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Biography of Fernand Petzl
Fernand Petzl (April 7, 1913 — May 31, 2003) was a world-renowned caver and manufacturer of outdoor equipment under the brand name Petzl. Petzl lived most of his life in the village of Saint-Ismier (near Grenoble), France at the foot of the mountain Dent De Crolles. He first went caving in Trou du Glaz in 1933, and was immediately captivated by the idea of exploring beyond the cave's known limits. Subsequent explorations there with Pierre Chevalier, Charles Petit-Didier and others culminated in connections to other caves in the massif, forming the Réseau de la Dent de Crolles which, in 1947, became the deepest cave in the world. Petzl also participated in explorations in the Gouffre Berger, which set a new world depth record in 1956 as the first cave deeper than 1000 metres (-1122m). Pe...
Biography of Randy Weston
Randy Weston (born April 6, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York), is an American jazz pianist and composer, of Jamaican parentage. Biography Weston studied classical piano as a child. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he ran a restaurant that was frequented by many of the leading bebop musicians. Among his piano heroes are numbered Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Art Tatum and Duke Ellington (and Wynton Kelly was a cousin), but it was Thelonious Monk who had the greatest impact. Weston has had a considerable career in jazz as a pianist, composer, and bandleader. In the late 1940s he began gigging with bands including Bullmoose Jackson, Frank Culley and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson. He worked with Kenny Dorham in 1953 and in 1954 with Cecil Payne, before forming his own trio and q...
Biography of Mark Macon
Mark L. Macon (born April 14, 1969 in Saginaw, Michigan) is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of Binghamton University. Playing Career Macon was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan in 1987 following his prep career at Saginaw Buena Vista High School. A 6'4" (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) guard, Macon played collegiately at Temple University, alongside future pros Aaron McKie and Eddie Jones, and was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the first round (8th overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. He played for the Nuggets and the Detroit Pistons in six NBA seasons, averaging 6.7 ppg in his career (and missing the entire schedule from 1996-98). Macon also briefly represented the CBA's Florida Beachdogs and Italian club Mabo Pistoia, while still contracted to the...
Biography of Lynda Baron
Lynda Baron (born 24 March 1939) is a BAFTA-nominated English stage, film and television actress, perhaps best known for playing the extremely busty Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, the object of Arkwright's affection, in the BBC comedy series Open All Hours. Early life and career Lynda Baron was born in Urmston, Lancashire and originally trained as a dancer at the Royal Academy of Dance. Early in her career she appeared in repertory theatre and several West End revues. Her early television roles included small parts in Crossroads (1964), Up Pompeii (1970), Z-Cars (1971), and the British horror film Hands of the Ripper (1971). Baron appeared on television in BBC Three (1965), a series in the vein of That Was The Week That Was, involving some of the same performers. She also alternated with An...
Biography of Alain Gottvallès
Alain Gottvallès (22 March 1942 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – 29 February 2008) was a French swimmer, born in Casablanca, Morocco. He was world record holder in 100 metres freestyle in 1964, the first swimmer to complete the distance in less than 53 seconds. He participated at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he placed fifth in 100 metre freestyle....
Biography of Romain Millo-Chluski
Romain Millo-Chluski born 20 April 1983 is a rugby union player for Toulouse in the Top 14 competition. He plays as a lock. Millo-Chluski won the 2007-08 French Rugby League Championship and both the 2003-04 and 2007-08 Heineken Cup with Toulouse. He won his first cap for France in 2005; to date he won 6 full caps. References ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/mar/09/millo-chluskl-injury...
Biography of Matt Cardle
Matthew Sheridan "Matt" Cardle (born 15 April 1983) is an English Pop and Rock recording artist and songwriter. Cardle was born in Southampton, England although himself and his family moved to Halstead, Essex, England. Cardle has been involved in music for a long time, he has been a member of two different bands; Darwyn and Seven Summers, with whom he experienced limited success. Cardle rose to fame after winning the seventh series of The X Factor, and received a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music and later signed a deal with Columbia Records. Cardle and the labels parted ways and he later became signed to So What Recordings. Cardle can also play guitar, amongst other instruments, which he plays when he tours. Upon Cardle's victory on The X Factor, he released winner's single...
