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birth charts 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. ![]() ![]()
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Biography of Marcel Jaurant-Singer (excerpt)
Marcel Jaurant-Singer (May 27, 1921 – December 28, 2022) was a French secret agent parachuted in March 1944 as a radio operator for the SOE’s MASON network in the Chalon-sur-Saône region. He trained several operators and led over 300 maquisards in guerrilla actions during the Liberation.
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Biography of Hélène de Beauvoir (excerpt)
Henriette-Hélène de Beauvoir (born June 9, 1910 (Wikipedia has June 6 in error), died July 1, 2001) was a French painter and the younger sister of philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Her work was exhibited across Europe, Japan, and the United States, and she married Lionel de Roulet.
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Biography of Henri Polak (excerpt)
Henri Polak (born 22 February 1868 in Amsterdam, died 18 February 1943 in Laren) was a Dutch trade unionist and politician. The son of a Jewish diamond cutter, he began working young before moving to London, where he embraced Marxist ideas and learned about the British labor movement.
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Biography of Tina Di Lorenzo (excerpt)
Tina Di Lorenzo (born December 4, 1872 in Turin – died March 25, 1930 in Milan) was an Italian stage and silent film actress. The daughter of a Sicilian marquis and an actress, she was raised in Noto and began acting as a teenager, sometimes alongside her mother.
Biography of Jack Donner (excerpt)
Jack Donner (born Jake Doner; October 29, 1928 – September 21, 2019) was an American actor whose career in film, theater, and television spanned more than six decades. A Los Angeles native, he began acting in the 1950s with roles in The Guiding Light and As the World Turns, and spent seven seasons in New York regional theater.
Biography of Whitney Blake (excerpt)
Whitney Blake (born Nancy Ann Whitney, February 20, 1926, in Los Angeles, California, died September 28, 2002, in Edgartown, Massachusetts) was an American actress, director, and producer. She is best known for playing Dorothy Baxter in the sitcom Hazel and for co-creating One Day at a Time.
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Biography of Stanley Gartler (excerpt)
Stanley Michael Gartler, born June 9, 1923, in Los Angeles, is an American cell and molecular biologist and human geneticist. He was the first to provide conclusive evidence for the clonality of human cancers and discovered widespread HeLa cell contamination in supposedly unique cell lines.
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Biography of Christian Caillard (excerpt)
Hugues Christian Caillard (July 26, 1899 – September 18, 1985) was a French painter known for his poetic style and lifelong attachment to his studio in Paris’s 9th arrondissement. A grandson of Catulle Mendès and Augusta Holmès, he turned from science to art after World War I.
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Biography of Jack Hooper (artist) (excerpt)
Jack Hooper (August 26, 1928 – January 24, 2014) was an American painter, muralist, sculptor, printmaker, and art educator, recognized as a key figure in the Southern California art scene of the 1950s and 1960s. Part of the Los Angeles generation that included Robert Irwin and Billy Al Bengston, he was an innovator in material exploration, particularly known for incorporating plastic into art.
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Biography of Dick Rathmann (excerpt)
James Merwin "Dick" Rathmann (January 6, 1926 – February 1, 2000) was an American racing driver known for competing in both NASCAR and open-wheel series. As a teen, he swapped identities with his brother Jim to help him race underage — a switch that stuck for life.
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Biography of Gustave Brickner (excerpt)
Gustave Adolph "Gus" Brickner was a famous swimmer hailing from Charleroi, Pennsylvania in the United States.Born Feb.10, 1912 to Gustave Adolph Brickner Sr.(1889 - 1918) and Philamena "Minnie" Buchrop (1885 - 1968).One of Five siblings, Gus's father died at age 29 when Gus was 6 years old.
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Biography of Leopoldo Trieste (excerpt)
Leopoldo Trieste (3 May 1917 – 25 January 2003) was an Italian actor, film director and script writer. Trieste was born in Reggio Calabria. He worked with directors such as Pietro Germi, Francis Ford Coppola, Giuseppe Tornatore, Mario Bava, Tinto Brass, Charles Vidor, René Clément and Federico Fellini.
