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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. ![]() ![]()
Biography of Cécile de Brunhoff (excerpt)
Cecile de Brunhoff (née Sabourand) (October 16, 1903 – April 7, 2003) was a French storyteller and the co-creator of the Babar stories. She told the stories to her son when he was sick, and her husband Jean de Brunhoff wrote and illustrated the children's books that became popular worldwide. ![]()
Biography of Clara Malraux (excerpt)
Clara Goldschmidt, born October 22, 1897 in Paris, was the wife of French author, adventurer and statesman André Malraux. ![]()
Biography of Eugenio Montale (excerpt)
Eugenio Montale (October 12, 1896—September 12, 1981) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975. Early years Montale was born in Genoa. His family were chemical products traders (his father furnished Italo Svevo's firm). ![]()
Biography of Madeleine Carroll (excerpt)
Madeleine Carroll (February 26, 1906 - October 2, 1987) was a British actress, immensely popular in the 1930s and 1940s, who was renowned for her great beauty. She was born as Edith Madeleine Carroll at 32 Herbert Street (now number 44) West Bromwich, England. ![]()
Biography of Jacques Duclos (excerpt)
Jacques Duclos (October 2, 1896 in Louey, Hautes-Pyrénées-April 25, 1975 in Montreuil) was a French Communist politician who played a key role in French politics from 1926, when he entered the French National Assembly after defeating Paul Reynaud, until 1969, when he achieved a substantial proportion of the vote in the Presidential Elections.
Biography of Paul Dupré-Lafon (excerpt)
Paul Dupré-Lafon, born June 1è, 1900 in Marseille and died in 1971, was a French artist, painter and designer. He studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Marseille. He meets Georges Willameur and the two friends paint and exhibit in galleries in Marseille.
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Biography of Rómulo Gallegos (excerpt)
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 7 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of some nine months during 1948, he was the first cleanly elected president in his country's history. Rómulo Gallegos was born in Caracas to Rómulo Gallegos Osío and Rita Freire Guruceaga, into a family of humble origin. ![]()
Biography of Nusch Éluard (excerpt)
Nusch Éluard (born Maria Benz; June 21, 1906 – November 28, 1946) was a French performer, model and surrealist artist. Born Maria Benz in Mulhouse (then part of the German Empire), she met Swiss architect and artist Max Bill in the Odeon Café in Zurich; he nicknamed her "Nusch", a name she would stick to. ![]()
Biography of Richard Sorge (excerpt)
Richard Sorge (Russian: Ри́хард Зо́рге) (October 4, 1895 - November 7, 1944) was a spy who worked for the Soviet Union. He has gained great fame among espionage enthusiasts for his intelligence gathering during World War II. He worked as a journalist in both Germany and Japan, where he was imprisoned for spying and eventually hanged. ![]()
Biography of Dom Helder Camara (excerpt)
Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara (February 7, 1909, Fortaleza, Ceará, North East Brazil - August 27, 1999 Recife) was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Olinda and Recife. He retired as archbishop in 1985, and lived to see many of his reforms rolled back by his conservative successors. ![]()
Biography of Véra Korène (excerpt)
Véra Korène (July 17, 1901 (sources: Wikipedia in French, Imdb) – November 19, 1996), was a Russian-born French actress and singer. Born Rébecca Véra Korestzky in Russia of Jewish heritage, she fled the Revolution and settled in Paris, France. Using the Francized name Korène, she began her career in the theatre but also appeared in a number of films during the 1930s. ![]()
Biography of Ramón Vinay (excerpt)
Ramón Vinay (August 31, 1911 – January 4, 1996) was a famous Chilean operatic tenor with a powerful, dramatic voice. He is probably best remembered for his appearances in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi's tragic opera Otello. Biography The young Vinay was encouraged by his mother to learn to sing.
Biography of Vincente Minnelli (excerpt)
Vincente Minnelli (February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was a famous Academy Award-winning Hollywood director and accomplished stage director. His skilled integration of story, music, lighting, and design elements in a film made him the most critically respected crafter of American film musicals. ![]()
Biography of Djuna Barnes (excerpt)
Djuna Barnes (12 June, 1892 – 18 June, 1982) was an American writer who played an important part in the development of 20th century English language modernist writing and was one of the key figures in 1920s and 30s bohemian Paris after filling a similar role in the Greenwich Village of the teens.
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Biography of Fredric March (excerpt)
Fredric March (August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American two-time Academy Award and Tony Award-winning stage and film actor. Early life Marc ch was born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel in Racine, Wisconsin, the son of Cora Brown Marcher and John F. ![]()
Biography of Helen Hayes (excerpt)
Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American two-time Academy Award-winning actress, whose career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theater", and was one of the nine people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award. ![]()
Biography of Hans Frank (excerpt)
Hans Michael Frank (May 23, 1900 (time birth source: Gauquelin) – October 16, 1946) was a German lawyer who worked for the Nazi party during the 1920s and 1930s and later became a high-ranking official in Nazi Germany. He was prosecuted during the Nuremberg trials for his role in perpetrating the Holocaust during his tenure as Governor-General of occupied Poland. ![]()
Biography of Arthur Honegger (excerpt)
Arthur Honegger (March 10, 1892 – November 27, 1955) was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les Six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which imitates the sound of a steam locomotive.
