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Biography of Joan Woodbury (excerpt)
Joan Woodbury, an American actress born in Los Angeles in 1915, began her career in the 1930s, thriving into the 1960s. She grew up in a prominent family, with her mother a former Rose Queen and in vaudeville. Woodbury discovered acting early, leading to roles in films like "Eight Girls in a Boat.
Biography of Arturo Uslar Pietri (excerpt)
Arturo Uslar Pietri (May 16, 1906 - February 26, 2001) was a prominent Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, TV producer, and politician. Born in Caracas to parents with diverse cultural backgrounds, Uslar Pietri played a significant role in Venezuelan politics and culture.
Biography of Asbjørg Borgfelt (excerpt)
Asbjørg Borgfelt (31 October 1900 – 5 June 1976) was a Norwegian sculptor. Personal life She was the daughter of Samuel Borgfeldt (1872-1936) and Magnhild Telma Sæther (1876-1941). In 1937 she married sculptor Per Hurum (1910–1989). Career Borgfeldt first studied art in Kristiania at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole) with Wilhelm Rasmussen (1879–1965).
Biography of Jakob Kaiser (excerpt)
Jakob Kaiser (8 February 1888 – 7 May 1961) was a German politician and resistance leader during World War II. Jakob Kaiser was born in Hammelburg, Lower Franconia, Kingdom of Bavaria. Following in his father's footsteps, Kaiser began a career as a bookbinder.
Biography of Michel Roux (baritone) (excerpt)
Michel Roux was a French operatic baritone-bass, born in Angoulême on September 1, 1924, and passed away in Suresnes on February 4, 1998. The son of a pharmaceutical box printer, he initially worked with his father and was a rugby player who enjoyed singing at the banquets following matches.
Biography of Louise Petrén-Overton (excerpt)
Hedvig Louise Beata Petrén-Overton, born August 12, 1880, and passed away January 14, 1977, was a Swedish mathematician and the first woman in Sweden to earn a doctorate in mathematics. Growing up as one of twelve children in a family with strong mathematical heritage, she was left free to focus on her studies.
Biography of Fred Haas (excerpt)
Frederick Theodore Haas Jr. (January 3, 1916 – January 26, 2004) was an American professional golfer. Amateur career Haas was born in Portland, Arkansas. After graduating from Dermott High School, he graduated from Louisiana State University in 1937, winning the NCAA individual championship in his senior year.
Biography of Lisa Della Casa (excerpt)
Lisa Della Casa (2 February 1919 – 10 December 2012) was a Swiss soprano most admired for her interpretations of major heroines in operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Strauss, and of German lieder. She was also described as “the most beautiful woman on the operatic stage”.
Biography of Joan Weldon (excerpt)
Joan Weldon (born Joan Louise Welton on August 5, 1930 – February 11, 2021) was an American actress and singer active in film, television, and theatre. Raised by her grandmother in San Francisco after early loss, Weldon began her career singing with the San Francisco Grand Opera Company and the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera.
Biography of Paolo Fortunati (excerpt)
Paolo Fortunati, born on April 26, 1906, in Talmassons and passed away on January 27, 1980, in Bologna, was an Italian politician and statistician. He graduated in law from the University of Padua in 1927 and became a professor of statistics at the Universities of Ferrara and Palermo, eventually becoming a full professor and director of the Statistics Institute at the University of Bologna.
Biography of Héra Mirtel (excerpt)
Marie-Louise Victorine Bessarabo (pen names, Héra Mirtel, Juliette de Boulogne, Juliette de Lotus; 24 October 1868 - 21 March 1931) was a French writer, woman of letters, militant feminist, salonnier, lecturer, and ardent suffragist. She was also a spiritist and a "believer in the Black Mass," a stock exchange gambler, a plotter for the restoration of the royalist regime in France, as well as an advisor of other women in matrimony and affairs of the heart.
Biography of Edmund Bacon (architect) (excerpt)
Edmund Norwood Bacon (May 2, 1910 – October 14, 2005) was an American urban planner, architect, educator, and author. During his tenure as the executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970, his visions shaped today's Philadelphia, the city of his birth, to the extent that he is sometimes described as "The Father of Modern Philadelphia".
