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birth charts with Vulcanus in GeminiYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Vulcanus in Gemini. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. ![]() ![]()
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Biography of Tex Beneke (excerpt)
Tex Beneke (born Gordon Lee Beneke, February 12, 1914 – died May 30, 2000) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader best known for his work with Glenn Miller. He performed the sax solo on In the Mood and sang on Chattanooga Choo Choo, iconic hits of the big band era.
Biography of Armando Araújo (excerpt)
Armando Bento de Araújo Filho, known as Armandinho, was born on April 6, 1949, in Ribeirăo Preto, Săo Paulo, and died on May 27, 2024, in Macau. He was a Brazilian composer, jazz drummer, and percussionist. He inherited his musical talent from his father, also nicknamed Armandinho, a guitarist and cavaquinho player who wrote the First Method for Cavaquinho and performed with icons like Carmen Miranda and Francisco Alves during Brazil’s golden radio era.
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Biography of Fran Rubel Kuzui (excerpt)
Fran Rubel Kuzui, born January 21, 1945, in New York, is an American film director and producer.She is best known for directing Tokyo Pop (1988) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), the film that inspired the hit TV series. A graduate of NYU, she worked for a decade as a script supervisor before co-writing and directing Tokyo Pop, which received acclaim for its portrayal of Japanese youth culture.
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Biography of David Fury (excerpt)
David Fury, born March 5, 1959, in New York, is an American television writer, producer, actor, and director. He is best known for his work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Lost, 24, Fringe, Tyrant, and The Tick. He was a co-executive producer and writer on the first season of Lost, earning an Emmy nomination for the episode “Walkabout” and winning a WGA Award with the writing team in 2006.
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Biography of Gordon Mackenzie (baseball) (excerpt)
Henry Gordon Mackenzie, born on July 9, 1937, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and died on August 12, 2014, was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager, and scout. A right-handed catcher, he played briefly in the MLB with the Kansas City Athletics in 1961, appearing in 11 games with 3 hits and one walk.
Biography of Tony Towle (excerpt)
Tony Towle (born June 13, 1939, in Manhattan, New York) is an American poet associated with the New York School. He began writing poetry in 1960 and was described by John Ashbery as “one of the New York School’s best-kept secrets.” His time of birth comes from him.
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Biography of William Freudenburg (excerpt)
William Robert "Bill" Freudenburg (2 November 1951 – 28 December 2010) was an environmental sociologist known for his work on risk perception, social disruption, and environmental degradation, especially in rural contexts. Born in Madison, Nebraska and raised in West Point, he studied at the University of Nebraska and Yale.
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Biography of Butch Voris (excerpt)
Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris (September 17, 1919 – August 10, 2005) was a U.S. Navy aviator, World War II flying ace, and founder of the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team. Over a 22-year career, he flew a wide range of aircraft, from biplanes to jets, and later contributed to the development of the F-14 Tomcat and Apollo Lunar Module at Grumman.
Biography of Ricardo Kanji (excerpt)
Ricardo Kanji (1 March 1948 – 24 February 2025) was a Brazilian recorder player, flutist, conductor, and luthier. Trained in the Netherlands under Frans Brüggen, he taught for 12 years at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and co-founded the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
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Biography of Gianni Bella (excerpt)
Giovanni "Gianni" Bella (born 14 March 1947) is an Italian composer and singer-songwriter, brother of singer Marcella Bella and uncle of diplomat and lawyer Giacomo Merello. Born in Catania, he began his career writing songs for his sister with lyricist Giancarlo Bigazzi. ![]()
Biography of Don DeFore (excerpt)
Donald DeFore, born August 25, 1913, and died December 22, 1993, was an American actor best known for his roles in the sitcoms The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1957) and Hazel (1961–1965), earning an Emmy nomination for the former. He married singer Marion Holmes in 1942; they had five children and remained married until his death.
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Biography of Thomas Nagel (excerpt)
Thomas Nagel (born July 4, 1937, in Belgrade) is a Yugoslav-born American philosopher specializing in moral and political philosophy, as well as philosophy of mind. He served as University Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University from 1980 until his retirement in 2016, shaping decades of philosophical discourse.
