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birth charts with Sun in LeoYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with the Sun in Leo. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. in ![]()
Biography of Frans Masereel (excerpt)
Frans Masereel, born on July 30, 1889, in Blankenberge (province of West Flanders, Belgium) and died on January 3, 1972, in Avignon (France), was a Belgian engraver, painter, and illustrator. He primarily worked in Switzerland, Germany, and France. An engaged artist, humanist, libertarian, and pacifist antimilitarist, deeply affected by the bloody turmoil of World War I, his works uncompromisingly denounce the horrors of war, oppression, and social injustice.
Biography of William Craigie (excerpt)
Sir William Alexander Craigie (13 August 1867 – 2 September 1957) was a renowned philologist and lexicographer. A University of St Andrews alumnus, he became the third editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and co-edited its 1933 supplement with C. T. Onions.
Biography of Jean Webster (author) (excerpt)
Jean Webster, born Alice Jane Chandler Webster on July 24, 1876, and died on June 11, 1916, was an American author best known for Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy. Her books feature lively young female protagonists who grow intellectually, morally, and socially, while incorporating humor, witty dialogue, and subtle social critique.
Biography of Youki (model) (excerpt)
Youki, born Lucie Badoud (July 31, 1903 – October 13, 1966), was a Montparnasse model during the 1930s.Her nickname, meaning "snow" in Japanese, was given to her by her first husband, painter Tsugouharu Foujita. Daughter of Joséphine Bousez, from Wallonia, and Swiss-born Célestin Badoud, Lucie was raised in Paris by her maternal grandmother after the family farm was sold.
Biography of Gundula Janowitz (excerpt)
Gundula Janowitz, born on August 2, 1937, is an Austrian lyric soprano renowned for her operas, oratorios, lieder, and concerts.She emerged as a leading opera singer in the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Berlin and raised in Graz, Austria, she studied at the Graz Conservatory.
Biography of Robert Hayden (poet) (excerpt)
Robert Hayden (August 4, 1913 – February 25, 1980) was an American poet, essayist, and educator.He was the first African-American to serve as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, now known as U.S.Poet Laureate. Born in Detroit to separated parents, he was raised by neighbors.
Biography of Ignacio Zuloaga (excerpt)
Ignacio Zuloaga Zabaleta (Éibar, July 26, 1870 – Madrid, October 31, 1945) was a prominent Spanish painter of the 20th century, hailed by Parisian critics as "the last great master of the Spanish School of painting." Born into a family of renowned artisans, he was the only one among five siblings to pursue the arts, following the footsteps of his father Plácido Zuloaga, a famous damascene craftsman, and his uncle Daniel Zuloaga, a ceramist.
Biography of William McCance (excerpt)
William McCance (6 August 1894 – 19 November 1970) was a Scottish artist, and was second Controller of the Gregynog Press in Powys, mid-Wales. William McCance was the seventh of eight children. After attending Hamilton Academy, McCance entered Glasgow School of Art, studying there 1911–15 and subsequently undertaking a teacher-training course at Glasgow's Kennedy Street school.
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 Lino Capolicchio (excerpt)
Lino Capolicchio (21 August 1943 – 3 May 2022) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director.He won a special David di Donatello acting award for his role in Vittorio de Sica's 1970 film, The Garden of the Finzi-Contini. Capolicchio was a well-known television actor before breaking into film with an uncredited role in Franco Zeffirelli's The Taming of the Shrew in 1967.
Biography of Erich Weinert (excerpt)
Erich Bernhard Gustav Weinert (August 4, 1890 – April 20, 1953) was a German Communist writer and member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). Born in Magdeburg, he joined the military and served in World War I, later becoming a Communist in 1929.
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On 29 July 2024, a mass stabbing targeting children occurred at the Hart Space dance studio in Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Seventeen-year-old Axel Rudakubana killed three children and injured ten others, including eight children. The attack took place during a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop attended by 25 children.