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Biography of Jocelyn Gill (excerpt)
Jocelyn Gill (October 29, 1916 – April 26, 1984) was an American astronomer who worked for NASA.She graduated from Wellesley College in 1938 and earned her PhD from Yale in 1959 after teaching at several colleges. She held academic roles at Smith College and Arizona State University, and worked as a research assistant at Yale.
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Biography of Webster McDonald (excerpt)
Webster "Mac" McDonald (January 1, 1900 – June 12, 1982) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.He played from 1920 to 1940 with several teams. His time of birth comes from him, in the book "Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues", by John B.
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Biography of Hard Boiled Haggerty (excerpt)
Don Stansauk, known by his ring name Hard Boiled Haggerty, was born on April 2, 1925, and died on January 27, 2004. A former American football player, he rose to fame as a professional wrestler and later as a character actor.
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Biography of Ormond McGill (excerpt)
Ormond Dale McGill, born on June 15, 1913 in Palo Alto, California, and died on October 19, 2005, was an American stage hypnotist, magician, and author, known as the "Dean of American Hypnotists." His time of birth comes from him, in his book "The Amazing Life of Ormond McGill", by Ormond McGill (Crown House, 2005).
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Biography of Larry Bunker (excerpt)
Lawrence Benjamin Bunker (November 4, 1928 – March 8, 2005) was an American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist.A member of the Bill Evans Trio in the 1960s, he also played timpani with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Born in Long Beach, California, Bunker was a key figure on the West Coast jazz scene.
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Biography of Phyllis Coates (excerpt)
Phyllis Coates, born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell on January 15, 1927 in Wichita Falls, Texas, died on October 11, 2023 in Woodland Hills, California. She was an American actress best known for portraying Lois Lane in Superman and the Mole Men (1951) and the first season of Adventures of Superman.
Biography of Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles (excerpt)
Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles (March 13, 1871 – February 27, 1956), born in Rotterdam to a Scottish father and a Polish mother, was a British publisher and photojournalist. He spent part of his youth in Wiesbaden and later travelled Europe as a photographer, contributing to the rise of illustrated magazines.
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Biography of Barron Patterson McCune (excerpt)
Barron Patterson McCune (February 19, 1915 – September 10, 2008) was a U.S. federal judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1938, practiced privately, and served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1948.
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Biography of John McGraw (brigadier general) (excerpt)
John Robert McGraw (January 4, 1912 – June 19, 1976) was a U.S.Air Force brigadier general and flight surgeon during World War II.Born in Pennsylvania, he earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1934. After briefly practicing medicine, he joined the Army in 1937.
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Biography of Lorenzo Domínguez (excerpt)
Lorenzo Domínguez (born May 15, 1901, in Santiago, Chile – died March 21, 1963, in Mendoza, Argentina) was a Chilean sculptor known for his unique artistic synthesis of pre-Columbian aesthetics, Rapa Nui art, and European sculpture. After studying in Madrid during the 1920s, he taught in Santiago before settling in Argentina, where he lived and worked in Mendoza and Tucumán.
Biography of Rico Bulthuis (excerpt)
Rico Bulthuis (August 27, 1911 – October 4, 2009) was a Dutch writer of psychological thrillers and detective novels, as well as an illustrator, puppeteer, photographer, civil servant, and art critic. The son of writer H.J.Bulthuis, he started as an advertising specialist and portrait photographer before becoming an art critic for the Haagsche Courant after World War II.
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Biography of Marthe Gautier (excerpt)
Marthe Gautier, born on September 10, 1925 in Montenils and died on April 30, 2022 in Meaux, was a French physician, pediatrician, and honorary research director at INSERM, specializing in pediatric cardiology. In 1959, she played a crucial role in identifying the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome, working with Raymond Turpin and, to a lesser extent, Jérôme Lejeune.
Biography of Ah Jook Ku (excerpt)
Ah Jook Ku, born April 24, 1910, in Kailua, Hawaii, and died August 6, 2007, was a trailblazing American journalist. She was the first Asian American reporter for the Associated Press and the first Asian American woman at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, where she began as a high school correspondent.
