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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. in ![]()
Biography of P. D. James (excerpt)
Rt. Hon. Phyllis Dorothy, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL (3 August 1920 (birth time source: Starkman, rectified time) – 27 November 2014), known as P. D. James, was an English crime writer. She rose to fame for her series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.
Biography of Alistair MacLean (excerpt)
Alistair Stuart MacLean (Shettelston, UK, 21 April 1922 - 2 February 1987; Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacGill-Eain) was a Scottish novelist who wrote successful thrillers or adventure stories, the best known of which are perhaps The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare, both having been made into successful films.
Biography of Pierre Alcover (excerpt)
Pierre Alcover (14 March 1893 – 14 November 1957) was a French film actor. He starred in 40 films between 1918 and 1943. In 1920 he starred in the film Champi-Tortu. One of his most notable performances was in Marcel L'Herbier's 1928 film L'Argent, as the corrupt banker Saccard.
Biography of Tom Anderson (fiddler) (excerpt)
Dr. Tom (Tammie) Anderson MBE, (29 August 1910 (birth time source: Frank C. Clifford)- 20 September 1991) was a renowned Shetland fiddler and teacher. He was affectionately known to his peers as "Muckle Tammie" (Big Tommy). Dr. Tom Anderson was known to many in Shetland as the saviour of Shetland's musical heritage long before he died.
Biography of Helen Duncan (excerpt)
Helen Duncan (November 25, 1897 – December 6, 1956) was a Scottish medium, best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the British Witchcraft Act of 1735. Duncan was born in Callander, Stirling, northwest of the city of Stirling, in November, 1897.
Biography of Ruth Hale Oliver (excerpt)
Ruth Hale Oliver, born April 16, 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died October 3, 1988, was an American teacher, author and astrologer.
Biography of John Reed (excerpt)
John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 23, 1887 – October 19, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist, famous for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days that Shook the World. He was the husband of the writer and feminist Louise Bryant.
Biography of Lawrence Tierney (excerpt)
Lawrence Tierney (March 15, 1919 – February 26, 2002) was an American actor, known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and hardened criminals, which mirrored his own frequent brushes with the law. Commenting on the DVD release of a Tierney film in 2005, a New York Times critic observed: "The hulking Tierney was not so much an actor as a frightening force of nature."
Biography of Paul Cadéac (excerpt)
Paul Cadéac, born on June 28, 1918 in Agen (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on January 9, 2004 in Noisy-le-Grand, is a French producer. Filmography (extract) 1948 : Carrefour du crime 1953 : Mon mari est merveilleux de André Hunebelle
Biography of John Eisenhower (excerpt)
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (born August 3, 1922 in Denver, Colorado) is a retired United States military officer and the author of several books of military history.He served as the U.S.Ambassador to Belgium from 1969–1971. Background and military career Eisenhower was born to future U.S.
Biography of Roger Martin du Gard (excerpt)
Roger Martin du Gard (March 23, 1881 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) - August 22, 1958) was a French author and winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature.Trained as a paleographer and archivist, Martin du Gard brought to his works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous regard for details.
Biography of Apo Lazaridès (excerpt)
Apo Lazarides (born October 16, 1925 – died October 30, 1998), was a French champion cyclist. Born Jean Apotre Lazarides in Marles-les-Mines, Pas-de-Calais of Greek ancestry, as a boy he cycled in the mountains. During the German occupation of France in World War II, the teenaged Lazarides used his cycling skills to surreptitiously transport supplies to members of the French Resistance .
Biography of Frankie Howerd (excerpt)
Frankie Howerd OBE (born Francis Alick Howard, 6 March 1917 – 18 April 1992), was a distinctive English comedian and comic actor whose career spanned six decades. Howerd was born the son of a soldier, Francis A.W.Howard in York, England, in 1917 (not 1922 as he later claimed).
Biography of Urho Kekkonen (excerpt)
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3 September 1900 - 31 August 1986), was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland (1950–1953, 1954–1956) and later as the eighth President of Finland (1956–1982). Kekkonen continued the “active neutrality” policy of his predecessor President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, a doctrine which came to be known as the “Paasikivi–Kekkonen line”.
Biography of Luise Rinser (excerpt)
Luise Rinser, born April 30, 1911 in Pitzling (Lech), died March 17,2002 in Unterhaching, was a German author. Awards (extract) 1979 Roswitha-Preis de la ville de Bad Gandersheim 1987 Heinrich-Heine-Preis du ministère de la culture de la RDA 1987 Heinrich-Mann-Preis de l'académie des arts de la RDA
Biography of Alain Touraine (excerpt)
Alain Touraine (3 August 1925 – 9 June 2023) was a French sociologist. He was research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux. Touraine was an important figure in the founding of French sociology of work after World War II and later became an internationally-renowned sociologist of social movements, particularly the May 68 student movement in France and the Solidarity trade-union movement in communist Poland.