Biography of Frieda Nugel (excerpt)
Frieda Nugel (18 June 1884 - 6 November 1966) was a pioneering German mathematician and civil rights advocate, one of the first women in Germany to obtain a mathematics doctorate in 1912 at Halle University. Born in Cottbus, she initially worked as a private tutor and later taught at schools in Cottbus and Emden, while also focusing on women's rights.
Biography of Bjarne Øen (excerpt)
Bjarne Øen (6 November 1898 – 20 September 1994) was a significant figure in the Royal Norwegian Air Force, serving as a pilot, military officer, and Lieutenant General. During World War II, he was pivotal in establishing the Royal Norwegian Air Force in Canada and the UK.
Biography of Bjarne Nerem (excerpt)
Bjarne Arnulf Nerem, born on July 31, 1923, in Oslo, Norway, and passing on April 1, 1991, in Oslo, was a notable Norwegian jazz musician, skilled in tenor and alto saxophones and clarinet. He followed the style of Lester Young and Stan Getz and gained international acclaim.
Biography of Rex Bell (excerpt)
Rex Bell, born George Francis Beldam on October 16, 1903, was an American actor and politician, predominantly known for his roles in Western films. His film debut was in 1928's "Wild West Romance." Notably, he starred in the 1930 movie "True to the Navy," alongside Clara Bow, whom he married in 1931.
Biography of Sixto Escobar (excerpt)
Sixto Escobar, born on March 23, 1913, in Barceloneta and died on November 17, 1979, was a Puerto Rican professional boxer and Puerto Rico's first world champion in the bantamweight division. Beginning his professional career in 1931, Escobar amassed a record of 21 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss as an amateur.
Biography of Kurt Tucholsky (excerpt)
Kurt Tucholsky, born on January 9, 1890, in Berlin and died on December 21, 1935, in Gothenburg, was a German journalist and writer. He was one of the most important authors of the Weimar Republic. As a politically engaged journalist and co-editor of the weekly Die Weltbühne, he emerged as a social critic in the tradition of Heinrich Heine.
Biography of Achille Majeroni (excerpt)
Achille Majeroni (24 August 1881 – 12 October 1964) was an Italian film actor. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, son of Achille Majeroni and his second wife Graziosa Bignetti, he made his stage debut at age twelve with the Marazzi-Diligenti company. He later formed his own company, specializing in Shakespearean works.
Biography of Gilbert Roland (excerpt)
Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, known professionally as Gilbert Roland, was a Mexican-born American actor. Born on December 11, 1905, in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, he planned to become a bullfighter like his father. His family fled to the U.S. during Pancho Villa's reign, and he later moved to Hollywood.
Biography of Concha Espina (excerpt)
María de la Concepción Jesusa Basilisa Rodríguez-Espina y García-Tagle, short form Concha Espina, 15 April 1869 in Santander – 19 May 1955 in Madrid), was a Spanish writer. She was nominated for a Nobel prize in literature 25 times in 28 years.
Biography of Jean Morin (1916-2008) (excerpt)
Jean Morin (June 23, 1916 - September 6, 2008) was a magistrate of the Court of Audit, a member of the Resistance, a senior civil servant, Secretary General of the Merchant Navy, and in retirement, a director or chairman of numerous companies, often focused on maritime professions, or those in advertising.
Biography of Charlotte Lysès (excerpt)
Charlotte Augustine Hortense Lejeune, known as Charlotte Lysès, was born on May 17, 1877, in Paris's 8th arrondissement and died on April 6, 1956, in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes. She was a French theater and film actress. She was the first wife of Sacha Guitry from 1907 to 1918.
Biography of Rudolf Nelson (excerpt)
Rudolf Nelson, born on April 8, 1878, died February 5, 1960, was a German composer known for hit songs, film music, operettas, vaudevilles, and as the founder of the Nelson Revue, pivotal in 1930s Berlin nightlife. Raised in Berlin in a poor Jewish family, Nelson started piano early and later won a scholarship to the Stern Conservatory.
Biography of Ole Reistad (excerpt)
Ole Imerslun Reistad (June 26, 1898 - December 22, 1949) was a Norwegian military officer and accomplished sportsman. He competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1920 Summer Olympics and became Norwegian champion in the sport. He competed in military patrol at the 1928 Winter Olympics, winning the event.
