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Biography of Bill W. (excerpt)
William Griffith Wilson (26 November 1895 – 24 January 1971), also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W., was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), a fellowship of self-help groups dedicated to helping alcoholics achieve sobriety. According to the AA Twelfth tradition of anonymity, Wilson was and still is commonly known as "Bill W.
Biography of Marcel Béalu (excerpt)
Marcel Béalu was born in Selles-sur-Cher on October 30, 1908, and raised in impoverished circumstances in Saumur. He died on June 19, 1993. Life Largely self-taught, he read the classics of canonical French literature on his own initiative while working as a haberdasher in Montargis.
Biography of Ernst Roehm (excerpt)
Ernst Julius Röhm, also spelled Ernst Roehm in English, (Munich November 28, 1887 – July 2, 1934) was a German military officer and later the commander and co-founder of the Nazi Sturmabteilung, also known as the SA. Early career Röhm's parents, Julius and Emilie (née Baltheiser) Röhm, had three children.
Biography of Maurice Garçon (excerpt)
Maurice Garçon (25 November 1889, Lille (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 5540) - 29 December 1967, Paris) was a French novelist, historian, essayist and lawyer. A major figure at the bar, he gained a certain notoriety and was even mentioned with René Floriot in the last phrase of Jean-Pierre Melville's film "Bob le flambeur".
Biography of Roland Freisler (excerpt)
Roland Freisler (October 30, 1893 – February 3, 1945) was a prominent and notorious Nazi German judge. He became State Secretary of Adolf Hitler's Reich Ministry of Justice and President of the Volksgerichtshof, a court set up outside constitutional authority. This court handled political crimes against Adolf Hitler's dictatorial regime.
Biography of Françoise Rosay (excerpt)
Françoise Rosay, (Françoise Bandy de Nalèche), (19 April 1891 - 28 March 1974) was a French actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure in French cinema. Rosay was born in Paris, the illegitimate daughter of Marie-Thérèse Chauvin, an actress known as Sylviac.
Biography of Henri Troyat (excerpt)
Henri Troyat, born Levon Aslan Torossian or Lev Aslanovich Tarasov (rus:Лев Асланович Тарасов), (November 14, 1911 – March 2, 2007) was a French author, biographer, historian and novelist of Armenian descent. Born in Moscow, his family fled Russia in fear of the coming revolution.
Biography of Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (excerpt)
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium (10 October 1903 – 1 June 1983) was the second son of Albert I, King of the Belgians and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria. Born in Brussels, he reigned in lieu of his older brother Leopold III from 1944 until 1950 as Prince Regent until Leopold could return to the throne.
Biography of Philippe Henriot (excerpt)
Philippe Henriot (January 7, 1889, Reims—June 28, 1944, Paris) was a French politician. Moving to the far right after beginnings in Roman Catholic conservatism in the Republican Federation, Henriot was elected to the Third Republic's Chamber of Deputies for the Gironde département in 1932 and 1936.
Biography of Werner Mölders (excerpt)
Werner Mölders (March 18, 1913 - November 22, 1941) was a German Luftwaffe World War II fighter ace. He was credited with 101 victories in WWII as well as 14 victories in the Spanish civil war. He rose quickly through the ranks, and was given command of a Geschwader (Fighter Wing) at age 27, and promoted to Oberst and appointed Inspector General of Fighters at age 28.
Biography of Ann Wigmore (excerpt)
Ann Wigmore (1909-1994) was a holistic health practitioner, nutritionist, whole foods advocate, and a doctor of Divinity. With Viktoras Kulvinskas, she co-founded the Hippocrates Health Institute (rated as one of the top health resorts by the International Spa Industry). She was an early pioneer in the use of wheatgrass juice and living foods for detoxifying and healing the body, mind, and spirit.
Biography of George Balanchine (excerpt)
George Balanchine (Georgian: გიორგი ბალანჩივაძე, giorgi balanchivadze) (January 22, 1904 – April 30, 1983), was a Russian ballet choreographer of Georgian descent. Balanchine is one of the 20th century's foremost choreographers, and one of the founders of American ballet. His work formed a bridge between classical and modern ballet.
Biography of Léa Papin (excerpt)
Christine Papin (8 March 1905 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 18 May 1937) and Léa Papin (15 September 1911 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 24 July 2001) were two French maids who murdered their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans, France, on 2 February 1933.
Biography of Nicola Abbagnano (excerpt)
Nicola Abbagnano (15 July 1901 – September 9, 1990) was an Italian existential philosopher. Nicola Abbagnano was born in Salerno. He studied in Naples and taught at Turin. In 1972 he moved to Milan, where he collaborated to Indro Montanelli's Il Giornale.
Biography of Sid James (excerpt)
Sid James (born Joel Solomon Cohen; 8 May 1913 (source: British Entertainers, Frank C. Clifford) – 26 April 1976) was a South African actor, who made his career in the British film and television industry. James, who was often credited as Sidney James, is best remembered for his roles in the Carry On films, Bless This House and Hancock's Half Hour.
