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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 Manuel de Nóbrega (journalist) (excerpt)
Brazilian humorist, radio host, journalist, actor, writer, and politician, Manuel de Nóbrega was born in Niterói on February 18, 1913.He began his career in 1935 with A Hora do Café and moved to São Paulo in 1944. He became a television pioneer in the 1950s, working with TV Paulista, TV Record, and TV Tupi.
Biography of Olga Fossati (excerpt)
Olga Fossati (born April 11, 1897, in Porto Alegre, and died in Pelotas after 1995) was a Brazilian violinist and teacher.Born into a family of musicians, she began violin lessons at six under her father, a graduate of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Biography of Frederick Loewe (excerpt)
Frederick Loewe, born Friedrich "Fritz" Löwe on June 10, 1901, in Berlin and died on February 14, 1988, in Palm Springs, was an American composer of German origin. With lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, he formed one of Broadway’s most celebrated partnerships, creating Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, Camelot, and the film musical Gigi, which won nine Academy Awards.
Biography of Léon Jongen (excerpt)
Léon Jongen (born 2 March 1884 in Liège – died 18 November 1969 in Brussels) was a Belgian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He was the brother of composer Joseph Jongen and won the Belgian Prix de Rome in 1913. He succeeded his brother as organist of Saint-Jacques Church in Liège.
Biography of Misia Sert (excerpt)
Born Maria Zofia Olga Zenajda Godebska on March 30, 1872, in Tsarskoye Selo, Misia Sert was a pianist and one of Paris’s most influential art patrons.Raised in Belgium in a musical family connected to Liszt, she studied piano from an early age and later trained under Gabriel Fauré.
Biography of Vittorio Giovanni Rossi (excerpt)
Vittorio Giovanni Rossi, born January 8, 1898 in Santa Margherita Ligure and died January 4, 1978 in Rome, was an Italian journalist and writer. He is buried in the Santa Margherita Ligure cemetery, where a museum dedicated to him is located inside Villa Durazzo.
Biography of Georgia Neese Clark Gray (excerpt)
Georgia Neese Clark Gray (January 27, 1898 – October 26, 1995) was an American actress and banker who became the first woman to serve as Treasurer of the United States, holding office from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. Her life bridged the worlds of art, business, and politics, making her a trailblazer for women in public service.
Biography of Franz Rosenzweig (excerpt)
Franz Rosenzweig, born December 25, 1886, in Kassel and died December 10, 1929, in Frankfurt, was a German theologian, philosopher, and translator.Coming from a wealthy Jewish family, he first studied medicine before turning to history and philosophy.Influenced by his friend Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, he briefly considered converting to Christianity, but a transformative Yom Kippur experience brought him back to Judaism.
Biography of Betsy van Vloten (excerpt)
Elizabeth “Betsy” van Vloten, born July 12, 1862 in Deventer and died February 21, 1946 in Haarlem, was a Dutch poet and writer. She was the daughter of scholar Johannes van Vloten and sister to translators Martha and Kitty. She was close to the “Tachtigers” literary circle, where she connected with writers like Frederik van Eeden and Frank van der Goes, enjoying both intellectual and social interactions with them.
Biography of Muriel Dowding (excerpt)
Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding (22 March 1908 – 20 November 1993), was an English humanitarian and animal rights activist. A vegetarian, spiritualist, and theosophist like her second husband Lord Dowding, she campaigned fiercely against vivisection and for animal welfare. She coined the term “cruelty-free” and became a pioneer of the movement.
Biography of Gerard Walschap (excerpt)
Jacob Lodewijk Gerard, Baron Walschap (born 9 July 1898 in Londerzeel-St. Jozef – died 25 October 1989 in Antwerp) was a Belgian writer. Initially educated in Catholic schools, he left priesthood training and became a journalist. He married in 1925 and had five children, including Hugo, who became an ambassador for the King of Belgium.
Biography of Hans Brass (excerpt)
Hans Brass (9 July 1885 – 30 May 1959) was a German Expressionist painter and graphic artist. The son of a Prussian officer, he left the Hauptkadettenanstalt to pursue art, studying briefly in Magdeburg and at Munich’s Debschitz School. He worked as a graphic artist in Berlin and married Clara Krause in 1908.