Biography of Richard Socrier
Richard Socrier (born March 28, 1979 in XIVe arrondissement, Paris) is a football striker from France. He plays for French Ligue 2 club Stade Brest 29 and has represented the Guadeloupe national football team. International career Socrier made his debut for Guadeloupe at the CONCACAF Gold Cup Finals in June 2007 against Haiti....
Biography of Malin Baryard-Johnsson
Malin Baryard (Malin Birgitta Barijard Johnsson, born 10 April 1975 in Söderköping, Östergötland, Sweden) is a Swedish equestrian, competing in show jumping. Baryard started to ride at the age of six and went on to be a very accomplished show jumper. She won a gold medal in the Swedish Championships at the age of just 14. She married Swedish TV presenter Henrik Johnsson in the summer of 2004, and made her TV-presenting debut in the autumn of 2004 on the SVT show Barbacka. Achievements In the 1996 Summer Olympics, Baryard placed 49th in the individual competition, and the Swedish team placed 10th. At the 1998 World Equestrian Games, Baryard placed 66th individually and 12th team. At the 2000 Summer Games, she placed 20th individually and 7th in the team competition. At the 2002 World E...
Biography of Magdalena de Pazzi
Saint Mary Magdalene of Pazzi (or Maria Magdalena de Pazzi; April 2, 1566 – May 25, 1607) is an Italian Carmelite mystic and saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Life Saint Mary Magdalene of Pazzi was born into one of the wealthiest and most distinguished noble families of Renaissance Florence, the Pazzi. She was baptized with the name of Catherine. She experienced her first ecstasy when she was only twelve, in her mother's presence. From then on, she continued to witness many varied mystical experiences. She was sent to a convent at age 14, but was returned home by her family, who opposed her religious vocation and wanted her to marry a distinguished man. However, they eventually conceded, and Catherine became a Carmelite of the Ancient Observance at 16, taking the name of Sister Mar...
Biography of Phara de Aguirre
Pharaïlde "Phara" de Aguirre, born on March 26, 1961 in Aalst, is a Belgian journalist and TV host....
Biography of Vincent Gauthier-Manuel
Vincent Gauthier-Manuel (born April 6, 1986 in Prémanon, Jura) is a French alpine skier and Paralympic athlete. He competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada. He won a silver medal in the Super-G and the Super combined, standing, and a bronze medal in the Giant Slalom, standing. He became 5th at the Downhill, standing and the Slalom, standing....
Biography of Klaus Dinger
Klaus Dinger (24 March 1946 – 21 March 2008) was a German musician and songwriter most famous for his contributions to the seminal krautrock outfit, Neu! He was also the guitarist and chief songwriter of new wave group La Düsseldorf and briefly the percussionist of Kraftwerk. Pre-Neu! (1946-1971) Klaus Dinger was born in Scherfede, Westphalia, Germany to Heinz and Renate on 24 March 1946. He was their first child. Before he was a year old, his parents moved from the town, which had been badly damaged by an allied siege at the end of World War II, to the economic centre of the region, Düsseldorf. In 1956 he attended Görres Gymnasium School for the first time. During his time there he was part of an a cappella choir, which he had to leave when his voice broke. He was part of the ...
Biography of Piranesi
Giovanni Battista (also Giambattista) Piranesi (Italian pronunciation: ; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'Invenzione). Biography Piranesi was born in Mogliano Veneto, near Treviso, then part of the Republic of Venice. His brother Andrea introduced him to Latin and the ancient civilization, and later he studied as an architect under his uncle, Matteo Lucchesi, who was Magistrato delle Acque, a Venetian engineer who specialized in excavation. From 1740 he was in Rome with Marco Foscarini, the Venetian envoy to the Vatican. He resided in the Palazzo Venezia and studied under Giuseppe Vasi, who introduced him to the art of etching and engraving. After his studies with Vasi, he c...
