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Horoscopes with Zeus in CancerYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Zeus in Cancer. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. in
Biography of Wieland Wagner (excerpt)
Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director, and grandson of Richard Wagner. As co-director of the Bayreuth Festival when it re-opened after World War II, he was noted for innovative new stagings of the operas, departing from the naturalistic scenery and lighting of the originals.
Biography of Ole Reistad (excerpt)
Ole Imerslun Reistad (June 26, 1898 - December 22, 1949) was a Norwegian military officer and accomplished sportsman. He competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1920 Summer Olympics and became Norwegian champion in the sport. He competed in military patrol at the 1928 Winter Olympics, winning the event.
Biography of Gilbert Roland (excerpt)
Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, known professionally as Gilbert Roland, was a Mexican-born American actor. Born on December 11, 1905, in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, he planned to become a bullfighter like his father. His family fled to the U.S. during Pancho Villa's reign, and he later moved to Hollywood.
Biography of Max Wagner (excerpt)
Max Wagner (January 12, 1902 (Wikipedia gives another birth data) – November 16, 1975) was a Mexican-born American film actor who specialized in playing small parts such as thugs, gangsters, sailors, henchmen, bodyguards, cab drivers and moving men, appearing more than 400 films in his career, most without receiving screen credit.
Biography of Alfonso Rodríguez Castelao (excerpt)
Alfonso Daniel Manuel Rodríguez Castelao (29 January 1886 – 7 January 1950), commonly known as Castelao, was a Galician politician, writer, painter and doctor. He is one of the fathers of Galician nationalism, promoting Galician identity and culture, and was one of the main names behind the cultural movement Xeración Nós.
Biography of Bjarne Øen (excerpt)
Bjarne Øen (6 November 1898 – 20 September 1994) was a significant figure in the Royal Norwegian Air Force, serving as a pilot, military officer, and Lieutenant General. During World War II, he was pivotal in establishing the Royal Norwegian Air Force in Canada and the UK.
Biography of Paul Vignaux (philosopher) (excerpt)
Paul Vignaux, born December 18, 1904, in Péronne and died August 26, 1987, in Zaragoza, was a French philosopher and medievalist, specializing in the history of medieval philosophy. A prominent trade unionist, he was instrumental in the secularization of the French Christian Workers' Confederation (CFTC).
Biography of Sady Zañartu (excerpt)
Sady Zañartu (May 6, 1893 – March 5, 1983) was a Chilean writer who created foundational works in the genres of Criollismo, historical anecdote, and patriotic valorization of the nation. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1974. Sady Zañartu, born in Taltal, Chile, was the younger of two sons to parents who were farmers and miners.
Biography of Paul Sacher (excerpt)
Paul Sacher (28 April 1906 – 26 May 1999) was a Swiss conductor, patron and billionaire businessman. His time birth comes from the biography "Symphonie der Träume: das Leben von Paul Sacher" by Lesley Stephenson (Rüffer & Rub, 2001). At the time of his death Sacher was majority shareholder of pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche and was considered the third richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$13 billion.
Biography of John Yeon (excerpt)
John Yeon (October 29, 1910 – March 13, 1994) was an American architect in Portland, Oregon, in the mid-twentieth century. He is regarded as one of the early practitioners of the Northwest Regional style of Modernism. Largely self-taught, Yeon’s wide ranging activities encompassed planning, conservation, historic preservation, art collecting, and urban activism.
Biography of Unity Mitford (excerpt)
Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford (8 August 1914 – 28 May 1948) was a British socialite closely associated with Adolf Hitler. A staunch supporter of Nazism, fascism, and antisemitism, she was part of Hitler's inner circle. After World War II broke out, Mitford attempted suicide in Munich, sustaining severe brain damage.
Biography of Pamela Mitford (excerpt)
Pamela Freeman-Mitford (25 November 1907 – 12 April 1994) was one of the Mitford sisters. Pamela Freeman-Mitford was the second daughter of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and Sydney Bowles (1880–1963). John Betjeman, who for a time was in love with her, referred to her in his unpublished poem, "The Mitford Girls", as the "most rural of them all" since she preferred to live quietly in the country.
