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You will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with the Sun in the 3rd House. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their horoscope, excerpts of astrological portrait, natal chart, positions of planets and astrological houses, biography, and photo.
Biography of Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981 (birth time and city source: Frank Clifford, Astrodatabank, from memory)) is an American singer and actress. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows as a child before signing with Jive Records in 1997. Spears's first and second studio albums, ...Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000), became international successes, with the former becoming the best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. Title tracks "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" broke international sales records. In 2001, Spears released her self-titled third studio album, Britney, and played the starring role in the film Crossroads (2002). She assumed creati...
Biography of Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber (pronounced /ˈdʒʌstɨn ˈbiːbər/; born March 1, 1994 (birth time source: passport by email, and also Sarah Van Sanden, Astrodatabank)) is a Canadian pop/R&B singer. He began his professional career on YouTube, where he was discovered by his future manager, Scooter Braun. Braun flew Bieber to Atlanta, Georgia to consult with Usher and soon signed a record deal with Island. The first part of his two-part debut album My World was released on November 17, 2009. Four successful pre-album singles have been released: "One Time", "One Less Lonely Girl", "Love Me", and "Favorite Girl", which were Top 15 hits on the Canadian Hot 100 and Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. This accomplishment made Bieber the only artist in Billboard history to ...
Biography of Sophie Marceau
Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu (French pronunciation: ; born 17 November 1966 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French actress, director, screenwriter, and author. She has appeared in 39 films. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including L'Étudiante (1988), Pacific Palisades (1990), Fanfan (1993), and Revenge of the Musketeers (1994). Marceau became an international film star with her performances in Braveheart (1995), Firelight (1997), and the nineteenth James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). Early life Sophie Marceau was born 17 November 1966 in Paris, the second child of Simone ...
Biography of Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969 (birth time source: Craft, Astrodatabank, accuracy in question), better known as Jay-Z, is an American rapper and current president and CEO of Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella Records. In addition, he co-owns The 40/40 Club, and is co-owner of the New Jersey Nets NBA team. He is one of the most financially successful American hip-hop artists. Known for his flow and blending of street and popular rap, Jay-Z has become one of the best-selling rappers in the hip hop industry. He is admired for his ability to compose lyrics without the use of pen and paper (his critically acclaimed album The Blueprint was allegedly written in only two days). He also returned from retirement in late 2006 with the album Kingdom Come which sold 680,000 copies in its first week,...
Biography of Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 (birth time source: her birth certificate, Astrodatabank) – March 23, 2011), also known as Liz Taylor, was an English-American actress. A former child star, she grew to be known for her acting talent and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages. Taylor was considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood's golden age. The American Film Institute named Taylor seventh on its Female Legends list. Early years (1932–1942) Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was born in Hampstead, a wealthy district of North West London, the second child of Francis Lenn Taylor (1897–1968) and Sara Viola Warmbrodt (1895–1994), who were Americans residing in England. Taylor's older brother, Howard Taylor, was born in 1929. Her pare...
Biography of Russell Crowe
Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is a New Zealand-Australian actor. Crowe is a recipient of an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in 2000's Gladiator. Early life Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand to Jocelyn Yvonne Wemyss and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom were caterers. His maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who, according to Crowe, produced the first film by New Zealander Geoff Murphy, and was also named an MBE for filming footage of World War II. Crowe's maternal great-great-great grandmother was Māori, and as a result Crowe is registered on the Māori electoral roll in New Zealand; Crowe also has Norwegian, Scottish, Irish and Welsh ancestry. Two of Russell Crowe's cousins, Martin and Jeff Crowe are former New Zealand national ...
Biography of Drake (entertainer)
Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986 (birth time source: https://instagram.com/p/ujdy8FDQLX/?modal=true), who uses the mononymous stage name Drake in his music career, is a Canadian actor and recording artist. He originally became known for playing character Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. Graham continued to recognize a close affiliation with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, before officially signing with the record label in June 2009. His first studio album, Thank Me Later, is expected to be released on the label June 15, 2010. At only the beginning of his musical career, Graham has already worked with Lil Wayne, Birdman, and Kanye West. He has also worked with hip-hop moguls Eminem and Jay-Z. With the success of his mixtape So Far ...
