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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. ![]() ![]()
Biography of Augusto Monterroso (excerpt)
Augusto Monterroso (December 21, 1921 - February 7, 2003) was a Guatemalan writer. Life Monterroso was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to an Honduran mother and Guatemalan father.In 1936 his family settled definitively in Guatemala City, where he would remain until early adulthood.Here he published his first short stories and began his clandestine work against the dictatorship of Jorge Ubico.
Biography of Léon-Etienne Duval (excerpt)
Léon-Etienne Duval (November 9, 1903—May 30, 1996) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.He served as Archbishop of Algiers in Algeria from 1954 to 1988, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Léon-Etienne Duval was born in Chenex near Annecy, and there attended the seminary before going to Rome, where he studied alongside Marcel Lefebvre at the Pontifical French Seminary. ![]()
Biography of Werner Mölders (excerpt)
Werner Mölders (March 18, 1913 - November 22, 1941) was a German Luftwaffe World War II fighter ace. He was credited with 101 victories in WWII as well as 14 victories in the Spanish civil war. He rose quickly through the ranks, and was given command of a Geschwader (Fighter Wing) at age 27, and promoted to Oberst and appointed Inspector General of Fighters at age 28. ![]()
Biography of Claretta Petacci (excerpt)
Clara Petacci (Claretta Petacci) (28 February 1912 – 28 April 1945) was an upper class Roman who became Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's mistress.Her father had been the personal physician to the Pope.She was twenty-nine years younger than Mussolini. Petacci was with Mussolini to the end.
Biography of Henriette Gröll (excerpt)
Henriette Gröll, born February 28, 1906 in Grenoble and died in 1996, was a French artist and painter. ![]()
Biography of Francisque Poulbot (excerpt)
Francisque Poulbot was a French drawer and illustrator born February 6, 1879 in Saint-Denis. He has created the famous "Poulbot de Paris".
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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 José Giovanni (excerpt)
José Giovanni, also known as Joseph Damiani, was a French-Swiss writer and film-maker of Corsican origin. He was born in Paris (France) on June 22, 1923 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), dying in Lausanne, Switzerland on April 24, 2004 from a brain haemorrhage. ![]()
Biography of Louison Bobet (excerpt)
Louis ("Louison") Bobet (March 12, 1925 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 10) – March 13, 1983) was a French professional road cyclist.He was one of just eight riders to win the Tour de France at least three times, and also the first to win the race three times in succession, a feat he accomplished from 1953 to 1955. ![]()
Biography of Kyösti Kallio (excerpt)
Kyösti Kallio (April 10, 1873 – December 19, 1940) was the fourth President of Finland (1937–1940). He was a prominent leader of the Agrarian League, and had previously been Prime Minister four times and Speaker of the Parliament six times . ![]()
Biography of Pierre de Bénouville (excerpt)
Pierre de Bénouville, born August 8, 1944 in Amsterdam, died Demceber 4, 2001 in Paris, was a French resistant, General, politician, and writer. Awards * Grand Officier de la Légion d'honneur * Compagnon de la Libération - décret du 6 avril 1945 ![]()
Biography of Marie-Agnès Cailliau-de Gaulle (excerpt)
Marie-Agnès Cailliau-de Gaulle, born Marie Agnès Caroline Julie de Gaulle May 27, 1889 in Paris (birth time source: Yoan Cocquebert, Archives of Paris, died Maérch 25, 1982 in Boulogne-Billancourt, was a French resistant and the eldest sister of Charles de Gaulle. ![]()
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 Henry Moore (excerpt)
Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist and sculptor.He is best known for his abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures. ![]()
Biography of Willa Cather (excerpt)
Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. ![]()
Biography of René Desmaison (excerpt)
René Desmaison (April 14, 1930 – September 28, 2007) was a veteran French mountaineer, climber and alpinist. Desmaison had climbed more than 1,000 mountains since the 1950s.He made the first ascent of 114 previously unclimbed mountains throughout the Andes, Alps and Himalayas.
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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.