Biography of Pablo Abril de Vivero (excerpt)
Pablo Enrique Germán Abril de Vivero (born October 28, 1894, in Lima – died April 11, 1987, in Monte Carlo) was a Peruvian poet, writer, and diplomat. A passionate promoter of literature and the arts, he is best remembered for his close friendship with fellow Peruvian poet César Vallejo, with whom he maintained an enduring correspondence during their years in Europe.
Biography of Jo Mielziner (excerpt)
Joseph Mielziner (born March 19, 1901 – died March 15, 1976) was an American scenic and lighting designer, widely regarded as “the most successful set designer of Broadway’s Golden Era.” He created the scenery and lighting for more than 200 productions, pioneering the concept of “selective realism” and earning seven Tony Awards as well as an Academy Award for Picnic.
Biography of André Corthis (excerpt)
André Corthis, born Andrée Magdeleine Husson (April 15, 1882 – August 8, 1952), was a 20th-century French writer. She spent part of her youth in Spain, which would become a recurring theme in her work. At age twelve, she began writing poetry.
Biography of John Collier (fiction writer) (excerpt)
John Henry Noyes Collier (born 3 May 1901 in London, died 6 April 1980) was a British writer and screenwriter, best known for his short stories, many published in The New Yorker from the 1930s to the 1950s.His acclaimed collection Fancies and Goodnights won the International Fantasy Award and remains in print.
Biography of Mariano Benlliure (excerpt)
Mariano Benlliure y Gil (8 September 1862 – 9 November 1947) was a Spanish sculptor and medallist, renowned for his public monuments and religious works in a heroic realist style.Born in Valencia, he began sculpting bullfighting scenes as a teenager and exhibited a wax model at the 1876 Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes.
Biography of Marcellus Schiffer (excerpt)
Marcellus Schiffer, the pen name of Otto Schiffer, was born in Berlin on June 20, 1892, and died on August 24, 1932. He was a German cabaret writer, graphic designer, painter, and librettist. The son of a Jewish timber merchant who died when he was five, he studied art with Emil Orlík before discovering his true vocation as a satirical writer, also producing poetry and illustrations.
Biography of Leila Hyams (excerpt)
Leila Hyams (May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977) was an American actress born into a show business family. The daughter of vaudeville comedians John Hyams and Leila McIntyre, she began performing on stage as a child before turning to modeling when theater roles proved scarce.
Biography of Teresa Hooley (excerpt)
Teresa Mary Hooley (January 19, 1888 – April 4, 1973) was an English poet also known as Mrs. F. H. Butler. Born in Risley, Derbyshire, she grew up at Risley Lodge in a wealthy lace-manufacturing family. Before World War I, she gained recognition publishing poems in the Daily Mirror alongside Edith Sitwell, who did not admire her work.
Biography of Otto Güntter (excerpt)
Otto Güntter (born 30 October 1858, died 30 March 1949) was a German philologist and the long-serving director of the Schiller National Museum in Marbach. Influenced by Friedrich Theodor Vischer, he studied philosophy and modern philology in Tübingen, later continuing his education in France and England.
Biography of Nicolás Guillén (excerpt)
Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista, born July 10, 1902, in Camagüey and died July 16, 1989, in Havana, was a Cuban poet, journalist, and politician, widely regarded as Cuba’s national poet. His revolutionary ideals led to exile under Batista before returning in 1959.
Biography of Günther Weisenborn (excerpt)
German writer and anti-Nazi resistance fighter, Günther Weisenborn (10 July 1902 – 26 March 1969) was known for his politically engaged literary work and opposition to the Nazi regime. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht, Slatan Dudow, and Hanns Eisler on the play The Mother, adapted from Gorky.
Biography of Denis Johnston (Irish writer) (excerpt)
William Denis Johnston (18 June 1901 – 8 August 1984) was an Irish writer born in Dublin, known mainly as a playwright, but also for essays, memoirs, literary criticism and an eccentric book on cosmology. His time of birth comes from the book "Denis Johnston: A Life by Bernard Adams" (Dublin: Lilliput, 2002).
Biography of Hans Habe (excerpt)
Hans Habe, born János Békessy on February 12, 1911 in Budapest and died September 29, 1977, was a Hungarian-American writer and newspaper editor. He became a U.S. citizen in 1941 and published under several pseudonyms, including Antonio Corte and Alexander Holmes.