Biography of Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (born 26 July 1943 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and a founder member of the Rolling Stones. 1943–61: early years Mick Jagger was born into a middle-class family in Dartford, Kent, England. His father, Basil Fanshawe "Joe" Jagger (13 April 1913 – 11 November 2006), and his grandfather David Ernest Jagger were both teachers. His mother, Eva Ensley Mary (née Scutts; 6 April 1913 – 18 May 2000), born in New South Wales, Australia, of English descent, was a hairdresser and an active member of the Conservative Party. Jagger is the elder of two sons (his brother Chris Jagger was born on 19 December 1947) and was brought up to follow in his father's career path. In...
Biography of Ben Affleck
Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, birth certificate)), better known as Ben Affleck, is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He first came to attention for his performances in Kevin Smith's films such as Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), and Dogma (1999). In 1997, Affleck gained recognition as a writer when he won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997), which he co-wrote and in which he co-starred with actor Matt Damon. He later achieved international recognition for starring in films such as Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Changing Lanes (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Daredevil (2003), Hollywoodland (2007), State of Play (2009), and The To...
Biography of Jim Carrey
James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962 (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, Astrodatabank)) is a Golden Globe-winning Canadian-American A-list film actor and comedian. He is known for his manic, slapstick performances in comedy films such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, The Mask, Dumb & Dumber, Me, Myself & Irene, The Cable Guy, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty. Carrey has also achieved critical success in dramatic roles in films such as The Truman Show, Man on the Moon, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Early life Jim Carrey was born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada to Kathleen Oram, a homemaker, and Percy Carrey, an accountant. He has three older siblings, John, Patricia and Rita. The family was Catholic and has French Canadian ancestry (the original...
Biography of Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (September 25, 1968 (birth time source: Will Power! by Jan Berenson)) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, and a multiple Grammy-winning hip hop artist. He is one of a small group of people who have enjoyed success in three major entertainment media in the United States: film, television, and the music industry. Newsweek has named him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith's most notable television role was that of William "Will" Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In his film work, his notable roles include Agent J in Men in Black and Men in Black II, Muhammad Ali in Ali, as well as his role in the blockbuster Independence Day and more recently as Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness with his son Jaden Smith....
Biography of Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton, (4 January 1643 (Gregorian calendar) – 31 March 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, and alchemist, regarded by many as the greatest figure in the history of science. His treatise Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics. By demonstrating consistency between Kepler's laws of planetary motion and this system, he was the first to show that the motion of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws. The unifying and predictive power of his laws was central to the scientific revolution, the advancement of heliocentrism, and the broader acceptance of the notion th...
Biography of Bob Marley
Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, guitarist, and political activist. He is the most widely known performer of reggae music, and is famous for popularising the genre outside Jamaica. A faithful Rastafari, Marley is regarded by many as a prophet of the religion. Marley is best known for his reggae songs, which include the hits "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Three Little Birds", "Exodus", "Could You Be Loved", "Jammin", "Redemption Song", and "One Love". His posthumous compilation album Legend (1984) is the best-selling reggae album ever, with sales of more than 12 million copies.Early life and career Marley was born in the small village of Nine Mile in the Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica. His father, Norval Sinclair Ma...
Biography of Bono (U2)
Paul David Hewson, (born 10 May 1960 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)), known as Bono is the Academy Award nominated and Grammy winning lead singer and principal lyricist of the Irish rock band U2. Bono is also widely known for his work as an activist concerning Africa. Bono is married to Alison Stewart. Their relationship began in 1975 and the couple were married on 21 August 1982 in an Anglican ceremony at a chapel on the Guinness family estate with Adam Clayton acting as Bono's best man. The couple have four children, Jordan, Memphis Eve, Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q & John Abraham. Bono lives in Killiney in south County Dublin, Ireland, with his family and shares a villa in Èze in the Alpes-Maritimes in the south of France with U2 bandmate The Edge, as well as an apartment at The ...