Biography of Edmond van Daële (excerpt)
Edmond van Daële (August 11, 1884 in Paris (birth time source: Yoan Cocquebert, archives on-line pages 30 and 31) - March 11, 1960, Grez-Neuville, Maine-et-Loire,France) was a Dutch - French film actor. He appeared in the 1923 silent film Coeur fidèle, directed by Jean Epstein.
Biography of Abram Topor (excerpt)
Abram Topor, born on February 24, 1903 in Warsaw, died in 1992, was a French painter born in Poland.
Biography of Ann Sothern (excerpt)
Ann Sothern (January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress with a career spanning six decades. Early life and career Born Harriette Arlene Lake in Valley City, North Dakota, although she went to Central High School in St.
Biography of Véra Clouzot (excerpt)
Véra Clouzot (30 December 1913 – 15 December 1960) was a Brazilian-born French film actress and screenwriter. Born as Véra Gibson-Amado in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she became the wife of film director Henri-Georges Clouzot. She made only three films, all directed by her husband, the most notable of which was the classic thriller, Les Diaboliques (1955).
Biography of George Reeves (excerpt)
George Reeves (January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor, best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman and his death by a gunshot wound at the age of 45. Early life
Biography of André Perchicot (excerpt)
André Perchicot (August 9, 1888 in Bayonne (birth time source: Yoan Cocquebert, online archives) - May 3, 1950) was a French cyclist who won the bronze medal at the 1912 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's Sprint in Newark, New Jersey and the 1912 French National Track Championships.
Biography of Claude Rains (excerpt)
Claude Rains (November 10, 1889 – May 30, 1967) was an English theatre and film actor, who later held American citizenship, best known for his many roles in Hollywood films. Early life Rains was born William Claude Rains (known as 'Willie') in Camberwell, London on November 10, 1889.
Biography of Marshall McLuhan (excerpt)
Herbert Marshall McLuhan, C.C. (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar — a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communications theorist. McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory.
Biography of Lester Young (excerpt)
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed 'Prez', was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. He was also known to play the trumpet, violin, and drums. Coming to prominence with the band of Count Basie, Young is remembered as one of the finest, most influential players on his instrument, playing with a cool tone and sophisticated harmonies.
Biography of Basil Rathbone (excerpt)
Basil Rathbone, MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967), was an English actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and of suave villains in such swashbuckler films as The Mark of Zorro, Captain Blood, and The Adventures of Robin Hood.
Biography of France Dhélia (excerpt)
France Dhélia (Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois, France, November 9, 1894 - Paris, May 3, 1964) was a French actress. She often performed under the name Mado Floréal.
Biography of Henri Queffélec (excerpt)
Henri Queffélec, born January 29, 1910 in Brest, died January 12; 1992 in Paris (heart failure), was a French writer. He is the father of French writer Yann Queffélec (Prix Goncourt in 1985). Henri Queffélec won Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1958 for his novel "Un royaume sous la mer".
Biography of Paul Hutin-Desgrées (excerpt)
Paul Hutin-Desgrées, born October 21, 1888 in Bovée-sur-Barboure (Meuse)(birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) and died March 25, 1975 in Rheu (Ille-et-Vilaine), was a French journalist, president of newspapers and politician.
Biography of Lou Gehrig (excerpt)
Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig set several major league records.
Biography of Ed Sullivan (excerpt)
Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974) was an American entertainment writer and television host, best known as the presenter of a popular TV variety show called The Ed Sullivan Show that was popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
Biography of André Cayatte (excerpt)
André Cayatte (February 3, 1909, Carcassonne – February 6, 1989, Paris) was a French New Wave filmmaker and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility, themes which Cayatte persisted in affirming regardless of changing contemporary attitudes.
Biography of Eugen Weidmann (excerpt)
Eugen Weidmann (February 5, 1908 (birth time source: Didier Geslain and Jacques Berthon, birth certificate) – June 17, 1939) was the last person to be publicly executed in France. Weidmann was born in Frankfurt am Main to the family of an export businessman, and went to school there.
Biography of Willard Libby (excerpt)
Willard Frank Libby (December 17, 1908 – September 8, 1980) was an American physical chemist, famous for his role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionized archaeology. Libby was born in Grand Valley, Colorado. He received his B.
Biography of Claretta Petacci (excerpt)
Clara Petacci (Claretta Petacci) (28 February 1912 – 28 April 1945) was an upper class Roman who became Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's mistress. Her father had been the personal physician to the Pope. She was twenty-nine years younger than Mussolini. Petacci was with Mussolini to the end.
Biography of Salvatore Ferragamo (excerpt)
Biography Salvatore Ferragamo was born in 1898 in Bonito, near Avellino, the eleventh of 14 children. After making his first pair of shoes at age nine, for his sisters to wear on their confirmation, young Salvatore decided that he had found his calling.
