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Horoscopes with Poseidon in VirgoYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Poseidon in Virgo. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]()
Biography of Hollis B. Chenery (excerpt)
Hollis Burnley Chenery (January 6, 1918 – September 1, 1994) was an American economist recognized for his pioneering contributions to development economics. He held positions at Stanford and Harvard before serving as vice president for development policy at the World Bank. Chenery's research, notably his collaboration with Alan Strout on "Foreign assistance and economic development," influenced aid strategies, emphasizing poverty-focused approaches. ![]()
Biography of Norman Foster (director) (excerpt)
Norman Foster, born Norman Foster Hoeffer on December 13, 1903, was an American director, screenwriter, and actor. Foster directed Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films and worked with Orson Welles and Walt Disney. Starting as a leading man in early talkies, he transitioned to directing in the late 1930s while occasionally acting.
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Biography of Pierre Dupong (excerpt)
Pierre Dupong (1 November 1885 – 23 December 1953) was a Luxembourgish politician who served as the 16th Prime Minister of Luxembourg for 16 years, from 1937 until his death in 1953. He founded the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and was a key figure in Luxembourgish politics during and after World War II. ![]()
Biography of Marcel Rudloff (excerpt)
Marcel Rudloff, born March 15, 1923, in Strasbourg and died there on March 23, 1996, was a notable French political figure. Escaping forced enlistment in the Wehrmacht in 1942, he studied law in Clermont-Ferrand and became a lawyer in Strasbourg in 1948.
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Biography of Xiao Qian (excerpt)
Xiao Qian (27 January 1910 – 11 February 1999), alias Ruoping, was a renowned Chinese essayist, editor, journalist, and translator. His time of birth comes from his autobiography "Traveller Without a Map". Orphaned early, he worked while studying in a church school and joined the Communist Youth League.
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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.
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Biography of Tore Deinboll (excerpt)
Tore Eckhoff Deinboll (July 12, 1910 – November 18, 1988) was a Norwegian artist, cartoonist, and illustrator born in Oslo. He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts where he met influential artists like Kaare Espolin Johnson. Deinboll is known for his comics "Den evige ilds land" (The Land of Eternal Fire, 1936-1937) and "Petter Framgutt" (1938), both published in Arbeidermagasinet.
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Biography of África de las Heras (excerpt)
África de las Heras Gavilán (Ceuta, Spain, 26 April 1909 – Moscow, USSR, 8 March 1988) was a Spanish-born communist, naturalized Soviet citizen, and a secret service agent who went by the code name "Patria", but also used the names "María Luisa de las Heras de Darbat","María de la Sierra","Patricia", "Ivonne", "María de las Heras", "Znoi" and "María Pavlovna".
Biography of Alfredo Monza (excerpt)
Alfredo Monza (August 12, 1911 - May 20, 1974) was an Italian footballer and coach. Cousin of footballer Carlo Reguzzoni, he was known for his speed and precision. He began his career at Pro Patria, then played for Livorno and Lazio, setting a record of 222 consecutive Serie A matches.
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Biography of Wah Chang (designer) (excerpt)
Wah Ming Chang (August 2, 1917 – December 22, 2003) was an American designer, sculptor, and artist. With the encouragement of his adoptive father, James Blanding Sloan, he began exhibiting his prints and watercolors at the age of seven to highly favorable reviews.
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Biography of Willy Pfeiffer (excerpt)
Willy Pfeiffer (born July 29, 1879, in Stuttgart; died October 1, 1937, in Frankfurt am Main) was a German Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University Hospital Frankfurt. Life Pfeiffer initially studied medicine for four semesters at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.
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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 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".
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Biography of Alexandre Bóveda (excerpt)
Alexandre Bóveda Iglesias (Ourense, 4 June 1903 - executed in A Caeira, Poio, 17 August 1936), commonly known as Alexandre Bóveda, was a Spanish politician and financial officer from Galicia. He is considered one of the most important Galicianist intellectuals during the Spanish Second Republic.
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Biography of Ángeles Flórez Peón (excerpt)
Ángeles Flórez Peón, born on November 17, 1918, also known as Maricuela, is a Spanish activist and writer. She serves as the honorary president of the Socialist Youth of Asturias and is considered the last living Spanish socialist militiawoman. Born in Blimea, she began working at age 9.
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Biography of Muriel Siebert (excerpt)
Muriel Faye Siebert (September 12, 1928 – August 24, 2013) was an American businesswoman who was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, and the first woman to head one of the NYSE's member firms.
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Biography of Charles Belhague (excerpt)
Charles Belhague, born July 6, 1871 in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges and died May 25, 1942 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French general, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor and military medalist. He was Inspector General of Engineering during the interwar period and in this capacity chaired the Commission for the Organization of Fortified Regions which designed the Maginot Line.
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Biography of Raymonde Allain (excerpt)
Raymonde Allain, born June 22, 1912, in Paris and died July 27, 2008, in the same city, was a French actress and presenter. Crowned Miss Bretagne in 1927, she became Miss France in 1928. Daughter of actor Henri Allain, she married pianist Alec Siniavine in 1938.
