarons and dressed by Balenciaga and Givenchy.
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Biography of Ken Oliver (racehorse trainer) (excerpt)
James Kenneth Murray Oliver OBE (1 February 1914 – 17 June 1999) was a renowned Scottish racehorse trainer, breeder, and jockey. Educated in Edinburgh, he initially joined his family's livestock auctioneering business. During WWII, he served in North Africa and Sicily. He won the Scottish Grand National as a jockey in 1950 and started training horses in the early 1950s, achieving his first victory in 1953.
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Biography of Marcel Gitton (excerpt)
Marcel Gitton, born on April 20, 1903, in Versailles and died on September 5, 1941, in Paris, whose real name was Marcel Giroux, was a French politician. As the third-ranking member of the French Communist Party (SFIC) at the beginning of World War II, he was one of the communist politicians who opposed the party’s official line in 1939-1940 following the German-Soviet Pact.
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Biography of Porfirio Díaz Ortega (excerpt)
Deodato Lucas Porfirio Díaz Ortega (October 18, 1873 – December 28, 1946) was the fourth child of Mexican President Porfirio Díaz and Delfina Ortega. A military engineer, he contributed to several important projects in Mexico and had eight children. His time of birth comes from the biography Verdad y mito de la Revolución Mexicana, Volume 1, by Ignacio Muñoz (Ediciones Populares, 1960).
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Biography of Jacques de Bernonville (excerpt)
Count Jacques Charles Noel Dugé de Bernonville (December 20, 1897 – April 26, 1972) was a French collaborationist and senior officer in the Vichy regime's Milice. He tracked down and executed Resistance fighters and participated in deporting French Jews to Drancy and extermination camps.
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Biography of Josep Lluís Sert (excerpt)
Josep Lluís Sert (May 7, 1901 – March 15, 1983) was a Catalan architect and urban planner born in Barcelona, Spain. He studied at the Barcelona School of Architecture before moving to Paris in 1926 to work with Le Corbusier. Sert founded his own agency in 1929 and co-founded GATCPAC, introducing a rationalist aesthetic in Spain characterized by clean lines and abundant light.
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Biography of Ricciotto Canudo (excerpt)
Ricciotto Canudo (2 January 1877, Gioia del Colle – 10 November 1923, Paris) was an early Italian film theoretician who lived primarily in France.In 1913 he published a bimonthly avant-garde magazine entitled Montjoie!, promoting Cubism in particular.Involved in numerous movements yet confined to none, Canudo exuded seemingly boundless energy.
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Biography of Georg von Küchler (excerpt)
Georg Carl Wilhelm Friedrich von Küchler (30 May 1881 – 25 May 1968) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. He commanded the 18th Army and Army Group North during the Soviet-German war of 1941–1945.
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Biography of Manuel Álvarez Bravo (excerpt)
Manuel Álvarez Bravo (February 3, 1902 – October 19, 2002) was a Mexican artistic photographer and one of the most important figures in 20th century Latin American photography.He was born and raised in Mexico City. While he took art classes at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes, his photography is self-taught.
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Biography of Hildebrand Gurlitt (excerpt)
Hildebrand Gurlitt (15 September 1895 – 9 November 1956) was a German art historian and art gallery director who dealt in Nazi-looted art as one of Hitler's and Goering's four authorized dealers for "degenerate art". A Nazi-associated art dealer and war profiteer, during the Nazi era Gurlitt traded in "degenerate art", purchasing paintings in Nazi-occupied France, many of them stolen, for Hitler's planned Führermuseum (which was never built) and for himself.