Biography of Jarmila Novotná (excerpt)
Jarmila Novotná (September 23, 1907, in Prague – February 9, 1994, in New York City) was a celebrated Czech soprano and, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera. Early career A student of Emmy Destinn, Novotná made her operatic debut at the Prague Opera House, on June 28, 1925, as Marenka in Smetana's The Bartered Bride.
Biography of René Grousset (excerpt)
René Grousset (September 5, 1885 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – September 12, 1952) was a French historian, curator of both the Cernuschi and Guimet Museums in Paris, and a member of the prestigious Académie française. He wrote several major works on Asiatic and Oriental civilizations, with his two most important works being History of the Crusades (1934-1936) and The Empire of the Steppes, a History of Central Asia (1939), both of which were considered standard references on the subject.
Biography of Jean Fourastié (excerpt)
Jean Fourastié (April 15, 1907, in Saint-Benin-d'Azy, Nièvre (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) - July 25, 1990, in Douelle, Lot) was a French economist, notable for having coined the expression Trente Glorieuses ("the glorious thirty ") to describe the period of prosperity that France experienced from the end of World War II until the 1973 oil crisis (1945-1973).
Biography of Simone Simon (excerpt)
Simone Simon (April 23, 1911 (source: B.C. in hand from Steinbrecher) – February 22, 2005) was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931. Early life Simone Simon Pas-de-Calais, France. She was the daughter of Henri Louis Firmin, a French engineer, and Erma Maria Domenica Giorcelli, an Italian housewife.
Biography of Hélène Perdrière (excerpt)
Hélène Perdrière, born April 17, 1910 in Asnières-sur-Seine, died August, 27, 1992 in Boulogne-Billancourt, was a French actress, member of La Comédie-Française. Filmography (extracts) Television 1980 : La Vie de Pierre de Coubertin : Marie Rothan 1979 : La Belle vie : La comtesse
Biography of André Castelot (excerpt)
André Storms, best known as André Castelot, born January 23, 1911 in Anvers, died July 18, 2004 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French author and screenwriter. He is the son of painter Maurice Chabas and Gabrielle Storms-Castelot, and the brother of actor Jacques Castelot.
Biography of Curzio Malaparte (excerpt)
Curzio Malaparte (June 9, 1898 - July 19, 1957), born Kurt Erich Suckert, was an Italian journalist, dramatist, short-story writer, novelist and diplomat. His chosen surname, which he used since 1925, means "he of the bad place" and is a pun on the word "Bonaparte".
Biography of René Dary (excerpt)
René Dary, born Anatole Antoine Clément Mary, July 18, 1905 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died October 7, 1974 in Plan-de-Cuques (Bouches-du-Rhône), was a French actor and film director, the son of French artist and showman Abélard, also called "le Comique Idiot".
Biography of Maurice Noguès (excerpt)
Maurice Noguès, born in Rennes, October 31, 1889 and killed by accident January 15, 1934 in Corbigny (Nièvre), was a French aviator of Britain descent. Bibliography La Tragédie de l'Emeraude. 15 janvier 1934, Saïgon-Paris, par Michèle Kahn. Editions du Rocher (2007).
Biography of Jean Arp (excerpt)
Jean Arp / Hans Arp (September 16, 1886 – June 7, 1966) was a German-French sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist in other media such as torn and pasted paper. Arp was born in Strasbourg. The son of an Alsatian mother and a non-Alsatian German father, he was born during the brief period following the Franco-Prussian War when the area was known as Alsace-Lorraine (Elsass-Lothringen in German) after it had been returned to Germany by France.
Biography of Emmanuel Levinas (excerpt)
Emmanuel Levinas (12 January 1906 – 25 December 1995) was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work within Jewish philosophy, existentialism, and phenomenology, focusing on the relationship of ethics to metaphysics and ontology. Philosophy In the 1950s, Levinas emerged from the circle of intellectuals surrounding the philosopher Jean Wahl as a leading French thinker.
Biography of René Clair (excerpt)
René Clair (November 11, 1898 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 846/CR – March 15, 1981) was a French filmmaker and author. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy.
Biography of Sigrid Onégin (excerpt)
Sigrid Onégin (June 1, 1891 - June 16, 1943) was a Franco-German operatic contralto who enjoyed an international career prior to World War II . She was born in Stockholm, Sweden to a German father and a French mother. She first sang professionally under her maiden name, Lilly Hoffmann.
Biography of René Trintzius (excerpt)
René Victor Trintzius, born July 29, 1898 in Rouen and died January 24, 1953 in Paris, was a French novelist, author, biographer, occultist and healer.
Biography of Fritz Zwicky (excerpt)
Fritz Zwicky (February 14, 1898 – February 8, 1974) was an American-based Swiss astronomer. He was an original thinker, with many important contributions in theoretical and observational astronomy. Biographical sketch Fritz Zwicky was born in Varna, Bulgaria, to Swiss parents. His father was the Bulgarian ambassador to Norway. |
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