Biography of Brian Elliott
Brian Elliott (born April 9, 1985) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender that played for the Colorado Avalanche and Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Senators in the ninth round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, 291st overall. He went on to play 4 seasons for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Playing career Elliott grew up in Newmarket, Ontario playing minor hockey for the Newmarket Redmen AA and the York-Simcoe Express AAA teams in the OMHA. Elliott was not drafted by an OHL team in 2001 and returned to York-Simcoe for Major Midget the following season. After a good season in the Eastern AAA League, Elliott was signed by the Ajax Axemen Jr.A. team in 2002-03. After a standout season with the Ajax Axemen in 2002–03, Elliott was drafted late in the 20...
Biography of Ned Vizzini
Edison Price "Ned" Vizzini (April 4, 1981 – December 19, 2013) was an American writer. He was the author of four books for young adults including It's Kind of a Funny Story, which NPR named #56 of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels" of all time and which is the basis of the film of the same name. Vizzini suffered from depression, spending time in a psychiatric ward in his early 20s, and authoring several works about the illness. He was found dead in his native Brooklyn, New York after an apparent suicide from a fall, aged 32. Early Life Ned Vizzini grew up primarily in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. He attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, graduating in 1999. Vizzini's characters and situations are said to be based upon his time spent at Stuyvesant. W...
Biography of Matt Nathanson
Matt Nathanson (born March 28, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic (sometimes a 12-string) and electric guitar, and has played both solo and with a full band. His work includes the platinum-selling song "Come On Get Higher". Early life and college years Nathanson was raised in Lexington, Massachusetts. His father is Jewish and his mother is Catholic. Nathanson attended Pitzer College in Claremont, California (majoring in English and world literature). Music The members of his band have included Aben Eubanks on guitar, keys and vocals, later replaced by Aaron Tap. John Thomasson began as bassist in 2004. Thomasson left in 2009 to play bass for Little Big Town and continues to play for them t...
Biography of Anaïs Mitchell
Anaïs Mitchell (/ɑːˈneɪs/; born March 26, 1981 in Middlebury, Vermont (birth time source: Craft, Astrodatabank, BC)) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Mitchell has released five albums, including Hadestown (2010) and Young Man in America (2012). She has been described as the "queen of modern folk music." Early life Mitchell's father is a novelist and college professor and named her after author Anaïs Nin. She grew up on a farm in Addison County, Vermont, and after traveling to the Middle East, Europe and Latin America as a child, she attended Middlebury College. Career Having begun writing her first songs at the age of 17, Mitchell recorded her debut album The Song They Sang When Rome Fell in a single afternoon in 2002. In 2003 Mitchell won the...
Biography of Ron Garvin
Ron Garvin (born Roger Barnes on March 30, 1945) is a Canadian former professional wrestler and referee most known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance. Professional wrestling career Early career Ron Garvin started wrestling in 1962. He formed a team with his "brother" Terry Garvin in the 1960s and early 1970s and they won a few regional tag team titles. They were managed by their other "brother," Jimmy Garvin (actually Ron's stepson in real life). Garvin made a name for himself as a singles wrestler in the Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee territories in the late 1970s after splitting with Terry and Jimmy. He wrestled in Angelo Poffo's International Championship Wrestling promotion where he was best known for his heated rivalries with Randy Savage and Pez Wha...
Biography of Zidrou
Benoît Drousie, best known as Zidrou, born on April 12, 1962 in Anderlecht (birth time source: André Dekoster, Act n°212), is a Belgian author and cartoonist. Awards Prix Jeunesse au Comics Festival Belgium (Bruxelles - octobre 2004) pour Miss 10/10 Publications Margot et Oscar Pluche, dessin Carine de Brab, éd. Casterman Sac à Puces, 1992. Cache-cache, 1993. La Bande à Rigobert, 1994. À l’abordage, 1995. La gratouille du Pedzouille, 1996. Balthazar, 1997. L’Élève Ducobu, dessin Godi, éd. Le Lombard Un copieur sachant copier, 1997. Au coin!, 1998. Les réponses ou la vie?, 1999 La lutte des classes, 1999. Le roi des cancres, 2000. Un amour de potache!, 2001. Vivement les vacances!, 2001. Pu...