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Biography of Sarah Stewart (cancer researcher) (excerpt)
Sarah Elizabeth Stewart (August 16, 1905 – November 27, 1976) was a Mexican-American researcher who pioneered the field of viral oncology research, and the first to show that cancer-causing viruses can spread from animal to animal. She and Bernice Eddy co-discovered the first polyoma virus, and SE (Stewart-Eddy) polyoma virus is named after them. ![]()
Biography of Hans Andreas Bugge (excerpt)
Hans Andreas Bugge (born October 1, 1906, in Oslo, died April 25, 1942, near Iceland) was a Norwegian officer (frigate captain) and aviator who participated in the Norwegian Naval Air Service during World War II. Bugge was educated at the Naval Academy and the Naval Flight School.
Biography of Piero Sraffa (excerpt)
Piero Sraffa FBA (5 August 1898 – 3 September 1983) was an influential Italian economist who served as lecturer of economics at the University of Cambridge. His book Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities is taken as founding the neo-Ricardian school of economics.
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Biography of Rudolf Kempe (excerpt)
Rudolf Kempe (14 June 1910 – 12 May 1976) was a German conductor born in Dresden. He studied at the Dresden State Opera School and played oboe in orchestras before becoming a conductor. During World War II, he led the Chemnitz opera house.
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Biography of David van Dantzig (excerpt)
David van Dantzig (September 23, 1900 – July 22, 1959) was a Dutch mathematician renowned for constructing the solenoid in topology. He was a member of the Significs Group. Born into a Jewish family in Amsterdam, he earned his PhD in 1931 at the University of Groningen under Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, focusing on topological algebra.
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Biography of Marcel Moore (excerpt)
Marcel Moore (born Suzanne Alberte Malherbe, 19 July 1892 – 19 February 1972) was a French illustrator, designer, and photographer, known for her work with Claude Cahun. She studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Nantes and formed both an artistic and romantic partnership with Cahun.
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Biography of Hugh Lofting (excerpt)
Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) was an English American writer and civil engineer, best known for creating the beloved children's character Doctor Dolittle. The character, a physician who could talk to animals, originated from illustrated letters Lofting sent to his children during World War I while he served in the British Army.
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Biography of Hermann Voss (anatomist) (excerpt)
Christian Heinrich Emil Hermann Voss (October 13, 1894 – January 19, 1987) was a German anatomist known for his medical academic work and textbooks, but also notorious for his experiments during the Third Reich. Born in Berlin, he studied at several universities before completing his doctorate in 1919.
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Biography of João Francisco Dias (excerpt)
João Francisco Dias (November 22, 1898 – March 8, 1955) was a prominent Portuguese surgeon who made significant contributions to healthcare in the Algarve region. Born in Castro Marim, he studied medicine in Coimbra, graduating in 1927.He began his career in Alcoutim in 1931, overcoming many challenges to establish a small hospital.
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Biography of Ramiro Prialé (excerpt)
Ramiro Abelardo Prialé Prialé (January 6, 1904 – February 27, 1988) was a Peruvian politician.A member of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, he was a friend of Víctor Raúl Haya De La Torre. He served as the President of the Senate from July 1964 to July 1965, and from July 1987 until his death.
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Biography of Robert Biberti (singer) (excerpt)
Robert Biberti (born Robert Edgar Biebert on June 5, 1902, in Berlin; died November 2, 1985, in Berlin) was a German singer.He sang bass in the Comedian Harmonists, a Berlin ensemble founded in 1927. Expelled from school at twelve, he apprenticed with his father, a former opera singer who had ruined his voice.
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Biography of David Garnett (excerpt)
David Garnett (March 9, 1892 – February 17, 1981) was a British writer and publisher, a member of the Bloomsbury Group.He gained literary fame with Lady into Fox, winning the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1922 and the Hawthornden Prize in 1923. ![]()
Biography of Bart van der Leck (excerpt)
Bart van der Leck (26 November 1876, Utrecht – 13 November 1958, Blaricum) was a Dutch painter, designer, and ceramicist.He co-founded the De Stijl art movement with Theo van Doesburg and Piet Mondrian. The son of a house painter, he began his career learning stained glass making in Utrecht.
