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birth charts with Apollon in VirgoYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Apollon in Virgo. 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 Pete Candoli (excerpt)
Pete Candoli (born Walter Joseph Candoli, June 28, 1923 – died January 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter known for his high-note range and vibrant stage presence—earning him the nickname “Superman.” He rose to fame in the 1940s playing with big bands led by Woody Herman, Tommy Dorsey, and Stan Kenton.
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Biography of Conte Candoli (excerpt)
Secondo "Conte" Candoli (born July 13, 1927 – died December 14, 2001) was an American jazz trumpeter, best known for his work on the West Coast. He played with the big bands of Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie, and later in Johnny Carson's Tonight Show band.
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Biography of Frank Foster (jazz musician) (excerpt)
Frank Benjamin Foster III (born September 23, 1928 – died July 26, 2011) was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer. After studying at Wilberforce University, he joined Detroit’s jazz scene before being drafted to Korea in 1951.
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Biography of Thomas Nagel (excerpt)
Thomas Nagel (born July 4, 1937, in Belgrade) is a Yugoslav-born American philosopher specializing in moral and political philosophy, as well as philosophy of mind. He served as University Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University from 1980 until his retirement in 2016, shaping decades of philosophical discourse.
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Biography of Pat Flaherty (racing driver) (excerpt)
George Francis "Pat" Flaherty (January 6, 1926 – April 9, 2002) was an American racing driver best known for winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1956. He began racing roadsters in 1946 and later competed in the AAA/USAC Championship, with 19 career starts and three wins, including the 1956 Indy 500.
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Biography of Sohrab Sepehri (excerpt)
Sohrab Sepehri, born October 6, 1928, in Kashan and died April 21, 1980, in Tehran, was a major Iranian modernist poet and painter. He is considered one of the five most influential figures in modern Persian poetry. His date and time of birth come from him in the book "The Eight Books: A Complete English Translation", by Sohrab Sepehri (Brill, 2021).
Biography of Med Flory (excerpt)
Meredith Irwin Flory, known professionally as Med Flory, was born on August 27, 1926, in Logansport, Indiana, and died on March 12, 2014, in Hollywood. A jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and actor, he began playing clarinet as a child, served as a pilot during World War II, and later earned a philosophy degree from Indiana University.
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Biography of Bernie Hamilton (excerpt)
Bernie Hamilton, born June 12, 1928, in Los Angeles and died December 30, 2008, was an American actor best known for his role as Captain Dobey in the TV series Starsky & Hutch. He was also the younger brother of jazz drummer Chico Hamilton.
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Biography of Jean-Michel Othoniel (excerpt)
Jean-Michel Othoniel (born January 27, 1964, in Saint-Étienne) is a French contemporary artist and sculptor, widely known for his poetic and sensual glass bead and brick installations. A graduate of the National School of Arts in Cergy, he rose to prominence after presenting sulfur sculptures at Documenta in Kassel in 1992.
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Biography of Kit Horn (excerpt)
Kit Horn (November 10, 1929 – March 25, 2010) was an American big wave surfer and a pioneer in popularizing surfing in California and Oahu, Hawaii. Born in Hollywood, California, he began surfing at age 11. He later attended the University of Southern California, where he was a competitive swimmer and graduated in 1959.
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Biography of Carol Goodman (excerpt)
Carol Goodman (born February 10, 1959, in Philadelphia) is an American author and creative writing professor known for her modern gothic fiction. She teaches at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She also writes under the pseudonyms Juliet Dark and Lee Carroll (with her husband Lee Slonimsky), blending mystery, folklore, and the supernatural in her storytelling.
Biography of Sherwood Bailey (excerpt)
Sherwood Bailey (August 6, 1923 – August 6, 1987) was an American child actor and later a civil engineer. He is best remembered for playing Spud, the mischievous redhead in the Our Gang series from 1931 to 1932. His standout role was in Dogs Is Dogs as a bratty stepbrother outwitted by his dog and the gang.