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Biography of Léon Jouhaux (excerpt)
Léon Jouhaux (July 1, 1879 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – April 28, 1954) was a French trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951. Jouhaux's father worked in a match factory in Aubervilliers.His secondary schooling ended when his father's earnings were stopped by a strike. ![]()
Biography of Marcel Béalu (excerpt)
Marcel Béalu was born in Selles-sur-Cher on October 30, 1908, and raised in impoverished circumstances in Saumur.He died on June 19, 1993. Life Largely self-taught, he read the classics of canonical French literature on his own initiative while working as a haberdasher in Montargis. ![]()
Biography of René Clair (excerpt)
René Clair (November 11, 1898 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 846/CR – March 15, 1981) was a French filmmaker and author. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. ![]()
Biography of Jacques Dufilho (excerpt)
Jacques Dufilho (February 19, 1914 (birth time source: Marc Brun, FDAF) - August 28, 2005) was a French actor. He was born at Bègles (Gironde) and he died at Ponsampère (Gers). He was also famous for his collection of Bugatti cars. Filmography More than 150 movie, including: ![]()
Biography of Mado Robin (excerpt)
Madeleine Marie Robin, known as Mado Robin (December 29, 1918 - December 10, 1960), was a French singer who was born in Yzeures-sur-Creuse, Touraine. A coloratura soprano, she had an exceptionally wide vocal range (she hit D4 above high-C in live performance in Vichy) which gave her a broad repertoire.
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Biography of Gemma Galgani (excerpt)
Saint Gemma Galgani (born March 12, 1878 in Camigliano, Campania, Italy, died April 11, 1903) is a Catholic saint who was canonized by Pope Pius XII on May 2, 1940. She was the daughter of a poor pharmacist and suffered throughout her life with ill health.
Biography of Bernard Dhéran (excerpt)
Bernard Dhéran, born Bernard Poulain, on June 17, 1926 in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime)(birth time source: Ed Steinbrecher collection: Gauquelin ns 3/0504), died on January 27, 2013 in Marrakech, is a French comedian and actor. Theater (extract) In la Comédie-Française 1953 : Un caprice d'Alfred de Musset, mise en scène Maurice Escande
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Biography of Maurice Garçon (excerpt)
Maurice Garçon (25 November 1889, Lille (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 5540) - 29 December 1967, Paris) was a French novelist, historian, essayist and lawyer. A major figure at the bar, he gained a certain notoriety and was even mentioned with René Floriot in the last phrase of Jean-Pierre Melville's film "Bob le flambeur".
Biography of Ann Wigmore (excerpt)
Ann Wigmore (1909-1994) was a holistic health practitioner, nutritionist, whole foods advocate, and a doctor of Divinity. With Viktoras Kulvinskas, she co-founded the Hippocrates Health Institute (rated as one of the top health resorts by the International Spa Industry). She was an early pioneer in the use of wheatgrass juice and living foods for detoxifying and healing the body, mind, and spirit.
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Biography of Steve Allen (excerpt)
Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen (December 26, 1921, New York – October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, musician, actor, comedian, and writer. Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best-known for his television career. He first gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. ![]()
Biography of Alfred Manessier (excerpt)
Alfred Manessier, born December 5, 1911 in Saint-Ouen, died in 1993, was a French painter. ![]()
Biography of Sid James (excerpt)
Sid James (born Joel Solomon Cohen; 8 May 1913 (source: British Entertainers, Frank C. Clifford) – 26 April 1976) was a South African actor, who made his career in the British film and television industry. James, who was often credited as Sidney James, is best remembered for his roles in the Carry On films, Bless This House and Hancock's Half Hour. ![]()
Biography of René Dorin (excerpt)
René Dorin, born November 13, 1891 in La Rochelle (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died July 25, 1969 in Paris, was a French singer, composer, musician, violonist, artist, radio host and author. He wrote more than 600 sings and founded more than 40 newspapers. ![]()
Biography of Camilo José Cela (excerpt)
Camilo José María Manuel Juan Ramón Francisco Javier de Jerónimo Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (11 May 1916 - 17 January 2002), commonly known as Camilo José Cela (Spanish pronunciation: ), was a Spanish novelist and short story writer.
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Biography of Henri Queffélec (excerpt)
Henri Queffélec, born January 29, 1910 in Brest, died January 12; 1992 in Paris (heart failure), was a French writer. He is the father of French writer Yann Queffélec (Prix Goncourt in 1985). Henri Queffélec won Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1958 for his novel "Un royaume sous la mer".
