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birth charts with Proserpina in VirgoYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Proserpina 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 Jane Poupelet (excerpt)
Jane Poupelet (born 19 April 1874 in Clauzure, a hamlet in Saint-Paul-Lizonne, Dordogne, and died 17 October 1932 in Talence, Gironde) was a French sculptor and illustrator. She also excelled in animal sculpture and created female nudes. Artistic Technique To create her unique works, Jane Poupelet developed her own technique: she first shaped a piece in clay, then cast it in plaster.
Biography of Jean Grenier (writer) (excerpt)
Jean Grenier (February 6, 1898 – March 5, 1971) was a French philosopher and writer.Born in Paris, he spent his childhood in Brittany, where he befriended Louis Guilloux and Max Jacob. A philosophy graduate in 1922, he taught at the Algiers high school, mentoring Albert Camus, who dedicated several works to him, inspired by Grenier’s Les Îles (1933).
Biography of Pascual Custode (excerpt)
Pasquale Maria Custode del Vecchio (born in Castelnuovo di Conza, Italy, on November 21, 1873 - died in Sincelejo, Colombia, on January 23, 1928) was a Catholic priest who ministered in the departments of Sucre and Córdoba, Colombia. He served in the parishes of Sampués, Palmito, San Andrés de Sotavento, Chinú, Sahagún, and Sincelejo, where he inspired a whole generation through his dedicated and selfless service.
Biography of Black Guzmán (excerpt)
Miguel Wenceslao Guzmán Huerta (September 28, 1915 – December 1, 1973), best known by his ring name Black Guzmán, was a Mexican luchador (or professional wrestler). His ring name was a nickname he had earned due to his tan skin color.Guzmán's style was centered on the headscissors, pioneering several variations of the headscissors takedown, and was one of the first luchadors to work a fast-paced, aerial style.
Biography of Robert Foulk (excerpt)
Robert C.Foulk (born May 5, 1908, and died February 25, 1989) was an American television and film actor, best known for portraying Sheriff H.Miller in CBS’s Lassie from 1958 to 1962. Foulk studied at the University of Pennsylvania to become an architectural draftsman before shifting to acting.
Biography of Jean de Vaugelas (excerpt)
Jean Vincent de Vaugelas, born on January 2, 1913, in Paris, and died on February 13, 1950, in Mendoza, Argentina, was a French military officer and a leader of the French Militia during World War II. As a Waffen-SS officer, he participated in suppressing resistance fighters in Limousin and was involved in the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre.
Biography of Paul Oskar Kristeller (excerpt)
Paul Oskar Kristeller (May 22, 1905, Berlin – June 7, 1999, New York, United States) was a scholar of Renaissance humanism, best known for his studies on Marsilio Ficino and his Iter Italicum, a catalog of uncatalogued manuscripts. Trained by thinkers such as Heidegger and Husserl, he earned his doctorate at Heidelberg in 1928.
Biography of Shirley Warde (excerpt)
Shirley Warde (January 23, 1901 - October 1991) was an American actress and playwright active in theater from the 1910s to the 1930s, then in film and radio. Born in New York City, she studied theater at the Ethical Culture School and began performing as a teenager.
Biography of Tamie Tsuchiyama (excerpt)
Tamie Tsuchiyama (May 8, 1915 – May 12, 1984) was the only Japanese-American to work full time for the Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement Study during World War II. While interned at the Poston War Relocation Center, she produced detailed sociological journals and ethnographic reports.
Biography of Willy Sachs (excerpt)
Wilhelm Josef Sachs known as Willy Sachs (23 July 1896 – 19 November 1958) was a German industrialist and Nazi party member.He served in the SS as an Obersturmbannführer and was appointed as a Wehrwirtschaftsführer, recognizing his company's importance to the war effort.
Biography of Joseph Wirth (excerpt)
Karl Joseph Wirth (7 September 1879 – 3 January 1956) was a German politician from the Catholic Centre Party, serving as Germany's chancellor from May 1921 to November 1922 during the early Weimar Republic. Between 1920 and 1931, he also held several ministerial posts, including Foreign Affairs, Finance, and Interior.
