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birth charts with Cupido in LeoYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Cupido 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 Isidore Partouche (excerpt)
Isidore Partouche (born April 21, 1931 in Trézel – died April 30, 2025 in Paris) was a French entrepreneur and the founder of the Partouche Group, one of Europe’s leading casino operators. Born into a Sephardic Jewish merchant family from Oran, he began his career in Algeria as a radio electrician and became the first distributor of Philips.
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Biography of Hampton Hawes (excerpt)
Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. (November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and the author of the acclaimed memoir Raise Up Off Me, which won the Deems Taylor Award for music writing in 1975. Born in Los Angeles to a religious family, he was self-taught and began playing with major West Coast jazz musicians in his teens, including Charlie Parker and Dexter Gordon.
Biography of Erling Christie (excerpt)
Erling Christie (19 May 1928 — 3 September 1996) was a Norwegian author. Christie was among the pioneers of modernism in Norway both as a poet and a critic. Christie published five poetry collections in his life, and these were collected in the posthumous collection Samlede dikt (Aschehoug 1998).
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Biography of Dick Rathmann (excerpt)
James Merwin "Dick" Rathmann (January 6, 1926 – February 1, 2000) was an American racing driver known for competing in both NASCAR and open-wheel series. As a teen, he swapped identities with his brother Jim to help him race underage — a switch that stuck for life.
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Biography of Tonino Guerra (excerpt)
Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer, and screenwriter who collaborated with renowned directors such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni, Theo Angelopoulos, and Federico Fellini. Born in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Guerra began writing poetry during his internment in a German prison camp during World War II.
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Biography of Eleanor Keaton (excerpt)
Eleanor Ruth Keaton (née Norris; July 29, 1918 – October 19, 1998) was an American dancer and variety performer. She became an MGM contract dancer in her teens. At age 21, she married silent film legend Buster Keaton, becoming his third wife. She played a key role in reviving his personal life and career.
Biography of Nikki Bridges Flynn (excerpt)
Noriko Bridges Flynn (née Sawada; February 11, 1923 – February 7, 2003), known as "Nikki", was a Japanese American civil rights activist and writer. Born in California to Japanese parents, she was interned during World War II at Poston for three years, an experience that deeply shaped her activism.
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Biography of Mary Eccles (excerpt)
Mary Eccles, Viscountess Eccles, born Mary Morley Crapo on July 8, 1912, and died August 26, 2003, was an American-British author and renowned literary collector.She was also known as Mary Hyde during her first marriage. She assembled one of the greatest private collections of 18th-century literature, focused on Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, which she donated to Harvard.
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Biography of Richard G. Colbert (excerpt)
Richard Gary Colbert (February 12, 1915 – December 2, 1973) was a four-star U.S. Navy admiral renowned for fostering international naval cooperation during the Cold War. He served as President of the Naval War College from 1968 to 1971, and then as Commander in Chief of NATO's Southern European forces from 1972 until his death in 1973.
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Biography of Ernest Becker (excerpt)
Ernest Becker (September 27, 1924 – March 6, 1974) was an American cultural anthropologist and author, best known for The Denial of Death, which earned the Pulitzer Prize in 1974. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Jewish immigrant parents, he served in World War II and helped liberate a Nazi concentration camp.
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Biography of Addison Farmer (excerpt)
Addison Gerald Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa – February 20, 1963, New York City) was an American jazz bassist and the twin brother of trumpeter Art Farmer. After a difficult early life marked by his parents' divorce and his father's death, he moved to Phoenix with his family, then to Los Angeles in 1945 with his brother Art.
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Biography of Joe Funk (excerpt)
Joseph Funk (March 19, 1914 – February 2, 1981) was an American artist, printmaker, and educator, known for his quiet but key role in reviving fine art lithography in the United States. Trained at Otis and Chouinard, he worked on WPA murals in the 1940s and served in Korea, where he developed a lasting interest in Asian art.
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Biography of Alberto Buccicardi (excerpt)
Alberto Buccicardi, born on May 11, 1914, and died on December 8, 1970, was a Chilean football player, coach, and later sports journalist. He coached Universidad Católica multiple times, leading the club to its first national title in 1949 and to a tournament win in Catalonia the following year.