Biography of Karl Wolff (excerpt)
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 – 17 July 1984) was a German SS functionary who served as Chief of Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) and an SS liaison to Adolf Hitler during World War II. He ended the war as the Supreme SS and Police Leader in occupied Italy and helped arrange for the early surrender of Axis forces in that theatre, effectively ending the war there several days sooner than in the rest of Europe.
Biography of Kurt Tucholsky (excerpt)
Kurt Tucholsky, born on January 9, 1890, in Berlin and died on December 21, 1935, in Gothenburg, was a German journalist and writer. He was one of the most important authors of the Weimar Republic. As a politically engaged journalist and co-editor of the weekly Die Weltbühne, he emerged as a social critic in the tradition of Heinrich Heine.
Biography of Roldano Lupi (excerpt)
Roldano Lupi, an Italian actor, was born on February 8, 1909, in Milan and died on August 13, 1989, in Rome. He studied accounting but began his acting career in local amateur theater. His professional stage debut came in 1938 under the direction of Kiki Palmer, propelling his career.
Biography of August Zehender (excerpt)
August Zehender (28 April 1903 – 11 February 1945) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. He led the SS Division Maria Theresia during World War II and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Biography of Rachel Baes (excerpt)
Rachel Baes (August 1, 1912 – June 8, 1983) was a Belgian surrealist painter and photographer. Born in Ixelles to painter Émile Baes, she started painting young, influenced by Flemish Expressionism. She exhibited in Paris in 1929. Baes' romantic involvement with Flemish nationalist Joris Van Severen deeply impacted her life, especially after his execution in 1940.
Biography of Ramón Acín (excerpt)
Ramón Acín Aquilué (August 30, 1888, Huesca, Aragon, Spain – August 6, 1936) was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist, teacher, painter, sculptor, writer, and avant-garde artist murdered by fascists in the first year of the Spanish Civil War. A friend of director Luis Buñuel, Acín funded and co-produced "Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan" (1932).
Biography of Gabriel Chevallier (writer) (excerpt)
Gabriel Chevallier, born on May 3, 1895, in Lyon (birth certificate n° 333) and died on April 5, 1969, in Cannes, was a French writer. Born in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, the son of a notary's clerk, Chevallier studied at various institutions, including the religious college Sainte-Marie in Saint-Chamond.
Biography of Thea Tewi (excerpt)
Thea Tewi (June 24, 1902 – July 5, 1999) was a German-born American sculptor and lingerie designer. Initially a prominent lingerie designer in New York during the 1940s, Tewi transitioned to sculpture after 1950. Born Thea Wittner in Berlin, she fled Nazi Germany with her family in 1938, gaining U.
Biography of Akira Ifukube (excerpt)
Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭, May 31, 1914 – February 8, 2006) was a renowned Japanese composer, famously known for scoring several Godzilla movies and creating the monster's iconic roar. His birth time comes from an online biography at akiraifukube.org which is currently unavailable.
Biography of Angela Piskernik (excerpt)
Angela Piskernik (27 August 1886 – 23 December 1967) was an Austro-Yugoslav botanist and conservationist, noted for her efforts in natural preservation. Born in Bad Eisenkappel, Southern Carinthia, Austria, she earned a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Vienna. Her work spanned teaching in secondary schools and working for the museum in Ljubljana.
Biography of August Bach (excerpt)
August Bach (30 August 1897 – 23 March 1966) was a German politician who led the Christian Democratic Union in East Germany from 1958 to 1966. August Bach was born in Rheydt. From 1915 to 1918 he served in German army. After the War he studied History at the University of Berlin.
Biography of Amparo Alvajar (excerpt)
María del Amparo Alvajar López Jean, commonly known as Amparo Alvajar (August 11, 1916 - May 1998), was a multifaceted Spanish journalist, dramatist, and writer from Galicia, also notable for her work as a translator for international organizations. Born in A Coruña, she was deeply involved in the political and cultural movements of her time, working initially in the Second Republic's secret services.
