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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 Anne Zernike (excerpt)
Anne Zernike (1887–1972) was a Dutch liberal theologian and the first ordained woman minister in the Netherlands.Initially serving with the Mennonites, the only denomination permitting female ministers, she later joined the Dutch Protestant Association (NPB). Born on 30 April 1887 in Amsterdam into an intellectual family, she studied at the University of Amsterdam and the Anabaptist Seminary.
Biography of Aleksander Zabczynski (excerpt)
Aleksander Bożydar Żabczyński (July 24, 1900 – May 31, 1958) was a Polish actor and singer. A key figure in Polish interwar cinema, he was renowned for playing romantic lead roles in numerous films. His career spanned theater, cabaret, and film, making him one of the most popular actors of his time.
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 Mariano Azuela (excerpt)
Mariano Azuela (January 1, 1873 – March 1, 1952) was a Mexican physician and writer, known as the first major novelist of the Mexican Revolution.His socially committed novels influenced generations of protest writers. He began publishing in the 1890s and wrote early novels about fate and society under Porfirio Díaz.
Biography of Anneliese Maier (excerpt)
Born on November 17, 1905, in Tübingen, Germany, Anneliese Maier was a German historian of science renowned for her research on medieval natural philosophy. The daughter of philosopher Heinrich Maier, she studied natural sciences and philosophy in Berlin and Zurich from 1923 to 1926.
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 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 René Navarre (actor) (excerpt)
René Navarre, a French actor, was born on July 8, 1877, in Limoges and died on February 8, 1968, in Azay-sur-Cher.He started his career in theater in Paris before transitioning to cinema in 1909, notably with Gaumont. He gained fame for his leading role in Fantômas, a series of films directed by Louis Feuillade between 1913 and 1914.
Biography of Henriette Wyeth (excerpt)
Henriette Wyeth Hurd (October 22, 1907 – April 3, 1997) was an American artist known for her portraits and still life paintings. Her time of birth comes from her. The eldest daughter of illustrator N.C. Wyeth, she studied painting under her father and brother Andrew Wyeth at their home studio in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
Biography of Franciska Clausen (excerpt)
Franciska Clausen (7 January 1899 – 5 March 1986) was a Danish painter who was involved in the abstract art movement of the early twentieth century. Clausen studied at the Die Grossherzogliche sächsische Hochschule für bildende Kunst in Weimar, Germany (1916–17), at the Women's Academy in Munich (1918–19), at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, in Copenhagen, Denmark (1920–21), and under Hans Hofmann at the Hofmann Schule Fur Moderne Kunst in Munich (1921–22).
Biography of Ignacio Trelles (excerpt)
Ignacio Trelles Campos (31 July 1916 – 24 March 2020) was a Mexican football player and manager.As a player with Club Necaxa, they won three Mexican championships.Later he coached amongst others the Mexico national team. A seasoned and decorated manager, Trelles managed 1083 club matches, with 463 wins, 319 draws and 301 losses.
Biography of Roger André (French resistance fighter) (excerpt)
Roger André, born on December 13, 1914, in Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux (Loir-et-Cher) and passed away on February 28, 1999, in Lyon, was a French resistance fighter. He was one of the twelve Companions of the Liberation from the 22nd North African Marching Battalion (22e BMNA).
Biography of Robert Wlérick (excerpt)
Joseph François Robert Wlérick, known as Robert Wlérick, was born on April 13, 1882, in Mont-de-Marsan and died on March 7, 1944, in Paris.He was a French sculptor. Born into a family of cabinetmakers, he was encouraged by his teacher Ismaël Morin to pursue his artistic talents.
Biography of Leon Krynski (excerpt)
Leon Paweł Wawrzyniec Kryński (born February 20, 1866, in Warsaw; died October 8, 1937, in Warsaw) was a Polish surgeon and urologist. Born into a Warsaw family, he studied medicine at the University of Warsaw, earning his doctorate in 1891. After advancing his skills in Berlin, Hamburg, Rome, Paris, and Vienna, he became a professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow in 1901.
Biography of Geneviève Callerot (excerpt)
Geneviève 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 Leroy Edwards (excerpt)
Leroy Harry Edwards (April 11, 1914 – August 25, 1971), nicknamed "Cowboy" and "Lefty", was one of the greatest basketball players of his era. He was an NCAA All-American at the University of Kentucky and also one of the most lauded professional players in the United States' National Basketball League's history.