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Biography of André Luguet (excerpt)
André Luguet (15 May 1892 – 24 May 1979) was a French film actor, film director, and screenwriter. He appeared in over 120 films between 1910 and 1970. He was born in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France and died in Cannes, France. Selected filmography * The Mad Genius (1931)
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Biography of René Mayer (excerpt)
René Mayer (French pronunciation: ; 4 May 1895, Paris – 13 December 1972, Paris) was a French Radical politician of the Fourth Republic who served briefly as Prime Minister during 1953. He led the Mayer Authority from 1955 to 1958. Mayer's Ministry, 8 January – 28 June 1953
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Biography of Stanislas-André Steeman (excerpt)
Stanislas-Andre Steeman (Liege on January 23, 1908 - Menton on December 15, 1970) is an author and Belgian illustrator of French expression. Selected works Œuvres 1928 : Les Amants puérils 1930 : Péril 1930 : Le Doigt volé 1930 : Six Hommes morts / Le Dernier des six, Grand Prix du roman d'aventures 1931 ![]()
Biography of Alice Faye (excerpt)
Alice Faye (born Alice Jeane Leppert on May 5, 1912 - May 9, 1998) was an American actress and singer. She is remembered first for her stardom at 20th Century Fox and, later, as the radio comedy partner of her second husband, bandleader-comedian Phil Harris.
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Biography of Ella Maillart (excerpt)
Ella Maillart (or Ella K. Maillart; * February 20, 1903, Geneva - † March 27, 1997, Chandolin) was a French-speaking Swiss adventurer, travel writer and photographer, as well as a sportswoman. She had been captain of the Swiss Women's land hockey team and was an international skier.
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Biography of Saïd Boualam (excerpt)
Saïd Boualam, born October 2, 1906 in Souk-Ahras, Algeria, died in 1982, was a French military and politician. ![]()
Biography of Ira Gershwin (excerpt)
Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. With George he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm," "Embraceable You," "The Man I Love" and "Someone to Watch Over Me," and the opera Porgy and Bess. ![]()
Biography of Sonja Henie (excerpt)
Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in women's singles, a ten-time World champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European champion (1931–1936). Henie has won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater. ![]()
Biography of Benoîte Rencurel (excerpt)
Benoîte (Benedicta) Rencurel (born in September 16, 1647) was a shepherdess from Saint-Étienne-le-Laus, France who saw apparitions from the Virgin Mary beginning from 1664 through 1718. The apparitions became known as Our Lady of Laus and has become the site of thousands of pilgrims a year. ![]()
Biography of Agnes Martin (excerpt)
Agnes Martin (March 22, 1912 – December 16, 2004) was an American painter, often referred to as a minimalist; Martin considered herself an abstract expressionist. Life and career Agnes Martin was born in Macklin, Saskatchewan, grew up in Vancouver, and moved to the United States in 1931, becoming a citizen in 1950. ![]()
Biography of Mary Welsh Hemingway (excerpt)
Mary Welsh Hemingway (April 5, 1908 – November 26, 1986) was an American journalist and the fourth wife (and widow) of Ernest Hemingway. Born in Minnesota, Welsh was a daughter of a lumberman. When she was 32, she married Lawrence Miller Cook, a drama student from Ohio. ![]()
Biography of Edmund Heines (excerpt)
Edmund Heines (* July 21, 1897 in Munich; † June 30, 1934 in Munich) was Ernst Röhm's deputy in the SA, and possibly one of his lovers as well.Adolf Hitler had a close friendship with Röhm, and to a lesser degree with Heines.
Biography of Aimée van de Wiele (excerpt)
Aimée van de Wiele, born on March 8, 1907 in Brussels, died in 1991 in Paris, was a Belgian musician and harpsichordist. ![]()
Biography of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (excerpt)
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (Charlotte Aldegonde Élise Marie Wilhelmine) (January 23, 1896 – July 9, 1985) was the second daughter of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Marie Anne of Portugal. Her maternal grandparents were Miguel of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. ![]()
Biography of Louis Prima (excerpt)
Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an Italian-American entertainer, singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the 1950s, and a pop-rock band in the 1960s.