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Biography of Erika Köth (excerpt)
Erika Köth (September 15, 1925 (source: Wikipedia in German), Darmstadt - February 21, 1989, Speyer) was a German operatic coloratura soprano, particularly associated with the role of Zerbinetta. She began a musical studies in Darmstadt with Elsa Blank in 1942, and after an interruption resumed them in 1945.
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Biography of René la Canne (excerpt)
René Girier, best known as René la Canne, born November 9, 1919 in Oullins near Lyon (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died January 28, 2000 in Reims, was a French outlaw. He was called public enemy number one in the fifties.
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Biography of John Delorean (excerpt)
John Zachary DeLorean (January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer and executive in the U.S.automobile industry, and founder of the DeLorean Motor Company.He was most well known for developing the Pontiac GTO muscle car, the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car, which was later featured in the movie Back to the Future, and his high profile 1982 arrest on charges of drug trafficking, in an apparent attempt to raise funds for his struggling company, which declared bankruptcy that same year. ![]()
Biography of Henry de Monfreid (excerpt)
Henry de Monfreid (14 November 1879, Leucate - 13 December 1974) was a French adventurer and author. Born in Leucate, Aude, France, he was the son of artist Georges-Daniel de Monfreid and knew Paul Gauguin as a child. "I have lived a rich, restless, magnificent life," Monfreid declared a few days before dying in 1974 at the age of 95. ![]()
Biography of Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (excerpt)
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium (10 October 1903 – 1 June 1983) was the second son of Albert I, King of the Belgians and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria.Born in Brussels, he reigned in lieu of his older brother Leopold III from 1944 until 1950 as Prince Regent until Leopold could return to the throne.
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Biography of Jeffrey Hunter (excerpt)
Jeffrey Hunter (November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was a film and television actor. Early life He was born Henry Herman McKinnies, Jr.in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Whitefish Bay High School, and began acting in local theater and radio in his early teens. ![]()
Biography of Jules Romains (excerpt)
Jules Romains, real name Louis-henri-jean Farigoule (August 26, 1885 - August 14, 1972) was a French author and the founder of the unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Knock and a cycle of works called Les Hommes de bonne volonté (Men of Good Will). ![]()
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.
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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 Jérôme Lindon (excerpt)
Jérôme Lindon, born on June 9, 1925 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died on April 9, 2001, was a French editor, the son of lawyer Raymond Lindon and Thérèse Baur. Bibliography (extract) Jean Echenoz, Jérôme Lindon, Minuit, 2001 ![]()
Biography of Ann Sothern (excerpt)
Ann Sothern (January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress with a career spanning six decades. Early life and career Born Harriette Arlene Lake in Valley City, North Dakota, although she went to Central High School in St. ![]()
Biography of Jacques Hébertot (excerpt)
Jacques Hébertot, born André Daviel on January 28, 1886 in Rouen, died June 19, 1970 in Paris, was a French journalist, editor, theater director and playwright. Bibliography (extract) * Antoine Andrieu-Guitrancourt et Serge Bouillon, Jacques Hébertot le magnifique, Paris bibliothèques, 2006 (ISBN 2843311497) ![]()
Biography of Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (excerpt)
Gertrud Scholtz-Klink (February 9, 1902 - March 24, 1999; nee Treusch) was a fervent National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) member and Reichs Women's Leader. She married a factory worker at the age of eighteen and had six children before he died.
Biography of René-Marill Albères (excerpt)
René-Marill Albères, born on May 10, 1921 in Perpignan, died in 1982, was a French writer and historian.
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Biography of Henri Ghéon (excerpt)
Henri Ghéon (March 15, 1875 - June 13, 1944), born Henri Vangeon in Bray-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, was a French playwright, novelist, poet and critic.Brought up by a devout Roman Catholic mother, he lost his faith in his early teens, while still at the Lycée in Sens. ![]()
Biography of Germaine Tailleferre (excerpt)
Germaine Tailleferre (April 19, 1892 - November 7, 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the famous Group Les Six. Born Marcelle Taillefesse at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France, as a young woman she changed her last name to "Tailleferre" to spite her father who had refused to support her musical studies.
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.
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Biography of André Cayatte (excerpt)
André Cayatte (February 3, 1909, Carcassonne – February 6, 1989, Paris) was a French New Wave filmmaker and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility, themes which Cayatte persisted in affirming regardless of changing contemporary attitudes. |
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