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 Paul Fritsch (excerpt)
Paul Fritsch (25 February 1901 – 22 September 1970) was a French featherweight professional boxer who competed in the early 1920s. In 1920 he became the first French boxer to win an Olympic title, defeating teammate Jean Gachet in the final, despite losing to Gachet at the national championships before the Olympics.
Biography of Margaret Wilson (novelist) (excerpt)
Margaret Wilhelmina Wilson (January 16, 1882 – October 6, 1973) was an American novelist and the 1924 Pulitzer Prize winner for The Able McLaughlins. Born in Traer, Iowa, she grew up on a farm and earned degrees from the University of Chicago in 1903 and 1904.
Biography of Alfred de Waart (excerpt)
Alfred de Waart, born on October 12, 1888, in The Hague and passed away on April 6, 1981, in Voorburg, was a Dutch professor of physiology. He graduated in medicine from Leiden University under Willem Einthoven, working as his assistant before serving as a ship doctor and working in Constantinople.
Biography of Cary Odell (excerpt)
Cary Odell (December 20, 1910 – January 19, 1988) was an American art director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He was employed for several decades by Columbia Pictures. He was born in Indiana and died in San Luis Obispo, California.
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 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 Raymond Callemin (excerpt)
Raymond Callemin, born on March 26, 1890, in Brussels, and guillotined on April 21, 1913, in Paris, was a French anarchist and member of the Bonnot Gang, nicknamed "Raymond the Science" for his passion for reading. Coming from a modest family, he grew up with figures like Viktor Kibaltchich and Édouard Carouy.
Biography of Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier (excerpt)
Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier (25 March 1896 - 3 January 1984), known earlier in her career as Elizabeth Pickett, was an American writer best known for her 1942 novel, the bestseller Drivin' Woman, which was promoted as a novel in the vein of Gone with the Wind.
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 Edith Klatt (excerpt)
Edith Klatt, born Edith Mischke on January 24, 1895 in Berlin and died on December 14, 1971 in Ribnitz-Damgarten, was a German physician and writer. Daughter of socialist journalist Karl Mischke, she spent her childhood in Japan and traveled through India and Siberia, sparking an early interest in ethnography.
Biography of Tjalling Koopmans (excerpt)
Tjalling Charles Koopmans (August 28, 1910 – February 26, 1985) was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory of the optimum allocation of resources.
Biography of Chris Lebeau (excerpt)
Joris Johannes Christiaan Lebeau, known as Chris Lebeau (May 26, 1878 - April 30, 1945), was a Dutch artist, art teacher, theosophist, and anarchist. Born into a poor working-class family, he supported his father in selling an anarchist magazine and led a sober, vegetarian lifestyle.
Biography of Dietrich Nasse (excerpt)
Dietrich Nasse, born on November 5, 1860, in Bonn and died on September 1, 1898, near Pontresina, was a German surgeon. He was the son of economist and politician Erwin Nasse and Hermine von Hogendorp, and the grandson of physician Christian Friedrich Nasse.
Biography of Raymond Appert (excerpt)
Raymond Appert (Saint-Quentin, October 10, 1904 - Saint-Mandé, April 17, 1973) was a resistance fighter in the Free French Forces, a French brigadier general, and a Companion of the Liberation.
Biography of Jean Voilier (publisher) (excerpt)
Jean Voilier, born Jeanne Loviton on April 1, 1903, in Paris and died on July 20, 1996, was a French lawyer, publisher, and novelist. Raised in an artistic family, she was adopted by publisher Ferdinand Loviton, who gave her his name.
Biography of Antoni Clavé (excerpt)
Antoni Clavé (5 April 1913 – 31 august 2005) was a Catalan master painter, printmaker, sculptor, stage designer and costume designer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) for his work on the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen.
Biography of Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (excerpt)
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (June 2, 1885 – December 30, 1964) was a German neurologist and neuropathologist.Though often credited with first describing Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, this is disputed. Born into a medical family in Harburg an der Elbe, he earned his doctorate from the University of Rostock in 1909.
Biography of Ricardo Palmerín (excerpt)
Ricardo Palmerín Pavia, born on April 3, 1887, in Tekax, Yucatán, and died on January 30, 1944, in Mexico City, was a Mexican composer. He is best known for composing the music for Peregrina in 1922, at the request of Governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto, to honor American journalist Alma Reed.
Biography of Anita Conti (excerpt)
Anita Conti (born Caracotchian, May 17, 1899 – December 25, 1997) was the first female oceanographer in France.A pioneering scientist, photographer, and explorer, she helped shape modern marine research. Between the world wars, she created the first fishing maps, revolutionizing deep-sea fishing practices.