Biography of James Pike (excerpt)
James Albert Pike (February 14, 1913 - September 1969) was an American Episcopal bishop, prolific writer, and one of the first mainline religious figures to appear regularly on television. His outspoken views on many theological and social issues made him one of the most controversial public figures of his time. ![]()
Biography of André Kertész (excerpt)
(The Hungarian name form is Kertész Andor; this article uses the Western style.) André Kertész (2 July 1894 – 28 September 1985), born Kertész Andor, was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. In the early years of his career, his then-unorthodox camera angles and style prevented his work from gaining wider recognition. ![]()
Biography of James Thurber (excerpt)
James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American humorist and cartoonist. Thurber was best known for his contributions (both cartoons and short stories) to The New Yorker magazine. Life Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Charles L. ![]()
Biography of Corrado Gini (excerpt)
Corrado Gini (May 23, 1884 - March 13, 1965) was an Italian statistician, demographer and sociologist who developed the Gini coefficient, a measure of the income inequality in a society. Gini was also a leading fascist theorist and ideologue who wrote The Scientific Basis of Fascism in 1927. ![]()
Biography of François Marty (excerpt)
Gabriel Auguste François Cardinal Marty (18 May 1904 - February 16, 1994) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris. He was born in Vaureilles, Pachins, in France. His family were farmers. His first baptismal name was Gabriel but he used his second one, François, to avoid confusion with a classmate also named Gabriel Marty.
Biography of François Bloch-Lainé (excerpt)
François Bloch-Lainé, born March 25, 1912 in Paris, died February 25, 2002 in Paris, was a French civil servant. He is the father of Jean-Michel Bloch-Lainé. Awards Médaille de la Résistance Grand-Croix de la Légion d'honneur Bibliography François Bloch-Lainé, fonctionnaire, financier, citoyen, ouvrage sous la direction de Michel Margairaz, Comité pour l'histoire économique et financière de la France, 2005, 270 p (ISBN 2-11-094797-7)
Biography of Maya Perez (excerpt)
Maya Perez, born August 2, 1905 in Georgetown, Guyana, is a psychic and author. ![]()
Biography of Émile Henriot (writer) (excerpt)
Émile Henriot (French pronunciation: ; 3 March 1889, Paris – 14 April 1961, Paris) was a French poet, novelist, essayist and literary critic. Life A son of the caricaturist Henri Maigrot, known under the pen name Henriot, he fought in the First World War. ![]()
Biography of William III of England (excerpt)
William III (14 November 1650 – 8 March 1702) was the Prince of Orange from his birth, Stadtholder of the main provinces of the Dutch Republic from 28 June 1672, King of England and King of Ireland from 13 February 1689, and King of Scots (under the name William II) from 11 April 1689, in each case until his death. ![]()
Biography of Frances Dee (excerpt)
Frances Marion Dee (November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was an American actress. She starred opposite Maurice Chevalier in the early talkie musical, The Playboy of Paris (1930). She starred in the film An American Tragedy (1931) in the role played by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1951 remake A Place in the Sun. ![]()
Biography of André Chamson (excerpt)
André Chamson, born June 6, 1900 in Nîmes and died November 9, 1983 in Paris, was a French novelist and author, member of Académie Française (May, 17, 1956). He is the father of French novelist Frédérique Hébrard. ![]()
Biography of Léon Cuffaut (excerpt)
Léon Cuffaut, born January 21, 1911 in Charenton- le-Pont (Val- de- Marne)(birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), and died September 18, 2002, was a French aviator and resistant.
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Biography of Victor Borge (excerpt)
Victor Borge (January 3, 1909 – December 23, 2000) was a Danish-American humorist, entertainer and pianist, affectionately known as the Clown Prince of Denmark and the Great Dane. Early life and career Born Børge Rosenbaum in Copenhagen, Denmark, into a Jewish family. His parents, Bernhard and Frederikke Rosenbaum, were both musicians (his father was a violinist in the Royal Danish Chapel, and his mother played piano), Borge took up piano like his mother at the age of 3, and it was soon apparent that he was a prodigy. ![]()
Biography of Alfred Eisenstaedt (excerpt)
Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6, 1898 – August 24, 1995) was a German American photographer and photojournalist. He is renowned for his candid photographs, frequently made using a 35mm Leica M3 rangefinder camera. He is best remembered for his photograph capturing the celebration of V-J Day. ![]()
Biography of Nicholas Winton (excerpt)
Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE (born Nicholas George Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British humanitarian who organized the rescue of 669 children, most of them Jewish, from Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport (German for "children transportation").
Biography of Wilhelm Brückner (excerpt)
Wilhelm Brückner (11 December 1884 in Baden-Baden – 18 August 1954 in Herbsdorf, Upper Bavaria) was until 1940 Adolf Hitler's chief adjutant. Brückner grew up in Baden-Baden and also did his Abitur there. Afterwards he studied law and economics in Strasbourg (then Straßburg, Germany), Freiburg, Heidelberg and Munich. ![]()
Biography of François de la Rocque (excerpt)
François de La Rocque (1885–1946) was leader of the French right-wing league named the Croix de Feu from 1930-1936, before forming the more moderate Parti Social Français (1936-1940), seen as a precursor of Gaullism . The Croix de Feu and the February 6, 1934 crisis |
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