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Biography of Kit Horn (excerpt)
Kit Horn (November 10, 1929 – March 25, 2010) was an American big wave surfer and a pioneer in popularizing surfing in California and Oahu, Hawaii. Born in Hollywood, California, he began surfing at age 11. He later attended the University of Southern California, where he was a competitive swimmer and graduated in 1959.
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Biography of Thelma Eisen (excerpt)
Thelma "Tiby" Eisen (May 11, 1922 – May 11, 2014) was a standout outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1944 to 1952.Known for her speed and defensive prowess, she played 966 games and stole 674 bases. An All-Star in 1946, she made the playoffs seven times and won a championship in 1944.
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Biography of Fiorella Cava (excerpt)
Fiorella Vincenza Cava Goicochea, born May 31, 1955 in Miraflore, is a Peruvian singer, musician, and trans rights activist. Trained in law, she began her music career with the band Hielo and later co-founded JAS, which gained fame in 1987 with Ya no quiero más ska.
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Biography of Leslie Irvin (serial killer) (excerpt)
Leslie "Joe Goebbels" Irvin, born April 2, 1924, and died November 9, 1983, was an American serial killer whose spree from December 1954 to March 1955 left six people dead in Indiana and Kentucky. His crimes, marked by close-range shootings during robberies, shocked the region and drew intense media attention.
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Biography of Carol Goodman (excerpt)
Carol Goodman (born February 10, 1959, in Philadelphia) is an American author and creative writing professor known for her modern gothic fiction. She teaches at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She also writes under the pseudonyms Juliet Dark and Lee Carroll (with her husband Lee Slonimsky), blending mystery, folklore, and the supernatural in her storytelling.
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Biography of Jean-Philippe Puymartin (excerpt)
Jean-Philippe Puymartin (born December 18, 1959 in Lyon) is a French actor, director, and voice artist, best known for dubbing Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise in French versions, as well as Woody in Toy Story and Timon in The Lion King.
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Biography of Norman Granz (excerpt)
Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter.He founded Clef, Norgran, Down Home, Verve, and Pablo labels, and launched the Jazz at the Philharmonic concert series. A champion of racial equality, he insisted on integrated audiences at his events.
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Biography of Frank Foster (jazz musician) (excerpt)
Frank Benjamin Foster III (born September 23, 1928 – died July 26, 2011) was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer. After studying at Wilberforce University, he joined Detroit’s jazz scene before being drafted to Korea in 1951.
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Biography of Nell O'Day (excerpt)
Nell O’Day, born September 22, 1909, in Prairie Hill, Texas, and died January 5, 1989, in Los Angeles, California, was an accomplished American actress and equestrian known for her work in 1930s and 1940s B-movies. She began as a vaudeville dancer and moved on to Broadway, with credits including Fine and Dandy (1930).
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Biography of Natalia Bessmertnova (excerpt)
Natalia Igorevna Bessmertnova, sometimes Natalya Bessertnova, born 19 July 1941 and died 19 February 2008, was a Soviet prima ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet and was named People’s Artist of the USSR in 1976. Trained at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, she was its first graduate to earn straight A+ in the final exams.
Biography of Jay Livingston (excerpt)
Jay Livingston (born Jacob Harold Levison; March 28, 1915 – October 17, 2001) was an American composer best known for his songwriting partnership with Ray Evans, specializing in film scores and theme songs. Born in McDonald, Pennsylvania, to Jewish parents, he had an older sister and a younger brother, Alan W.
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Biography of Hampton Hawes (excerpt)
Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. (November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and the author of the acclaimed memoir Raise Up Off Me, which won the Deems Taylor Award for music writing in 1975. Born in Los Angeles to a religious family, he was self-taught and began playing with major West Coast jazz musicians in his teens, including Charlie Parker and Dexter Gordon.
Biography of Jackie Ormes (excerpt)
Jackie Ormes, born Zelda Mavin Jackson on August 1, 1911, in Pittsburgh and died December 26, 1985, in Chicago, was the first African American woman cartoonist. She began in journalism and rose to fame with Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem in 1937 and the long-running Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger panel.