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Biography of Jean-Philippe Puymartin (excerpt)
Jean-Philippe Puymartin (born December 18, 1959 in Lyon) is a French actor, director, and voice artist, best known for dubbing Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise in French versions, as well as Woody in Toy Story and Timon in The Lion King.
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Biography of Eugene Gordon Lee (excerpt)
Eugene Gordon Lee (October 25, 1933 – October 16, 2005) was an American actor best known as a child for playing Porky in the Our Gang series from 1935 to 1939. He was cast by producer Hal Roach due to his resemblance to co-star George McFarland (Spanky), and appeared in 42 episodes as Spanky's younger brother, becoming part of the show's most popular lineup alongside Alfalfa.
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Biography of Glenallen Hill (excerpt)
Glenallen Hill, born on March 22, 1965, in Santa Cruz, California, is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played 13 seasons for teams including the Blue Jays, Cubs, Giants, and Yankees. He won the 2000 World Series with the New York Yankees and was known for his powerful hitting, though his defense earned him the nickname "The Juggler."
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Biography of Gordon Mackenzie (baseball) (excerpt)
Henry Gordon Mackenzie, born on July 9, 1937, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and died on August 12, 2014, was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager, and scout. A right-handed catcher, he played briefly in the MLB with the Kansas City Athletics in 1961, appearing in 11 games with 3 hits and one walk.
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Biography of Wally Albright (excerpt)
Wally Albright (September 3, 1925 – August 7, 1999) was an American actor best known for his childhood roles in the Our Gang short films. He began acting at the age of three and briefly became one of the gang's central figures alongside Stymie.
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Biography of Joyce Collins (pianist) (excerpt)
Joyce Collins (born May 5, 1927 in Battle Mountain, Nevada – died January 3, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, and educator. She began performing at 15 while attending Reno High School and played in clubs during college in San Francisco.
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Biography of Jimmy Wyble (excerpt)
James Otis Wyble (January 25, 1922 – January 16, 2010) was an American guitarist known for his work in both jazz and Western swing. He began his career in Texas and joined Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys before serving in World War II.
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Biography of Yevgeniya Zhigulenko (excerpt)
Yevgeniya Andreyevna Zhigulenko (December 1, 1920 – March 2, 1994) was a pilot and navigator in the Soviet Union’s 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment during World War II. She flew 968 combat missions and was named Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Biography of John Bankston (excerpt)
John Bankston (born February 16, 1963, in Benton Harbor, Michigan) is an American visual artist celebrated for his narrative drawings and paintings that blend elements of figuration and abstraction. His work is included in the collections of major institutions such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the de Young Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and the Studio Museum in Harlem.
Biography of Dick Grove (musician) (excerpt)
Richard Dean Grove (December 18, 1927 – December 26, 1998) was an American musician, composer, arranger, and educator. He is best remembered as the founder of the Dick Grove School of Music in Los Angeles, whose students included Michael Jackson, Linda Ronstadt, and Barry Manilow.
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Biography of Stymie Beard (excerpt)
Matthew Beard Jr. (January 1, 1925 – January 8, 1981) was an American actor best known for playing Stymie in the Our Gang comedies from 1930 to 1935. Known for his derby hat and clever wit, he became one of the most iconic child stars of the series.
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Biography of J. J. Johnson (trombonist) (excerpt)
J. J. Johnson (born January 22, 1924 – died February 4, 2001), born James Louis Johnson, was an American jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger. A bebop pioneer on trombone, he began in big bands with Benny Carter and Count Basie, and played at the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in 1944.
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Biography of Rachel Billington (excerpt)
Lady Rachel Mary Billington, born on May 11, 1942, is a British author and daughter of the 7th Earl of Longford, from a prominent literary family. Her time of birth comes from her mother, in the book "The Pebbled Shore: The Memoirs of Elizabeth Longford" by Elizabeth Longford (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986).
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Biography of Helen Bøsterud (excerpt)
Helen Marie Bøsterud (born 15 February 1940 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. She was elected to the Storting from Akershus County, serving from 1977 to 1993, and held the position of Minister of Justice from 1986 to 1989 in Gro Harlem Brundtland’s second cabinet.