Biography of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (excerpt)
Ernst II (born 31 August 1871 in Altenburg – died 22 March 1955 in Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf) was the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and a German general active during World War I. As the only son of Prince Moritz, he inherited the duchy in 1908 after the death of his uncle, Ernst I.
Biography of Klaus Günther (zoologist) (excerpt)
Klaus Alfred Günther (* October 7, 1907, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf; † October 1, 1975, in Berlin) was a German zoologist and taxonomist, who made significant contributions to modern evolutionary theory through his definition of the ecological niche. After completing his Abitur at a humanistic gymnasium in Cottbus, Günther studied biology, paleontology, geography, chemistry, and numismatics in Berlin and Munich.
Biography of Francisco Rios Gonzalez (excerpt)
Francisco Ríos González, known as "El Pernales" (born July 23, 1879, in Estepa, Seville - died August 31, 1907, in Villaverde de Guadalimar, Albacete), was a famous Andalusian bandit. Born into a poor family, he started stealing at a young age. Influenced by legendary outlaws in his region, he joined fellow bandits to rob wealthy estates.
Biography of Vittorio Putti (excerpt)
Vittorio Putti (born March 1, 1880, in Bologna, died November 1, 1940, in Bologna) was an Italian physician and surgeon, specializing in orthopedics. The son of surgeon Marcello Putti and nephew of poet Enrico Panzacchi, he grew up in a culturally and scientifically rich environment.
Biography of James Tiptree Jr. (excerpt)
Alice Bradley Sheldon (August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987), better known as James Tiptree Jr., was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. From 1967 until her death, she published under this male pseudonym, whose true identity was only revealed in 1977.
Biography of Caroline-Eugénie Segond-Weber (excerpt)
Caroline-Eugénie Weber, known as Mme Segond-Weber (February 6, 1867 – June 14, 1945), was a French actress. The daughter of Charles Weber, politically active during the Third Republic, she took the name of her husband, actor Léon Segond, in 1886, retaining it as her stage name after their divorce in 1907.
Biography of Ruth Landshoff (excerpt)
Ruth Landshoff-Yorck (born Ruth Levy, January 7, 1904 – January 19, 1966) was a German-American actress and writer. Life and Career Born in Berlin in 1904 to a middle-class Jewish family, she was the niece of publisher Samuel Fischer.During the Weimar Republic, she was part of Berlin’s intellectual circles and befriended figures like Bertolt Brecht and Albert Einstein.
Biography of Georges Charensol (excerpt)
Georges Charensol, born on December 26, 1899, in Privas (Ardèche) and died in Paris on May 15, 1995, was a French journalist, art, literary, and film critic, particularly known for his participation in the radio show Le Masque et la Plume, alongside Jean-Louis Bory, from 1964 to 1979.
Biography of Paul Iribe (excerpt)
Joseph-Paul Iribe, né le 8 juin 1883 à Angoulême et mort le 21 septembre 1935 à Roquebrune, est un dessinateur, illustrateur de mode, affichiste, patron de presse, réalisateur et décorateur français. Il est considéré comme l'un des précurseurs du mouvement Art déco.
Biography of Christina Broom (excerpt)
Christina Broom, born on December 28, 1862, in London and passed away on June 5, 1939, in Margate, was a Scottish photographer, recognized as the UK’s first female photojournalist. After the failure of her family business in 1903, she taught herself photography and started selling postcard prints near Buckingham Palace.
Biography of Joe Funk (excerpt)
Joseph Funk (March 19, 1914 – February 2, 1981) was an American artist, printmaker, and educator, known for his quiet but key role in reviving fine art lithography in the United States. Trained at Otis and Chouinard, he worked on WPA murals in the 1940s and served in Korea, where he developed a lasting interest in Asian art.
Biography of Robert Hayden (poet) (excerpt)
Robert Hayden (August 4, 1913 – February 25, 1980) was an American poet, essayist, and educator.He was the first African-American to serve as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, now known as U.S.Poet Laureate. Born in Detroit to separated parents, he was raised by neighbors.
Biography of Kazimierz Sabbat (excerpt)
Kazimierz Aleksander Sabbat (February 27, 1913, Bielany Kapitulne – July 19, 1989, London) was a Polish statesman.He served as Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile (1976–1986) and President of the Republic in Exile (1986–1989). A law graduate from the University of Warsaw (1939), he fought in World War II with the Polish Navy and later the First Armored Division in Britain.