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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.
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 Ed Stevens (baseball) (excerpt)
Edward "Big Ed" Stevens (January 12, 1925 – July 22, 2012) was a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1945 to 1950. He became a regular with the Dodgers in 1946 but was replaced by Jackie Robinson in 1947.
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Biography of Sergio Poblete (excerpt)
Sergio Poblete Garcés (born November 18, 1918, in Santiago, Chile, died November 25, 2011, in Liège, Belgium) was a general in the Chilean Air Force (FACh). Loyal to President Salvador Allende after the coup d'état on September 11, 1973, he was arrested, tortured, and left Chile in October 1974 due to efforts by the Belgian government.
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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.
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 Mikiso Hane (excerpt)
Mikiso “Miki” Hane (January 16, 1922 – December 8, 2003) was a Japanese American professor of history at Knox College, where he taught for over 40 years. He wrote and translated over a dozen books, wrote many articles, and was appointed a member of the National Council on the Humanities in 1991.
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Biography of Adriaan Morriën (excerpt)
Adriaan Morriën (Velsen, June 5, 1912 – Amsterdam, June 7, 2002) was a Dutch poet, writer of short prose, essayist, translator, and critic.Morriën made his debut in 1935, shortly before its closure, in the magazine Forum, led by Menno ter Braak and E.
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Biography of Vern Olsen (excerpt)
Vern Jarl Olsen (March 16, 1918 – July 13, 1989) was an American professional baseball player and a left-handed pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1939–42; 1946). Born in Hillsboro, Oregon, Olsen excelled in the minor leagues (23, 19, and 18 wins from 1937 to 1939).
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Biography of Bruce Glover (excerpt)
Bruce Herbert Glover (May 2, 1932 – March 12, 2025) was an American character actor, best known for playing the assassin Mr.Wint in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Born in Chicago with English, Czech, and Swedish roots, he served in the U.S.
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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 Stanley F. Schmidt (excerpt)
Stanley F.Schmidt (January 21, 1926 – August 13, 2015) was an American aerospace engineer and pioneer of the Schmidt-Kalman filter, widely used in air and space navigation, notably in the Apollo missions. Born in Hollister, California, he began training in the Navy Air Corps in 1944 and earned an engineering degree from Marquette University in 1946, followed by an M.S.
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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 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 Marguerite Higgins (excerpt)
Marguerite Higgins Hall (September 3, 1920 – January 3, 1966) was an American journalist and war correspondent.She covered World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, helping to secure equal access for female war correspondents. She worked for the New York Herald Tribune (1942–1963) and Newsday (1963–1965).
Biography of Dan Wickenden (excerpt)
Leonard Daniel Wickenden, an American author and editor, was born on March 24, 1913, in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, to English parents, and grew up in Long Island. He graduated from Amherst College in 1935 and began publishing stories in Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
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Biography of R. F. Lucchetti (excerpt)
Rubens Francisco Lucchetti, better known as R. F. Lucchetti, was a Brazilian writer born on January 29, 1930, in Santa Rita do Paso and died on April 4, 2024, in Ribeirão Preto. He was widely known for his vast output of pulp fiction and popular novels.
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Biography of Ed Walker (American veteran) (excerpt)
Edgar Walker (August 28, 1917 – October 28, 2011) was an American World War II veteran, businessman, publisher, and writer.He was a member of "Castner's Cutthroats," an elite reconnaissance unit in the Aleutian Islands. Born in San Juan Bautista, California, he enlisted in the Army in 1937 and developed a passion for Alaska, where he joined Castner's Cutthroats.
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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 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.
Biography of Don Ingalls (excerpt)
Donald G. Ingalls (July 29, 1918 – March 10, 2014) was an American screenwriter and television producer. A B-17 pilot during World War II, he later became a test pilot before joining the Los Angeles Police Department, where he met Gene Roddenberry.