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Biography of Jim Aton (excerpt)
James G. Aton (born April 26, 1925 – died September 16, 2008), known as Jim or Jimmy Aton, was an American jazz bassist, pianist, vocalist, and composer. He performed with Billie Holiday, Anita O'Day, Bill Evans, and appeared in films like Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957) and Roustabout (1964).
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Biography of Leroy Vinnegar (excerpt)
Leroy Vinnegar (July 13, 1928 – August 3, 1999) was an American jazz bassist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana. A self-taught musician, he rose to fame in 1950s Los Angeles for his signature walking bass lines, earning him the nickname The Walker.
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Biography of Deborah Harkness (excerpt)
Deborah Harkness (born 1965) is an American historian and novelist, professor of history at the University of Southern California, and an expert in the history of science and magic. She rose to fame with her All Souls Trilogy, beginning with A Discovery of Witches (2011), a global bestseller adapted into a TV series.
Biography of Philip Hurlic (excerpt)
Philip Raymond Hurlic (December 20, 1927 – July 7, 2014) was an American child actor active in the 1930s and early 1940s. He began in the Baby Burlesks series with Shirley Temple, and had major roles as Little Jim in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938), Verman Diggs in the Penrod films, and Zeke in Zenobia (1939), noted for being a rare early positive Black male role.
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Biography of Maxime Faget (excerpt)
Maxime "Max" Faget (August 26, 1921 – October 9, 2004) was an American mechanical engineer and key figure in early spaceflight. He designed the Mercury spacecraft and contributed to the Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle programs. After serving as a submariner, Faget joined NACA and later became part of NASA’s founding Space Task Group.
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Biography of Leslie Glass (novelist) (excerpt)
Leslie Glass (born April 19, 1945) is an American novelist, playwright, journalist, filmmaker, and philanthropist. She co-founded the nonprofit Reach Out Recovery with her daughter to support families facing addiction. She is the author of fifteen novels, including the bestselling April Woo detective series—the first in U.
Biography of Judith Kazantzis (excerpt)
Judith Kazantzis (née Pakenham), born August 14, 1940, in Oxford and died September 18, 2018, was a British poet and committed political and social activist. Her time of birth comes from the book "The Pebbled Shore: The Memoirs of Elizabeth Longford" by Elizabeth Longford (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986).
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Biography of George McFarland (excerpt)
George McFarland (October 2, 1928 – June 30, 1993) was an American actor best known for playing "Spanky" in the Our Gang (aka The Little Rascals) comedy shorts. He began acting at age three and quickly became one of the series’ most iconic figures, appearing in numerous shorts and the 1936 feature General Spanky.
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Biography of Cherríe Moraga (excerpt)
Cherríe Moraga (born September 25, 1952, in Whittier, California) is a Chicana feminist writer, activist, playwright, and essayist. A central figure in Chicana literature and feminist theory, she currently serves as Distinguished Professor of English at UC Santa Barbara. Her work examines the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and class, focusing on the lived experiences of Chicana and Indigenous women.
Biography of Rebecca Fraser (excerpt)
Rebecca Rose Fraser, born May 4, 1957, in London, is a British writer and broadcaster known for her historical and biographical works. Her time of birth comes from the book "The Pebbled Shore: The Memoirs of Elizabeth Longford" by Elizabeth Longford (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986), from a friend of her mother who was present at the birth.
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Biography of Gary Burton (vibraphonist) (excerpt)
Gary Burton, born January 23, 1943, in Anderson, Indiana, is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. He pioneered the four-mallet "Burton grip" technique, creating a pianistic approach that has influenced generations of vibraphonists. He also helped shape fusion jazz and popularized jazz duets.
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Biography of Buddy Montgomery (excerpt)
Buddy Montgomery (born January 30, 1930 – died May 14, 2009) was an American jazz vibraphonist and pianist, and the younger brother of guitarist Wes Montgomery and bassist Monk Montgomery. With Monk, he co-founded The Mastersounds in the late 1950s, releasing ten albums.