Biography of Léon Moussinac (excerpt)
Léon Moussinac, born January 19, 1890 in Migennes and died March 10, 1964 in Paris, was a French writer, journalist, historian, and film critic.The son of a stationmaster, he lost his father in 1907 and had to work while completing law studies.
Biography of Desmond Morton (civil servant) (excerpt)
Major Sir Desmond Morton KCB CMG MC (13 November 1891 – 31 July 1971) was a British army officer and government official. He played a key role before World War II by organizing opposition to appeasement of Nazi Germany. He supplied Winston Churchill—then out of office—with intelligence on German rearmament, bolstering Churchill’s public warnings.
Biography of Lily Latté (excerpt)
Born on October 14, 1901, in Berlin into a Jewish family, Lily Latté was a German actress and the companion, later wife, of film director Fritz Lang.She began her film career with a small uncredited role in Liliom (1934). In 1931, she met Lang and became his secretary, assistant, and close confidante.
Biography of Gianfranco Giachetti (excerpt)
Gianfranco Giachetti, born in Florence on September 17, 1888, and deceased in Rome on November 29, 1936, was an Italian stage and film actor. Raised artistically in Venice, he began his career in amateur companies before joining Ferruccio Benini’s troupe in 1914 and later Giovan Battista Bosio’s company after World War I, where he excelled in Goldoni’s plays.
Biography of Robert Paverick (excerpt)
Robert Paverick, born on November 19, 1912, in Borgerhout, Belgium, and died on May 25, 1994, was a Belgian footballer. He played mainly as a defender for Royal Antwerp FC during the 1930s and 1940s, becoming one of the team’s key figures.
Biography of Evelyn Wenaas (excerpt)
Evelyn Pauline Margrethe Wenaas, born Nordbø on January 4, 1909, in Oslo and died December 18, 1997, was a Norwegian organist, pianist, and hymn writer. She served as an organist in several churches in Oslo and translated a hymn included in both the Norsk Salmebok and the Norsk salmebok 2013.
Biography of José Storie (excerpt)
José Storie (born 2 April 1899 in Bruges – died 29 July 1961) was a Belgian painter best known for his portraits. Educated in Bruges, Brussels, and Paris, he received a thorough artistic training, though it was disrupted by World War I.
Biography of Ugo Locatelli (excerpt)
Ugo Locatelli (born February 5, 1916 – died May 28, 1993) was an Italian international footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. Considered one of Italy’s greatest players, he won both a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1938 FIFA World Cup, one of only four Italian players to achieve this feat.
Biography of Russ Bender (excerpt)
Russ Bender (born January 1, 1910, died August 16, 1969) was an American actor. Before entering the film industry, he wrote detective stories for magazines, a career interrupted by his military service. When he returned to civilian life, the market for such stories had declined, prompting him to pursue acting.
Biography of Dirk Coster (excerpt)
Dirk Coster (5 October 1889 – 12 February 1950) was a Dutch physicist and professor of physics and meteorology at the University of Groningen.He is best known as the co-discoverer of hafnium (element 72) in 1923, alongside George de Hevesy, through X-ray spectroscopic analysis of zirconium ore.
Biography of Rose McConnell Long (excerpt)
Rose McConnell Long (born April 8, 1892, in Greensburg, Indiana – died May 27, 1970, in Boulder, Colorado) was an American politician who served as a U.S.senator from Louisiana, succeeding her late husband, Huey Long.She was the third woman ever to serve in the U.S.
Biography of Kate Barnard (excerpt)
Catherine Ann “Kate” Barnard (May 23, 1875 – February 23, 1930) was the first woman elected to a state office in Oklahoma and the eleventh woman in the United States to hold statewide public office. Elected in 1907, she served as Oklahoma’s first Commissioner of Charities and Corrections for two four-year terms, the only position the 1907 state constitution allowed women to hold.
Biography of Hans Paasche (excerpt)
Hans Paasche, born April 3, 1881, in Rostock and assassinated May 21, 1920, in Waldfrieden, was a German naval officer turned pacifist, social reformer, hunter, African explorer, and writer. The son of Reichstag vice president Hermann Paasche, he sought to challenge Prussian militarism and became a provocative, charismatic public figure.