Biography of Caryn Davies
Caryn Davies (born 14 April 1982) is an American rower. She won gold medals as the stroke seat in women's eight at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Olympic Games she won a silver medal in the women's eight. In 2011 Davies was ranked number 5 in the world by the International Rowing Federation. The 2008 U.S. women's eight, of which she was a part, was named FISA (International Rowing Federation) crew of the year. Davies is from Ithaca, New York, where she graduated from Ithaca High School, and rowed with the Cascadilla Boat Club. Davies was on the Radcliffe College (Harvard) Crew Team and was a member on Radcliffe's 2003 NCAA champion Varsity 8, and overall team champion. Davies has a degree from Harvard University (A.B. Psychology, 2005) and attends Col...
Biography of Jim Ellison (musician)
Jim Ellison (born James Walter Ellison) (April 18, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois – June 20, 1996) was the frontman for the band Material Issue. He tirelessly promoted his band, booked tours, and secured a major-label deal in 1990. Ellison — along with bassist Ted Ansani and drummer Mike Zelenko — would lead the renaissance of powerpop in the early 1990s. He committed suicide on June 20, 1996, by carbon monoxide poisoning. The song "Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man" by The Tragically Hip was written about lead singer Gordon Downie's relationship with Ellison and his grief over the suicide....
Biography of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Shakhriyar Hamid oglu Mammadyarov (Azerbaijani: Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov) (born 12 April 1985 in Sumgayit, Azerbaijan) is a chess Grandmaster. On the July 2010 FIDE rating list he was ranked number six in the world with an Elo rating of 2761. Career In 2003 he won the World Junior Chess Championship. He repeated his victory in 2005 (thus becoming the only two-time champion), achieving an incredible 2953 performance rating after eight rounds. In 2005 Mamedyarov competed at European Club Cup and had the second highest performance rating (2913) among all of the participants (Vassily Ivanchuk had the highest). IM Goran Antunac has commented that Mamedyarov is a true virtuoso at handling the pieces, always finding the best squares for them. Mamedyarov attained joi...
Biography of Daniel Clowes
Daniel Gillespie Clowes (born April 14, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books. Much of Clowes' work first appeared in his anthology comic Eightball, which featured self-contained and serialized narratives. All of the serialized narratives have been collected and published as graphic novels, most notably Ghost World. With filmmaker Terry Zwigoff, Clowes adapted Ghost World into the 2000 film of the same name, and he also adapted another Eightball story into the 2006 film Art School Confidential. Biography In 1979, Clowes finished high school at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. After earning his BFA, he unsuccessfully attempted to find work in New York a...
Biography of Caroline Norton
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (22 March 1808 – 15 June 1877) was a famous British society beauty, feminist, social reformer, and author of the early and mid-nineteenth century. Youth and Marriage Caroline was born in London, England to Thomas Sheridan and Caroline Henrietta Callander. Her father was an actor, soldier, and colonial administrator, and the son of the prominent Irish playwright and Whig statesman Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Her mother was Scottish, the daughter of a landed gentleman, Col. Sir James Callander of Craigforth and Lady Elizabeth MacDonnell, the sister of an Irish peer, Lord Antrim. Mrs. Sheridan authored three short novels described by one her daughter's biographers as "rather stiff with the style of the eighteenth century, but none without a certain charm and...
Biography of Miguel Calero
Miguel Ángel Calero Rodríguez (born April 14, 1971 in Ginebra, Valle del Cauca) is a retired Colombian football goalkeeper he has played 50 times for the Colombia national team between 1995 and 2007. He also is a Mexican citizen. Career He played for Deportivo Cali winning the 1996 Copa Mustang Division Mayor: Primera A Championship Title and Atlético Nacional Colombia and now plays for C.F. Pachuca in Mexico, which he was the captain of the team. With Pachuca, he achieved 4 National championships, 3 CONCACAF Champions Cup, 1 Copa Sudamericana and 1 SuperLiga title. He scored a goal against Chiapas on August 11, 2002. He played for the Colombia national football team and was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics and at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In 2001 he was part of the Colombia...