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Biography of Butch Voris (excerpt)
Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris (September 17, 1919 – August 10, 2005) was a U.S. Navy aviator, World War II flying ace, and founder of the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team. Over a 22-year career, he flew a wide range of aircraft, from biplanes to jets, and later contributed to the development of the F-14 Tomcat and Apollo Lunar Module at Grumman.
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Biography of Mary Ann Jackson (actress) (excerpt)
Mary Ann Jackson (January 14, 1923 – December 17, 2003) was an American child actress best known for her work in the Our Gang series from 1928 to 1931. Born into a film-oriented family, she began acting in 1925 and gained attention in Mack Sennett’s Smith Family shorts.
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Biography of Vi Redd (excerpt)
Elvira Louise Redd (September 20, 1928 – February 6, 2022) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, vocalist, and educator. Born in Los Angeles to jazz drummer Alton Redd, she was mentored early by her great-aunt Alma Hightower and began playing saxophone as a child.
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Biography of John Paul Jones (artist) (excerpt)
John Paul Jones (November 18, 1924 – September 25, 1999) was an American painter and printmaker, regarded as one of the country’s leading printmakers during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1962, he was featured in Time Magazine, affirming his national prominence. The following year, the Brooklyn Museum held a major retrospective of his prints and drawings.
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Biography of Émile Decré (excerpt)
Émile Decré (28 July 1897 – 17 February 1973) was a French businessman and heir to the Decré department stores, founded by his grandfather Jules-César Decré.During World War I, he helped manage the family business alongside his brother. In 1930, he oversaw the renovation of the stores with architect Henri Sauvage and founded the Nantes chapter of the Christian Employers’ Confederation.
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Biography of Wilfred Talbot Smith (excerpt)
Wilfred Talbot Smith, born Frank Wenham on June 8, 1885, and died April 27, 1957, was an English occultist and ceremonial magician.He was a key figure in spreading the religion of Thelema across North America. His time of birth comes from the book "The Unknown God: W.
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Biography of Ernest Becker (excerpt)
Ernest Becker (September 27, 1924 – March 6, 1974) was an American cultural anthropologist and author, best known for The Denial of Death, which earned the Pulitzer Prize in 1974. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Jewish immigrant parents, he served in World War II and helped liberate a Nazi concentration camp.
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Biography of Félix Mesguich (excerpt)
Félix Mesguich, born September 15, 1871, in Algiers and died April 25, 1949, in Paris, was a pioneering French cameraman and one of the first cinema reporters, working closely with the Lumière brothers on global filming missions. In 1898, he created the first-ever advertising film for the Ripolin brand, a short comic scene considered a landmark in commercial cinema history.
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Biography of Thelma Eisen (excerpt)
Thelma "Tiby" Eisen (May 11, 1922 – May 11, 2014) was a standout outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1944 to 1952.Known for her speed and defensive prowess, she played 966 games and stole 674 bases. An All-Star in 1946, she made the playoffs seven times and won a championship in 1944.
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Biography of Philip J. Corso (excerpt)
Philip James Corso (May 22, 1915 – July 16, 1998) was a U.S. Army officer who served from February 23, 1942, to March 1, 1963. He achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel and held key intelligence positions during his military career. In 1997, he published The Day After Roswell, claiming involvement in the study of alien technology recovered from the 1947 Roswell Incident.
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Biography of Doris Hill (excerpt)
Doris Hill, born Roberta M. Hill on March 21, 1905, in Roswell, New Mexico, died on March 3, 1976. She was an American actress active in the 1920s and 1930s. Discovered dancing in Los Angeles, she began her film career in 1926 and successfully transitioned to sound films.
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Biography of Norman Granz (excerpt)
Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter.He founded Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve, and Pablo labels, and launched the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series. A champion of racial equality, he insisted on integrated audiences at his events.
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Biography of Jean Déchanet (excerpt)
Jean Déchanet (born January 18, 1906, in Isches, France – died May 19, 1992, at Saint-André Abbey, Bruges, Belgium) was a French Benedictine monk known as "the Father of Christian Yoga." His time of birth comes from the book "Yoga and God: An Invitation to Christian Yoga", by Jean Déchanet (Abbey, 1975).
