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Horoscopes with Pluto in GeminiYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Pluto in Gemini. 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 John Diefenbaker (excerpt)
John George Diefenbaker (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was a Canadian politician who served as the 13th Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative leader to win elections between 1930 and 1979, achieving victory three times, once with a majority.
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Biography of Afifa Karam (excerpt)
Afifa Karam (July 22, 1883 – July 28, 1924) was a Lebanese-American journalist, novelist, and translator. She wrote for the New York-based Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hoda and authored three Arabic novels along with several translations from English and French. An advocate for women's rights and Arab feminism, she promoted social emancipation and education for Levantine-American immigrants.
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Biography of Reinhard Sorge (excerpt)
Reinhard Johannes Sorge, born on January 29, 1892, in Berlin and died on July 20, 1916, in Ablaincourt (Somme), was a German poet. Initially a disciple of Nietzsche, Reinhard Sorge later turned towards a mysticism similar to that of Saint Francis of Assisi and became an expressionist writer.
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Biography of John Decker (artist) (excerpt)
John Decker, born Leopold von der Decken on November 8, 1895, in Berlin, Germany, was a prominent painter, set designer, and caricaturist in Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. Initially painting scenery in London theaters, his career was interrupted by World War I, leading to his internment as an enemy alien.
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Biography of A. den Doolaard (excerpt)
A. den Doolaard (7 February 1901 – 26 June 1994) is the pseudonym of the Dutch writer and journalist Cornelis Johannes George (Bob) Spoelstra Jr. Den Doolaard, born in Zwolle, worked as an accountant before quitting his job in 1928 to wander through the Balkans and France, where he held various jobs.
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Biography of Alex Curling (excerpt)
Alex Curling (born in San José on September 3, 1908, and died on August 22, 1987) was a lawyer and politician of Afro-Caribbean descent. He was the first Black person to be elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica, serving from 1953 to 1958. ![]()
Biography of Ottone Rosai (excerpt)
Ottone Rosai (28 April 1895 – 13 May 1957) was an Italian painter born in Florence, Italy. Rosai graduated from the Florence Academy of Fine Arts in 1912, a period in which he was closely associated with the Lacerba group of Florentine Futurists and especially Ardengo Soffici, with whom he held a joint exhibition at the Galleria Sprovieri, Rome, in 1914.
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Biography of Arthur Hoffmann (athlete) (excerpt)
Arthur ("Aute") Hoffmann (10 December 1887 – 4 April 1932) was a German athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Danzig, and died in Hamburg, Germany. Hoffmann was a member of the silver medal German medley relay team.
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Biography of Helmuth Plessner (excerpt)
Helmuth Plessner (September 4, 1892 - June 12, 1985) was a German philosopher and sociologist, a leading figure in philosophical anthropology. Born in Wiesbaden, he studied medicine, zoology, and philosophy under notable figures like Wilhelm Windelband, Max Weber, and Edmund Husserl. His work spanned various fields, with major publications including "Die Stufen des Organischen und der Mensch" (1928) and "Lachen und Weinen" (1941).
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Biography of Alice Joyce (excerpt)
Alice Joyce Brown (née Joyce; October 1, 1890 – October 9, 1955) was an American actress famous for her roles in the 1923 film The Green Goddess and its 1930 remake. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, she was educated in Maryland and later moved to New York.
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Biography of Günther Lütjens (excerpt)
Johann Günther Lütjens (25 May 1889 – 27 May 1941) was a German admiral who served over 30 years, including both World Wars. He is most famous for commanding the battleship Bismarck during its 1941 Atlantic operation, where he was killed in action.
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Biography of Paul Alverdes (excerpt)
Paul Alverdes (6 May 1897, Strasbourg - 28 February 1979, Munich) was a German novelist and poet. The son of an officer and member of the German Youth Movement, he volunteered for duty in World War I and received a severe injury to the throat.
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Biography of Giuseppe Porelli (excerpt)
Giuseppe Porelli (24 November 1898 – 5 March 1982) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born Giuseppe Porcelli in Naples, he graduated from the Istituto Tecnico and became an employee of Ferrovie dello Stato. While there, he spent his free time involved in amateur dramatics.
