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birth charts with Fortune in LibraYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Fortune in Libra. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]()
Biography of Ronaldo Bôscoli (excerpt)
Ronaldo Fernando Esquerdo e Bôscoli, born 28 October 1928 in Rio de Janeiro and died 18 November 1994 in the same city, was a Brazilian journalist, songwriter and music producer, and a key figure in the bossa nova movement. A grand-nephew of Chiquinha Gonzaga, he began as a sports reporter before joining the early bossa nova circle led by Nara Leăo.
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Biography of Robert D. Shadley (excerpt)
Robert David Shadley (born August 5, 1942) is a retired U.S.Army major general and former Director of Logistics for Army Forces Command.He also served as the 28th Chief of Ordnance and Commandant at Aberdeen Proving Ground. A Purdue graduate in industrial engineering, he was commissioned in 1965 through ROTC.
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Biography of Bruno Garzena (excerpt)
Bruno Garzena, born 2 February 1933 in Venaria Reale and died 30 July 2024, was an Italian international footballer who played as a defender between 1952 and 1966. He began his professional career with Juventus, making his debut in 1953 against Inter.
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Biography of Dirk Brouwer (astronomer) (excerpt)
Dirk Brouwer, born September 1, 1902 in Rotterdam and died January 31, 1966, was a Dutch-American astronomer.He earned his PhD in 1927 from Leiden University under Willem de Sitter. He later moved to the United States and joined Yale University, where he became a leading figure in astronomy.
Biography of Sergio Sollima (excerpt)
Sergio Sollima (17 April 1921 – 1 July 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, trained at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. A member of the Italian Resistance during WWII, he began his postwar career as a critic, then moved into screenwriting in the 1950s.
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Biography of Gillian McCain (excerpt)
Gillian McCain (born January 1, 1966, in Bath, New Brunswick) is a Canadian poet, author, and photography collector. She is best known for Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, co-written with Legs McNeil. She has published two poetry books, Tilt and Religion, noted for their candid and narrative style.
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Biography of Alba Luz Ramos (excerpt)
Alba Luz Ramos Vanegas, born on June 3, 1949, in León, is a Nicaraguan jurist and long-standing member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front. She has served as a magistrate on Nicaragua’s Supreme Court since 1988 and has presided over it continuously since 2010, after a first term in 2002–2003.
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Biography of Mary DeWitt Pettit (excerpt)
Mary DeWitt Pettit (January 1, 1908 – May 5, 1996) was an American physician, researcher, and professor who taught at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia into a distinguished family, she descended from Connecticut governor John Treadwell and chemistry professor John Pitkin Norton.
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Biography of Opal Lee (excerpt)
Opal Lee (born October 7, 1926 in Marshall, Texas) is a retired American teacher and activist, widely known as the "grandmother of Juneteenth" for her decades-long campaign to make it a federal holiday. Her efforts succeeded in 2021 when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth bill into law, with Lee present as an honored guest at the signing ceremony.
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Biography of Eulalia of Spain (excerpt)
Infanta Eulalia of Spain, born on February 12, 1864 in Madrid and died on March 8, 1958 in Irun, was the youngest daughter of Queen Isabella II and sister of King Alfonso XII. She married her cousin, the Duke of Galliera, with whom she had two sons before living independently.
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Biography of Johann Pucher (excerpt)
Johann Augustin Pucher, sometimes called Janez Puhar or Ivan Pucher, born August 26, 1814, in Kranj and died August 7, 1864, was a Slovene priest, scientist, artist, and photographer. He created a unique photographic process on glass called the hyalotype, or "svetlopis" in Slovene, which used sulfur and mercury instead of silver halides.
Biography of Ginette Doyen (excerpt)
Ginette Doyen, born on July 10, 1921, in Montceau-les-Mines and died on August 27, 2002, was a French classical pianist and music teacher. A musical prodigy, she gave her first concert at age 7 and entered the Paris Conservatory at 10, studying under Lazare Lévy.
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Biography of Alí Chumacero (excerpt)
Alí Chumacero Lora (9 July 1918 – 22 October 2010) was a Mexican poet, translator, literary critic, and editor. Born in Acaponeta, he grew up in Guadalajara and moved to Mexico City in 1937 to pursue university studies in philosophy and literature.
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Biography of Peter DePoe (excerpt)
Peter DePoe, born August 21, 1943, in Neah Bay, Washington, is a Native American musician and former drummer of the band Redbone. Also known as Last Walking Bear, he began his career playing with Jimi Hendrix in Seattle taverns before joining Redbone in 1969.
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Biography of Samuel van Houten (excerpt)
Samuel van Houten, born February 17, 1837, in Groningen and died October 14, 1930, in The Hague, was a Dutch liberal politician best known for the Kinderwetje van Van Houten, the 1874 law banning certain forms of child labor. Son of a city councilman and brother to painter Sientje van Houten, he studied law and became a lawyer before entering politics in 1864.