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Biography of Azucena Villaflor (excerpt)
Azucena Villaflor, born April 7, 1924, and died December 10, 1977, was an Argentine activist and co-founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a group seeking justice for victims of forced disappearances during Argentina’s Dirty War. Born into a working-class, Peronist family, she married a union delegate in 1949 and raised four children.
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Biography of Cristina Kahlo (excerpt)
Cristina Kahlo y Calderón (June 7, 1908 – February 8, 1964) was the younger sister of Frida Kahlo and shared a deep emotional bond with her. She posed for both Frida and Diego Rivera, with whom she had an affair after the birth of her second child.
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Biography of Tex Beneke (excerpt)
Tex Beneke (born Gordon Lee Beneke, February 12, 1914 – died May 30, 2000) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader best known for his work with Glenn Miller. He performed the sax solo on In the Mood and sang on Chattanooga Choo Choo, iconic hits of the big band era.
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Biography of Muriel Vanderbilt (excerpt)
Muriel Vanderbilt, born November 23, 1900, in New York City and died February 3, 1972, was an American heiress and socialite, a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. She was the daughter of William K. Vanderbilt II and Virginia Fair, raised between Long Island and the West Coast after her parents separated.
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Biography of Lino Vaccari (excerpt)
Lino Vaccari, born on August 23, 1873 in Crespano del Grappa and died in Rome in 1951, was an Italian botanist known for his alpine flora studies and educational contributions. He earned a doctorate in natural sciences from the University of Padua and taught in various secondary schools before becoming a headmaster, school inspector, and professor of botany in Rome and Florence.
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Biography of Rudolf Kaesbach (excerpt)
Rudolf Kaesbach, born on July 22, 1873, in Gladbach and died on December 4, 1955, in Berlin, was a German sculptor. He studied in Hanau, Paris, and Brussels, and ran his own casting workshop in Düsseldorf. From 1904, he worked in Berlin and gained recognition with life-size marble sculptures.
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Biography of Albert Johan Kramer (excerpt)
Albert Johan Kramer (Amsterdam, 15 June 1897 – Amsterdam, 4 April 1976) was possibly the tallest Dutchman of all time, with a reported height of 2.42 meters. He performed worldwide as a variety artist under the stage names Lofty and Jan van Albert.
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Biography of Nell O'Day (excerpt)
Nell O’Day, born September 22, 1909, in Prairie Hill, Texas, and died January 5, 1989, in Los Angeles, California, was an accomplished American actress and equestrian known for her work in 1930s and 1940s B-movies. She began as a vaudeville dancer and moved on to Broadway, with credits including Fine and Dandy (1930).
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Biography of Francis Doublier (excerpt)
Francis Doublier, born April 11, 1878, in Lyon, and died April 2, 1948, in Fort Lee, New Jersey, was a French cinema pioneer and operator for the Lumière brothers. Orphaned young, he began working at the Lumière factories where he learned the secrets of early filmmaking.
Biography of Leopold Abraham Ries (excerpt)
Leopold Abraham Ries (born 15 April 1893 in Groningen, died 10 July 1962 in New York) was a Dutch senior civil servant, appointed Treasurer-General in 1935. A talented jurist from a wealthy Jewish family, he was close to Eelco van Kleffens and an early quiet supporter of gay rights in the Netherlands.
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Biography of Joe Castro (excerpt)
Joseph Armand Castro (August 15, 1927 – December 13, 2009) was an American bebop jazz pianist, primarily active on the West Coast.He began performing professionally at age 15 in the San Francisco Bay Area. After completing army service in 1947, he formed a small band.
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Biography of George Lindbeck (excerpt)
George Arthur Lindbeck, born March 10, 1923, in Luoyang, China, and died January 8, 2018, was an American Lutheran theologian, best known as a key ecumenical figure and a founder of postliberal theology. Raised in China and Korea by missionary parents, he endured frequent illness and isolation in childhood. |
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