Biography of Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Adjani (born Isabelle Yasmina Adjani on 27 June 1955 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French film actress and singer. She is a five-time César Award winner and two-time Academy Award nominee. After success in the Comédie-Française, Adjani gained further fame in 1975 for her lauded performance as Adele Hugo in The Story of Adele H., which earned the then 20 year-old her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, making her the youngest nominee ever at the time. She won the first of a record five César Awards for Best Actress for the 1981 film Possession. Her subsequent wins were for One Deadly Summer (1983), Camille Claudel (1988), La Reine Margot (1994) and Skirt Day (2009). Her 1988 Best Actress Academy Award nomination for Camille Claudel made her the first Fre...
Biography of Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary ; born 21 April 1926 (birth time source: Fagan quotes official announcement AA 3/l976 , Astrodatabank)) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states that were once part of the British Empire, and their overseas territories and dependencies. She holds each crown and title equally, however she is most directly involved with the United Kingdom, her oldest realm and the place of residence of the Royal Family. Apart from the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II is also Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis, where she is represented by Governors-General. The 16 countries of which ...
Biography of Jessica Biel
Jessica Claire Biel (born March 3, 1982 (birth time source: Nick Dagan Best, Astrodatabank, birth certificate)) is an American actress and former fashion model, and probably best known for her role as Mary Camden in the long-running family-drama series 7th Heaven and her roles in Hollywood feature films, most notably Summer Catch (2001), the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Illusionist (2006). Early life Jessica Biel was born in Ely, Minnesota to Jonathan Edward Biel and Kimberly Conroe. Biel, who has a younger brother, Justin, grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where her family had moved when she was very young. She initially trained to become a vocalist with the hope of performing in musical theater and appeared in several musicals at an early age including The Sound of ...
Biography of Emma Stone
Emily Jean "Emma" Stone (born November 6, 1988 (birth time source: OK! Magazine) is an American actress and singer. She made her feature film debut in 2007 with the comedy Superbad and gained wide exposure in 2008's The Rocker and The House Bunny. Early life Stone was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, the daughter of Jeff and Krista Stone, and has a younger brother, Spencer. Stone was a member of the Valley Youth Theatre while growing up, a regional theater in Phoenix, Arizona where she appeared in her first stage production, The Wind in the Willows, at the age of 11. Stone attended Sequoya Elementary School and then Cocopah Middle School for sixth grade. She was home schooled for two years, at which time she appeared in 16 productions at Valley Youth Theatre, including: A Winnie-the-Pooh C...
Biography of Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949 (birth time source: http://www.astrologyweekly.com/data-archive/celebrities.php)) is an American actor. He first became famous during the 1980s, after appearing in several successful Hollywood films, including An Officer and a Gentleman, and has since retained his status as a leading man. During the 1990s and 2000s, he starred in several well-received films, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, and Chicago for which he won a Golden Globe award as Best Actor. Career Gere's first major acting role was in the original London stage version of Grease in 1973. He began appearing in Hollywood films in the mid 1970s, co-starring in the thriller Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), and playing the leading role in director Terrence Malick's well-reviewed 1978 film, Da...
Biography of Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror novels. King was the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. King evinces a thorough knowledge of the horror genre, as shown in his nonfiction book Danse Macabre, which chronicles several decades of notable works in both literature and cinema. He has also written stories outside the horror genre, including the novella collection Different Seasons, The Green Mile, The Eyes of the Dragon, Hearts in Atlantis and his magnum opus The Dark Tower series. In the past, Stephen King has written under the pen names Richard Bachman and (once) John Swithen. ...
Biography of Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English politician, soldier in the British Army, orator, and strategist, and was among the most powerful and relevant figures in modern British and world history. A prolific author, he won the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature for his writings on English and world history in 1953. As a member in the British Army, he fought during the Second Boer War and at the Battle of Omdurman. At the forefront of the political scene for almost sixty years Churchill held numerous political and cabinet positions. Before the First World War he served as President of the Board of Trade and Home Secretary during the Liberal governments. In the First World War Churchill served in numerous po...