Biography of René Taton (excerpt)
René Taton, born on April 4, 1915, in L'Échelle in the Ardennes and died on August 9, 2004, in Ajaccio, was a French historian of science and co-editor of the Revue d'histoire des sciences. He directed the Centre Alexandre-Koyré and was instrumental in establishing the history of science as a professional discipline.
Biography of Hans Lunding (excerpt)
Hans Mathiesen Lunding (25 February 1899 – 5 April 1984) was a Danish officer, eventing rider, resistance fighter, and director of military intelligence. Born to a small farmer in Nordschleswig, Lunding was drafted into the Prussian army in 1916, later joining the Danish Army in 1922.
Biography of Blandine Ebinger (excerpt)
Blandine Ebinger, born Blandine Loeser on November 4, 1899, died on 25 December 1993, was a German actress and chansonniere. Introduced to Friedrich Hollaender in 1919, she thrived in the Berlin cabaret scene of the 1920s, performing, writing, and composing, and recorded many of Hollaender's cabaret songs.
Biography of Robert D. Nesen (excerpt)
Robert Dean Nesen, born on January 22, 1918, and passing away on November 14, 2005, was an American car dealer and diplomat. His birth time comes from one of his friends. He served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) from 1972 to 1974 and as the U.
Biography of Avoth Yeshurun (excerpt)
Avoth Yeshurun (1904–1992; Hebrew אבות ישורון, born Yehiel Perlmutter) was a celebrated modern Hebrew poet and winner of the Israel Prize for literature in 1992. His time of birth comes from his daughter. Born on Yom Kippur in 1904 in Ukraine, he grew up speaking Yiddish and moved to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1925, where he initially worked in various manual jobs.
Biography of Benny Kalama (excerpt)
Benjamin Kapena Kalama (1916 – 1999) was an American singer known for his falsetto voice. He played a pivotal role in Alfred Apaka's career, working as his coach and music arranger. Kalama, born in Hawai'i, showcased his musical talents early, playing trombone in school bands.
Biography of Rafael Laffón (excerpt)
Rafael Laffón Zambrano, born in Sevilla April 20, 1895 and died there November 4, 1978, was a Spanish writer and a member of the Generation of '27, devoted to poetry and criticism. Holding degrees in law and philosophy, he lived a secluded life in Sevilla as a technical civil servant.
Biography of Tancredi Pasero (excerpt)
Tancredi Pasero (January 11, 1893 - February 17, 1983) was an acclaimed Italian bass with a career spanning many international stages. After initial training in Turin, Pasero debuted in 1917, considering his true start in 1918 in Vicenza. He performed at prestigious venues like La Scala, Milan (debut in 1926), and the Metropolitan Opera in New York (1929-1933).
Biography of Kirsten Flagstad (excerpt)
Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant debut in New York on 2 February 1935 is one of the legends of opera.
Biography of Maclovia Ruiz (excerpt)
Maclovia Ruiz Mailer (September 11, 1910 – December 31, 2005) was a prominent Mexican-American dancer known for her work with the San Francisco Ballet in the 1930s and her lead role in George Balanchine’s Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera House. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, she moved to San Francisco in 1914.
Biography of Arne Korsmo (excerpt)
Arne Korsmo, born on August 14, 1900, died on August 29, 1968, was a prominent Norwegian architect and proponent of the international architectural style. He completed his education at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1926 and went on to collaborate with leading architects in Oslo.
Biography of Claude Sainval (excerpt)
Claude Sainval was a French director, theater manager, and actor, born Claude Duxbury Mac Connel in Strasburg, Germany (Wikipedia makes a mistake) on August 13, 1911, and died in Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle (Gard) on March 28, 1994. The son of Olivier Duxbury Mac Connel and Marianne Mac Connel, née Ungemach, he studied in Paris at the Lycée Fénelon and then at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique.
Biography of Ernie Nordli (excerpt)
Ernest Nordli (June 15, 1912 – April 22, 1968) was an American animation designer and layout artist, most notably for Walt Disney Studios. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Norwegian immigrant Hans Magnus Nordli (1884-1975) and Hedvig Charlotte Esterblom (1888-1976) who was of Swedish heritage.