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Biography of Jorge Ibargüengoitia (excerpt)
Jorge Ibargüengoitia, born on January 22, 1928, in Guanajuato, Mexico, was a prominent novelist and playwright known for his satirical approach. He gained fame for his works such as "The Dead Girls," "Two Crimes," and "The Lightning of August," which are celebrated in English translation.
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Biography of Claude Tresmontant (excerpt)
Claude Tresmontant (5 August 1925 - 16 April 1997) was a French philosopher skilled in Hebrew and ancient Greek. He taught medieval and scientific philosophy at the Sorbonne and won the Grand Prize of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1987.
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Biography of Monique de la Bruchollerie (excerpt)
Monique Yver de la Bruchollerie, born April 20, 1915 in Paris and died December 15, 1972, was a French pianist from a family of distinguished musicians. She entered the Paris Conservatoire at eleven and won first prize in piano in 1931 under Isidore Philipp.
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Biography of Lucien Barjon (excerpt)
Lucien, Émile, Vincent, Bargeon, known by his stage name Lucien Barjon, was a French actor, born on March 11, 1916, in Sète, and died on December 31, 2000, in Bagnols-sur-Cèze. Originally an engineer for bridges and roads, he decided to pursue acting and appeared in numerous films and television series.
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Biography of Craig Dixon (excerpt)
Craig Kline Dixon (March 3, 1926 – February 25, 2021) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 110 meter hurdles. He competed for the United States in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 110 meter hurdles where he won the bronze medal.
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Biography of Josep Vallverdú (excerpt)
Josep Vallverdú i Aixalà (born 9 July 1923) is a Catalan poet, novelist, playwright, linguist and essayist. His time of birth comes from the biography Finestra i espill, Volume 5 of Biblioteca Global, by Josep Vallverdú (Edited by M. Carme Calderó; Editorial Fonoll, 2008; via Google Books).
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Biography of Jacques Debonnaires (excerpt)
acques Debonnaires, born January 8, 1907 in Saint-Gilles, died February 14, 1997 in Oostduinkerke (90 years old), was a Belgian sculptor, member of the Royal Academy of Belgium. He won the Godecharle prize in 1928.
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Biography of Meridel Le Sueur (excerpt)
Meridel Le Sueur (February 22, 1900 – November 14, 1996) was an American writer associated with the proletarian literature movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Born Meridel Wharton, she adopted her stepfather's surname, Le Sueur. She grew up in a family of social activists and was influenced by Native American stories.
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Biography of Margaret Allan (racing driver) (excerpt)
Margaret Mabel Gladys Jennings (née Allan; 26 July 1909 – 21 September 1998) was a Scottish motor racing driver. As Margaret Allan (sometimes erroneously "Allen") she was one of the leading British female racing and rally drivers in the inter-war years, and one of only four women ever to earn a 120 mph badge at the Brooklands circuit.
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Biography of Ruth Moufang (excerpt)
Ruth Moufang (10 January 1905 – 26 November 1977) was a pioneering German mathematician known for her contributions to projective and affine geometry. Born to a family of scholars, she was denied a teaching position by the Nazi regime and worked as an industrial mathematician at Krupp during World War II.
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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.
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Biography of John Maclean (Scottish socialist) (excerpt)
John Maclean (24 August 1879 - 30 November 1923) was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era. He was notable for his outspoken opposition to World War I, which caused his arrest under the Defence of the Realm Act and loss of his teaching post, after which he became a full-time Marxist lecturer and organiser.
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Biography of Hans Lunding (excerpt)
Hans Mathiesen Lunding (25 February 1899 – 5 April 1984) was a Danish officer, eventing rider, resistance fighter, and director of military intelligence. Born to a small farmer in Nordschleswig, Lunding was drafted into the Prussian army in 1916, later joining the Danish Army in 1922.
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Biography of Elsie Maréchal (excerpt)
Elsie Maréchal (21 June 1894 – 25 March 1969) was an Englishwoman who played a vital role in the Belgian Resistance during World War II. A member of the Comet Line, she helped downed Allied airmen escape from German forces. Captured in November 1942, she faced the Nazis' 'Nacht und Nebel' policy, intended to make opponents disappear in prison camps.
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Biography of Ingrid of Sweden (excerpt)
Ingrid of Sweden (Ingrid Victoria Sofia Louisa Margareta; 28 March 1910 – 7 November 2000) was Queen of Denmark from 20 April 1947 to 14 January 1972 as the wife of King Frederik IX. Her approximate time of birth comes from the press the following day ("News in Brief," The Times (London, England), 29 March 1910). ![]()
Biography of E. B. White (excerpt)
Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer. He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, Charlotte's Web was ranked first in their poll of the top one hundred children's novels.
Biography of Werner Zimmermann (excerpt)
Werner Zimmermann (born June 21, 1893, in Lyss; died August 29, 1982, in Ringgenberg) was a Swiss life reformer, follower of Silvio Gesell's Freiwirtschaft economic theory, naturist, and writer. His time of birth comes from von Klöckner in "Sterne und Mensch".