Biography of Sting (musician)
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951 in Wallsend. Birth time source: Astrodatabank, Marion March, Arthyr Chadbourne, from Sting himslef and two astrologers who gave times that were just slightly different.) There is no birth certificate)), better known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal composer, lead singer and bass player of the 1970s/1980s rock band The Police. Personal life Sting married actress Frances Tomelty from Northern Ireland, on 1 May 1976. Before they divorced in 1984, the couple had two children: Joseph (born 1976) and Fuchsia Catherine (born 1982). Joe is following in his father's musical footsteps and is a member of the band Fiction Plane. In 1982, shortly...
Biography of Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti or J. Krishnamurti, (May 12, 1895 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, biography)–February 17, 1986) was a well-known writer and speaker on fundamental philosophical and spiritual subjects. For nearly sixty years he traveled all over the world, pointing out to people the need to transform themselves through self knowledge, by being aware of their thoughts and feelings in daily life. He maintained that a fundamental change in society can emerge only through a radical change in the individual, since society is the product of the interactions of individuals. Though he was very alive to contemporary issues through the decades, his answers were rooted in his timeless vision of life and truth. As such, his teachings transcend all man-made boundaries of religion, nationality, ide...
Biography of Clara Morgane
Clara Morgane (real name is Emmanuelle Aurélie Munos), now a singer, media personnality and TV host, is a former French porn star who was born on January 25, 1981 in Marseille. At age 12, Morgane was a photographic model through a modelling agency. However, at age 19, she discovered porn during an erotic exhibition show in Paris and decided to give it a try. She was unusual in that, at first, she appeared in a series of films with only one partner; Greg Centauro, who was then her boyfriend. She has been the anchorwoman of the Journal du hard, on the pay-TV channel Canal+, since September 2001. She also writes sex advice columns in a few French magazines for teenagers and adults. In France, she often appears on national TV and provides a kind of socially acceptable, family friendly re...
Biography of Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a multiple Grammy and Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially in the 1970s. John has sold more than 250 million albums plus hundreds of millions of singles , making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits including seven consecutive #1 U.S. albums, 59 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, 4 #2 hits, and nine #1 hits (Crocodile Rock; Bennie and the Jets; Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds; Island Girl; Philadelphia Freedom; Don't Go Breaking my Heart (with Kiki Dee); That's What Friends are For (with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Gladys Knight...
Biography of Henry Cavill
Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill (born 5 May 1983 (birth time source: interview in 2004, by email)) is a British actor. Early life Cavill was born in Jersey and was educated at St. Michael's Preparatory School on the Island, before attending Stowe School, a boarding school, where he acted in many plays. Career Cavill's film appearances include 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo, I Capture the Castle (2003), Red Riding Hood (2004), Hellraiser: Hellworld in (2005), and the 2006 film version of Tristan & Isolde. Cavill auditioned for the lead role in Batman Begins but lost out to Christian Bale. In 2005, he became a young contender for the role of James Bond, and performed in a final screentest. The producers and director were torn between Cavill, Daniel Craig, and Sam Worthington. Ap...
Biography of Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (born December 28, 1954 (birth time source: Steinbrecher, Astrodatabank, BC)) is an American actor and filmmaker. Washington has received much critical acclaim for his film work since the 1990s, including his portrayals of real-life figures such as South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko (in the 1987 film Cry Freedom), Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X (in the 1992 film Malcolm X), boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (in the 1999 film The Hurricane), football coach Herman Boone (in the 2000 film Remember the Titans), poet and educator Melvin B. Tolson (in the 2007 film The Great Debaters), and drug kingpin Frank Lucas (in the 2007 film American Gangster). He has been a featured actor in the films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and was a ...
