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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 Joseph Plavcan (excerpt)
Joseph Michael Plavcan (July 15, 1908 – February 7, 1981) was an American painter and teacher from Erie, Pennsylvania.Born to Czechoslovakian immigrant parents, he studied art at the Erie Public Library and under George Ericson. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and won the Cresson Traveling Scholarship in 1928.
Biography of Antoni Troczewski (excerpt)
Antoni Fortunat Marian Troczewski (born June 1, 1861, in Łomża, died September 22, 1928, in Kutno) was a Polish physician, social activist, and political figure. Son of Antoni and Dionizy, Troczewski moved to Kutno in 1891, where he quickly became prominent. Starting as a volunteer doctor, he directed Saint Valentine Hospital, transforming it with new surgical, gynecological-obstetric, and infectious disease departments.
Biography of Francisco Asorey (excerpt)
Francisco Asorey González, born March 4, 1889, in Cambados, and died July 2, 1961, in Santiago de Compostela, was a prominent Spanish sculptor of the 20th century.As a child, he showed talent for carving wooden Christs and saints. He studied with the Salesians in Sarriŕ and later taught drawing in Baracaldo, where he opened a religious sculpture workshop.
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 Johan Huizinga (excerpt)
Johan Huizinga (7 December 1872 – 1 February 1945) was a Dutch historian regarded as one of the pioneers of modern cultural history. Born in Groningen, he initially studied Indo-European languages and wrote his 1897 doctoral thesis on the jester in Indian drama.
Biography of Alfred Gause (excerpt)
Alfred Gause, born on February 14, 1896, in Königsberg, and died on September 30, 1967, in Bonn, was a German Generalleutnant who served in the Heer of the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, a prestigious decoration for extreme bravery on the battlefield or successful military leadership.
Biography of Hartmut Kallmann (excerpt)
Hartmut Kallmann (born on February 5, 1896, in Berlin, and died on June 11, 1978) was a German physicist, known for his work on the scintillation counter for gamma ray detection. Kallmann was born into a Jewish family in Berlin and studied at the University of Göttingen, completing his dissertation under Max Planck in 1920.
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 Felix Jentzsch (excerpt)
Felix Hermann Ferdinand Jentzsch (*September 14, 1882, Königsberg – †November 10, 1946, Berlin) was a German physicist specializing in applied optics, known for his contributions to microscopy innovations. He studied at TH Berlin-Charlottenburg and the University of Berlin, earning his doctorate in 1908 on electron emission from heated metal oxides.
Biography of Karl Daeves (excerpt)
Karl Heinz Daeves (born April 24, 1893, in Cologne – died May 2, 1963) was a German metallurgist. He studied metallurgy at TH Aachen and Breslau, earning his doctorate in 1920. After a brief period in industry, he became a specialist in 1921 for the Verein Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute in Düsseldorf, where he developed the "large-number research" concept for quality control and materials development.
Biography of Herbert Assmann (excerpt)
Herbert Assmann (born November 25, 1882, in Danzig (now Gdańsk in Poland), died February 27, 1950, in Oldenburg) was a German internist and university professor. Son of Edwin Assmann and Anna Emma Laura Steimmig, he studied medicine in Freiburg, Munich, and Königsberg, earning his doctorate in 1905.
Biography of Augusto B. Leguía (excerpt)
Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo (19 February 1863 – 6 February 1932) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru from 1908 to 1912 and from 1919 to 1930, the latter term known as the "Oncenio" after its eleven-year length.
Biography of Ernst Balcke (excerpt)
Ernst Balcke (*April 9, 1887, Berlin – †January 16, 1912, Gatow) was a German author, best known for his friendship with poet Georg Heym, with whom he tragically died while skating on the Havel. The eldest son of a banker, Balcke grew up in Berlin-Schöneberg near the Heym family.
Biography of Nic Waal (excerpt)
Nic Waal, born Caroline Schweigaard Nicolaysen on January 1, 1905, in Kristiania and passed away on May 28, 1960, in Oslo, was a Norwegian psychoanalyst and physician. She graduated in medicine in 1930, specialized in psychology in Berlin, and studied under Harald Schjelderup and Wilhelm Reich.
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 Joseph Jessurun de Mesquita (excerpt)
Joseph Jessurun de Mesquita (Amsterdam, September 7, 1865 – April 1, 1890) was a Dutch photographer. He was influenced by the principles of Impressionism and chose unembellished snapshots of the moment, unposed, at a time when photography was still heavily dominated by staged and prop-laden works of studio photographers.