Biography of Zona Gale (excerpt)
Zona Gale (August 26, 1874 – December 27, 1938), also known as Zona Gale Breese, was an American writer and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921. Her works, inspired by her hometown, portrayed realistic characters and deep emotional undercurrents.
Biography of Karl Wolff (excerpt)
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 – 17 July 1984) was a German SS functionary who served as Chief of Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) and an SS liaison to Adolf Hitler during World War II. He ended the war as the Supreme SS and Police Leader in occupied Italy and helped arrange for the early surrender of Axis forces in that theatre, effectively ending the war there several days sooner than in the rest of Europe.
Biography of Wieland Wagner (excerpt)
Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director, and grandson of Richard Wagner. As co-director of the Bayreuth Festival when it re-opened after World War II, he was noted for innovative new stagings of the operas, departing from the naturalistic scenery and lighting of the originals.
Biography of Alfonso Rodríguez Castelao (excerpt)
Alfonso Daniel Manuel Rodríguez Castelao (29 January 1886 – 7 January 1950), commonly known as Castelao, was a Galician politician, writer, painter and doctor. He is one of the fathers of Galician nationalism, promoting Galician identity and culture, and was one of the main names behind the cultural movement Xeración Nós.
Biography of David Susskind (excerpt)
David Susskind (1925 – November 25, 2011) was a Belgian figure who founded the Jewish Cultural and Sports Center (CCSJ) in 1959, which later became the Jewish Secular Community Center (CCLJ). His time of birth comes from the biography The Best of Charles Jayne.
Biography of Arne Korsmo (excerpt)
Arne Korsmo, born on August 14, 1900, died on August 29, 1968, was a prominent Norwegian architect and proponent of the international architectural style. He completed his education at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1926 and went on to collaborate with leading architects in Oslo.
Biography of Max Wagner (excerpt)
Max Wagner (January 12, 1902 (Wikipedia gives another birth data) – November 16, 1975) was a Mexican-born American film actor who specialized in playing small parts such as thugs, gangsters, sailors, henchmen, bodyguards, cab drivers and moving men, appearing more than 400 films in his career, most without receiving screen credit.
Biography of Claude Lalanne (excerpt)
Claude Lalanne, born Claude Jacqueline Georgette Dupeux on November 28, 1925, in Paris and passed away on April 10, 2019, in Fontainebleau, was a French sculptor. Lalanne created metallic sculptures often featuring benches, mirrors, and cages decorated with animals or ginkgo leaves, including the famous "L'Homme à tête de chou" that inspired Serge Gainsbourg.
Biography of Antonio Gasbarrini (excerpt)
Antonio Gasbarrini, born in Civitella del Tronto on March 26, 1882, was an eminent Italian physician known for his significant contributions to internal medicine, particularly gastroenterology. Orphaned during his school years, Gasbarrini excelled academically, enabling him to study at the University of Siena where he graduated with honors in 1908.
Biography of Paul Vignaux (philosopher) (excerpt)
Paul Vignaux, born December 18, 1904, in Péronne and died August 26, 1987, in Zaragoza, was a French philosopher and medievalist, specializing in the history of medieval philosophy. A prominent trade unionist, he was instrumental in the secularization of the French Christian Workers' Confederation (CFTC).
Biography of Sady Zañartu (excerpt)
Sady Zañartu (May 6, 1893 – March 5, 1983) was a Chilean writer who created foundational works in the genres of Criollismo, historical anecdote, and patriotic valorization of the nation. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1974. Sady Zañartu, born in Taltal, Chile, was the younger of two sons to parents who were farmers and miners.
Biography of Joe Adams (actor) (excerpt)
Joe Adams (April 11, 1924 – July 3, 2018) was an American actor, disc jockey, businessman, and manager, notably of Ray Charles. Born in Los Angeles to a Jewish businessman father and African-American mother, Adams overcame racial barriers in radio to become NBC's first African-American announcer.
Biography of John Yeon (excerpt)
John Yeon (October 29, 1910 – March 13, 1994) was an American architect in Portland, Oregon, in the mid-twentieth century. He is regarded as one of the early practitioners of the Northwest Regional style of Modernism. Largely self-taught, Yeon’s wide ranging activities encompassed planning, conservation, historic preservation, art collecting, and urban activism.
