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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. ![]() ![]() ![]()
Biography of Pierre Renoir (excerpt)
Pierre Renoir (March 21, 1885 – March 11, 1952) was a French stage and film actor. He was the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and elder brother of the film director Jean Renoir. He is also noted for being the first actor to play Georges Simenon's character Inspector Jules Maigret in Night at the Crossroads, directed by his brother.
Biography of Olga Wormser (excerpt)
Olga Wormser or Olga Wormser-Migot, born Olga Jongelson July 6, 1912 in Nancy and died August 3, 2002, was a French historian and writer. Selected bibliography * Catherine de Russie,Club français du livre, 1956 * Frédéric II, id.,1958 ![]()
Biography of Franz Völker (excerpt)
Franz Völker (born March 31, 1899 in Neu-Isenburg, Germany; died December 4, 1965 in Darmstadt, Germany) was a dramatic tenor who enjoyed a major European career.He excelled in particular as a performer of the operas of Richard Wagner. He was discovered by the conductor Clemens Krauss and he studied singing at Frankfurt, where he made his début as Florestan in Beethoven's only operatic work, Fidelio, in 1926. ![]()
Biography of Léon Deubel (excerpt)
Léon Deubel, born on March 22, 1879 in Belfort, died on June 12, 1913, was a French poet. Publications (extract) La Chanson balbutiante. Éveils, Sollicitudes, la Chanson du pauvre Gaspar (1899) Figurines suivi de Petit drame lunaire et lunatique (1901)
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Biography of Michel Pécheux (fencer) (excerpt)
Michel Pécheux (May 24, 1911 – August 29, 1985) was a French fencer. Pécheux competed in the Men's Team Épée event at the 1936 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal for France. He was a team gold medalist at London in 1948, once again in épée. ![]()
Biography of Samuel Reshevsky (excerpt)
Samuel Herman (Sammy) Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski, November 26, 1912, Ozorków near Lodz, (then Russian Empire, today Poland) - died April 4, 1992, New York, USA) was a leading American chess Grandmaster.He won the U.S.Chess Championship six times outright, and lost a playoff for the title in 1973. ![]()
Biography of Eamon de Valera (excerpt)
Éamon de Valera (born Edward George de Valera) 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was one of the dominant political figures in 20th century Ireland.Co-owner of one of the Irish Press Newspapers, he served in public office from 1917 to 1973, holding the various Irish prime ministerial and presidential offices. ![]()
Biography of René Sudre (excerpt)
René Sudre, born April 1880 in Angoulême, died in 1968, was a French parapsychologist, science author, professor and commentator.
Biography of Jean Fournier (excerpt)
Jean Fournier, born July 3, 1911 in Paris 16e (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) and died July 9, 2003 in Caen (Calvados), was a French musician and violinist.
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Biography of Louis Vauxcelles (excerpt)
Louis Vauxcelles (1870-1943) was an influential French art critic. To him are attributed the terms Fauvism (1905), and Cubism (1908). Vauxcelles coined the phrase 'les fauves' (translated as 'wild beasts') to describe a circle of painters associated with Matisse as well as the audiences who criticised them (he couldn't decide which were more arrogant). ![]()
Biography of André Jousseaume (excerpt)
André Jousseaume (27 July 1894 in Yvré-l'Évêque – 26 May 1960) was a French equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and another gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. ![]()
Biography of Percy Fawcett (excerpt)
Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett (August 31, 1867 – in or after 1925) was a British archaeologist and explorer. Along with his son, Fawcett disappeared under unknown circumstances in 1925 during an expedition to find what he believed to be an ancient lost city in the uncharted jungles of Brazil.
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Biography of Burl Ives (excerpt)
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American actor, writer and folk music singer.The prominent music critic John Rockwell has been quoted in the New York Times as saying that "Ives's voice.had the sheen and finesse of opera without its latter-day Puccinian vulgarities and without the pretensions of operatic ritual. ![]()
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Tripoli is the capital city and the largest city of Libya, with a population of about three million people in 2019.It is located in the northwest of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay. ![]()
Biography of Benoît Frachon (excerpt)
Benoît Frachon, born on May 13, 1893 in Chambon-Feugerolles (Loire) (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on August 1, 1975 in Les Bordes (Loiret), was a French syndicalist, a former member of the General Confederation of Labour (French: Confédération générale du travail, CGT). ![]()
Biography of Pierre Latécoère (excerpt)
Pierre-Georges Latécoère (August 25, 1883 in Bagnères-de-Bigorre (birth time source: Yoan Cocquebert, online archives) – August 10, 1943 in Paris) was a pioneer of aeronautics.Born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, he studied in the École Centrale Paris and, after the First World War, started a business in aeronautics. ![]()
Biography of Lawrence Welk (excerpt)
Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was a musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, hosting The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known to his large number of radio, television, and live-performance fans as "champagne music." He is a 1961 inductee of North Dakota's Roughrider Award.
Biography of André Couder (excerpt)
André Couder (November 27, 1897, Alençon - January 16, 1979, Paris) was a French engineer and astronomer.