Biography of Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI (born November 9, 1974 in Conegliano Veneto (birth time source: Luigi Stocchi, http://www.luigistocchi.it)) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer. He currently plays for Juventus in Italy. Pelé named Del Piero in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations while Brazilian star Ronaldinho proclaimed that Del Piero is his idol. Del Piero was also voted in the list of best European players for the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll. In the year 2000, Del Piero was the world's best-paid football player from salary, bonuses and advertising revenue. Currently, Del Piero is still the highest earning Italian Player. Along with three awards in Italy for ge...
Biography of Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Disney is notable as one of the most influential figures in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Walt became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $30 billion. Walt Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He received twenty-two Academy Awards and forty-eight nominations during his lifetim...
Biography of Cary Grant
Archibald Alec Leach (January 18, 1904 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an iconic English film actor. With his distinctive Mid-Atlantic accent, he was noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, handsome, virile, charismatic and charming. He was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time of American cinema, after Humphrey Bogart, by the American Film Institute. Early life and career Archibald Alec Leach was born in Horfield, Bristol, England in 1904. He attended Bishop Road Primary School. An only child, he had a confused and unhappy childhood. His mother Elsie was placed by his father in a mental institution when Archie was ten. She had apparently never overcome her depression after t...
Biography of Kesha (singer)
Kesha Rose Sebert (pronounced /kɛʃə/; born March 1, 1987 (birth time source: Viktor E., Astrodatabank, birth certificate)), better known mononymously as Kesha (stylized as Ke$ha) is an American recording artist. Although she began her music career in 2006, her breakthrough came in early 2009 after appearing on Flo Rida's number one single, "Right Round." Kesha's debut single, "Tik Tok" was released in August 2009, preceding the release of her debut album, Animal, in early 2010. Early life Kesha was born in Van Nuys, California, to a single parent. Her mother, Pebe & j Sebert, a singer and songwriter, was struggling financially while supporting Kesha and her older brother at the time. She would look after then infant Kesha onstage while performing. Pebe moved the family...
Biography of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, rectified time) – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of the macabre and mystery, Poe was one of the early American practitioners of the short story and a progenitor of detective fiction and crime fiction. He is also credited with contributing to the emergent science fiction genre. Poe died at the age of 40. The cause of his death is undetermined and has been attributed to alcohol, drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide (although likely to be mistaken with his suicide attempt in the previous year), tuberculosis, heart disease, brain congestion and other agents. Selected list of works ...
Biography of Dominique de Villepin
Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (born 14 November 1953 in Rabat, Morocco (birth time source: Didier Geslain, BC)) simply known as Dominique de Villepin is a French diplomat, politician and writer. He was Prime Minister of France, having served in that capacity from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007. A career diplomat, Villepin rose through the ranks of the French right as one of Jacques Chirac's protégés. He came into the international spotlight as Foreign Minister, with his opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which culminated with his noted speech to the United Nations. He is married to Marie-Laure Le Guay, and they have three children: Marie (b. 1986), Arthur, and Victoire (b. 1989). He has written poetry, a book about poetry, and several historical and political ...
Biography of Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Swedish pronunciation: , Bosnian pronunciation: ; born 3 October 1981 (birth time source: rectified time, Astrodatabank)) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for French club Paris Saint-Germain and the Swedish national team for which he is captain. Ibrahimović started his career at Malmö FF in the late 1990s before being signed by Ajax, where made a name for himself under Ronald Koeman. He later signed with Juventus for €16 million, and gained fame in Serie A by benefiting from his strike partnership with David Trezeguet. In 2006, Ibrahimović signed with rivals Internazionale, where he won individual awards such as the Italian Oscar del Calcio and the Swedish Guldbollen, and was named in the 2007 and 2009 UEFA Team of the Year, ...
Biography of Michelle Williams
Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980 (birth time source: GQ Magazine Feb. 2012)) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Williams broke into stardom on the teen series Dawson's Creek and later graduated to full length features, such as Brokeback Mountain, for which she earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Early life Born in Kalispell, Montana, she is the eldest of the five children of Larry Williams, a renowned commodities trader, and Carla Williams, a homemaker. She also has a half sister named Sara Williams, who is the vice principal of Loma Vista Elementary School, in Brentwood, California. When she was nine, her family moved to San Diego, California. At an early age, Williams took interest in acting. With her parents' disapproval, at age fifte...