Biography of Jean Gilbert (composer) (excerpt)
Jean Gilbert, born Max Winterfeld (February 11, 1879 – December 20, 1942), was a German composer and conductor. Born into a musical family in Hamburg, he studied with Philipp Scharwenka in Berlin and debuted as a piano virtuoso at 15. At 18, he became a conductor in Bremerhaven and composed his first operetta, Das Jungfernstift, adopting the pseudonym Jean Gilbert.
Biography of Caio Prado Júnior (excerpt)
Caio da Silva Prado Júnior (February 11, 1907 – November 23, 1990) was a Brazilian historian, geographer, writer, philosopher, and politician.He pioneered a Marxist-inspired historiographic tradition in Brazil to reinterpret its colonial society. He graduated in law from Faculdade do Largo de São Francisco in 1928, later becoming a professor of political economy.
Biography of Lem Billings (excerpt)
Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, born April 15, 1916, and died May 28, 1981, was an American businessman best known for his lifelong, close friendship with John F. Kennedy. A prep school roommate of JFK, he served as an usher at his wedding and was a key supporter of his 1960 presidential campaign.
Biography of Maxime Dethomas (excerpt)
Maxime Dethomas (born October 13, 1867, in Garges – died January 21, 1929, in Paris) was a French draftsman, painter, engraver, and set designer. Coming from an influential family, he frequented Parisian literary and artistic circles, particularly the salon of Augustine Bulteau, where he mingled with figures like Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de Régnier, and Gabriel Fauré.
Biography of Gerhard Bigalk (excerpt)
Gerhard Bigalk (26 November 1908 – 17 July 1942) was a captain with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and commander of U-751.He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Career Bigalk spent some years in the merchant marine before joining the Kriegsmarine in April 1934.
Biography of Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (excerpt)
Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, born on March 10, 1900 (Wikipedia incorrectly lists the date as March 8th), in San José, was a Costa Rican doctor and politician who served as President from 1940 to 1944. After studying in Europe, he returned to Costa Rica to pursue a career in medicine and politics.
Biography of Piero Sraffa (excerpt)
Piero Sraffa FBA (5 August 1898 – 3 September 1983) was an influential Italian economist who served as lecturer of economics at the University of Cambridge. His book Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities is taken as founding the neo-Ricardian school of economics.
Biography of Anton Philips (excerpt)
Anton Frederik Philips, born on March 14, 1874, in Zaltbommel and died on October 7, 1951, in Eindhoven, was a Dutch industrialist and co-founder of Philips Electronics in 1912 with his elder brother Gerard. Born into a Dutch-Jewish family, he joined the family business in 1912 and served as CEO from 1922 to 1939.
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.
Biography of Lola Álvarez Bravo (excerpt)
Lola Álvarez Bravo (April 1, 1903 – July 31, 1993) was Mexico’s first female photographer and a key figure in the post-revolutionary cultural renaissance. In 1964, she received the Premio José Clemente Orozco for her contributions to photography and cultural preservation.
Biography of Ruth Etting (excerpt)
Ruth Etting (November 23, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American singer and actress from the 1920s and 1930s, known as "America's sweetheart of song." She recorded over 60 hits, including Shine On, Harvest Moon, Ten Cents a Dance, and Love Me or Leave Me.
Biography of Emilio Amero (excerpt)
Emilio Amero (May 25, 1901, in Ixtlahuacán del Río, Jalisco – April 12, 1976, in Norman, Oklahoma) was a prominent Mexican artist, illustrator, muralist, and educator, central to the Mexican Modern art movement. Shaped by the Mexican Revolution, he expressed his artistic vision through painting, lithography, illustration, photography, and filmmaking.
Biography of Peretz Naftali (excerpt)
Peretz Naftali (March 19, 1888 – April 30, 1961) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician who held several ministerial positions in the 1950s. Born Fritz Naftali in Berlin, he joined the German Social Democratic Party in 1911 and served in the German Army during World War I.
Biography of Siegfried Sassoon (excerpt)
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry described the horrors of the trenches and satirized the jingoistic patriotism that he believed fueled the war.
