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Horoscopes 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 Giannina Arangi-Lombardi (excerpt)
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi (June 20, 1891, Marigliano - July 9, 1951, Milan) was an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. She studied in Naples with B. Carelli, and made her debut in Rome in 1920, singing for three years mezzo-soprano roles. ![]()
Biography of Giacomo Manzù (excerpt)
Giacomo Manzù, pseudonym of Giacomo Manzoni (December 22, 1908 - January 17, 1991), was an Italian sculptor, communist, and Roman Catholic. Manzù was born at Bergamo, the son of a shoemaker. Other than a few evening art classes, was self-taught in sculpture, although he later became a professor himself. ![]()
Biography of Harold Macmillan (excerpt)
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963. Nicknamed 'Supermac', he did not use his first name and was known as Harold Macmillan before elevation to the peerage. ![]()
Biography of Francis Carco (excerpt)
Francis Carco (1886-1958) was a French author, born at Nouméa, New Caledonia. He was a poet, belonging to the Fantaisiste school, a novelist, a dramatist, and art critic for L'Homme libre and Gil Blas. During the War he became aviation pilot at Etampes, after studying at the aviation school there. ![]()
Biography of Camille Rayon (excerpt)
Camille Rayon, born June 3, 1913 in Antibes, is a French businessman, a former hero of the French Resistance. ![]()
Biography of Max von Laue (excerpt)
Max Theodor Felix von Laue (9 October 1879 – 24 April 1960) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. He was strongly opposed to National Socialism.
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Biography of Maurice Garin (excerpt)
Maurice-Francois Garin (Arvier, Aosta Valley, Italy, 3 March 1871 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate from Grazia Bordoni), died Lens (or Haute-Savoie), France, 19 February 1957) was a road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 along with eight others, for cheating.
Biography of Roger Montané (excerpt)
Roger Montané, born February 21, 1916 in Bordeaux (birth time source: Didier Geslain), died on July 14, 2002 in Castelmaurou (Haute-Garonne), is a French painter. ![]()
Biography of Corneille Heymans (excerpt)
Dr. Corneille Jean François Heymans (March 28, 1892 – July 18, 1968) was a Belgian physiologist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1938 for showing how blood pressure and oxygen content of the blood are measured by the body and transmitted to the brain. ![]()
Biography of Carl Sandburg (excerpt)
Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his poetry and another for a biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat.
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Biography of Odette Sansom (excerpt)
Odette Sansom Hallowes GC, MBE, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur (28 April 1912—13 March 1995) was an Allied heroine of World War II. Early years Born as Odette Marie Céline Brailly in Amiens, France, she was the daughter of the First World War hero, Gaston Brailly, who was killed at Verdun in 1918. ![]()
Biography of Damia (singer) (excerpt)
Marie-Louise Damien (December 5, 1889 – January 31, 1978) was a French singer and actress better known by the stage name Damia. Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France, Marie-Louise Damien was 18 years old when she met the singer/songwriter Robert Hollard who gave her lessons that led to her professional debut. ![]()
Biography of Jean Brunhes (excerpt)
Jean Brunhes was a French geographer (born 25 October 1869, Toulouse, France (source not archived) - died 25 August 1930, Boulogne-Billancourt). His most famous book is La géographie humaine (Human Geography). Ruskin et la Bible : pour servir à l'histoire d'une pensée (1901) is a popular book by Jean and Henriette Brunhes.
Biography of Cyril Fagan (excerpt)
Cyril Fagan (born Dublin, Ireland, May 22, 1896, died Tucson, Arizona, United States, January 5, 1970) was an astrologer, who claimed historical use of sidereal astrology in the west and established it as a separate field from tropical astrology. His books include:
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Biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs (excerpt)
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic John Carter, although he produced works in many genres. Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875 in Chicago, Illinois (although he later lived for many years in the neighboring suburb of Oak Park), the son of a businessman. ![]()
Biography of Bernd Rosemeyer (excerpt)
Bernd Rosemeyer (born October 14, 1909 in Lingen, Lower Saxony, Germany – died January 28, 1938 on the Frankfurt/Darmstadt Autobahn) was a German racing driver. Career His father owned a garage and repair shop where young Bernd Rosemeyer worked on motorcycles and cars.
Biography of Frédéric Mariotti (excerpt)
Frédéric Mariotti, born on April 1, 1884 in Marseille, died on February 22, 1971 in Paris, was a French actor. Filmography (extract) 1917 : La Bonne Hôtesse de Georges Monca 1919 : Barrabas de Louis Feuillade - Film tourné en 12 épisodes - ![]()
Biography of Lucienne Delyle (excerpt)
Lucienne Delyle (Paris, France, April 16, 1913 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) — Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1962) was a French singer. After the very famous song Mon amant de Saint-Jean (my lover from Saint-Jean), in 1942, Lucienne Delyle became the most popular French female singer of 1950s. ![]()
Biography of André Chevrillon (excerpt)
André Chevrillon (May 3, 1864 (birth time source: Lescaut)–July 9, 1957) was a French writer, a nephew of Taine, who chose England and the Orient as objects of study. Chevrillon was born at Ruelle (Charente), and educated at the University College School (London), the École Alsacienne (Paris), the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and the University of Paris.