Biography of André Thirion (excerpt)
André Thirion, born April 18, 1907 in Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle, died in 2001 in Levallois-Perret, was a French author and surrealist. ![]()
Biography of Jean Sablon (excerpt)
Jean Sablon (Nogent-sur-Marne March 25, 1906 – February 24, 1994 at Cannes-La-Bocca was a popular French singer. Jean SablonThe son of a composer, with brothers and sisters who had successful careers of their own in musical entertainment, Jean Sablon studied piano at the Lyceé Charlemagne in Paris. ![]()
Biography of André Dhôtel (excerpt)
André Dhôtel, born September 1, 1900 in Attigny (Ardennes)(birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died July 22, 1991 in Paris, was a French writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He won the Prix Femina in 1955 for his novel "Le Pays où l'on n'arrive jamais". ![]()
Biography of Elias Canetti (excerpt)
Elias Canetti (25 July 1905, Ruse, Bulgaria (birth time source: Alois Treindl, birth certificate)–14 August 1994, Zurich, Switzerland) was a Bulgarian-born novelist of Sephardi Jewish ancestry who wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981. Life Elias Canetti was the eldest son in a Jewish merchant family in Rustchuk (present-day Rousse).
Biography of Jean-Denis Malclès (excerpt)
Jean-Denis Malclès, born May 15, 1912 in Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate), died May 30, 2002, was a French artist, painter, décorator and poster designer.
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Biography of Félix Kir (excerpt)
Canon Félix Kir (January 22, 1876 (birth time source: Richard Pellard, birth certificate) - April 26, 1968) was a French Catholic priest, resistance fighter and politician. He was born at Alise-Sainte-Reine on the Côte-d'Or.He entered a small seminary at Plombières-lès-Dijon in 1891 and was ordained 1901. ![]()
Biography of Raoul Wallenberg (excerpt)
Raoul Wallenberg (August 4, 1912 – July 17, 1947.) was a Swedish humanitarian sent to Budapest, Hungary under diplomatic cover to rescue Jews from the Holocaust.He was of the prominent Swedish Wallenberg family. Inspired by the film Pimpernel Smith (1941), he worked to save the lives of Hungarian Jews from being sent to death camps in the later stages of World War II by issuing them protective passports from the Swedish embassy. ![]()
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Kansas is a state in the Midwestern United States.Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita.Kansas is bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west.Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along its banks. ![]()
Biography of Carlos Salzedo (excerpt)
Carlos Salzedo (April 6, 1885-1961), was a harpist, composer and conductor, born in Arcachon, France, after whom the Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine is named. Life France Carlos Salzedo was born Charles Moise Léon Salzedo on April 6, 1885 at 11:30 a.m., two months prematurely. ![]()
Biography of Vyacheslav Molotov (excerpt)
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Мо́лотов, Vjačeslav Mihajlovič Molotov; 9 March, 1890 (Gregorian calendar) – 8 November 1986) was a Soviet politician and diplomat, a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin, to 1957, when he was dismissed from the Presidium (Politburo) of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev. ![]()
Biography of Max-Pol Fouchet (excerpt)
Max-Pol Fouchet, born May 1, 1913 in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and died August 22, 1980 in Vézelay, was a French writer, journalist and television personality. Bibliography (extract) Simples sans vertu, Charlot, coll. "Méditerranéennes", Alger, 1937. La France au cœur, Chroniques de la Résistance, 1940-1944, Charlot, Alger, 1944. ![]()
Biography of Auguste Piccard (excerpt)
Auguste Antoine Piccard (January 28, 1884 – March 24, 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer.Piccard and his twin brother Jean Felix were born in Basel, Switzerland.Showing an intense interest in science as a child, he attended the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and became a professor of physics in Brussels at the Free University of Brussels (now split into the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel) in 1922, the same year his son Jacques Piccard was born.
Biography of Cäsar von Arx (excerpt)
Cäsar von Arx, born on May 23, 1895 in Basel, died on July 14, 1949 in Niedererlinsbach, was a Swiss writer, playwright and director. Selected publications * Laupen, 1914 * Der Heilige und Abigail, 1915 * Leier und Schwert, 1915 ![]()
Biography of Renée Carl (excerpt)
Renée Carl (10 June 1875 (birth time source: Michaël Mandl, birth certificate) – 31 July 1954) was a French actress of the silent era.She appeared in 186 films between 1907 and 1937.At least 150 of the films she appeared in were directed or co-directed by Louis Feuillade. ![]()
Biography of Ty Cobb (excerpt)
Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was a baseball player and is regarded by historians and journalists as the best player of the dead-ball era and as one of the greatest players of all time. ![]()
Biography of Salvatore Quasimodo (excerpt)
Salvatore Quasimodo, born August 20, 1901 in Modica, died June 14, 1968, was an Italian poet. Works (extract) Acque e terre, Edizioni di "Solaria", Firenze 1930 Oboe sommerso, Edizioni di "Circoli", Genova 1932 Erato e Apòllìon, pref. di S.Solmi, Scheiwiller, Milano 1938
Biography of René Hell (excerpt)
René Hell, born René, Jules Legendre in Orbec, Calvados, May 1, 1891 and died in Paris October 11, 1965, was a French actor. Filmography (extract) * 1945 : Au petit bonheur de Marcel L'Herbier * 1945 : Mission spéciale de Maurice de Canonge - film tourné en deux époques - ![]()
Biography of Henry Calvin (excerpt)
Henry Calvin (May 25, 1918 - October 6, 1975) was an American comic actor best known for his role as Sergeant Garcia on Walt Disney's live-action television series Zorro (1957-1959). Life and career Born Wimberly Calvin Goodman on May 25, 1918 in Dallas, Texas, the future actor sang in the choir of his local Baptist church as a child; he was often the featured soloist. ![]()
Biography of André Jacquemin (excerpt)
André Jacquemin, born September 3, 1904 in Epinal and died September 18, 1992 in Paris, was a French painter and engraver.