Biography of Warren William (excerpt)
Warren William, born Warren William Krech on December 2, 1894, and died on September 24, 1948, was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, immensely popular during the early 1930s. Nicknamed the "King of Pre-Code," he was the first actor to portray defense attorney Perry Mason on the big screen.
Biography of Marius Daille (excerpt)
Marius Daille, born on October 10, 1878, in Les Mollettes, was a distinguished French general during the Second World War. Beyond his military career, he gained international recognition as a speaker and columnist, publishing works in English and authoring several books on military analysis and strategy.
Biography of Martin Dibelius (excerpt)
Martin Dibelius (Dresden, September 14, 1883 – Heidelberg, November 11, 1947) was a German Protestant theologian and biblical scholar, professor of New Testament at Heidelberg University. The son of pastor Franz Wilhelm Dibelius and cousin of Otto Dibelius, he studied theology and philosophy at renowned universities before becoming a professor in Heidelberg in 1915.
Biography of Eelco van Kleffens (excerpt)
Eelco Nicolaas van Kleffens (born 17 November 1894, died 17 June 1983) was a Dutch politician and diplomat. Descending from a Frisian family of civil servants, he studied law at Leiden University and started his career at the League of Nations and later at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Biography of Antonio Paoli (excerpt)
Antonio Paoli, full name Antonio Emilio Paoli y Marcano (born April 14, 1871, in Ponce; died August 24, 1946, in San Juan), was a Puerto Rican tenor. Nicknamed "the king of tenors," he was the first Puerto Rican to achieve international fame in the arts.
Biography of Princess Chichibu Setsuko (excerpt)
Setsuko, Princess Chichibu (born Matsudaira Setsuko, September 9, 1909 – August 25, 1995), was a member of the Japanese imperial family and the wife of Prince Yasuhito, the second son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei. She was the sister-in-law of Emperor Shōwa and aunt by marriage to Emperor Akihito.
Biography of Ramón Menéndez Pidal (excerpt)
Ramón Menéndez Pidal (13 March 1869 – 14 November 1968) was a Spanish philologist and historian, renowned for his work on the Spanish language, folklore, and poetry. He was best known for his studies on El Cid and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature a record 154 times.
Biography of Gloria Campobello (excerpt)
Gloria (Soledad) Campobello Luna was born on October 21, 1911, and died on November 1, 1968.A prominent Mexican ballerina and choreographer, she was the younger half-sister of famed writer and dancer Nellie Campobello. Her birth name was likely Soledad, and she may have been born in 1911.
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 Alfred Weber (économist) (excerpt)
Carl David Alfred Weber (July 30, 1868 – May 2, 1958) was a German economist, geographer, sociologist, philosopher, and cultural theorist whose work significantly influenced the development of modern economic geography. The younger brother of sociologist Max Weber, he was born in Erfurt and raised in Charlottenburg.
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 Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle (excerpt)
Hugo Makibi Enomiya-Lassalle, born on 11 November 1898 in Gut Externbrock, Westphalia, was a German Jesuit priest and one of the foremost teachers to embrace both Roman Catholic Christianity and Zen Buddhism.He was ordained as a priest in 1927 and traveled to Japan in 1929, where he developed an interest in Buddhist practices.
Biography of Ruth Rewald (excerpt)
Ruth Rewald (born June 5, 1906, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, and likely killed in Auschwitz in 1942) was a German children’s author of Jewish origin.Her work combined revolutionary proletarian literature with humanist themes. After abandoning her law studies, she published her first children’s books in 1931, focusing on social issues like working children’s lives and feelings of statelessness.
Biography of Nico Rost (excerpt)
Nicolaas Rost, born on June 21, 1896, in Groningen and died on February 1, 1967, in Amsterdam, was a Dutch writer, translator, journalist, and resistance fighter. During the 1920s and 1930s, he lived in Germany, working as a translator and journalist. He traveled to the Soviet Union, joined the Communist Party, and was briefly imprisoned in Oranienburg in 1933 after Hitler's rise to power.
Biography of Louis Z. Rollini (excerpt)
Louis Z.Rollini, born August 26, 1866 in Paris, died July 4, 1951 in Le Vésinet, was a French film writer whose works range from La leçon du gouffre (1913), Bigorno fume l'opium (1914) and Il bacio della gloria (1913).He was the brother of film director Ferdinand Zecca.