Biography of Enrico Mattei (excerpt)
Enrico Mattei (April 29, 1906 (birth time source: Grazia Bordoni, Didier Geslain) - October 27, 1962) was an Italian public administrator.After World War II he was given the task of dismantling the Italian Petroleum Agency Agip, a state enterprise established by the Fascist regime.
Biography of M. M. Kaye (excerpt)
Mary Margaret ('Mollie') Kaye (August 21, 1908 - January 29, 2004) was a British writer.Her most famous book was The Far Pavilions (1978). Life M.M.Kaye was born in India and spent her early childhood and much of her early-married life there.Her family ties with the country are strong: her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the British Raj and her grandfather's cousin, Sir John Kaye, wrote the standard accounts of the Sepoy Mutiny and the First Afghan War.
Biography of Henry Bowers (excerpt)
Lieutenant Henry Robertson (Birdie) Bowers (July 29, 1883 - March 29, 1912) was one of Robert Falcon Scott's polar party on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913) who all died during their return from the South Pole. Early life Bowers was born on 29 July 1883 in Greenock, of Scottish descent, and was raised alone by his mother after his father died in Rangoon when he was three years old.
Biography of Miguel Primo de Rivera (excerpt)
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja, 2. Marqués de Estella (Jerez de la Frontera, January 8, 1870 - Paris, March 16, 1930) was a Spanish dictator, aristocrat, and a military official who was appointed Prime Minister by the King and who for seven years (1923-1930) was a dictator, ending the turno system of alternating parties.
Biography of Alfredo Stroessner (excerpt)
Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, whose name is also spelled Strössner or Strößner (November 3, 1912, Encarnación – August 16, 2006, Brasília), was a Paraguayan military officer and dictator from 1954 to 1989. His lengthy rule was the 11th-longest ever by state leaders other than monarchs.
Biography of Alexandre Stavisky (excerpt)
Serge Alexandre Stavisky (November 20, 1886 – January 8, 1934) was a French financier and embezzler whose actions created a political scandal that became known as the Stavisky Affair. Career Stavisky tried various professions, working as a café singer, as a nightclub manager, as a worker in a soup factory, and as the operator of a gambling den.
Biography of Bernard Grasset (editor) (excerpt)
Bernard Félix Joseph Grasset, born on March 6, 1881 in Chambéry (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died on October 20, 1955 in Paris, was a French famous editor.
Biography of Harold Holt (excerpt)
Harold Edward Holt, CH (5 August 1908 – 17 December 1967), was an Australian politician who became the 17th Prime Minister of Australia in 1966. His term as Prime Minister dramatically ended in December of the following year when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria and was presumed drowned.
Biography of Denise Zola (excerpt)
Denise Zola, born Septembre 20, 1889 in Paris, is the daugther of French writer Emile Zola and Jeanne Rozerot.
Biography of Jean-Gabriel Domergue (excerpt)
Jean-Gabriel Domergue, born March 4, 1889 in Bordeaux, died in 1962, was a French painter.
Biography of Wiley Post (excerpt)
Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was the first pilot to fly solo around the world.Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits.His plywood monocoque aircraft, the Winnie Mae is on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F.
Biography of Jean Anglade (excerpt)
Jean Anglade born March 18, 1915 in Thiers (birth time and city source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died on November 22, 2017 in Clermont-Ferrand (age 102) is a French writer. Selected works Les Doigts Bleus de la pluie - Presses la Cité - 2011
Biography of Victor Grignard (excerpt)
François Auguste Victor Grignard (May 6, 1871 in Cherbourg (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) - December 13, 1935 in Lyon) was a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist. Grignard was the son of a sail maker.After studying mathematics at Lyon he transferred to chemistry, becoming a professor at the University of Nancy in 1910.
Biography of Ramón Serrano Súñer (excerpt)
Ramón Serrano-Súñer (Cartagena, 12 September 1901 – Madrid, 1 September 2003), was a Spanish politician in the first governments of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship, the Spanish State, between 1938 and 1942, when he held the posts of President of the Political Junta Política of Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS (1938), and Interior and Foreign Affairs Minister.
Biography of James Finlayson (excerpt)
James Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson (August 27, 1887 – October 9, 1953) was a Scottish-American actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression "d'ooooooh."
Biography of Edmond Sée (excerpt)
Edmond Sée, born on March 21, 1875 in Bayonne (birth time source: Lescaut), died in 1959, was a French journalist, playwright, and author.
Biography of Hubert Josef Urban (excerpt)
Hubert Josef Urban, born June 4, 1904 in Linz, is an Austrian parapsychologist, professor of psychiatry and writer.
Biography of Alberic O'Kelly de Galway (excerpt)
Albéric O'Kelly de Galway (May 17, 1911, Anderlecht–October 3, 1980, Brussels) was a Belgian chess Grandmaster (1956), and an International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1962), most famous for being the third ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1959 and 1962. He was also a chess writer.