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Biography of Floris Verster (excerpt)
Floris Hendrik Verster was a Dutch painter, born on 9 June 1861 in Leiden and died there on 21 January 1927, best known for his still lifes and floral landscapes. Coming from an artistic family, he trained early in drawing and studied at The Hague Royal Academy of Art alongside artists like Breitner and Israëls.
Biography of Ane Borgen (excerpt)
Ane Borgen, born on January 28, 1938, in Oslo, is a Norwegian writer and short story author.Her literary work is known for its restrained and introspective tone, continuing her family's cultural legacy. She is the daughter of writers Johan Borgen and Annemarta Evjenth, and the sister of author Brett Borgen.
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Biography of Federico Faggin (excerpt)
Federico Faggin, born 1 December 1941, is an Italian-American physicist, engineer, and entrepreneur.He is best known for designing the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004, which he led at Intel from 1970. Earlier, at Fairchild Semiconductor, he invented the self-aligned silicon-gate MOS technology (SGT), crucial for MOS memory, CCD sensors, and microprocessors.
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Biography of Passchier de Fijne (excerpt)
Passchier de Fijne, born in Leiden on January 31, 1588, and buried in Haarlem on October 27, 1667, was a Dutch pastor and writer.He was one of the first ministers of the Remonstrant Brotherhood, linked to the Arminian movement. Trained by pastors rather than at university, he was appointed in Jaarsveld in 1611. ![]()
Biography of Ray Houghton (excerpt)
Raymond James Houghton (born 9 January 1962 in Glasgow) is a former professional footballer and now a sports analyst and commentator for RTÉ Sport.He played as a midfielder. He made his mark at Liverpool, winning two First Division titles and two FA Cups before moving to Aston Villa for the start of the Premier League.
Biography of Pedro Badanelli (excerpt)
Pedro Badanelli, born on 11 June 1899 in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz) and died on 1 May 1985 in Buenos Aires, was a Spanish priest, writer, poet, jurist, theologian, and professor. In pre-Republican Madrid, he was close to major literary figures, especially Jacinto Benavente, with whom he maintained a lifelong correspondence.
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Biography of Stephen Espinoza (excerpt)
Stephen Espinoza, born January 1, 1970, in El Paso, Texas, is a Mexican-American sports executive best known for serving as President of Showtime Sports until 2023. After earning a B.A. in communication from Stanford (1992) and a J.D. from UCLA Law (1996), he launched his career in entertainment law, representing stars like Snoop Dogg, Vanessa Hudgens, and Michael Strahan.
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Biography of Jules Joseph Lefebvre (excerpt)
Jules Joseph Lefebvre, born on 14 March 1836 in Tournan-en-Brie and died on 24 February 1911 in Paris, was a French painter, teacher, and art theorist.He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1852 and studied under Léon Cogniet. He won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1861 with The Death of Priam and regularly exhibited at the Paris Salon, gaining recognition for his portraits and idealized female figures.
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Biography of Jan Veth (excerpt)
Jan Pieter Veth (born 18 May 1864 in Dordrecht – died 1 July 1925 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, poet, art critic, and university lecturer, best known for his portrait work featuring notable contemporaries. He came from a family of merchants and painters, and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, where he co-founded the St.
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Biography of Franco Graziosi (excerpt)
Franco Graziosi (born 10 July 1929 in Macerata – died 4 September 2021 in Rome) was an Italian actor.He graduated from the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1953 and began his career at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. There, he performed in around fifty productions over four decades, mostly under Giorgio Strehler.
Biography of Craig Glenday (excerpt)
Craig Glenday, born on 31 May 1973 in Dundee, Scotland, is a British writer and journalist. He gained recognition as the editor of the Guinness Book of World Records 2007. Fascinated by unusual topics, he authored Vampire Watcher's Handbook and The UFO Investigator's Handbook, exploring the mysterious and the unexplained.
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Biography of Édouard Guillard (excerpt)
Édouard Guillard, born July 10, 1953 in Paris, is a French Navy officer and admiral. He dedicated a significant part of his career to the development of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which he later commanded. Since 2010, he has served as Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest-ranking position in the French Armed Forces.
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Biography of Gerard Walschap (excerpt)
Jacob Lodewijk Gerard, Baron Walschap (born 9 July 1898 in Londerzeel-St. Jozef – died 25 October 1989 in Antwerp) was a Belgian writer. Initially educated in Catholic schools, he left priesthood training and became a journalist. He married in 1925 and had five children, including Hugo, who became an ambassador for the King of Belgium.