Biography of Marina Mogilevskaya (excerpt)
Marina Olegovna Moguilevskaïa, born on August 6, 1970, in Zavodooukovsk, is a Russian theater and film actress. She graduated in economics from the University of Kyiv and studied theater at the Karpenko-Kary National University. She began at the Lessia Ukrainka Theater before becoming a TV presenter in 1996.
Biography of Daniel Henshall (excerpt)
Daniel Edwin Henshall, born on August 9, 1982, in Sydney, is an Australian actor.He made his film debut with "Snowtown" (2011), winning the AACTA Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of John Bunting. Subsequently, he appeared in films such as "The Babadook" (2014), "Okja" (2017), and "Acute Misfortune" (2018).
Biography of Wilhelmus Josephus Jongmans (excerpt)
Wilhelmus Josephus Jongmans (born August 13, 1878, in Leiden and passed away on October 13, 1957, in Heerlen) was a professor of paleobotany at the University of Groningen from 1932 to 1950. Born in Leiden, he was the son of a tailor, Wilhelmus Josephus Jongmans, and Anna Elisabeth Maria Verbrugge.
Biography of Irina Miroshnichenko (excerpt)
Irina Petrovna Miroshnichenko (Russian: Иpина Пeтpoвна Миpoшничeнкo; 24 July 1942 – 3 August 2023) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress and singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1988). In 1961 she entered the Moscow Art Theater School (course of Vasily Markov).
Biography of Mary Gilmore (excerpt)
Dame Mary Gilmore (August 16, 1865 – December 3, 1962) was an Australian writer and journalist, a key figure in national literature. Her approximate time of birth comes from her own words: "I was born in the afternoon." Born in New South Wales, she became a teacher at 16 before moving to Sydney, where she joined the labor movement and radical nationalism.
Biography of Howard Wight Marshall (excerpt)
Howard Wight Marshall (born August 21, 1944) is an American academic, author, folklorist, historian, and fiddler.He is a professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Art History and Archeology at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. In addition to his work on regional folk architecture he researches fiddling traditions in Missouri and the Ozarks, especially the style known as Missouri fiddling.
Biography of Alfons Sack (excerpt)
Alfons Gustav Sack (August 7, 1887 – March 31, 1945) was a German lawyer known for defending far-right figures during the Weimar Republic and Nazi officials later on. In the 1920s, Sack defended nationalist activists accused of political violence, including in the trial of Walther Rathenau's assassins.
Biography of Luciano De Crescenzo (excerpt)
Luciano De Crescenzo, born August 18, 1928, in Naples, and died July 18, 2019, was an Italian writer, actor, film director and engineer.Trained as an engineer, he worked for IBM Italy until 1976 before turning entirely to writing. He achieved major success with Così parlò Bellavista, a bestselling book devoted to Naples and its worldview, which sold over 600,000 copies in Italy.
Biography of Brad Wellman (excerpt)
Brad Eugene Wellman (born August 17, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. Prior to the majors he played at Castro Valley High School. Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1978, Wellman made his Major League debut with the San Francisco Giants on September 4, 1982, and appeared in his final game, with the Royals, on October 1, 1989.
Biography of Paul Schürmann (excerpt)
Paul Schürmann (* 25 July 1895 in Gütersloh; † 2 July 1941 near Borissow) was a German military pathologist and tuberculosis researcher.He served as a commander at the Military Medical Academy. Son of a merchant, he joined World War I but was injured and deemed unfit for military service.
Biography of Megan Abbott (excerpt)
Megan Abbott (born August 21, 1971) is an American screenwriter and author of crime fiction and literary analysis of noir fiction.Her works reimagine crime fiction through a female lens. Raised in Grosse Pointe, near Detroit, she earned her degree from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D.
Biography of Harald Norpoth (excerpt)
Harald Norpoth (born 22 August 1942) is a West German former middle and long distance runner.He won the silver medal over 5000 m at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as a member of the United Team of Germany.He had already competed in the 1962 European Athletics Championships, where he had fallen and dropped out of the 1500 m final.