Biography of Marjorie Weaver (excerpt)
Marjorie Weaver, born on March 2, 1913, in Crossville, Tennessee, and died on October 1, 1994, was an American film actress active from the 1930s through the early 1950s. The daughter of John Thomas Weaver and Ellen Martin, she studied at the University of Kentucky and Indiana University, where she won several beauty contests.
Biography of Gerald Finzi (excerpt)
Gerald Raphael Finzi, born July 14, 1901 in London and died September 27, 1956 in Oxford, was an English composer whose music is deeply infused with poetic sensibility. Best known for his choral works, he also wrote orchestral and concert pieces, including Dies natalis and concertos for cello and clarinet.
Biography of Harry Warner (excerpt)
Born on December 12, 1881, in Krasnosielc (then part of the Russian Empire), Harry Morris Warner, originally Hirsch Mojżesz Wonskolaser, was a Polish-born American film producer and co-founder of Warner Bros. Raised in a poor Jewish family that emigrated to the United States, he grew up in Baltimore among twelve siblings and worked various odd jobs before entering the fledgling motion picture business with his brothers Albert, Sam, and Jack.
Biography of Paul Alduy (excerpt)
Paul Alduy, born October 4, 1914, in Lima, Peru, and died January 23, 2006, in Perpignan, was a French senior civil servant and politician.A law graduate from the universities of Montpellier and Paris and of the École Libre des Sciences Politiques, he began his diplomatic career in Ankara in 1942 before joining Free France.
Biography of Franco Alfano (excerpt)
Franco Alfano, born March 8, 1875 in Posillipo, Naples, and died October 27, 1954 in San Remo, was an Italian composer and pianist.He is best remembered today for his operas Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) and Risurrezione (1904), and for completing Puccini’s unfinished opera Turandot in 1926.
Biography of Giuseppe Migneco (excerpt)
Giuseppe Migneco (born February 9, 1903 (Wikipedia has 1908 in error), in Messina, and died February 28, 1997, in Milan) was a prominent Italian painter of the 20th century.After completing classical studies in his hometown, he moved to Milan in 1931 to study medicine, while beginning his artistic career.
Biography of Richard Koch (physician) (excerpt)
Richard Hermann Koch, born September 3, 1882, in Frankfurt am Main and died July 30, 1949, in Jessentuki in the Caucasus (USSR), was a German physician, internist, balneologist, historian, and theorist of medicine.Coming from a Jewish family, he studied medicine in Lausanne, Munich, Heidelberg, and Berlin, and earned his doctorate in Leipzig in 1909.
Biography of W. Clement Stone (excerpt)
William Clement Stone, born on May 4, 1902, in Chicago and died on September 3, 2002, in Evanston, was an American businessman, philanthropist, and New Thought self-help author.Coming from humble beginnings, he lost his father at an early age and began working as a child.
Biography of Richard Church (poet) (excerpt)
Richard Thomas Church, born March 26, 1893, in Battersea and died March 4, 1972, in Cranbrook, was an English writer, poet, novelist, and critic. The son of a postal worker and a schoolteacher, he published his first poetry collection The Flood of Life in 1917 but worked in the Civil Service until 1933, when he turned to full-time writing.
Biography of Ernestina de Champourcín (excerpt)
Ernestina de Champourcín (born 10 July 1905 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, died 27 March 1999 in Madrid) was a Spanish poet linked to the Generation of ’27. Born into an aristocratic family, she received a refined education and developed a passion for poetry and languages early on.
Biography of Édouard Belin (excerpt)
Édouard Belin, born on March 5, 1876, in Vesoul and deceased on March 4, 1963, in Territet, Switzerland, was a French photographer and inventor. In 1907 he created the Bélinographe, a device that allowed the transmission of photographs over telegraph networks and telephone lines.
Biography of Edgar Jepson (excerpt)
Edgar Alfred Jepson (28 November 1863 – 12 April 1938) was an English author best known for adventure and detective fiction, as well as supernatural and fantasy tales. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym R. Edison Page. His approximate time of birth comes from his book "Memories of a Victorian" (London: Victor Gollancz, 1933), in which he indicates his Ascendant and a Mars Jupiter conjunction in Scorpio in the 1st house. |
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