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Biography of Eligio Esquivel Méndez (excerpt)
Eligio Esquivel Méndez (October 31, 1908 – December 17, 1964) was a Mexican engineer and politician who served as the Governor of Baja California from 1959 until his death in 1964. Born in Mérida, Yucatán, he graduated in civil engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1933.
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Biography of Monna Delza (excerpt)
Monna Delza, born Marguerite Delesalle in Paris on September 26, 1882, and later known as the Countess of Patrimonio through marriage, was a distinguished French actress. Discovered by playwright Gaston Arman de Caillavet, she started her acting career in the early 20th century and quickly achieved success.
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Biography of Walter Janssen (actor) (excerpt)
Walter Janssen (born February 7, 1887, in Krefeld; died January 1, 1976, in Munich) was a German actor and director. He began his theatrical career in 1906, performing in various German cities before joining the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1919.
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Biography of Carlos Torre Repetto (excerpt)
Carlos Torre Repetto (November 23, 1904 or 1905 – March 19, 1978, in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico) was a great Mexican chess grandmaster. Chess Career Torre won the Louisiana Championship in New Orleans in 1923. He finished first in Detroit in 1924, ahead of Samuel Factor, Hahlbohm, Norman Whitaker, Samuel Reshevsky, and others, and also in Rochester the same year.
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Biography of Madeleine Soria (excerpt)
Gabrielle Thérèse Durand, known as Madeleine Soria, was born on November 10, 1891, in Paris, where she died on May 18, 1972. She was a French actress. Madeleine Soria's acting career was primarily focused on the theater. In 1928, La Revue des Deux-Mondes noted that she was "one of the most accomplished actresses on stage at the moment."
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Biography of Gertrude Fehr (excerpt)
Gertrude Fehr, born Fuld (Mainz, March 5, 1895 - Montreux, August 16, 1996), was a German Jewish photographer and photography teacher. She started her career in Munich and moved to Paris in 1933. In 1939, she relocated to French-speaking Switzerland, where she opened a photography school, which became part of the École des Arts et Métiers in Vevey in 1945.
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Biography of Mabel Addis (excerpt)
Mabel Addis Mergardt, born on May 21, 1912, was an American writer, educator, and the first video game writer. She created The Sumerian Game in 1964 for the IBM 7090, marking her as a pioneer in the video game industry. Mergardt had a rich educational background, earning a degree in ancient history from Barnard College and a master's in education from Columbia University.
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Biography of Khudiram Bose (excerpt)
Khudiram Bose (also spelled Khudiram/Khudiram Basu) (3 December 1889 – 11 August 1908) was an Indian nationalist from Bengal Presidency who opposed British rule of India. His time of birth comes from the biography Amar Krantikari Khudiram Bose published by Prabhat books.
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Biography of Ada Werring (excerpt)
Ada Werring (3 November 1898 - 13 January 1985) was a renowned Norwegian tennis player, winning 37 Norwegian Championship titles between 1928 and 1951. She started playing tennis at twelve and represented Oslo Tennis Club. Werring was part of the first Norwegian team to compete at Wimbledon in 1935 and received the Norwegian Tennis Federation's gold badge in 1939.
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Biography of Siegfried Lehman (excerpt)
Siegfried Lehmann (Hebrew: זיגפריד להמן) (4 January 1892—13 June 1958) was an Israeli educator and founder and director of the Ben Shemen Youth Village. Lehmann was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1892 to an assimilated Jewish family. After finishing high school, he entered a medical school where he studied together with Albert Einstein.
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Biography of Yvonne Pagniez (excerpt)
Yvonne Pagniez, born on August 10, 1896, in Cauroir, was a French journalist, award-winning writer, and a member of the French Resistance during World War II. She studied Philosophy and served as a nurse during World War I. Her family experienced occupation and separation during the war; her father was arrested as a spy but escaped.
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Biography of Licia Albanese (excerpt)
Licia Albanese (July 22, 1909 – August 15, 2014) was an Italian-born American operatic soprano. Noted especially for her portrayals of the lyric heroines of Verdi and Puccini, Albanese was a leading artist with the Metropolitan Opera from 1940 to 1966.