Biography of Mathilde Laurent
Mathilde Laurent (Mathilde Françoise Orsola Geneviève Laurent), born on April 18, 1970 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (birth time source: Didier Geslain), is a French perfumer. She has worked woth Guerlain and Cartier. Creations Pamplelune, Guerlain (1998) Shalimar Light, Guerlain (2003) Roadster, Cartier (2008) La Treizième Heure (XIII), Cartier (2010) Cartier de Lune, Cartier (2011) Baiser Volé, Cartier (2011)...
Biography of Clueso
Clueso (pronounced ; born April 9, 1980 as Thomas Hübner in Erfurt) is a German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer. Clueso, named after Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther, started making music in 1995. In 1998 he got to know his future manager Andreas Welskop and gave up his hairdressing apprenticeship. His first vinyl Clüsolo was released on BMG Ufa the same year. In 1999 he moved to the 10vor10-Studios in Köln with Welskop. A year later he signed a label contract at Four Music and released Text und Ton in 2001. Around that time he performed with Curfew at the MTV HipHop Open in Stuttgart and at Beats for Life in Köln. In 2002, Clueso moved back to Erfurt and recorded the Rowdy-Club-Tape 2002. One year later, he started producing his second album Gute Musik, which translate...
Biography of Natasha Stefanenko
Natasha Stefanenko (born 18 April 1971), is a Russian-born actress, model, and television presenter who lives and works in both Italy and Russia. Early years Natasha was born in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, USSR, the daughter of a nuclear engineer who worked in a secret unnamed city underground, close to the Ural Mountains and accessible only by a special train that travelled 30 kilometres an hour. She lived with her family in a closed city and they also owned a dacha beside a lake. Natasha was also a swimming champion who swam with Alexander Popov; when she was a young girl she swam 10 kilometres a day. In 1984, she almost joined the Soviet Olympic swim team, but preferred to continue with her education. As it turned out, the Soviet Union decided to boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics...
Biography of Ken Daneyko
Kenneth Stephen Daneyko (born April 17, 1964) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman of Ukrainian origin who played his entire career (1983–2003) with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League, winning three Stanley Cup championships with the team. He has been affectionately nicknamed "Mr. Devil" by Devils fans, as he currently holds the franchise record for games played as a Devil with 1,283 games. Daneyko now provides commentary between periods at Devils games for the sports network MSG Plus. Playing career Daneyko was drafted in the 1st round (18th overall) in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, the second pick of the New Jersey Devils after the franchise relocated from Colorado; when he was drafted the Devils had not yet chosen a team name. He spent several seasons in the mi...
Biography of Cap Anson
Adrian Constantine Anson (April 17, 1852 – April 14, 1922), nicknamed "Cap" (for "Captain") and "Pop", was a National Association and Major League Baseball first baseman. He played a record 27 consecutive seasons, and was regarded as one of the greatest players of his era and one of the first superstars of the game. Anson spent most of his career with the Chicago Cubs franchise (then known as the "White Stockings" and later the "Colts"), serving as the club's manager, first baseman and, later in his tenure, minority owner. He led the team to five National League pennants in the 1880s. Anson was one of baseball's first great hitters, and was the first to tally over 3,000 career hits. His contemporary influence and prestige are regarded by historians as playing a major role in establis...
Biography of Glenn Archer
Glenn Archer (born 24 March 1973) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire career with the North Melbourne Football Club. Archer had a reputation as one of the most courageous players ever to play the game. The AFLPA awarded him the Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player six times in nine years between 1998 and 2006, the most of any player in the award's history. In recognition as one of the best players in the AFL, Archer achieved All-Australian selection three times and also represented Victoria in State of Origin. Archer is one of the North Melbourne Football Club's greatest players, a dual-premiership and Norm Smith Medallist, he holds the games record for North Melbourne, is a member of the North Melbourne Team of the Century and is recogn...
