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Biography of Marie Laurencin (excerpt)
Marie Laurencin (October 31, 1883 (birth time source: Arno Muller vol 3)–June 8, 1956) was a French painter and printmaker. Laurencin was born in Paris where she was raised by her mother and lived much of her life. When she was 18 years old, she studied porcelain painting in Sèvres.
Biography of Louise de la Vallière (excerpt)
Louise de La Vallière (Françoise Louise de La Baume Le Blanc; 6 August 1644 – 7 June 1710) was a mistress of Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. She later became the Duchess of La Vallière and Duchess of Vaujours in her own right.
Biography of Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (excerpt)
Consuelo de Saint Exupéry (born Armenia, El Salvador, April 10, 1901—died Grasse, France, May 28, 1979) was a Salvadoran-French writer and artist, and wife of the famous writer and aviator Antoine de Saint Exupéry. Born Consuelo Suncín Sandoval Zeceña in a small town in El Salvador to a family of wealthy landowners, she studied abroad in San Francisco, in Mexico City, and in France.
Biography of Rachel Mussolini (excerpt)
Rachel Mussolini, born April 11, 1890 in Pedappio, Italy, died October 1979, was the wife of Benito Mussolini. They had six children.
Biography of Maureen O'Sullivan (excerpt)
Maureen Paula O’Sullivan (17 May 1911 – 23 June 1998) was an Irish actress considered Ireland's first film star. Biography Early life O'Sullivan was born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, the daughter of Mary Lovatt (née Fraser) and Charles Joseph O'Sullivan, an officer in The Connaught Rangers who served in The Great War.
Biography of François-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (excerpt)
François Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (18 January 1641 – 16 July 1691), was the French Secretary of State for War for a significant part of the reign of Louis XIV. Louvois and his father, Michel le Tellier, would increase the French Army to 400,000 soldiers, an army that would fight four wars between 1667 and 1713.
Biography of Robert E. Howard (excerpt)
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. His most famous character — created in the pages of the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales — Conan the Barbarian.
Biography of Célestin Freinet (excerpt)
Célestin Freinet (15 October 1896 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate)–8 October 1966) was a noted French pedagogue, and educational reformer. Early life Freinet was born in Provence as the fifth of eight children. His own schooldays were deeply unpleasant to him, and would affect his teaching methods and desire for reform.
Biography of Shoghi Effendi (excerpt)
Shoghí Effendí Rabbání (September 27, 1897 (some other sources give March 1, 1897) - November 4, 1957), better known as Shoghi Effendi, was the Guardian and appointed head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957. After the death of `Abdu'l-Bahá in 1921, the leadership of the Bahá'í community entered a new phase, evolving from that of a single individual to an administrative order with executive and legislative branches, the head of each being the Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice.
Biography of Dick Powell (excerpt)
Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss. Born in Mountain View, the seat of Stone County in northern Arkansas, Powell attended the former Little Rock College in the state capital, before he started his entertainment career as a singer with the Charlie Davis Orchestra, based in the midwest.
Biography of Jacqueline Thome-Patenôtre (excerpt)
Jacqueline Thome-Patenôtre, born February 3, 1906 in Paris, died June 2, 1995 in Rambouillet, was a French politician, daugther of politician André Thome, and wife of Minister Raymond Patenôtre.
Biography of Edward G. Robinson (excerpt)
Edward Goldenberg Robinson, Sr. (born Emanuel Goldenberg; Yiddish: עמנואל גאלדנבערג; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was an honorary Academy Award-winning American actor born in Romania. Although he has played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, most notably in his star-making film Little Caesar.
Biography of André Pieyre de Mandiargues (excerpt)
André Pieyre de Mandiargues (March 14, 1909 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) - December 13, 1991) was a French writer. de Mandiargues was born in Paris. His book La Marge was made into a film by Walerian Borowczyk. The 1967 novel La Marge won the Prix Goncourt.
Biography of Jessica Tandy (excerpt)
Jessie Alice "Jessica" Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was a British-American stage and film actress. Early life Youngest of three siblings, Tandy was born in Geldeston Road in the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney. Her mother, Jessie Helen (née Horspool), was the head of a school for mentally handicapped children, and her father, Harry Tandy, was a travelling salesman for a rope manufacturer.
Biography of Charles Sannié (excerpt)
Charles Sannié, born on December 28, 1896 in Janville, was a French physician, surgeon, and a Member of the Académie des Sciences.
Biography of Andrée Bordeaux-Le Pecq (excerpt)
Andrée Bordeaux-Le Pecq, born Octoberr 3, 1910 in Laval, Mayenne, and died in January 1973 in Paris, was a French artist and illustrator.
Biography of Bernard Coyne (excerpt)
Bernard A. Coyne (July 27, 1897 - May 20, 1921) Anthon, Iowa, USA. Is one of only twelve individuals in medical history to have stood 8 feet tall or more. Coyne was 8 feet 4 inches (2.49m) tall at his death in 1921.