Biography of Julien Épaillard (excerpt)
Julien Épaillard (born 24 July 1977 in Cherbourg) is a French international show jumping rider. Epaillard has won multiple medals at the Championship level, including an individual bronze medal at the 2023 European Championships and a gold, silver and bronze medal at the 1996 and 1998 European Championships for Young Riders.
Biography of Nisrin Erradi (excerpt)
Nisrin Erradi, born August 6, 1989, in Rabat, is a Moroccan actress. She studied at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts (ISADAC) in Rabat and began her career in theater and short films while still a student. Early on, she gained attention in several Moroccan productions.
Biography of Lucas Dussoulier (excerpt)
Lucas Dussoulier (born 27 July 1996 in Libourne) is a French basketball player. He represented France at the 2024 Summer Olympics in 3x3 event.
Biography of Michael Longley (excerpt)
Michael Longley, CBE, born on July 27, 1939, and passed away on January 22, 2025, was a Northern Irish poet. Following his death, Irish President Michael D. Higgins called him "a peerless poet." His time of birth comes from him, in the book "Tuppenny Stung: Autobiographical Chapters" by Michael Longley (Lagan Press, 1994).
Biography of Pilar de Zubiaurre (excerpt)
Pilar de Zubiaurre (Garai, Basque Country (Spain), July 24, 1884 – Mexico City, Mexico, June 24, 1970) was a Basque intellectual, writer, pianist, and art dealer and manager who lived in exile in Mexico for more than thirty years as a consequence of the Spanish Civil War.
Biography of Gilbert de Séverac (excerpt)
Gilbert Alexandre de Séverac (August 18, 1834 – November 17, 1897) was a French painter known for his portraits.Born in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze, he was the father of composer Déodat de Séverac. Coming from French nobility, he studied at the military school of Sorèze before pursuing law studies in Toulouse, which he abandoned in favor of art.
Biography of Saeed Roustayi (excerpt)
Saeed Roustaee, born August 14, 1989, is an Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer.A graduate of Soore University in directing, his work tackles social injustice and the role of women in Iranian society. His debut film, Life and a Day, won major awards in Tehran and Geneva.
Biography of Frédéric Mermoud (excerpt)
Frédéric Mermoud, born on July 23, 1969, in Sion, is a Swiss director, originally from Venthône in the canton of Valais.He grew up in Sion, where his father was a school director and his godfather owned several cinemas. Married to a Parisian and father of three children, he has lived in Paris since 2001.
Biography of Laura Resnick (excerpt)
Laura Resnick (born August 17, 1962) is an American fantasy writer. She was the winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction for 1993. The daughter of science fiction author Mike Resnick, she formerly wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Laura Leone.
Biography of Miren Gaztañaga (excerpt)
Miren Gaztañaga, born on August 3, 1979, in Irún, is a Spanish actress.She holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of the Basque Country. She worked with the Fábrica de Teatro Imaginario, learning her craft under artists like Ainhoa Izagirre and Ander Lipus.
Biography of Georg Jacoby (excerpt)
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter. Jacoby was born in Mainz, Germany, the son of Wilhelm Jacoby (1855–1925), a German comedic playwright, who concentrated largely on creating farces, such as The Duchess of Athens (1883) and Pension Schöller (1890), which he co-authored with Carl Laufs.
Biography of Hans Dauser (military, 1908) (excerpt)
Hans Dauser (July 31, 1908 - November 20, 2001) was a German officer who served during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Biography of Albert Kappis (excerpt)
Albert Kappis, born August 20, 1836, in Wildberg and died September 18, 1914, in Stuttgart, was a German painter and draftsman best known for landscapes and rural genre scenes. Originally trained as a lithographer, he later studied at the academies in Stuttgart and Munich under teachers like Karl von Piloty.
Biography of Jakub Zulczyk (excerpt)
Jakub Żulczyk, born August 12, 1983, in Szczytno, is a Polish writer and journalist. A graduate of the Jagiellonian University with a degree in journalism, he is considered one of Poland’s most prominent contemporary authors. He has written for Elle, Machina, Przekrój, and Onet.pl, and currently resides in Warsaw.