Biography of Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (26 March 1687 – 28 June 1757) was a Queen consort in Prussia as wife of Frederick William I. She was the sister of George II of Great Britain and the mother of Frederick II of Prussia. Biography Sophia Dorothea was born on 16 March 1687 (O.S.), in Hanover. She was the only daughter of George Louis of Hanover, later King George I of Great Britain, and Sophia Dorothea of Celle. She was detested by her elder brother, King George II of Great Britain. Crown Princess of Prussia Sophia Dorothea married her cousin, Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia, heir apparent to the Prussian throne, on 28 November 1706. They had met as children under the care of their grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, and had disliked each other ever since. Sophia Dorothea differed fr...
Biography of Edson Braafheid
Edson René Braafheid (Dutch pronunciation: ; born 8 April 1983 in Paramaribo) is a Surinamese-born Dutch footballer who currently plays as a left back for German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Club career Utrecht Braafheid began his professional career at FC Utrecht in 2003 and made 81 appearances for the side. FC Twente On 10 February 2007, Braafheid played his first Eredivisie match for FC Twente against Feyenoord. His current contract at the club lasts until 2010. Braafheid came to Twente on a free transfer after his contract with Utrecht expired; he was a talented left back, but Braafheid impressed friend and foe when playing for Twente as a strong, sturdy central defender instead of his former position. He kept talented central defender Ramon Zomer out of the Twente s...
Biography of Romain Slocombe
Romain Slocombe, born on March 25, 1953 in Paris (birth time source: email, himself, May 2014), is a French writer, translator, cartoonist, artist, director, and photographer. Works Cartoons 1992 : Drôle de dragon à Tokyo, scénario de Paul Thiès, éditions Syros, Paris, (ISBN 2867387361) 1989 : Cité des anges, scénario de Marc Villard, éditions Albin Michel, Paris, (ISBN 2226035567) 1989 : Tigres volants contre zéros, éditions Albin Michel, Paris, (ISBN 2226037322) 1988 : Le détective du Palace Hôtel, éditions Syros, Paris, (ISBN 2867382785) 1988 : Femmes fatales, éditions Comixland, Paris, (ISBN 290759303X) 1987 : Cauchemars climatisés, scénario de Marc Villard, éditions Futuropolis, Paris, (ISBN 2737656257) 1986 : La nuit de Saïgon, éditions Futuropo...
Biography of David Oyelowo
David Oyelowo (born 1 April 1976) is an English actor. Background Oyelowo was born in Oxford, England, to Nigerian parents. He is married to actress Jessica Oyelowo. Oyelowo first attended a youth theatre after being invited by a girl to whom he was attracted. He then studied theatre studies for A level and his teacher suggested he should become an actor. After A levels Oyelowo enrolled for a year on an art foundation course before being funded through training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) by Nicholas Hytner. Having been offered television work Oyelowo left LAMDA before completing the course. Stage He began his stage career in 1999 when he was offered a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company playing roles in Ben Jonson's Volpone, as the title charac...
Biography of Joe Lapchick
Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick (b. April 12, 1900 in Yonkers, New York – d. August 10, 1970 in New York City) was a professional basketball player, mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 30s. He is commonly regarded as the best center of his era, overshadowed (if anything) in his later years only by Tarzan Cooper. After ending his playing career in 1937, Lapchick became head coach at St. John's University, a position he held until 1947, when he took over the New York Knicks in the NBA. Lapchick coached the Knicks until 1957, leading them to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances (1951–53). He then returned to St. John's, coaching them until 1965. Full biography From star player to successful coach to popular author to respected dignitary, Joe Lapchick played ...
Biography of Jennifer Missoni
Jennifer Missoni, born on April 1, 1985 in Varese, is an American actress of Russian, Romanian, American descent on her mother's side, and Austrian, Dalmatian, Italian descent on her father's side. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2598726/) 2013 Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story (pre-production) Becky 2012 Wifed Out (completed) Becky (uncredited) 2012/II Playback DeeDee Baker 2011 FBI: Duo très spécial (TV series) Shannon – Scott Free (2011) … Shannon 2011 Gossip Girl (TV series) Donna – While You Weren't Sleeping (2011) … Donna – It-Girl Happened One Night (2011) … Donna – Panic Roommate (2011) … Donna 2010 Missoni (short) 2009-2010 Royal Pains (TV series) Valentina Rossi – Mano a Mano (2010) … Valentina Rossi (uncredited) – TB or Not T...