Biography of Émile Dehelly (excerpt)
Émile Léon Auguste Dehelly, born on August 7, 1871, in Fresnoy-le-Grand (Aisne) and died on September 4, 1969, in Paris (5th arrondissement), was a French actor and a member of the Comédie-Française. Coming to Épernon (Eure-et-Loir) with his father when he was young, he was drafted with the number 104 during his military conscription in 1893 in Maintenon.
Biography of Unity Mitford (excerpt)
Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford (8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948) was a British socialite closely associated with Adolf Hitler. A staunch supporter of Nazism, fascism, and antisemitism, she was part of Hitler's inner circle. After World War II broke out, Mitford attempted suicide in Munich, sustaining severe brain damage.
Biography of Rachel Baes (excerpt)
Rachel Baes (August 1, 1912 – June 8, 1983) was a Belgian surrealist painter and photographer. Born in Ixelles to painter Émile Baes, she started painting young, influenced by Flemish Expressionism. She exhibited in Paris in 1929. Baes' romantic involvement with Flemish nationalist Joris Van Severen deeply impacted her life, especially after his execution in 1940.
Biography of Amparo Alvajar (excerpt)
María del Amparo Alvajar López Jean, commonly known as Amparo Alvajar (August 11, 1916 - May 1998), was a multifaceted Spanish journalist, dramatist, and writer from Galicia, also notable for her work as a translator for international organizations. Born in A Coruña, she was deeply involved in the political and cultural movements of her time, working initially in the Second Republic's secret services.
Biography of Colleen Dewhurst (excerpt)
Colleen Rose Dewhurst (June 3, 1924 – August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-American actress mostly known for theatre roles. She was a renowned interpreter of the works of Eugene O'Neill on the stage, and her career also encompassed film, early dramas on live television, and performances in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival.
Biography of Gemini Ganesan (excerpt)
Gemini Ganesan, born Ramasamy Ganesan on November 17, 1920, and died March 22, 2005, was a prominent Indian actor in Tamil cinema, known as the Kaadhal Mannan (King of Romance) for his romantic roles. A leading figure alongside M. G. Ramachandran and Sivaji Ganesan, he was known for his romantic films, distinguishing himself from the dramatic and action roles of his peers.
Biography of Paul Sacher (excerpt)
Paul Sacher (28 April 1906 – 26 May 1999) was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman. His time birth comes from the biography "Symphonie der Träume: das Leben von Paul Sacher" by Lesley Stephenson (Rüffer & Rub, 2001). At the time of his death Sacher was majority shareholder of pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche and was considered the third richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$13 billion.
Biography of Hal Moore (excerpt)
Harold Gregory Moore Jr. (February 13, 1922 – February 10, 2017) was a United States Army lieutenant general and author. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. Army's second-highest decoration for valor, and was the first of his West Point class (1945) to be promoted to brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general.
Biography of August Zehender (excerpt)
August Zehender (28 April 1903 – 11 February 1945) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. He led the SS Division Maria Theresia during World War II and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Biography of Pamela Mitford (excerpt)
Pamela Freeman-Mitford (25 November 1907 – 12 April 1994) was one of the Mitford sisters. Pamela Freeman-Mitford was the second daughter of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and Sydney Bowles (1880–1963). John Betjeman, who for a time was in love with her, referred to her in his unpublished poem, "The Mitford Girls", as the "most rural of them all" since she preferred to live quietly in the country.
Biography of René Taton (excerpt)
René Taton, born on April 4, 1915, in L'Échelle in the Ardennes and died on August 9, 2004, in Ajaccio, was a French historian of science and co-editor of the Revue d'histoire des sciences. He directed the Centre Alexandre-Koyré and was instrumental in establishing the history of science as a professional discipline.
Biography of Angela Piskernik (excerpt)
Angela Piskernik (27 August 1886 – 23 December 1967) was an Austro-Yugoslav botanist and conservationist, noted for her efforts in natural preservation. Born in Bad Eisenkappel, Southern Carinthia, Austria, she earned a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Vienna. Her work spanned teaching in secondary schools and working for the museum in Ljubljana. |
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