Biography of Pedro Gailhard (excerpt)
Pierre Samson Gailhard, known as Pedro Gailhard, was born in Toulouse on August 1, 1848, and died in Paris (9th arrondissement) on October 12, 1918.He was a French opera singer and theatre director. Gifted with an exceptional singing bass voice, Pedro Gailhard made his debut at the Opéra-Comique and later performed at the Paris Opera, debuting in the role of Méphisto in Faust by Charles Gounod in 1871.
Biography of Henri Bosc (excerpt)
Henri Bosc, born Henri Marie Joseph Danviolet in Perpignan on August 18, 1884, was a French theater and film actor.He was married to actress Cécile Guyon, with whom he had a daughter, actress Denise Bosc. His in-laws were deeply rooted in the theater world, with his father-in-law Alexandre Guyon fils and grandfather-in-law Alexandre Guyon père, both being actors.
Biography of Tino Sabbadini (excerpt)
Settimio "Tino" Sabbadini (born August 21, 1928, in Monsempron-Libos, and died November 7, 2002, in the same town) was a French road cyclist of Italian descent. A professional from 1950 to 1964, he won a stage in the 1958 Tour de France, outsprinting Louison Bobet and Gastone Nencini.
Biography of Edgardo Melhem Salinas (excerpt)
Edgardo Melhem Salinas (born August 14, 1969, in Río Bravo, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as a federal deputy from 2015 to 2018 for District III in Río Bravo, Tamaulipas. Melhem holds a law degree from the University of Monterrey.
Biography of Bettina Arndt (excerpt)
Bettina Mary Arndt AM (born 1 August 1949 in Penrith) is an Australian writer and commentator who specialises in sex and gender issues. Her time of birth comes from her mother, and the book "Arndt's Story: The Life of an Australian Economist", by Peter Coleman, Selwyn Cornish, and Peter Joseph Drake (Australian National University, 2007).
Biography of Kirsten Kokkin (excerpt)
Kirsten Kokkin (born 23 August 1951 in Oslo) is a Norwegian sculptor educated at the National College of Art and Design in Oslo, the National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo, and the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. An associate professor in figurative arts at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, she debuted in 1972 and moved to the United States in 1987, dividing her time between Oslo and Colorado.
Biography of Michael Leckrone (excerpt)
Michael "Mike" Leckrone, born on July 30, 1936, was the director of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band from 1969 to 2019. He is renowned for his remarkable ability to remember the names, origins, and instruments of all band members, past and present.
Biography of Loretta King Hadler (excerpt)
Loretta King Hadler (August 20, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American actress, best known for the brevity of her career and her work with director Ed Wood. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, she performed in Mister Roberts at the Sombrero Playhouse during March 1954 with Don Taylor and Marshall Thompson.
Biography of Antonio Diego Voci (excerpt)
Antonio Diego Voci (1920-1985) was an internationally collected Italian figurative artist, with the largest concentration of his works owned in Switzerland, England, Germany, Italy, Canada, and the US.Though he drew and painted his entire life, his most productive period was the last quarter century, beginning after meeting Helga Drössler in Paris in 1960.
Biography of Álvaro Campos (excerpt)
Álvaro Campos (born August 15, 1980, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian film and television director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his work on Anderson "The Spider" Silva and Senna. He graduated in social communication from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and began his career at 25 with the series Os Buchas, self-funded and aired on Oi TV and Multishow in 2007.
Biography of Mary Anne Mohanraj (excerpt)
Mary Anne Mohanraj is a writer, editor, and literature professor, born on July 26, 1971, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She has lived in the United States since early childhood and has taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 2008.
Biography of José Canalejas (excerpt)
José Canalejas Méndez, born on July 31, 1854, in Ferrol and died on November 12, 1912, in Madrid, was a Spanish lawyer and regenerationist statesman.His time of his birth comes from a biography that is no longer available online. He served as Minister of Public Works, Justice, Economy and Budget, and Agriculture, Industry, Commerce, and Public Works during the regency of Queen Maria Christina. |
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