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Biography of Leslie Hore-Belisha (excerpt)
Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, PC (September 7, 1893 – February 16, 1957) was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. He later joined the Conservative Party. He is remembered for his innovations in road transport and for being an alleged victim of anti-semitism. ![]()
Biography of Ettore Bugatti (excerpt)
Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti (September 15, 1881, Milan, died on August 21, 1947) was an Italian automobile designer and manufacturer. He came from a notably artistic family with its roots in Milan. He was the elder son of Teresa Lorioli and her husband Carlo Bugatti (1856–1940), an important Art Nouveau furniture and jewelry designer. ![]()
Biography of Frédéric Pottecher (excerpt)
Frédéric Pottecher, born June 11, 1905 in Bussang (Vosges) and died November 13, 2001 in Paris, is a French journalist, TV host, author, sometimes actor and reporter. Works of Frédéric Pottecher (extract) Grand Procès. Powers, Adams, Eichmann, éd. Arthaud 1964 Grand procès Dallas, l'affaire Ruby, éd. ![]()
Biography of Emily Post (excerpt)
Emily Post (October 27, 1873 - September 25, 1960) was a United States author who promoted what she considered "proper etiquette". She wrote books surrounding the topic of etiquette. Background Post was born as Emily Price in Baltimore, Maryland, and was born into privilege as the only daughter of famous architect Bruce Price and his wife Josephine Lee Price. ![]()
Biography of Jacqueline Audry (excerpt)
Jacqueline Audry (1908–1977) was a French film director who started making films in post-war France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful woman director of post-war France. Biography Audry was born September 25, 1908 in Orange, Vaucluse, France.
Biography of Alfred Fankhauser (excerpt)
Alfred Fankhauser, born November 4, 1890 in Berne and died in 1973, was a Swiss poet, astrologer and writer. ![]()
Biography of William Saroyan (excerpt)
William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an American author. The setting of many of his stories and plays was Fresno, California, the center of Armenian-American life in California and where he grew up. When The Literary Digest inquired about the pronunciation of his name, he replied "In Armenian it is sor-row'yan, accent on yan. ![]()
Biography of Max Schmeling (excerpt)
Maximillian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (September 28, 1905 – February 2, 2005) was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in the late 1930s transcended boxing and became worldwide social events because of their national associations. ![]()
Biography of Franco Modigliani (excerpt)
Franco Modigliani (June 18, 1918 – September 25, 2003) was an Italian-American economist at the MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT Department of Economics, and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1985. Born in Italy, he left Italy for the US in 1939 because of his Jewish background and antifascist views.
Biography of Pat O'Brien (excerpt)
Pat O'Brien (November 11, 1899 – October 15, 1983) was an American movie actor with over 100 screen credits. O'Brien was born William Joseph Patrick O'Brien to an Irish American Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served as an altar boy at Gesu Church while growing up near 13th and Clybourn streets.
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Biography of Gaston Couté (excerpt)
Gaston Couté, born September 23, 1880 in Beaugency, Loiret (birth time source: birth certificate n° 70), died June 28, 1911 in Paris, was a French poet and singer. Bibliography Works * La chanson d'un gâs qu'a mal tourné, œuvres complètes en cinq volumes, Éd.
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Biography of Leo Strauss (excerpt)
Leo Strauss (September 20, 1899 – October 18, 1973) was a political philosopher who specialized in classical political philosophy. He was born in Germany to Jewish parents and later emigrated to the United States. He spent most of his career as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he taught several generations of students and published fifteen books.
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Biography of Will Quadflieg (excerpt)
Friedrich Wilhelm "Will" Quadflieg (September 15, 1914 – November 27, 2003) was a German actor from Oberhausen. He was the father of actor Christian Quadflieg. He is considered one of Germany's best post-war actors. One of his most widely recognized roles was in the title role in the 1960 film Faust. ![]()
Biography of Joseph L. Mankiewicz (excerpt)
Joseph Leo Mankiewicz (February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania to Franz Mankiewicz and Johanna Blumenau, immigrants from Poland, Mankiewicz moved with his family to New York City where he graduated in 1924 from Stuyvesant High School.
Biography of Jean Richer (excerpt)
jean Richer, born February 4, 1915 in Paris, died in 1992, was a French author and astrologer.