Biography of Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, conflicting/unverified sources), died on November 25, 2016) is the current President of Cuba. On July 31, 2006, Castro, after undergoing intestinal surgery for diverticulitis, transferred his responsibilities to the First Vice-President, his younger brother Raúl Castro. On June 2, 2007, Castro appeared on Cuban Television with Vietnamese Communist Party Leader Non Duc Mahn looking much healthier, indicating his full recovery. He led the revolution overthrowing Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and shortly after was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Cuba. Castro became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in 1965, and led the transformation of Cuba into a one-party socialist republic. In 1976 he became ...
Biography of Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (fyˈnɛs) (July 31, 1914 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – January 27, 1983) was a French actor who is considered by many to be one of the giants of French comedy. His acting style is remembered for its high energy performance, a wide range of facial expressions and an engaging, snappy impatience. He was enormously successful in several countries for many years — France, but also Spain, Germany, Belgium, former Yugoslavia, The Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Poland, Romania, Lebanon, Israel, Turkey, and the Soviet Union — but remained almost unknown in the English-speaking world. He was only noted in the United States in 1974 with the release of The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob. In a 1968 poll, he was voted France's favorite actor. Many...
Biography of Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci. Indeed it was said that a true Renaissance man needed to have all these talents and also to have been a diplomat and that Michelangelo was the only person to have ever embodied these criteria. Michelangelo's output in every field during his long life was prodigious; when the sheer volume of correspondence, sketches and reminiscences that survive...
Biography of David Lynch
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, video artist, and performance artist. Lynch has received three Academy Award for Best Director nominations (1980 for Elephant Man, 1987 for Blue Velvet, and 2002 for Mulholland Drive). Most of his productions have been recognized as having a lasting effect on cinema. Though he has yet to win an Oscar, Lynch has won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. He is probably best known for the iconic Twin Peaks saga (1991-1992), Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Dr. (2001). He has appeared in Time Magazine, in 1992 as "The Most Influential Filmmaker". Lynch's films are known for their surreal, nightmarish and dreamlike sequences, their strange images, and their meticulously crafted sound desi...
Biography of René Descartes
René Descartes (March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650), also known as Renatus Cartesius (latinized form), was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. Dubbed the "Founder of Modern Philosophy", and the "Father of Modern Mathematics", much of subsequent western philosophy is a reaction to his writings, which have been closely studied from his time down to the present day. His influence in mathematics is also apparent, the Cartesian coordinate system being used in plane geometry and algebra is named after him, and he was one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution. Descartes frequently contrasted his views with those of his predecessors. In the opening section of the Passions of the Soul, a treatise on the Early Modern version of what are now com...
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Laeticia Hallyday, born Laeticia, Marie, Christine, Boudou March 18, 1975 in Béziers (birth time source: Patrice Petitallot), is a French former model and the wife of French singer Johnny Hallyday (March 25, 1996 - now)....
Biography of Mika (singer)
Michael Penniman (born 18 August 1983), also known as Mika is a Lebanon-born, London-based singer who has a recording contract with Casablanca Records and Universal Music. Some sources note his birth name as Michael Holbrook Penniman. Source for his birth time: the forum of his site www.mikafrance.com Early life Mika was born in Beirut, Lebanon. He is the middle child of the five children born to a Lebanese mother and an American father. When he was one year old his family was forced to leave war-torn Lebanon and moved to Paris. He wrote his first song, which he describes as an "awful" piano instrumental called "Angry", at age seven. The family moved to London when he was nine years old. In London, he experienced more severe bullying at school and had problems with dyslexia, so he was ...