Biography of Odd Nerdrum
Odd Nerdrum (born April 8, 1944 in Helsingborg, Sweden), is a Norwegian figurative painter. Themes and style in Nerdrum's work reference anecdote and narrative. Primary influences by the painters Rembrandt and Caravaggio help place his work in direct conflict with the abstraction and conceptual art considered acceptable in much of his native Norway. Nerdrum creates six to eight paintings per year. These include: Still life paintings of small everyday objects like bricks, portraits and self portraits whose subjects are dressed as if from some other time and place, and large paintings, allegorical in nature that present a sense of the apocalyptic and again reference another time. Nerdrum says that his art should be understood as kitsch rather than art as such. "On Kitsch", a manifesto comp...
Biography of Rebecca Love (actress)
Rebecca Love, born on March 30, 1977 in Virginia, is an American actress, radio host, and TV host. Rebecca has been on the "Howard Stern" (1994) talk show in 2003. She hosted talk radio programs for KSEX, VAVOOM, and Nowlive, and has hosted a talk show called "Kink'd Out" and also appeared in multiple magazines, while continuing her film and dance career (source: Imdb). Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157339/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) 2011 Sexy Wives Sindrome (TV movie) Mandy 2010 Housewives from Another World (video) Rita 2010 The Hills Have Thighs (video) Mira 2010 Bikini Jones and the Temple of Eros (TV movie) Carol 2009 My Neighbor's Wife Loves 3somes (video) 2009 Cleavagefield (TV movie) 2007 The Girl from B.I.K.I.N.I. (video) Samantha Rhineha...
Biography of Michael Cooper
Michael Jerome Cooper (born April 15, 1956) is an American basketball coach and retired professional player. He is the head coach of the USC Women of Troy college basketball team. He is a former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers, and has coached in both the NBA and WNBA. Born in Los Angeles, California, he attended Pasadena City College before transferring to the University of New Mexico. He played for the New Mexico Lobos for two seasons, 1976–78, and was named first team All-Western Athletic Conference. In his senior season the Lobos won the WAC title, with Cooper averaging 16.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game. Drafted out of New Mexico by the Lakers in the third round of the 1978 NBA Draft (60t...
Biography of Park Si-hoo
Park Si-hoo (Hangul: 박시후; Hanja: 朴施厚; born 3 April 1978) is a South Korean actor best known for his television series Prosecutor Princess (2010) and The Princess' Man (2011). Career Park Pyeong-ho began his career as an underwear model. Though his acting debut came in the 1988 play The Twelve Nyang Life, Park first appeared on television in a bit part as Hong Chae-rin's boyfriend in the 2005 KBS2 series Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang. Under the stage name Park Si-hoo, he continued to work, starring in the MBC TV series Let's Get Married and Which Star Are You From?. With SBS's How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor in 2007, he was finally acknowledged for his acting skills and won the New Star Award at the SBS Drama Awards that year. Roles in action ad...
Biography of John II Casimir Vasa
John II Casimir (Polish: Jan II Kazimierz Waza; German: Johann II. Kasimir Wasa; Lithuanian: Jonas Kazimieras Vaza (22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania during the era of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke of Opole in Upper Silesia, and titular King of Sweden 1648–1660. In Poland, he is known and commonly referred as Jan Kazimierz. His parents were Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632) and Constance of Austria (1588–1631). His older brother, and predecessor on the throne, was Władysław IV Vasa. Related to the Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire he was the third and last monarch on the Polish throne from the House of Vasa. He was the last ruler of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth bearing a blood connection to the Jagiellon dynasty, thr...
Biography of Eleanor James
Eleanor James (born 18 April 1986 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English actress. Career In 2005 Eleanor landed her first film role when she got the part of a fallen angel in Demonic, starring Tom Savini. The film was released in 2006 through American World Pictures. Eleanor then got the role of Josephine Stewart in comedy/horror Hellbride and in 2007 played the supporting role of Anna in Italian horror film Colour from the Dark directed by Ivan Zuccon, starring Debbie Rochon. In 2008 she played the role of Stitchgirl in Alan Ronald's segment of British horror anthology Bordello Death Tales. Eleanor then took the lead role in German zombie film Unrated directed by Timo Rose and Andreas Schnaas. The low budget film was shot in Goslar in summer 2009. Filmography "Slasher House"...