Biography of Max Baer (excerpt)
Maximilian Adelbert "Madcap Maxie" Baer (February 11, 1909 – November 21, 1959) was a famous American boxer of the 1930s, onetime Heavyweight Champion of the World, actor and entertainer. Early life Maximilian Adalbert Baer was born on February 11, 1909 in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Jacob Baer (1875–1938) who was of French-Jewish ancestry and Dora Bales (1877–1938) who was of German-Scots-Irish ancestry.
Biography of Philippe Parès (excerpt)
Philippe Parès, born on May 3, 1901 in Paris (birth time source: Geslain, Lescaut), died in 1979, was a French editor, music producer, and composer.
Biography of André-Charles Boulle (excerpt)
André-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 – 28 February 1732), was the French cabinetmaker who is generally considered to be the preeminent artist in the field of marquetry. His fame in marquetry led to his name being given to a fashion of inlaying known as Boulle (or, in 19th-century Britain, Buhl work).
Biography of Raymond Loewy (excerpt)
Raymond Fernand Loewy (5 November, 1893 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 14 July, 1986) was one of the best known industrial designers of the 20th century. Born in France, he spent most of his professional career in the United States where he influenced countless aspects of North American culture.
Biography of Juliana of the Netherlands (excerpt)
Juliana (Juliana Emma Louise Marie Wilhelmina van Oranje-Nassau; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004) was queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from her mother's abdication in 1948 to her own abdication in 1980. After her abdication she reverted to the style she used before coming to the throne.
Biography of Jean Hérold-Paquis (excerpt)
Jean Auguste Hérold, better known as Jean Hérold-Paquis (4 February 1912 - 11 October 1945), was a French journalist who fought for Franco and the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. In 1940 he was appointed as Delegate for Propaganda in the Hautes-Alpes department by the Vichy authorities.
Biography of Leopold III of Belgium (excerpt)
Leopold III (born as Léopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel (French) or Leopold Filips Karel Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Miguel (Dutch); 3 November 1901 – 25 September 1983) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the Heir Apparent, his son Baudouin.
Biography of Edward Teller (excerpt)
Edward Teller (January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb," even though he did not care for the title. Teller emigrated to the United States in the 1930s, and was an early member of the Manhattan Project charged with developing the first atomic bombs.
Biography of Camille Guérini (excerpt)
Camille Guérini, born Camille Adolphe Georges Le Pape on June 29, 1900 in Lorient, Morbihan (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, birth certificate), died on April 15, 1963 in Clichy-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine, was a French actor and comedian. Theater (extract) * 1926 : Et moi j'te dis qu'elle te fait de l'œil de Maurice Hennequin, Théâtre Déjazet
Biography of Albert Szent-Györgyi (excerpt)
Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt (September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with discovering vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle.
Biography of Alma Reville (excerpt)
Alma Reville, Lady Hitchcock (14 August 1899 – 6 July 1982) was an English assistant director, screenwriter and editor. Life and work She was born in Nottinghamshire, England, the second daughter of Matthew Edward and Lucy Reville (née Owen). She is best known as the wife and collaborator of Sir Alfred Hitchcock, whom she met while they were working together at Paramount's Famous Players-Lasky studio in London, during the early 1920s.
Biography of Käthe Dorsch (excerpt)
Käthe (Katharina) Dorsch (31 December 1890, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz - 25 December 1957, Vienna) was a German actress. She married Harry Liedtke (1920 - 1928). Filmography (extract) Maria Stuart (1957) (TV) .... Maria Stuart Regine (1956) .... Therese Lund ... aka Regine (Canada: English title)
Biography of Jean Rostand (excerpt)
Jean Rostand (October 30, 1894 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) - September 4, 1977) was a French biologist and philosopher. Active as an experimental biologist, Rostand became famous for his work as a science writer, as well as a philosopher and an activist.
Biography of Don Ameche (excerpt)
Don Ameche (born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor. Family Ameche was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the son of Barbara, who was of Irish and German descent, and Felix Ameche, an immigrant from Italy whose original surname was "Amici.
Biography of Ferdinand Alquié (excerpt)
Ferdinand Alquié (born December 18, 1906 in Carcassonne, Aude (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 590), died February 28, 1985 in Montpellier) was a French philosopher and member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques. He taught at the lycée Louis-le-Grand and at the Sorbonne university.
Biography of René de Hesdin (excerpt)
Army General René de Hesdin (1890-1966): Chief of Staff of Army B (44), then military governor of Rome (44), then liaison officer with the 7th US Army (44) , then head of the 4th Moroccan mountain division (III) (44-45). After the war: military governor of Lyon (46-49).
Biography of Victor-Marie d'Estrées (excerpt)
Victor Marie d'Estrées, count then duke (1723) d'Estrées (November 30, 1660, Paris – December 27, 1737, Paris) was a Marshal of France. Biography Son of Marshal Jean II d'Estrées (1624-1707), Victor Marie began his military career in the infantry in 1676, but joined the Navy one year later.