Biography of Portia de Rossi
Portia de Rossi, born Amanda Lee Rogers on January 31, 1973, is an Australian actress who is best known for her role as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal, and as Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the television series Arrested Development. Portia de Rossi birthtime 3AM quoted from autobiography "Unbearable Lightness" Personal Born in Melbourne, Victoria, de Rossi was raised in Grovedale, a suburb of Geelong. As a child she modeled for print and TV commercials. She took the name Portia de Rossi at a young age: “ When I was 15, I changed it legally. In retrospect, I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn’t fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name. I picked Portia because I was a Sh...
Biography of Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman (born October 11, 1951) is a French singer and songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and in 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday. Born in Paris to immigrant Polish Jewish parents, Alter Mojze Goldman and Ruth Ambrunn. Goldman was the third of four children and first learned the violin, and then the piano as a child. In 1968, he abandoned his classical music studies for the guitar. He also earned a business degree from the École Des Hautes Études Commerciales, commonly known as l'Edhec, in Lille. In 1972, he met Catherine, his first wife, with whom he had three children. He first entered the French music scene as member of a prog rock group named Tai Phong ("great wind, typhoon" in Vietnamese), whic...
Biography of Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany....
Biography of Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – September 4, 2014), better known by her stage name Joan Rivers, was an American actress, comedienne, writer, producer, and television host. She was best known for her stand-up comedy and red carpet interviews, and for co-hosting the E! celebrity fashion show Fashion Police from 2010 to 2014, as well as starring in the reality series Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? alongside her daughter Melissa Rivers from 2011 to 2014. She often appeared on QVC shopping channel, selling jewelery and fashion items that she had created. Rivers first came to prominence in 1965 as a guest on The Tonight Show, a late-night program with interviews and comedy, hosted by Johnny Carson, whom she acknowledged as her mentor. The show esta...
Biography of Axelle Red
Axelle Red was born Fabienne Demal in Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, on 15 February 1968. She is a singer-songwriter. Despite being Flemish, she chose to write and perform songs in the French language. She has achieved great critical success in both Belgium and France. Her musical style varies from jazz to piano ballads. Her musical idols as a youth were the pop group ABBA. She graduated as a lawyer (the same profession as her father) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), but she nevertheless felt more attracted to music, a passion of her mother (a pianist). Her first album, Sans plus attendre, sold 500 000 copies in Belgium alone (a record). The song "Sensualité" was her breakthrough hit in France. Other hits included "Elle danse seule", "Je t'attends", Manhattan-Kaboul, "Parce que c'e...
Biography of Grigori Rasputin
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (or Grigori Yefimovich Novyh) (Russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин / Григорий Ефимович Новых) (January 22 1869 -- December 29 1916) was a Russian mystic who is perceived as having influenced the later days of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, his wife the Tsaritsa Alexandra, and their only son the Tsarevich Alexei. Rasputin had often been called the "Mad Monk", while others considered him a "strannik" (or religious pilgrim) and even a starets (ста́р ...
Biography of Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (French pronunciation: ; born 16 March 1953 in Paris 16e (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 100 films and television productions since her debut in 1971. She won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for The Lacemaker (1977) and the César Award for Best Actress for La Ceremonie (1995). She is the most nominated actress for the César Award, with 15 nominations. She was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1999 and was promoted to Officer in 2009. Huppert's first César nomination was for the 1975 film Aloïse. She went on to win Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for Violette Nozière (1978) and The Piano Teacher (2001) and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival ...
Biography of Helena Christensen
Helena Christensen (born December 25, 1968 (birth time source: http://www.chta.org/datfotom.htm, Elle Magazine)) is a Danish fashion model, (former) Victoria's Secret Angel, beauty queen, and photographer. She has also served as creative director for Nylon magazine, designed clothing, and supported funding for breast cancer organizations and other charities. Early life Christensen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her father is Danish, and her mother is Peruvian. Miss Denmark Christensen won the Miss Denmark crown in 1986 and represented Denmark in Miss Universe 1986. She left her home soon afterwards to pursue modeling in Paris. Modeling career Christensen appeared on many magazine covers (including Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, W) and in fashion campaigns (including Revlon, ... |
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