Biography of Günther Stapenhorst (excerpt)
Günther Gustav von Stapenhorst (June 25, 1883 – February 2, 1976) was a German naval officer turned film producer. After serving in the Imperial Navy and working in export, he entered the film industry in 1924 and joined UFA in 1928, overseeing productions like Emil and the Detectives. ![]()
Biography of Léo Testut (excerpt)
Leo Testut, born on 8 June 1849 in Saint-Avit-Sénieur and died on 16 January 1925 in Bordeaux, was a renowned French physician and anatomist. He studied medicine in Bordeaux, though his education was interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War. He resumed his studies in 1878, earning distinctions for his thesis and later became Professor of Anatomy at the Bordeaux School of Medicine, while also engaging in anthropological research.
Biography of Michael Attenborough (excerpt)
Michael John Attenborough, born on February 13, 1950, in London, is a British theatre director. He is the son of Richard Attenborough, nephew of David Attenborough, and part of a renowned artistic family. Educated at Westminster School and the University of Sussex, he led several major institutions, including the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Almeida Theatre, which he directed until 2013.
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Biography of Margarete Berent (excerpt)
Margarete Berent (born July 9, 1887 in Berlin – died June 23, 1965 in New York) was the first woman lawyer in Prussia. She co-founded the Association of Women Jurists and the Association of German Women Academicians, advocating for women’s access to legal professions.
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Biography of Earvin Ngapeth (excerpt)
Earvin Ngapeth, born on February 12, 1991, in Saint-Raphaël, is a French international volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Stade Poitevin Volley-Ball. He is the son of former French international Éric Ngapeth and the brother of volleyball player Swan Ngapeth.
Biography of Kathryn Lasky (excerpt)
Kathryn Lasky, born June 24, 1944, is an American children’s author who also writes for adults under the names Kathryn Lasky Knight and E.L.Swann.Her children’s books include several Dear America and The Royal Diaries titles, Sugaring Time, The Night Journey, Wolves of the Beyond, and the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series.
Biography of Bernard Dartigues (excerpt)
Bernard Dartigues, a French filmmaker, was born on June 11, 1943, in Bordeaux.A graduate of the French National School of Photography and Cinematography, he began with Plan Comptable and edited La Chasse by Christian Chauderuge. He worked as an assistant director at ORTF, later assisting Jacques Demy and Philippe de Broca.
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Biography of Connie Booth (excerpt)
Connie Booth, born December 2, 1940, in Indianapolis, is an American actress and writer. Based in the UK, she became known for playing Polly Sherman in the BBC series Fawlty Towers, which she co-wrote with her then-husband John Cleese. She ended her acting career in 1995 to work as a psychotherapist until her retirement.
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Biography of Günther Weisenborn (excerpt)
German writer and anti-Nazi resistance fighter, Günther Weisenborn (10 July 1902 – 26 March 1969) was known for his politically engaged literary work and opposition to the Nazi regime. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht, Slatan Dudow, and Hanns Eisler on the play The Mother, adapted from Gorky.
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Biography of Philipp Harth (excerpt)
Philipp Harth (born 9 July 1885 in Mainz – died 25 December 1968 in Bayrischzell) was a German sculptor best known for his animal figures in wood, stone, and bronze. Originally trained as a lithographer and sculptor, he lived in Munich, Paris, Berlin, and Rome, and taught at the progressive Odenwald School.
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Biography of Jules Férat (excerpt)
Jules-Descartes Férat, born on 28 November 1829 in Ham and died on 6 June 1906 in Paris, was a French painter, engraver, and illustrator. Alongside Léon Benett and Édouard Riou, he ranks among the most prominent illustrators of Jules Verne, contributing to nine of his novels.
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Biography of Jacob Moleschott (excerpt)
Jacob Moleschott (August 9, 1822 – May 20, 1893) was a Dutch physiologist and writer on nutrition and dietetics. A proponent of scientific materialism and opponent of vitalism, he believed scientists should take part in political thought. Elected to the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1884, he was born in the Netherlands but studied in Germany and later wrote extensively in Italian, particularly on scienza positiva.
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Biography of Jacques Martial (excerpt)
Jacques Martial, born November 7, 1955, in Saint-Mandé and died August 13, 2025, in Paris, was a French actor, stage director, and politician. He was widely known to the public for his role as Bain-Marie in the crime series Navarro, alongside Roger Hanin, and for his extensive voice acting work, dubbing Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, and Denzel Washington.
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Biography of Jean Bellec (excerpt)
Jean Charles Bellec, born May 21, 1920, in Paris and died December 9, 2002, in Grasse, was a French World War II officer and Companion of the Liberation. He was the sponsor of the first class of the École militaire des aspirants de Coëtquidan, the Général Bellec Class (2021–2022).
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Biography of Hans Brass (excerpt)
Hans Brass (9 July 1885 – 30 May 1959) was a German Expressionist painter and graphic artist. The son of a Prussian officer, he left the Hauptkadettenanstalt to pursue art, studying briefly in Magdeburg and at Munich’s Debschitz School. He worked as a graphic artist in Berlin and married Clara Krause in 1908. |
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