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Biography of Bettiola Heloise Fortson (excerpt)
Bettiola Heloise Fortson (December 29, 1890 – April 13, 1917) was an African-American poet, essayist, activist, and suffragist. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, she moved to Chicago at age 12. Fortson co-founded the University Society of Chicago, promoting artistic and intellectual development among African Americans.
Biography of Donald Stewart (actor) (excerpt)
Donald Stewart (May 14, 1910 – March 1, 1966) was an American actor and singer, who settled and worked in the United Kingdom. After training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and several appearances in Broadway musicals (including Life Begins at 8:40), Stewart moved to Britain.
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Biography of Isaac Puente (excerpt)
Isaac Puente Amestoy (3 June 1896 – 1 September 1936), born in Las Carreras near Biscay, was a Basque physician and Spanish anarchist of a strong anarchist communist bent, who adhered to concerns around birth control, hygiene and sexuality. He promoted anarcho-naturism, and was active in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT).
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Biography of Randi Heide Steen (excerpt)
Randi Heide Steen (15 December 1909 – 12 November 1990) was a Norwegian soprano singer. Steen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. Her parents, Harald Steen (1886–1941) and Signe Heide Steen (1881–1959), were both actors and singers who performed on stage and in opera.
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Biography of Wilhelm Feldberg (excerpt)
Wilhelm Siegmund Feldberg CBE FRS (19 November 1900 – 23 October 1993) was a German-British physiologist and biologist. Born in Hamburg to a Jewish family, he studied medicine in Heidelberg, Munich, and Berlin, graduating in 1925. He moved to England, working with John Newport Langley and Henry Dale, then returned to Berlin in 1927 but was dismissed in 1933 due to Nazi policies.
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Biography of Stacia Napierkowska (excerpt)
Stacia Napierkowska was a French actress and dancer of Polish origin, born Renée Claire Angèle Élisabeth Napierkowski on September 16, 1891, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris and died on May 11, 1945, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. Stacia Napierkowska was the daughter of Stanisław Artur Napier-Kowski, the engraver Napier, and Claire Angèle Hortense Comte.
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Biography of Inez Asher (excerpt)
Inez Asher, born Inez Harriett Silverberg on January 1, 1911, was an American novelist and television writer. Her time of birth comes from her birth certificate, which lacks the exact hour but states that she was born on January 10, and from the local newspaper, which reports her birth on December 31, 1910.
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Biography of Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (excerpt)
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (June 19, 1884 – July 9, 1974) was a French writer and artist associated with the Dada movement. He was born in Montpellier and died in Saint-Jeannet. In addition to numerous early paintings, Ribemont-Dessaignes wrote plays, poetry, manifestos and opera librettos.
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Biography of Silvestre Revueltas (excerpt)
Silvestre Revueltas Sánchez (December 31, 1899 – October 5, 1940) was a Mexican classical music composer, violinist, and conductor. Born in Durango, he studied in Mexico City, Texas, and Chicago. He became assistant conductor of Mexico's National Symphony Orchestra in 1929, promoted contemporary Mexican music, and composed film scores, including the famous "La noche de los mayas."
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Biography of Óscar Murúa (excerpt)
José Óscar Francisco Murúa Robledo (January 25, 1898 – April 1, 1980) was a prominent Guatemalan artist born to Spanish immigrants. In 1903, his family moved from Guatemala to Madrid, Spain, where he later studied Commerce. Returning to Guatemala in 1915, he settled in Antigua Guatemala in 1946, focusing on rebuilding a property into a hotel.
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Biography of Frederik IX of Denmark (excerpt)
Frederik IX (Danish: Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Frederik was born into the House of Glücksburg during the reign of his great-grandfather King Christian IX.
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Biography of Théophile Alajouanine (excerpt)
Théophile Alajouanine, born June 12, 1890, in Verneix and died May 2, 1980, in Paris, was a French neurologist and writer. The son of a blacksmith, he studied medicine in Paris, becoming a hospital intern in 1913. Influenced by Achille Souques and Charles Foix, he specialized in neurology.