Biography of Adrien de Prémorel (excerpt)
Adrien de Durand de Prémorel or Adrien de Prémorel (born March 17 1889 in Brussels, Belgium - died February 28 1968) was a French-speaking Belgian writer.
Biography of Alberto Moravia (excerpt)
Alberto Moravia, born Alberto Pincherle, (November 28, 1907 – September 26, 1990) was one of the leading Italian novelists of the twentieth century whose novels explore matters of modern sexuality, social alienation, and existentialism. He is best known for his anti-fascist novel Il Conformista (The Conformist), the basis for the film The Conformist (1970) by Bernardo Bertolucci.
Biography of Arthur Koestler (excerpt)
Arthur Koestler CBE (September 5, 1905, Budapest – March 3, 1983, London) was a Hungarian polymath who became a naturalized British subject. He wrote journalism, novels, social philosophy, and books on scientific subjects. In 1931, he joined the Communist Party of Germany, but left the party seven years later, after emigrating to the United Kingdom.
Biography of Louise Weiss (excerpt)
Louise Weiss (born January 25, 1893 in Arras, France; died May 26, 1983 in Paris) was a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician. Life Louise Weiss came from a cosmopolitan family of Alsace. The ancestors of her Jewish mother, Jeanne Laval, came from Frankfurt, Mannheim, Munich, Vienna and Prague.
Biography of Rita Levi-Montalcini (excerpt)
Rita Levi-Montalcini (22 April 1909 (birth time source: Gauquelin, birth certificate) – 30 December 2012), Knight Grand Cross, was an Italian neurologist who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF).
Biography of Quentin Crisp (excerpt)
Quentin Crisp (December 25, 1908(1908-12-25) – November 21, 1999), born Denis Charles Pratt, was an English writer, artist's model, actor and raconteur known for his memorable and insightful witticisms. He became a gay icon in the 1970s after publication of his memoir, The Naked Civil Servant, brought to the attention of the general public his defiant exhibitionism and longstanding refusal to remain in the closet.
Biography of Edmond-François Calvo (excerpt)
Edmond-François Calvo (26 August 1892 (birth time source: departmental archives) - 11 October 1957) was a French comics artist. Born in 1892 in Elbeuf, France, he was in the army in the First World War, and started publishing cartoons in the 1920s.
Biography of Karl Böhm (excerpt)
Karl August Leopold Böhm (August 28, 1894 – August 14, 1981) was an Austrian conductor. Born in Graz, Austria, Böhm studied law and earned a doctorate on this subject. He later studied music at the Graz Conservatory. On the recommendation of Karl Muck, Bruno Walter engaged him at Munich's Bavarian State Opera in 1921.
Biography of Pearl Buck (excerpt)
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, most familiarly known as Pearl S. Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker; Chinese: 赛珍珠; pinyin: Sài Zhēnzhū) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973), was a prolific American writer who won a Nobel Prize in Literature and a Pulitzer Prize.
Biography of David Lean (excerpt)
Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was a British filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, and A Passage to India.
Biography of André Zeller (excerpt)
André Zeller (1 January 1898 – 18 September 1979) was a French Army general, he was one of four generals that organized the Algiers putsch of 1961. He was sentenced to fifteen years for his part in the putsch, but he was amnestied in 1968.
Biography of Otto von Habsburg (excerpt)
Otto, Crown Prince of Austria or Otto von Habsburg (born 20 November 1912 as Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius of Austria, later of Austria-Este) has been the head of the Habsburg family since 1922 and is the eldest son of Charles, the last Emperor of Austria and last King of Hungary, and his wife, Zita of Bourbon-Parma the last Empress of Austria and last Queen of Hungary.
Biography of Louis Quéméneur (excerpt)
Louis Quéméneur, born December 1, 1884 in Commana, is the brother of Pierre Quéméneur, killed in the night of 25/26 May 1923 during a business trip from Brittany to Paris with Seznec. The Seznec Affair was a controversial French court case of 1923-1924.
Biography of Jack Ruby (excerpt)
Jacob Rubenstein (March 25, 1911 (birth date source: The Wilsons, birth certificat in hand) – January 3, 1967), who legally changed his name to Jack Leon Ruby in 1947, was an American nightclub operator in Dallas, Texas. He was convicted on March 14, 1964, of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was arrested for the assassination of President John F.
Biography of Roger Salengro (excerpt)
Roger Henri Charles Salengro, born May 30, 1890 in Lille, died November17, 1936, was a French politician, member of SFIO. The French Section of the Workers' International (Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière, SFIO), founded in 1905, was a French socialist political party, designed as the local section of the Second International (i.
Biography of Jean Grémillon (excerpt)
Jean Grémillon (October 3, 1901 – November 25, 1959) was a French film director. After directing a number of documentaries during the 1920s, many now lost, he had his first substantial success with the dramatic feature Maldone in 1928. Over the next quarter-century, he directed twenty more feature films, of which he is best known for five made between 1937 and 1944: L'Étrange M. |
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