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Biography of Elisabeth Zernike (excerpt)
Elisabeth Zernike (July 8, 1891 – March 12, 1982) was a Dutch writer. She was the sister of Anne Zernike and Frits Zernike. Her father was a school principal and pedagogue, and her mother was a teacher. She attended the girls’ HBS (secondary school) in Amsterdam and later the School of Music for Sound Art before pursuing writing.
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Biography of Francis Salet (excerpt)
Francis Salet, born in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on February 12, 1909, and passed away in the 7th arrondissement of Paris on September 5, 2002, was a historian and museum curator, as well as a member of the Institut de France.
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Biography of Amedeo Biavati (excerpt)
Amedeo Biavati (born April 4, 1915, in Bologna – died April 22, 1979) was an Italian footballer, who played as a forward or a winger. Known for his speed, creativity, precise dribbling, and technical ability, Biavati is regarded as one of the greatest Italian wingers of all time.
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Biography of Max Immelmann (excerpt)
Max Immelmann (21 September 1890 – 18 June 1916) PLM was the first German World War I flying ace. He was a pioneer in fighter aviation and is often mistakenly credited with the first aerial victory using a synchronized gun, which was in fact achieved on 1 July 1915 by the German ace Kurt Wintgens.
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Biography of Karl Klingler (excerpt)
Karl Klingler (7 December 1879 in Strasbourg – 18 March 1971 in Munich) was a German violinist, concertmaster, composer, music teacher and lecturer. ![]()
Biography of Jeanne Bieruma Oosting (excerpt)
Adriana Johanna Wilhelmina (Jeanne) Bieruma Oosting (5 February 1898 – 14 July 1994) was a Dutch sculptor, engraver, graphic artist, lithographer, illustrator, glass artist, painter, illustrator and book designer. She studied at the School of Arts and Applied Arts in Haarlem, the Academy of Art in The Hague and the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris.
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Biography of Jean de Beaumont (excerpt)
Count Jean Bonnin de la Bonninière de Beaumont (13 January 1904 – 12 June 2002) was a French aristocrat, businessman, politician, journalist, and sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Born in Paris, he hailed from a notable aristocratic family and studied at prestigious French institutions.
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Biography of Josette Andriot (excerpt)
Camille Élisa Andriot, known as Josette Andriot (23 August 1886 – 13 May 1942), was a French actress from the silent film era of the 1910s. Without theatrical training, she began her career in 1909 at Laboratoires Éclair, standing out as an actress thanks to her athletic skills (swimming, cycling, horse riding).
Biography of Louis Réard (excerpt)
Louis Réard (10 October 1896 – 16 September 1984) was a French automotive engineer and fashion designer known for introducing the modern bikini in July 1946. In 1940, he took over his mother’s lingerie business near the Folies Bergère in Paris. Noticing women rolling up their swimsuits for a better tan, he designed a swimsuit exposing the midriff.
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Biography of Wolfgang von Gronau (excerpt)
Hans Wolfgang von Gronau (25 February 1893 – 17 March 1977) was a German aviation pioneer and Luftwaffe general. Born in Berlin to a noble family, he joined the Imperial German Navy before World War I and led a flying boat squadron.
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Biography of Clotilde-Camille Deflandre (excerpt)
Clotilde-Camille Deflandre (born November 21, 1871, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, and died on June 7, 1946, in Paris) was a French physician and scientist, primarily known for her discovery, alongside her mentor Paul Carnot, of hemopoietin (erythropoietin). She also initiated research that led to the development of organ transplantation.
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Biography of Gabriel de Gravone (excerpt)
Gabriel de Gravone, born Antoine Paul André Faggianelli on November 21, 1887, in Ajaccio, and died on December 5, 1972, in Marseille, was a French theater and film actor, as well as a director. Son of a postal worker, he began acting as a child and later studied dramatic arts at the Conservatoire de Paris, including under Sarah Bernhardt.