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Biography of Shoji Sadao (excerpt)
Shoji Sadao (January 2, 1927 – November 3, 2019) was a Japanese American architect best known for his collaborations with R.Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi. Born in Los Angeles, he and his family were interned during World War II at Gila River. ![]()
Biography of Jack Kirby (excerpt)
Jack Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg on August 28, 1917, and died on February 6, 1994, was a groundbreaking American comic book artist, hailed as one of the most influential figures in the medium’s history. Raised in New York, he taught himself to draw by copying newspaper cartoon figures.
Biography of Barbara Lyon (excerpt)
Barbara Bebe Lyon (September 9, 1931 – July 10, 1995) was a popular song singer and actress, born in the U.S. but best known for her career in the United Kingdom. The daughter of silent film stars Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels, she moved to Britain during World War II.
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Biography of John Paul Jones (artist) (excerpt)
John Paul Jones (November 18, 1924 – September 25, 1999) was an American painter and printmaker, regarded as one of the country’s leading printmakers during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1962, he was featured in Time Magazine, affirming his national prominence. The following year, the Brooklyn Museum held a major retrospective of his prints and drawings.
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Biography of Anneliese Rothenberger (excerpt)
Born on June 19, 1924, in Mannheim, Anneliese Rothenberger was a German soprano with a radiant voice and elegant technique, whose international career spanned from 1942 to 1983.She was especially acclaimed for her interpretations of Mozart and Richard Strauss. She began in Koblenz and joined Hamburg Opera in 1946, later shining in Berg’s Lulu.
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Biography of Mario Orozco Rivera (excerpt)
Mario Orozco Rivera (January 19, 1930 – November 20, 1998) was a Mexican painter and muralist, and one of the last exponents of social Mexican muralism inspired by David Alfaro Siqueiros. He painted numerous murals, especially in Veracruz, and later directed the Taller Siqueiros in Cuernavaca.
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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 Tex Beneke (excerpt)
Tex Beneke (born Gordon Lee Beneke, February 12, 1914 – died May 30, 2000) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader best known for his work with Glenn Miller. He performed the sax solo on In the Mood and sang on Chattanooga Choo Choo, iconic hits of the big band era.
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Biography of Jacques Augendre (excerpt)
Jacques Barthélémy Augendre, born on April 28, 1925, in Paris and died on February 18, 2025, in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, was a sports journalist specializing in cycling. He began his career at L'Équipe in 1946 and quickly became a key figure at the Tour de France, covering 55 editions since 1949—a record.
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Biography of Barron Patterson McCune (excerpt)
Barron Patterson McCune (February 19, 1915 – September 10, 2008) was a U.S. federal judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1938, practiced privately, and served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1948.
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Biography of Dick Carson (excerpt)
Richard Charles Carson (June 4, 1929 – December 19, 2021) was an American television director and five-time Emmy Award winner. He directed iconic programs such as The Tonight Show, Wheel of Fortune, and The Merv Griffin Show. His time of birth comes from his birth certificate, but it is not specified whether it was morning or afternoon (am or pm, the letter before the m is missing).
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.
Biography of Donn Cambern (excerpt)
Donn Cambern (October 9, 1929 – January 18, 2023) was an American film editor credited with over thirty feature films.His editing of Easy Rider (1969) is celebrated for its innovation, and he earned an Oscar nomination for Romancing the Stone (1984).
Biography of Janine Bazin (excerpt)
Janine Bazin (January 29, 1923 – May 31, 2003) was a French film and television producer. She was married to André Bazin, a renowned film critic and historian, and was involved in the Travail et Culture association, linked to the French Communist Party.
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Biography of George Sims (American football) (excerpt)
George Pollard "Gabby" Sims Jr. (born October 23, 1927 in Afton, Texas) is a former American football defensive back who played for the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football at Baylor University, having previously attended Seymour High School in Seymour, Texas. He is a member of the Baylor University Athletics Hall of Fame.
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Biography of Joseph J. Katz (excerpt)
Joseph J. Katz (April 19, 1912, Detroit – January 28, 2008, Chicago) was a chemist at Argonne National Laboratory. His groundbreaking research on photosynthesis earned him membership in the US National Academy of Sciences. He was the son of Jewish immigrants from Czarist Russia, neither of whom had formal schooling. |
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