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Biography of Mercedes Cabanillas (excerpt)
Born on May 22, 1947, Mercedes Cabanillas Bustamante is a Peruvian educator and politician. A leading figure in the Peruvian Aprista Party, she became the first woman in Peru’s history to hold a cabinet position when she was appointed Minister of Education during Alan García’s first presidency in 1987.
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Biography of Howard Roberts (musician) (excerpt)
Howard Mancel Roberts (October 2, 1929 – June 28, 1992) was an American jazz guitarist and studio musician. A self-taught player, he began performing professionally at 15 and moved to Los Angeles in 1950, becoming part of the city's vibrant after-hours jazz scene.
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Biography of Jimmy Wyble (excerpt)
James Otis Wyble (January 25, 1922 – January 16, 2010) was an American guitarist known for his work in both jazz and Western swing. He began his career in Texas and joined Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys before serving in World War II.
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Biography of Joe Funk (excerpt)
Joseph Funk (March 19, 1914 – February 2, 1981) was an American artist, printmaker, and educator, known for his quiet but key role in reviving fine art lithography in the United States. Trained at Otis and Chouinard, he worked on WPA murals in the 1940s and served in Korea, where he developed a lasting interest in Asian art.
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Biography of Tatyana Tolstaya (excerpt)
Tatyana Nikitichna Tolstaya (born May 3, 1951), is a Russian writer, essayist, and TV host, and a member of the renowned Tolstoy literary family. Granddaughter of science fiction writer Alexei Tolstoy, she was raised in a prominent intellectual household in Leningrad.
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Biography of Lassie Lou Ahern (excerpt)
Lassie Lou Ahern (June 26, 1920 – February 15, 2018) was an American silent film actress, discovered by Will Rogers. She began acting in 1923 and starred in several Our Gang films alongside her sister Peggy. Ahern enjoyed a versatile career in the 1920s, appearing in comedies, dramas, and action serials, with a standout role as Little Harry in Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1927).
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Biography of Arnaud Geyre (excerpt)
Arnaud Geyre, born on April 21, 1935 in Pau and died on February 20, 2018 in Château-Thierry, was a French cyclist. He built a solid record on both road and track disciplines. He won Olympic gold in the team road race at the 1956 Melbourne Games and turned professional in 1958, riding alongside legends like Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor.
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Biography of Leroy Vinnegar (excerpt)
Leroy Vinnegar (July 13, 1928 – August 3, 1999) was an American jazz bassist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana. A self-taught musician, he rose to fame in 1950s Los Angeles for his signature walking bass lines, earning him the nickname The Walker.
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Biography of J. J. Johnson (trombonist) (excerpt)
J. J. Johnson (born January 22, 1924 – died February 4, 2001), born James Louis Johnson, was an American jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger. A bebop pioneer on trombone, he began in big bands with Benny Carter and Count Basie, and played at the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in 1944.
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Biography of Julia Glass (excerpt)
Julia Glass (born March 23, 1956, in Boston) is an American novelist best known for Three Junes, her 2002 debut which won the National Book Award for Fiction. The novel introduced a richly detailed world she revisits in later books. She followed it with The Whole World Over (2006), I See You Everywhere (2008), The Widower’s Tale (2010), And the Dark Sacred Night (2014), The House Among the Trees (2017), and Vigil Harbor (2022).
Biography of Sherwood Bailey (excerpt)
Sherwood Bailey (August 6, 1923 – August 6, 1987) was an American child actor and later a civil engineer.He is best remembered for playing Spud, the mischievous redhead in the Our Gang series from 1931 to 1932. His standout role was in Dogs Is Dogs as a bratty stepbrother outwitted by his dog and the gang.
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Biography of John Kellogg (actor) (excerpt)
John Kellogg (June 3, 1916 – February 22, 2000) was an American film, stage, and television actor.Some sources, including ancestry.com, list his birth name as Giles Vernon Kellogg, Jr. He began acting in the 1930s under the name Giles V.Kellogg, notably in the comedy Brother Rat.