Biography of Stefan Pogonowski (excerpt)
Stefan Pogonowski (12 February 1895 – 15 August 1920) was a Polish professional soldier and military officer. He served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and then the newly recreated Polish Army during the Polish-Bolshevist War of 1920.
Biography of Clotilde-Camille Deflandre (excerpt)
Clotilde-Camille Deflandre (born November 21, 1871, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, and died on June 7, 1946, in Paris) was a French physician and scientist, primarily known for her discovery, alongside her mentor Paul Carnot, of hemopoietin (erythropoietin). She also initiated research that led to the development of organ transplantation.
Biography of Herman Heijermans (excerpt)
Herman Heijermans (3 December 1864 – 22 November 1924) was a Dutch playwright, novelist, journalist, and writer, regarded as the greatest modern dramatist of the Netherlands. He gained international recognition, a feat unseen since Joost van den Vondel. Born in Rotterdam into a liberal Jewish family, he debuted in 1891, finding success with Ahasverus under the pseudonym "Ivan Jelakowitch." Later, as "Samuel Falkland Jr.," he published sketches of Amsterdam life.
Biography of Jennie Smillie Robertson (excerpt)
Jennie Smillie Robertson (February 10, 1878 – February 26, 1981), known throughout her career as Jennie Smillie, was the first Canadian female surgeon and also performed the country's first major gynecological surgery. Born to farmers, she worked as a teacher to afford tuition for medical school before enrolling at the Ontario Medical College for Women which merged into the University of Toronto medical school during her time there.
Biography of Fernande Barrey (excerpt)
Fernande Barrey (January 9, 1893, in Paris 10e – July 14, 1960, in Paris) was a French artist's model and painter. She left Picardy around 1908 for Paris, where she initially survived as a child prostitute. She later became a model for artists such as Amedeo Modigliani and Chaïm Soutine, who encouraged her to study painting and art history at the École des Beaux-Arts.
Biography of Gus Bofa (excerpt)
Gus Bofa, born Charles Blanchot on May 23, 1883, in Brive-la-Gaillarde and died on September 1, 1968, was a French illustrator known for his work in satirical press and luxury illustrated books. The son of a military officer, he grew up in Bordeaux and Paris, where he met lifelong friends André Dunoyer de Segonzac and Maurice Constantin-Weyer.
Biography of Miguel A. Catalán (excerpt)
Miguel Antonio Catalán y Sañudo (9 October 1894 – 11 November 1957) was a Spanish spectroscopist born in Zaragoza. He earned his chemistry degree there and completed his doctorate in Madrid in 1917 on spectrochemistry. His time of birth comes from the journal Cuadernos de Aragón, Issues 14-17 (1981).
Biography of Juventino Rosas (excerpt)
José Juventino Policarpo Rosas Cadenas (January 25, 1868 – July 9, 1894) was a renowned Mexican composer and violinist, best known for his piece Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves). Born in Santa Cruz, Guanajuato (now Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas), he began as a street musician, performing with dance bands in Mexico City.
Biography of Joan Cornudella (excerpt)
Joan Cornudella i Barberà (born November 3, 1904, in les Borges Blanques, Garrigues - died March 26, 1985, in Barcelona) was a Catalan nationalist politician, secretary general of Estat Català, and co-founder of the Front Nacional de Catalunya. After the democratic transition, he joined the Pacte Democràtic per Catalunya before concluding his political career with the PSC, where he served as a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia for two terms.
Biography of Jeanne Mammen (excerpt)
Jeanne Mammen (21 November 1890 – 22 April 1976) was a German painter, illustrator, and printmaker. Her work is associated with the New Objectivity, Symbolism, and Cubism movements. She is best known for her depictions of queer women and Berlin city life during the Weimar period.
Biography of Frank Bykowski (excerpt)
Frank Peter Bykowski (March 24, 1915 – April 1, 1985) was an American football guard who played one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL, after being drafted in the 6th round of the 1940 NFL draft. He also played for the Milwaukee Chiefs in the third American Football League.
Biography of Bill Carey (songwriter) (excerpt)
William D. Carey (May 21, 1916 – January 27, 2004) was an American songwriter, actor, and author. Born on May 20, 1916, in Hollister, California, he appeared in films such as Roberta, Old Man Rhythm, Freshman Love, and A Yank at Oxford. |
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