Biography of Georges Bruhat (excerpt)
Georges Bruhat (21 December 1887 – 1 January 1945) was a French physicist known for his contributions to optics and for authoring a renowned four-volume physics textbook series. He studied at the École normale supérieure and the Sorbonne, completing a PhD in optics under Aimé Cotton.
Biography of Herta Gotthelf (excerpt)
Herta Gotthelf (6 June 1902 – 13 May 1963) was a German journalist and SPD politician.Before 1933, she was editor-in-chief of the SPD women's magazine Genossin, and after 1945, she became a key figure in the SPD’s reconstruction. Born in Breslau, she joined the SPD in 1918 after earlier involvement with the Spartacus League.
Biography of Manfred George (excerpt)
Manfred George (October 22, 1893 – December 30, 1965), born Manfred Georg Cohn, later shortened to Manfred Georg, was a German journalist, author and translator. He left Germany after the Nazis came to power, living in several different European countries and eventually emigrating penniless to the United States in 1939.
Biography of Albert Weisgerber (excerpt)
Albert Weisgerber (April 21, 1878 – May 10, 1915) was a German painter and wood engraver who created over 400 modern art works despite his early death. Born in St.Ingbert, he discovered his talent for drawing during school, encouraged by his parents.
Biography of Paul Guiraud (psychiatrist) (excerpt)
Paul Guiraud, born on August 4, 1882, in Cessenon (Hérault) and died on April 21, 1974, in Paris, was a French psychiatrist. In 1922, he co-authored, alongside Maurice Dide, a seminal manual on psychiatric clinical practice that remained a reference until the 1950s.
Biography of Nicolette Hennique (excerpt)
Nicolette Hennique (Paris 8th, April 17, 1882 - Paris 16th, April 11, 1956) was a French poet.Daughter of novelist Léon Hennique and Nicolette-Louise Dupont, she was born on Rue de Courcelles in Paris. She contributed to several literary magazines, including L'Ermitage, L'Hémicycle, La Revue blanche, La Revue, and Le Gaulois.
Biography of Otto Ruff (excerpt)
Otto Ruff was born on 30 December 1871 in Schwäbisch Hall, Württemberg. Initially a pharmacist under Carl Magnus von Hell, he later joined Hermann Emil Fischer in Berlin, gaining early fame in 1898 for the Ruff degradation, which converts d-Glucose into d-Arabinose.
Biography of Henning Brütt (excerpt)
Henning Brütt (August 14, 1888 – January 24, 1979) was a German surgeon, urologist, and neurosurgeon. After studying medicine at several universities, he earned his doctorate in 1912. He became a surgeon under Hermann Kümmell and specialized in urology in 1919. In 1920, he qualified as a professor of surgery.
Biography of Katharine Newlin Burt (excerpt)
Katharine Newlin Burt (September 6, 1882 – June 22, 1977) was an American novelist and film scenarist. She was a prolific author of Westerns and other novels, with a publishing career that spanned more than 60 years. At least seven of Burt's published works were adapted to film, and she authored the original screen stories for two more films.
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.
Biography of Rudolf Yelin (excerpt)
Rudolf Yelin, born on August 14, 1864, in Reutlingen and passed away on December 28, 1940, in Stuttgart, was a German painter best known for his religious stained glass works. He is often referred to as "The Elder" to distinguish him from his namesake son.
Biography of Hans Jendretzky (excerpt)
Gustav Ernst Hans Jendretzky (July 20, 1897 – July 2, 1992) was a German Communist politician.He was a prominent figure in the Socialist Unity Party (SED) of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). He joined the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1919 and the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1920.
Biography of Théo van Rysselberghe (excerpt)
Théo (Théophile) van Rysselberghe (Ghent, November 23, 1862 – Le Lavandou, December 14, 1926) was a Flemish Neo-Impressionist painter, printmaker, and designer. He played a pivotal role in the European art world at the end of the 19th century. In 1883, he was one of the founders of the avant-garde group Les XX (The Twenty).
Biography of Oskar Maria Graf (excerpt)
Oskar Maria Graf (July 22, 1894 – June 28, 1967) was a German-American writer known for his autobiographical narratives about life in Bavaria. Born in Berg, Bavaria, Graf fled his family in 1911 to live in Munich’s bohemian circles.During World War I, he was discharged after refusing orders and being institutionalized. |
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