Biography of Betty Smith (novelist) (excerpt)
Betty Smith, born Elisabeth Wehner on December 15, 1896, in New York, and died on January 17, 1972, in Shelton, Connecticut, was an American writer best known for her novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943). Born to German immigrant parents, she grew up in poverty in Brooklyn, developing a love for literature through her local library.
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 Carl Spiecker (excerpt)
Carl Spiecker (January 7, 1888 – November 16, 1953) was a German journalist and politician, first with the Zentrum party and later with the CDU. Spiecker started as a journalist and led propaganda operations in Silesia during the 1920s. He later became press chief for Chancellor Wilhelm Marx and founded the influential Deutsche Nachrichten- und Korrespondenz-Gesellschaft in 1925.
Biography of Don DeFore (excerpt)
Donald DeFore, born August 25, 1913, and died December 22, 1993, was an American actor best known for his roles in the sitcoms The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1957) and Hazel (1961–1965), earning an Emmy nomination for the former. He married singer Marion Holmes in 1942; they had five children and remained married until his death.
Biography of Corrado Alvaro (excerpt)
Corrado Alvaro (15 April 1895 – 11 June 1956) was an Italian journalist and writer of novels, short stories, screenplays and plays. He often used the verismo style to describe the hopeless poverty in his native Calabria. His first success was Gente in Aspromonte (Revolt in Aspromonte), which examined the exploitation of rural peasants by greedy landowners in Calabria, and is considered by many critics to be his masterpiece.
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 Hermann Voss (anatomist) (excerpt)
Christian Heinrich Emil Hermann Voss (October 13, 1894 – January 19, 1987) was a German anatomist known for his medical academic work and textbooks, but also notorious for his experiments during the Third Reich. Born in Berlin, he studied at several universities before completing his doctorate in 1919.
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 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.
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 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.
Biography of Genevičve Callerot (excerpt)
Genevičve Callerot, born on May 6, 1916, in Paris and passed away on January 16, 2025, in Saint-Aulaye-Puymangou (Dordogne), was a French resistance fighter, farmer, activist, and novelist. During World War II, she, her father, and her sister helped over 200 people cross the demarcation line clandestinely.
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 Săo Francisco in 1928, later becoming a professor of political economy.
Biography of Jean Jacoby (artist) (excerpt)
Jean Lucien Nicolas Jacoby (March 26, 1891 – September 9, 1936) was a Luxembourgish artist renowned for his sports-themed works. He won two Olympic gold medals in the arts competitions: in 1924 for Étude de sport and in 1928 for Rugby, making him the most decorated Olympic artist in history.
Biography of Louis Longequeue (excerpt)
Louis Longequeue (born November 30, 1914, in Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat, died August 11, 1990, in Limoges) was a French politician affiliated with the Socialist Party, best known for serving as the mayor of Limoges from 1956 to 1990. Born into a family of teachers, he studied pharmacy and joined the Resistance during World War II, notably in the Haute-Vienne Medical Resistance Committee.
Biography of Rodolfo Galeotti Torres (excerpt)
Rodolfo Galeotti Torres, born 11 March 1912 in Quetzaltenango and died 22 May 1988 in Guatemala City, was a renowned Guatemalan sculptor.He served as director of the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas "Rafael Rodríguez Padilla". He created several sculptures for the National Palace, including depictions of the Guatemalan Coat of Arms.
Biography of Marcel Gitton (excerpt)
Marcel Gitton, born on April 20, 1903, in Versailles and died on September 5, 1941, in Paris, whose real name was Marcel Giroux, was a French politician. As the third-ranking member of the French Communist Party (SFIC) at the beginning of World War II, he was one of the communist politicians who opposed the party’s official line in 1939-1940 following the German-Soviet Pact.
Biography of Anatol Rapoport (excerpt)
Anatol Rapoport (May 22, 1911 in Lozova – January 20, 2007 in Toronto) was an American mathematical psychologist who made major contributions to general systems theory, mathematical biology, and models of social interaction and contagion. His time of birth comes from him, in the book "Skating on Thin Ice" by Anatol Rapoport (RDR Books, 2002).
Biography of Frances Drake (excerpt)
Frances Drake, born Frances Morgan Dean on October 22, 1912, in New York City, was an American actress best known for playing Éponine in Les Misérables (1935).Raised in a wealthy family, she studied in Canada and later in England. After the 1929 crash, she began performing as a dancer and stage actress in London, which led to film roles. |
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