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Biography of André Leducq (excerpt)
André Leducq (27 February 1904, Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate n° 140) - 18 June 1980) was a French cyclist who won the 1930 and 1932 Tour de France. Career Leducq was born at Saint-Ouen. He was twice world champion as an amateur before turning professional in 1927. ![]()
Biography of Paul Adam (excerpt)
Paul Adam (December 7, 1862 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – January 2, 1920) was a French novelist. Adam wrote a series of historical novels that dealt with the period of the Napoleonic Wars and their aftermath; the first installment in the series, La Force, appeared in 1899.
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Biography of Adolphe Retté (excerpt)
Adolphe Retté (born July, 25, 1863 in Paris, France, died December 8, 1930) was a French poet and writer.
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Biography of André Lwoff (excerpt)
André Michel Lwoff (8 May 1902 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – 30 September 1994) was a French microbiologist. He was born in Ainay-le-Château, Allier, in Auvergne, France. He joined the Institute Pasteur in Paris when he was 19 years old. ![]()
Biography of Gloria Stuart (excerpt)
Gloria Frances Stuart (born Gloria Stewart; July 4, 1910 – September 26, 2010) was an American actress, visual artist, and activist. Her time of birth comes from her autobiography "I Just Kept Hoping" (1999). She was known for her roles in Pre-Code films, and garnered renewed fame late in life for her portrayal of Rose Dawson Calvert in James Cameron's epic romance Titanic (1997), one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
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Biography of Eugène Claudius-Petit (excerpt)
Eugène Petit or Eugène Claudius-Petit (birth time source: DIider Geslain), born on May 22, 1907 in Angers, died on October 24, 1989 in Paris, was a French politician. Awards (extract, in French) Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur Compagnon de la Libération - décret du 19 octobre 1945 ![]()
Biography of Helen Nearing (excerpt)
Helen Knothe Nearing (February 23, 1904-1995) and Scott Nearing (1883-1983) were well known American back-to-the-landers who wrote extensively about their experience living what they termed "the good life". Philosophy Scott was a trained economist and former college professor (he had lost his position due to his anarchist and pacifist beliefs, and his anti-war activism during World War I). ![]()
Biography of Augustus John (excerpt)
Augustus Edwin John OM, RA, (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a short time around 1910, he was an important exponent of Post-Impressionism in the United Kingdom. "Augustus was celebrated first for his brilliant figure drawings, and then for a new technique of oil sketching.
Biography of Ralph Lazarus (excerpt)
Ralph Lazarus, born January 30, 1914 in Columbus, Ohio, died June 18, 1988, was an American businessman, the former chairman of Federated Department Stores. ![]()
Biography of Lorne Greene (excerpt)
Lorne Hyman Greene O.C., LL.D. (February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor, best known in the United States for his roles on two American television programs: the long-running western Bonanza and the shorter-lived cult classic science fiction program Battlestar Galactica.
Biography of Constant Rémy (excerpt)
Constant Rémy, born May 20, 1882 in Paris and died August 16, 1958 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, was a French actor and comedian. Filmography (extract) * 1909 : Benvenuto Cellini de Camille de Morlhon * 1909 : Le Bon Voisin ![]()
Biography of Jean Giraudoux (excerpt)
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (October 29, 1882 – January 31, 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. Born in Bellac, Haute-Vienne, Giraudoux's father, Léger Giraudoux, worked for the Ministry of Transportation. ![]()
Biography of James Hilton (excerpt)
James Hilton (September 9, 1900 – December 20, 1954) was an Oscar-winning English novelist, and author of several best-sellers including Lost Horizon (which popularised the mythical Shangri-La) and Goodbye Mr. Chips. Born in Leigh, in Lancashire, England on 9 September 1900, he was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. ![]()
Biography of Philippe Soupault (excerpt)
Philippe Soupault (Chaville, 2 August 1897 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – 12 March 1990) was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist. He took an active role in the Dadaist movement and later founded the Surrealist movement with André Breton. ![]()
Biography of Messali Hadj (excerpt)
Ahmed Ben Messali Hadj (Arabic: مصالي الحاج) (March 16, 1898 in Tlemcen, Algeria - 1974 in France) was an Algerian nationalist politician dedicated to the independence of his homeland from France. He co-founded the 'Étoile Nord-Africaine', the 'Parti du Peuple Algérien' and the 'Mouvement pour le Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques' before dissociating himself from the armed struggle for Independence in 1954.
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Biography of Per-Jakez Helias (excerpt)
Pêr-Jakez Helias (nom de plume Pierre-Jakez Hélias) was a French author, poet, stage actor and radio worker of Breton expression. He was born in 1914 in Pouldreuzig, Penn-ar-Bed, Brittany and died on August 13, 1995. He also collected folk tales from his native land and wrote both in Breton and French. |
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