Biography of Ray Still (excerpt)
Ray Still, born on March 12, 1920, in Elwood, Indiana, and died on March 12, 2014, in Woodstock, Vermont, was an American classical oboist and the principal oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 40 years (1953-1993). Initially trained in clarinet, he switched to oboe, inspired by Henri de Busscher.
Biography of Clare Winger Harris (excerpt)
Clare Winger Harris (January 18, 1891 – October 26, 1968) was a pioneering science fiction writer whose short stories were published during the 1920s. She is credited as the first woman to publish stories under her own name in science fiction magazines.
Biography of Wolf Kaiser (excerpt)
Wolf Kaiser (October 26, 1916 – October 22, 1992) was a German theatre and film actor. Raised in Switzerland, he studied chemistry and physiology before training as an actor in Berlin. Kaiser debuted in 1941 at the Stadtheater in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, and later joined Berlin's Volksbühne.
Biography of Wade Ray (excerpt)
Wade Ray (April 6, 1916 in Griffin, Indiana (Wikipedia is wrong) – November 11, 1998 in Sparta, IL) was an American Western Swing fiddler and vocalist. His bands, the Wade Ray Five, Wade Ray And His Ozark Mountain Boys, etc., included musicians such as Kenneth Carllile and Curly Chalker.
Biography of Monique de la Bruchollerie (excerpt)
Monique Yver de la Bruchollerie, born April 20, 1915 in Paris and died December 15, 1972, was a French pianist from a family of distinguished musicians. She entered the Paris Conservatoire at eleven and won first prize in piano in 1931 under Isidore Philipp.
Biography of Josefina Manresa (excerpt)
Josefina Manresa Marhuenda, born in Quesada, Andalusia, on January 2, 1916, and died on February 18, 1987, in Elx, was a Spanish writer and seamstress. A victim of the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship, she was the wife and muse of the Republican poet Miguel Hernández.
Biography of Blas Infante (excerpt)
Blas Infante Pérez de Vargas, born on 5th July 1885 in Gand, was a prominent Andalusian socialist politician, Georgist, writer, historian, and musicologist, revered as the "father of Andalusia" by regional nationalists. He played a crucial role in promoting Andalusian autonomy, being a key figure in the 1918 regionalist assembly in Ronda which adopted Andalusia's flag and emblem.
Biography of Ruth Moufang (excerpt)
Ruth Moufang (10 January 1905 – 26 November 1977) was a pioneering German mathematician known for her contributions to projective and affine geometry. Born to a family of scholars, she was denied a teaching position by the Nazi regime and worked as an industrial mathematician at Krupp during World War II.
Biography of Raymond Murray (excerpt)
Major General Raymond Leroy Murray (January 30, 1913 – November 11, 2004) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer who earned two Navy Crosses, one during World War II and a second during the Korean War. He retired from active duty on August 1, 1968.
Biography of Frank Puglia (excerpt)
Francesco Giuseppe "Frank" Puglia (9 March 1892 – 25 October 1975) was an Italian actor. He had small, but memorable roles in films including Casablanca (a Moroccan rug merchant), Now, Voyager and The Jungle Book. Biography Born in Linguaglossa, Catania, Sicily, the actor started his career as a teen on stage in Italian operas.
Biography of Étienne Fajon (excerpt)
Étienne Fajon, born September 11, 1906 in Jonquières (Hérault) and died December 4, 1991 in Argenteuil, is a French schoolteacher and politician. Member of the central committee and the political bureau of the French Communist Party, he was director of Humanité from 1958 to 1974 and deputy from 1936 to 1940, from 1945 to 1958 and from 1962 to 1978.
Biography of André Nicolle (excerpt)
André Nicolle is a French actor born June 1, 1885 in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, city where he died on February 25, 1945 at his home in the 16th arrondissement.
Biography of Claude Bouchinet-Serreulles (excerpt)
Claude Bouchinet-Serreulles, born on January 26, 1912, in Paris (17th arrondissement), and died on December 8, 2000, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French resistance fighter and diplomat, a Companion of the Liberation. He was first married to Janine Raynaud, former wife of Pierre Havard (deputy director of the office of the Secretary of State for the Interior Pierre Pucheu) and sister-in-law of Hervé Alphand. |
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