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Biography of Kurt Herdemerten (excerpt)
Kurt Herdemerten (* August 17, 1900, in Dresden; † December 21, 1951, in Essen) was a German mining engineer and polar explorer. Herdemerten grew up in Upper Silesia and studied geology and mining. He participated in the 1930/31 German Greenland Expedition led by Alfred Wegener, where he conducted seismic measurements of the ice sheet’s thickness.
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Biography of Walter Hasenclever (excerpt)
Walter Georg Alfred Hasenclever (8 July 1890 – 22 June 1940) was a German Jewish Expressionist poet and playwright. His works were banned when the Nazis came to power, leading him to exile in France where he was imprisoned as a "foreign enemy.
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Biography of Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (excerpt)
Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (1900–1975) was an Italian archaeologist and art historian. Born into Siena's aristocracy, his early research focused on Etruscan centers near his family lands. Disgusted by Italian fascism, he converted to communism after World War II and co-founded the magazine "Società" in 1945.
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Biography of Harold Courlander (excerpt)
Harold Courlander (September 18, 1908 – March 15, 1996) was an American novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist and an expert in the study of Haitian life. The author of 35 books and plays and numerous scholarly articles, Courlander specialized in the study of African, Caribbean, Afro-American, and Native American cultures.
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Biography of Helmut Kolle (excerpt)
Helmut Kolle, born on February 24, 1899, and died on November 17, 1931, was a German painter who achieved significant success in France during the 1920s. He blended German modernist style with French painting. Kolle was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, the son of bacteriologist Wilhelm Kolle.
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Biography of Arthur Tedder (excerpt)
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, GCB (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967) was a Scottish senior Royal Air Force commander. He was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and he went on to serve as a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the inter-war years when he served in Turkey, Great Britain and the Far East.
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Biography of Leopold Mountbatten (excerpt)
Lord Leopold Arthur Louis Mountbatten (21 May 1889 – 23 April 1922) was a British Army officer and a descendant of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and the British royal family. A grandson of Queen Victoria, he was known as Prince Leopold of Battenberg from his birth until 1917, when the British royal family relinquished their German titles during World War I, and the Battenberg family changed their name to Mountbatten.
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Biography of Gerty Cori (excerpt)
Gerty Theresa Cori (née Radnitz; August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) was a Bohemian-Austrian and American biochemist who, in 1947, became the third woman to win a Nobel Prize in science and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of the catalytic conversion of glycogen.
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Biography of Richard Glücks (excerpt)
Richard Glücks (22 April 1888 – 10 May 1945) was a high-ranking German SS functionary during the Nazi era. Wikipedia has 1889 in error. From November 1939 until the end of World War II, he commanded the Concentration Camps Inspectorate, later integrated into the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office as "Amt D".
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Biography of Elisabeth Mulder (excerpt)
Elisabeth Mulder, born in Barcelona on February 9, 1904, and died on November 28, 1987, in the same city, was a Spanish writer, poet, translator, journalist, and literary critic associated with the feminist movement Las Sinsombrero. She spent her childhood in Puerto Rico before returning to Barcelona at the age of seven.
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Biography of Jules Vandooren (excerpt)
Jules Vandooren, born on December 30, 1908, in Armentières and died on January 7, 1985, in Calais, was a French international footballer and coach. He began his career in 1927 as a full-back at Olympique Lillois, turning professional in 1932 and winning the championship that year.
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Biography of Pierre-Paul Grassé (excerpt)
Pierre-Paul Grassé (born November 27, 1895, in Périgueux, Dordogne, and died July 9, 1985, in Paris) was a French biologist, zoologist, and paleontologist, author of over 300 publications, including a significant treatise on zoology. A Doctor of Biological Sciences, he taught at the University of Montpellier, Clermont-Ferrand, and later at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he became the Chair of Evolution in 1941.
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Biography of Reinhold Schneider (excerpt)
Reinhold Schneider (Baden-Baden, May 13, 1903 – Freiburg im Breisgau, April 6, 1958) was a German poet who also wrote novels. Initially his works were less religious, but later his poetry had a Christian and specifically Catholic influence. His first works included ones about Luís de Camões and Portugal. |
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