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Biography of René Sarvil (excerpt)
René Sarvil (18 January 1901 - 31 March 1975) was a French actor and lyricist. Sarvil was born in Toulon, France and died in 1975 in Marseille. Partial filmography Notre Dame van de sloppen (1940) Cyrano de Bergerac (1946) Oriental Port (1950) Sergil Amongst the Girls (1952) ![]()
Biography of John Wooden (excerpt)
John Wooden, known as "the Wizard of Westwood," was a renowned American basketball coach and player. He achieved unprecedented success at UCLA, winning ten NCAA national championships in 12 years, including a record-breaking seven straight titles. Wooden's teams set a record with 88 consecutive wins.
Biography of Agnes Anne Abbott (excerpt)
Agnes Anne Abbott, born August 19, 1897 in Potsdam, died in 1992, was a German artist and painter.She grew up in Berlin and worked in both watercolor and oils.Between 1927 and 1974, she had fourteen exhibitions at Wellesley College in Massachusetts (she spent her summers on Cape Cod in Massachusetts).
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Biography of Lionel Barrymore (excerpt)
Lionel Barrymore (April 12, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American Academy Award-winning actor of stage, radio and film. Personal life Barrymore was born Lionel Herbert Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of actors Georgiana Drew and Maurice Barrymore (née Blythe).He was the elder brother of Ethel and John Barrymore, the uncle of John Drew Barrymore, and the grand-uncle (or great-uncle) of Drew Barrymore.
Biography of Aimé Barelli (excerpt)
Aimé Barelli, born May 1, 1917 in Lantosque (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) and died July 13, 1995 in Monaco, was a musician, conductor, composer, singer and jazz trumpet player of Monaco. ![]()
Biography of Edmond Jabès (excerpt)
Edmond Jabès, born in Cairo on April 16, 1912 and died in Paris on January 2, 1991, was a French writer and poet of Egyptian Jewish origin, and one of the most significant voices in postwar French literature. His date and time of birth come from his father, as reported in the book "Performance in Postmodern Culture", edited by Charles Caramello and Michel Benamou (Center for Twentieth Century Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1977). ![]()
Biography of Sterling Hayden (excerpt)
Sterling Walter Hayden (born Sterling Relyea Walter; March 26, 1916 – May 23, 1986) was an American actor, author, sailor and decorated Marine Corps officer and an Office of Strategic Services' agent during World War II.A leading man for most of his career, he specialized in westerns and film noir throughout the 1950s, in films such as John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar (1954), and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956).
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Biography of André Alerme (excerpt)
André Alerme, born September 9, 1877 in Dieppe, died February 2, 1960 in Montrichard, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography (selection) * 1925 : Amour et carburateur de Pierre Colombier * 1931 : Le Blanc et le Noir de Robert Florey - (Georges Samoy) ![]()
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Nagoya (名古屋市, Nagoya-shi) is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan.It is Japan's fourth-largest incorporated city and the third most populous urban area.Located on the Pacific coast on central Honshu, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major ports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, and Chiba. ![]()
Biography of Gerard Croiset (excerpt)
Gerard Croiset (March 10, 1909, Laren – July 20, 1980, Utrecht) was a Dutch parapsychologist, psychometrist (a person who purports to be able to read information from a held object), and a psychic.Croiset said he began to become aware of his gifts while a youth working for a watch repairer. ![]()
Biography of Henri Dorgères (excerpt)
Henri-Auguste d'Halluin (February 6, 1897 – January 22, 1985), known by the pseudonym Henri Dorgères, was a French political activist.He is best known for his Comités de Défense Paysanne. Henri Dorgères was born in 1897, in Wasquehal, a small town in northeast France. ![]()
Biography of Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (excerpt)
The Princess Victoria (Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary; 6 July 1868 – 3 December 1935), also called "Toria", was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth child and second daughter of Edward VII. Early life Princess Victoria was born on the 6 July 1868 at Marlborough House, London. ![]()
Biography of Claude Farrère (excerpt)
Claude Farrère (Lyon, April 27, 1876 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 363) – Paris, June 21, 1957) was a prolific French author of novels set in such exotic locations as Istanbul, Saigon, and Nagasaki.One of his novels, Les civilisés ("The Civilized Ones") won the first Prix Goncourt, for 1905. |
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