Biography of Anne of France
Anne of France (or Anne de Beaujeu) (3 April 1461 – 14 November 1522) was the eldest daughter of Louis XI of France and his second wife, Charlotte of Savoy. Anne was the sister of King Charles VIII of France, for whom she acted as regent during his minority; and of Joan of France, who was briefly queen consort to Louis XII. As regent of France, Anne was one of the most powerful women of the late fifteenth century and was referred to as Madame la Grand. Birth and marriage Anne was born at the Chateau of Genappe in Brabant on 3 April 1461, the eldest surviving daughter of King Louis XI of France and Charlotte of Savoy. Her brother, Charles would later succeed their father as Charles VIII of France. Her younger sister Joan became for a brief period, a queen consort of France as the first ...
Biography of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685), was an English nobleman. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress, Lucy Walter. Monmouth was executed in 1685 after making an unsuccessful attempt to depose his uncle, King James II, commonly called the Monmouth Rebellion. Declaring himself the legitimate King, Monmouth attempted to capitalise on his position as the son (albeit illegitimate) of Charles II, and his Protestantism, in opposition to James, who was Catholic. His full titles were Duke of Monmouth and Earl of Doncaster, in the County of York (1663), Earl of Dalkeith (1663), Baron Scott of Tindale, in the County of Northumberl...
Biography of William M. Tweed
William Magear Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878) – often erroneously referred to as William Marcy Tweed (see below), and widely known as "Boss" Tweed – was an American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York City and State. At the height of his influence, Tweed was the third-largest landowner in New York City, a director of the Erie Railroad, the Tenth National Bank, and the New-York Printing Company, as well as proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel. Tweed was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1852, and the New York County Board of Supervisors in 1858, the year he became the "Grand Sachem" of Tammany Hall. He was also elected to the Ne...
Biography of Gratian
Gratian (Latin: Flavius Gratianus Augustus; 18 April/23 May 359 – 25 August 383), was Roman Emperor from 375 to 383. The eldest son of Valentinian I, during his youth Gratian accompanied his father on several campaigns along the Rhine and Danube frontiers. Upon the death of Valentinian in 375, Gratian's brother Valentinian II was declared emperor by his father's soldiers. Gratian gained a decisive victory over the Alamanni in 378 at the Battle of Argentovaria. That same year, his uncle Valens was killed in the Battle of Adrianople against the Goths - making Gratian essentially ruler of the entire empire. He favoured Christianity over traditional Roman religion, refusing the divine attributes of the emperors and removing the Altar of Victory from the Roman Senate. Life Gratian was the...
Biography of Matthew Lloyd
Matthew James Lloyd (born 16 April 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and was the captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. Lloyd is currently an assistant coach at the AIS-AFL Academy and an AFL commentator. A highly decorated full-forward, Lloyd's Australian Football League honours include seventh highest goalkicker in VFL/AFL history, Coleman Medals as leading goalkicker for three seasons, life membership as well as winning both the Mark of the Year and Goal of the Year awards. Lloyd also belongs to the small group of players whose first kick in the AFL resulted in a goal as well as players to have kicked the "ton" – over 100 goals in a season – twice. Among his representative honours are five All-Australian selections, twice r...
Biography of Adam Graves
Adam Graves (born April 12, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former professional hockey player. He is best-known for his ten-year tenure with the New York Rangers. He also played for the Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, and San Jose Sharks. He finished his career with 329 goals and 287 assists and is currently a New York Rangers special assistant with Prospect Development and Community Relations. Playing career After spending several seasons in the minor leagues, Graves made his National Hockey League debut with the Red Wings in the 1988–89 season, playing in 56 games and scoring 7 goals. The next year he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers, where he gained a reputation as a hard-nosed player, compiling over 120 penalty minutes in both seasons he spent with the team. It was there that... |
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