Biography of Gaston Defferre (excerpt)
Gaston Defferre (September 14, 1910 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) - May 7, 1986, Marseille) was a French socialist politician. Lawyer and member of the Socialist party SFIO (French Section of the Workers' International), he was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistance Socialist group during World War II.
Biography of Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (excerpt)
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.(November 30, 1918 – May 2, 2014) was a Golden Globe-winning American actor known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I.He is also known as recurring character "Dandy Jim Buckley" in the series Maverick and as the voice behind the character Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series and associated spin-offs.
Biography of Louis Gérardin (excerpt)
Louis Gérardin, born on August 12, 1912 in Billancourt (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on May 23, 1982 in Paris, was a French bicycle racer.He was called "Toto" and has won a lot of competitions.French singer Edith Piaf was one of his devoted admirers and loved him.
Biography of Lucien Gaudin (excerpt)
Lucien Gaudin (September 27, 1886, Arras, France – September 23, 1934) was a French fencer and olympic champion both in foil and in épée competition. He received gold medals in both foil individual and in épée individual at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Biography of Warren Oates (excerpt)
Warren Mercer Oates (July 5, 1928 – April 3, 1982) was a prolific American actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah including The Wild Bunch (1969) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974).
Biography of Jacques Borel (excerpt)
Jacques Borel, born April 9, 1927 in Courbevoie (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is a French businessman and entrepreneur (Restoroute, Wimpy, Arche...).
Biography of John Berryman (excerpt)
John Allyn Berryman (originally John Allyn Smith) (October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet, born in McAlester, Oklahoma.He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and often considered one of the founders of the Confessional school of poetry.
Biography of Louis Aubert (excerpt)
Louis François Marie Aubert (born Paramé (Ille-et-Vilaine), 19 February 1877, - died Paris, 9 January 1968) was a French composer. Louis Aubert was a child prodigy.His parents, recognizing their son's musical talent, sent him to Paris to receive an education at an early age.
Biography of June Haver (excerpt)
June Haver (June 10, 1926 – July 4, 2005), was an American film actress, who was born in Rock Island, Illinois as Beverly Jane Stovenour."June" was her nickname and her surname became "Haver" when her mother divorced and remarried. Career Haver began singing on stage at the age of six.
Biography of Konstantin von Neurath (excerpt)
Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath (2 February 1873 – 14 August 1956) was a German diplomat, Foreign Minister of Germany (1932-1938) and Reichsprotektor (Governor) of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1941).Neurath remained titular Protector until 1943. Early life He was born in Vaihingen an der Enz, Kingdom of Württemberg, the son of minor Swabian nobility.
Biography of Bice Valori (excerpt)
Maria Bice Valori, born in Rome May 13, 1927 and died in Rome May 17, 1980, was an Italian comedian and actress, the daugther of journalist Aldo Valori. Selected filmogaphy È più facile che un cammello..., regia di Luigi Zampa (1950) Accidenti alle tasse!!, regia di Mario Mattoli (1951)
Biography of Joseph Wresinski (excerpt)
Born into poverty, Fr. Joseph Wresinski (1917 (source not archived) - 1988) established major landmarks throughout his life in the fight against the worst forms of poverty, in collaboration with the very poor themselves and other partners. He also developed a blueprint for a civilisation without exclusion based on his work in the field of human activity, a civilisation with the contributions of all people, and for the benefit of all.
Biography of René Dumesnil (excerpt)
René, Alphonse, Adolphe Dumesnil, born on June 19, 1879 in Rouen (birth time source: Lescaut), died on December 24, 1967 in Paris, was a French physician, critic, author, and musicologist. Publications (extracts) Le Rythme musical — 1921 ; 2e éd.
Biography of Kurt Hoffmann (excerpt)
Kurt Hoffmann (12 November 1910 in Freiburg-im-Breisgau – 25 June 2001) was a German film director. He directed 48 films between 1938 and 1971. Selected filmography 1938 : Andere Länder, andere Sitten 1938 : Wochenendfriede 1938 : Der Skarabäus 1939 : Paradies der Junggesellen
Biography of André-Gaston Prételat (excerpt)
André-Gaston Prételat (14 November 1874, Wassy, Champagne, France – 6 December 1969, Paris, France) was a general in the French Army. Military career 1910-1918 His first post, from 1910 to 1912, was as military attaché to Tangier.During the First World War he was the chief of staff of 70th Division (1915) and then of XXIII Corps (1916), before becoming the commanding officer of the 159th Regiment and Deputy Chief of Staff to Gouraud's French Fourth Army (1917), and finally Chief of Staff of the Fourth Army.
Biography of Emilio Fernandez (excerpt)
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, March 16 (error on Wikipedia), 1904 in Sabinas, Coahuila – August 6, 1986) was an actor, screenwriter and director of the cinema of Mexico. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria which won the Grand Prix at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. |
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