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Biography of George Patterson (missionary) (excerpt)
George Neilson Patterson (August 19, 1920 - December 28, 2012), known as Patterson of Tibet, was a Scottish missionary, engineer, and humanitarian worker. His timle of birth comes from him, in "Requiem for Tibet" (Aurum Press, 1990). He served as a journalist, doctor, and diplomat for the Tibetan resistance movement during the Chinese invasion.
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Biography of Pepita Carpeña (excerpt)
Josefa Carpena-Amat (December 19, 1919 – June 5, 2005), known by the pseudonym Pepita Carpeña, was a militant trade unionist, writer, and Spanish anarchist. Biography Born in Barcelona, Spain, Pepita started working at the age of twelve. At the age of 14, she became involved in the Spanish Revolution and was active with the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT).
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Biography of André Demedts (excerpt)
André Demedts ((Sint-Baafs-Vijve), 8 August 1906 – Oudenaarde, 4 November 1992) was a Belgian Flemish writer and teacher. He has published works in many genres, all in Dutch. In 1962 he received the Prijs voor Letterkunde van de Vlaamse Provincies (Literature Award of the Flemish Provinces) for his work De levenden en de doden (The living and the death).
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Biography of Roldano Lupi (excerpt)
Roldano Lupi, an Italian actor, was born on February 8, 1909, in Milan and died on August 13, 1989, in Rome. He studied accounting but began his acting career in local amateur theater. His professional stage debut came in 1938 under the direction of Kiki Palmer, propelling his career.
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Biography of Jean Trignac (murderer) (excerpt)
Jean Trignac, born 14 December 1913 in Villeréal, death by execution 25 March 1952 at 05:58 AM in Paris (by guillotine, age 38), was a French criminal, a delinquent, thief and murderer who violently attacked eight people.
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Biography of Virginio Rosetta (excerpt)
Virginio "Viri" Rosetta (24 February 1902 – 31 March 1975) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender. A hard-working player, he was known for his organisational skills, and for his ability to read the game and anticipate other players; he was also known to be a very precise passer of the ball, and an elegant full-back with good technique and a powerful shot, who was capable of starting plays from the back-line.
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Biography of Lew Worsham (excerpt)
Lewis Elmer Worsham, Jr. (October 5, 1917 – October 19, 1990) was an American professional golfer, the U.S. Open champion in 1947. Life and career Worsham was born on October 5, 1917, in Staunton River, Virginia. He grew up in Long Island, Virginia.
Biography of Mark Shepherd (businessman) (excerpt)
Mark Shepherd Jr. (January 18, 1923 – February 4, 2009) was the chairman and CEO of Texas Instruments. Born in Dallas, Texas, he built a vacuum tube at six and a radio at seven, and graduated high school at 14. He earned degrees in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University and the University of Illinois.
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Biography of Marie Wilson (American actress) (excerpt)
Marie Wilson, born on August 19, 1916, in Anaheim, California, and died on November 23, 1972, in Hollywood, was an American actress. Primarily known for her roles as a decorative blonde, she portrayed Irma in "My Friend Irma," a popular radio and then television show in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Biography of Henriette Bùi Quang Chiêu (excerpt)
Henriette Bùi Quang Chiêu (8 September 1906 – 27 April 2012) was the first female medical doctor in Vietnam. She studied medicine in France and graduated in 1934. Opposed to French colonialism, she returned to Vietnam and became head of the Department of Midwifery at Cho Lon Hospital.
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Biography of Jean Pronteau (excerpt)
Jean Pronteau, born on August 31, 1919, in Paris, and died on June 12, 1984, in Paris, was a French politician and resistance fighter. A communist deputy for Charente from 1945 to 1958 and a member of the PCF's central committee from 1950, he was expelled from the party in 1970 following the Servin-Casanova Affair.
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Biography of Olave Baden-Powell (excerpt)
Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell GBE (née Soames; 22 February 1889 – 25 June 1977) was the first Chief Guide for Britain and the wife of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (the founder of Scouting and co-founder of Girl Guides).
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Biography of Frank Puglia (excerpt)
Francesco Giuseppe "Frank" Puglia (9 March 1892 – 25 October 1975) was an Italian actor. He had small, but memorable roles in films including Casablanca (a Moroccan rug merchant), Now, Voyager and The Jungle Book. Biography Born in Linguaglossa, Catania, Sicily, the actor started his career as a teen on stage in Italian operas.
Biography of Emory Bellard (excerpt)
Emory Dilworth Bellard (December 17, 1927 – February 10, 2011) was a college football coach. He was head coach at Texas A&M University from 1972 to 1978 and at Mississippi State University from 1979 until 1985. Bellard died on February 10, 2011, after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) since the fall of 2010.
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Biography of Jeff Richards (actor, born 1924) (excerpt)
Jeff Richards (November 1, 1924 – July 28, 1989) was an American minor league baseball player with the Portland Beavers, who later became an actor. He was sometimes credited as Dick Taylor and Richard Taylor. He is best known for his role as Benjamin Pontipee in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). |
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