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Biography of David Fury (excerpt)
David Fury, born March 5, 1959, in New York, is an American television writer, producer, actor, and director. He is best known for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Lost, 24, Fringe, Tyrant, and The Tick. He was a co-executive producer and writer on the first season of Lost, earning an Emmy nomination for the episode “Walkabout” and winning a WGA Award with the writing team in 2006.
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Biography of Jack Larson (excerpt)
Jack Larson, born February 8, 1928 in Los Angeles and died September 20, 2015, was an American actor, librettist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for playing photographer and cub reporter Jimmy Olsen on the Adventures of Superman TV series (1952–1958).
Biography of Sydney Chaplin (American actor) (excerpt)
Sydney Earl Chaplin, born on March 30, 1926, in Beverly Hills and died on March 3, 2009, in Rancho Mirage, was an American actor and the second son of Charlie Chaplin and Lita Grey. He appeared in two of his father's films, Limelight (1952) and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), but made his mark on Broadway.
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Biography of Miúcha (excerpt)
Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda, known as Miúcha, was born on November 30, 1937 in Rio de Janeiro and died on December 27, 2018. She was a Brazilian singer and composer. She came from a musical family that included her brother Chico Buarque and sisters Ana and Cristina Buarque.
Biography of Harold Wertz (excerpt)
Harold Wertz, born on August 3, 1927, in Denison, Texas, and died on November 21, 1999, in San Diego, was an American child actor best known for his role in Our Gang. Raised in Long Beach, he joined the series in 1932 as “Bouncy,” following the departure of earlier chubby child characters.
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Biography of Don Bourret (excerpt)
Don Bourret, born on May 11, 1940, in Sioux City, Iowa, is an American musician best known as the drummer for the rock and roll band The Velaires. Formed in 1958 as The Screamers, the group later became The Flairs and finally The Velaires after playing at the Val Air Ballroom.
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Biography of Pedro Barreto (excerpt)
Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno (born February 12, 1944, in Lima) is a Peruvian Jesuit prelate who served as Archbishop of Huancayo from 2004 to 2024 and was made a cardinal in 2018 by Pope Francis. Ordained in 1971, he became a bishop in 2001 and led strong social and environmental initiatives, including opposition to mining pollution in La Oroya and leadership roles within CELAM and REPAM.
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Biography of Duduka da Fonseca (excerpt)
Eduardo Moreira “Duduka” da Fonseca, born March 31, 1951, in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian drummer known for his work in jazz and Brazilian music. He began playing drums at age twelve and performed professionally by fifteen. He studied at the Instituto Villa-Lobos and Guerra Peixe music school, appearing on Brazilian TV with a bossa nova trio from 1966 to 1968.
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Biography of Tommy Bond (actor) (excerpt)
Thomas "Tommy" Bond (September 16, 1926 – September 24, 2005) was an American actor best known for his dual roles in Our Gang as both Tommy and the bully Butch. Discovered at age 4, he appeared in 27 shorts of the series and became the first actor to portray Jimmy Olsen in the Superman serials of 1948 and 1950.
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Biography of Harry Spear (excerpt)
Harry Sherman Bonner, known as Harry Spear, was born on December 16, 1921, in Los Angeles and died on September 22, 2006, in San Diego. He was a child actor and vaudevillian, best known for appearing in Our Gang films from 1927 to 1929.
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Biography of Jackie Kelso (excerpt)
John Joseph Kelson Jr., born February 27, 1922 in Los Angeles and died April 28, 2012 in Beverly Hills, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist, known professionally as Jackie Kelso. He began studying clarinet at eight and switched to alto sax at fifteen, encouraged by Chico Hamilton.
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Biography of Jorge Chávez Cresta (excerpt)
Jorge Luis Chávez Cresta, born on May 11, 1961 in Lima, is a retired Peruvian brigadier general, civil engineer, and lawyer. He served twice as Minister of Defense: under Martín Vizcarra (2020) and Dina Boluarte (2022–2024). Trained in Peru, Mexico, and the U. |
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