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Biography of Selmar Aschheim (excerpt)
Selmar Aschheim (October 4, 1878 – February 15, 1965) was a German gynecologist and a native of Berlin. Born into a Jewish family, he earned his medical doctorate in Freiburg in 1902 and later became the director of the laboratory at the Universitäts-Frauenklinik in Berlin’s Charité.
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Biography of Carlo Ninchi (excerpt)
Carlo Ninchi (Bologna, May 31, 1896 – Milan, April 27, 1974) was a prominent Italian actor. The youngest of five children of Arnaldo Ninchi and Lidia Bedetti, he began his career in his brother Annibale’s troupe, debuting as Pilade in L'Oreste by Alfieri.
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Biography of Sylvain Grysolle (excerpt)
Sylvain Grysolle (12 December 1915 – 19 January 1985) was a Belgian cyclist. He won the 1948 Omloop Het Volk, the 1945 Tour of Flanders, and the 1941 La Flèche Wallonne.
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Biography of Georges Barbier (illustrator) (excerpt)
Georges Barbier, born in Nantes on October 16, 1882, and died in Paris on March 16, 1932, was a French painter, fashion illustrator, and designer.He also worked under the pseudonym Edward W.Larry. After studying at the Académie Julian in Paris, he began exhibiting in 1910 under this pseudonym.
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Biography of Peter Schaap (SD member) (excerpt)
Pieter (Peter) Schaap (Zandvoort, June 18, 1902 – Groningen, June 29, 1949) was a Dutch collaborator of the SD, one of the German police organizations under the authority of Heinrich Himmler and the Reich Security Main Office in Berlin. He was a fanatical persecutor of Jews and shot numerous people dead.
Biography of Irmgard Enderle (excerpt)
Irmgard Enderle (born Irmgard Rasch: April 28, 1895 – September 20, 1985) was a German politician, trade unionist, and journalist.She was active in the Communist Party and later joined the Socialist Workers' Party (SAPD). After the Nazis came to power, Enderle fled Germany, eventually settling in Sweden, where she continued her political activities.
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Biography of Andrea Villarreal (excerpt)
María Andrea Villarreal González (20 January 1881 – 19 January 1963) was a Mexican journalist, writer, and revolutionary, actively involved in the Mexican Revolution.She was the sister of revolutionary general Antonio I.Villarreal. Born in Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo León, she followed her brother into exile.
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Biography of Bruno Balz (excerpt)
Bruno Balz (6 October 1902 in Berlin – 14 March 1988 in Bad Wiessee) was a German songwriter and schlager lyricist. From writing for the first German sound film until his retirement in the 1960s, Balz penned the lyrics to over a thousand popular hits, many in collaboration with composer Michael Jary.
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Biography of Alberto Hurtado (excerpt)
Alberto Hurtado, SJ (born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga; January 22, 1901 – August 18, 1952), popularly known as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry. He founded the Hogar de Cristo foundation in 1944.
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Biography of Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (excerpt)
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Beatrice Leopoldine Victoria; 20 April 1884 – 13 July 1966) was a member of the British royal family, a male-line granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She later married into the Spanish royal family, and was the wife of Prince Alfonso de Orleans y Borbón, Infante of Spain, a first cousin of Alfonso XIII of Spain.
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Biography of Alfred Braun (excerpt)
Alfred Braun (3 May 1888 (Wikipedia has 13 May in error) – 3 January 1978) was a pioneer of German radio.He became famous as a radio reporter and radio play director, among other things.He was also an actor, stage and film director, and screenwriter.
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Biography of Francesco Baracca (excerpt)
Count Francesco Baracca (born May 9, 1888 – died June 19, 1918) was Italy's top fighter ace during World War I. He was credited with 34 aerial victories. The emblem he wore on his plane, a black horse rearing on its two hind legs, inspired Enzo Ferrari to use it on his race cars and later in his automotive company. |
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