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Biography of Pete Candoli (excerpt)
Pete Candoli (born Walter Joseph Candoli, June 28, 1923 – died January 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter known for his high-note range and vibrant stage presence—earning him the nickname “Superman.” He rose to fame in the 1940s playing with big bands led by Woody Herman, Tommy Dorsey, and Stan Kenton.
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Biography of Peggy Ahern (excerpt)
Peggy Ahern (March 9, 1917 – October 24, 2012) was an American actress best known for appearing in eight Our Gang films between 1924 and 1927. Born in Douglas, Arizona, she moved to Culver City in 1921 and made her film debut at age six in The Call of the Wild (1923), followed by roles in several 1920s productions.
Biography of Med Flory (excerpt)
Meredith Irwin Flory, known professionally as Med Flory, was born on August 27, 1926, in Logansport, Indiana, and died on March 12, 2014, in Hollywood. A jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and actor, he began playing clarinet as a child, served as a pilot during World War II, and later earned a philosophy degree from Indiana University.
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Biography of Jim Aton (excerpt)
James G. Aton (born April 26, 1925 – died September 16, 2008), known as Jim or Jimmy Aton, was an American jazz bassist, pianist, vocalist, and composer. He performed with Billie Holiday, Anita O'Day, Bill Evans, and appeared in films like Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957) and Roustabout (1964).
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Biography of Maxime Faget (excerpt)
Maxime "Max" Faget (August 26, 1921 – October 9, 2004) was an American mechanical engineer and key figure in early spaceflight.He designed the Mercury spacecraft and contributed to the Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle programs. After serving as a submariner, Faget joined NACA and later became part of NASA’s founding Space Task Group.
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Biography of Rachel Billington (excerpt)
Lady Rachel Mary Billington, born on May 11, 1942, is a British author and daughter of the 7th Earl of Longford, from a prominent literary family. Her time of birth comes from her mother, in the book "The Pebbled Shore: The Memoirs of Elizabeth Longford" by Elizabeth Longford (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986).
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Biography of Pat Flaherty (racing driver) (excerpt)
George Francis "Pat" Flaherty (January 6, 1926 – April 9, 2002) was an American racing driver best known for winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1956. He began racing roadsters in 1946 and later competed in the AAA/USAC Championship, with 19 career starts and three wins, including the 1956 Indy 500.
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Biography of Alberto Buccicardi (excerpt)
Alberto Buccicardi, born on May 11, 1914, and died on December 8, 1970, was a Chilean football player, coach, and later sports journalist. He coached Universidad Católica multiple times, leading the club to its first national title in 1949 and to a tournament win in Catalonia the following year.
Biography of Dorothy Morrison (actress) (excerpt)
Dorothy Morrison (January 3, 1919 – October 18, 2017) was an American stage and screen actress. As a child, she appeared in several silent-era Our Gang short films created by Hal Roach. She was part of the series during the 1920s alongside her older brother Ernie Morrison, famously known as Sunshine Sammy.
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Biography of Edna Adan Ismail (excerpt)
Edna Adan Ismail, born 8 September 1937, is a Somali nurse-midwife, activist, and politician. She was the first female Foreign Minister of Somaliland (2003–2006) and previously served as Somalia’s Minister of Family Welfare. She founded and directs the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Hargeisa.
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Biography of Katherine Loker (excerpt)
Katherine Loker, born August 13, 1915, and passed away June 26, 2008, was an American heiress and philanthropist. She donated tens of millions of dollars to institutions such as CSU Dominguez Hills, Harvard University, and USC, where she was awarded the Presidential Medallion in 2007, the university’s highest honor.
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Biography of Howard Madole (excerpt)
Howard Madole, born April 29, 1923, and died January 29, 2015, was an American architect best known for his work in Sedona and Phoenix, Arizona. Called "the first architect of Sedona," he played a key role in shaping the area’s growth in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Biography of Tutte Lemkow (excerpt)
Tutte Lemkow (born Isak Samuel Lemkow, 28 August 1918 – 10 November 1991) was a Norwegian actor and dancer, frequently cast in villainous roles on British television and in film. He is best remembered for his parts as the fiddler in Fiddler on the Roof and the imam in Raiders of the Lost Ark. |
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