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birth charts 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 Marc-Adolphe Guégan (excerpt)
Marc-Adolphe Guégan (25 January 1891 – 6 November 1959) was a French journalist and poet, a pioneer of haiku in the French language. He lived on the Île d’Yeu in the Atlantic, drawing inspiration from its landscapes. A close friend of Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe (known as Marcel Moore), he collaborated with them on two books.
Biography of Jean Déchanet (excerpt)
Jean Déchanet (born January 18, 1906, in Isches, France – died May 19, 1992, at Saint-André Abbey, Bruges, Belgium) was a French Benedictine monk known as "the Father of Christian Yoga." His time of birth comes from the book "Yoga and God: An Invitation to Christian Yoga", by Jean Déchanet (Abbey, 1975).
Biography of Fernando Santiván (excerpt)
Fernando Santiván (pseudonym of Fernando Antonio Santibañez Puga, 1 July 1886 – 12 July 1973) was a Chilean writer and winner of the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1952. Born in Arauco to a Spanish father and a Chilean mother, he became an orphan at age 8.
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 Adrienne Dore (excerpt)
Adrienne Dore, born Elizabeth Himmelsbach on May 22, 1907, and died November 26, 1992, was an American actress, model, and beauty queen.She was Miss Los Angeles and first runner-up at the 1925 Miss America pageant. Educated at a convent in Seattle, she trained in theater and dance, later performing in musical revues in New York.
Biography of Doris Kenyon (excerpt)
Doris Margaret Kenyon (September 5, 1897 – September 1, 1979) was an American film and television actress. She grew up in Syracuse, New York, where her father, Dr. James B. Kenyon, was a Methodist minister. Doris studied at Packer College Institute and Columbia University, singing in church choirs.
Biography of Gert Heinrich Wollheim (excerpt)
Gert Heinrich Wollheim (September 11, 1894 – April 22, 1974) was a German expressionist painter later associated with the New Objectivity.He fled Nazi Germany and settled in the United States in 1947. Born in Dresden-Loschwitz, he studied at the Weimar College of Fine Arts before serving in World War I, where he was wounded.
Biography of Alexander Kanoldt (excerpt)
Alexander Kanoldt (29 September 1881 – 24 January 1939) was a German painter associated with New Objectivity and magic realism. Born in Karlsruhe, he was the son of Edmund Kanoldt, a Nazarene-style painter.After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, he moved to Munich in 1908, where he interacted with modernists like Alexej von Jawlensky and Wassily Kandinsky.
Biography of Edmundo O'Gorman (excerpt)
Edmundo O'Gorman (born November 24, 1906, in Mexico City, died September 28, 1995, in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, historian, and philosopher. He is regarded as one of the foremost historical revisionists challenging established narratives about the Spanish colonial period in Latin America.
Biography of Wolfgang Friedmann (excerpt)
Wolfgang Gaston Friedmann (25 January 1907 – 20 September 1972) was a German American legal scholar.Specializing in international law, he was a faculty member at Columbia Law School. Born in Berlin, Friedmann finished his studies of law at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1930.
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.
Biography of Dodie Smith (excerpt)
Dodie Smith, born Dorothy Gladys Smith on May 3, 1896 and died November 24, 1990, was an English novelist and playwright best known for I Capture the Castle (1948) and The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Her children's novel was adapted by Disney into an animated film in 1961 and a live-action version in 1996.
Biography of Daniel J. Terra (excerpt)
Daniel J. Terra (June 8, 1911 – June 28, 1996) was an American chemist, businessman, and art collector of Italian descent. He earned a degree in chemical engineering in 1931 and founded Lawter Chemicals in Chicago in 1940. The global success of his ink and chemical firm enabled him to support his deep interest in art and culture, building a major art collection and supporting Chicago art institutions.
Biography of Mario Pisu (excerpt)
Mario Pisu, born 21 May 1910 in Montecchio Emilia and died 17 July 1976 in Velletri, was an Italian actor and voice actor.Known for his elegance, he began his stage and film career in 1935 with The Joker King. He often worked with theatre greats like Andreina Pagnani and Gino Cervi, and appeared in 90 films through 1976.
Biography of Pierre Bourgeois (poet) (excerpt)
Pierre Bourgeois (born December 4, 1898, in Charleroi; died May 25, 1976) was a Belgian poet and filmmaker. The younger brother of architect Victor Bourgeois, he co-edited the 7 Arts magazine from 1922 to 1929.This publication, dedicated to geometric abstraction, aimed to synthesize various arts, including painting, sculpture, literature, and cinema.
Biography of Robert Sterling (excerpt)
Robert Sterling (born William Sterling Hart, November 13, 1917 – May 30, 2006) was an American actor. He rose to fame starring in the television series Topper (1953–1955) and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for his contributions to television.
Biography of Stan Jones (songwriter) (excerpt)
Stanley Davis Jones, born on June 5, 1914, in Douglas, Arizona, and died on December 13, 1963, in Los Angeles, was an American songwriter best known for the Western classic Ghost Riders in the Sky, written in 1948 while working as a park ranger in Death Valley.
Biography of Luis Felipe Alarco (excerpt)
Luis Felipe Cipriano Alarco Larrabure, born in Lima on February 6, 1913, and who died there on October 15, 2005, was a Peruvian philosopher and university professor.He belonged to the philosophical renewal movement in Peru initiated by Alejandro Deustua. He studied at the National University of San Marcos and later at several universities in Germany, where he became a disciple of philosopher Nicolai Hartmann.
Biography of José M. Cabanillas (excerpt)
Born on September 23, 1901, in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, José M.Cabanillas entered the U.S.Naval Academy in 1920 after prep studies in Alabama.He served on various vessels and earned a Master of Science from Yale in 1932. During World War II, he was executive officer of the USS Texas, leading key operations in North Africa and on D-Day.
Biography of Wilibald Gurlitt (excerpt)
Wilibald Gurlitt (March 1, 1889, Dresden – December 15, 1963, Freiburg) was a German musicologist. The son of art historian Cornelius Gurlitt, he studied at Heidelberg and Leipzig, focusing on philosophy and musicology, particularly 16th- and 17th-century music. Trained in violin and organ, he also studied composition with Karl Straube, organist in Leipzig.
Biography of Jan Olieslagers (excerpt)
Born on May 14, 1883, in Antwerp, Jan Olieslagers came from humble beginnings. After losing his father at age 11, he worked in shipyards and bicycle workshops, where he developed a passion for speed and mechanics. He became a cyclist and then, in 1902, world motorcycle speed champion.
Biography of Willi Sänger (excerpt)
Heinrich Max Willi Sänger (born on 21 May 1894 in Berlin, Germany – died on 27 November 1944 in Brandenburg, Germany) was a German communist and resistance fighter against the Nazis. The son of a carpenter, he joined the SPD in 1912 and switched to the Communist Party in 1919 after World War I.
Biography of Tess Slesinger (excerpt)
Theresa "Tess" Slesinger (July 16, 1905 – February 21, 1945) was an American writer and screenwriter, active in New York’s intellectual scene. Born in New York to a Jewish family of Hungarian descent, she was educated at Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Swarthmore College, and Columbia Journalism School.
Biography of Arne Thomas Olsen (excerpt)
Arne Thomas Olsen (3 December 1909 – 26 June 2000) was a Norwegian actor, stage producer, and theatre director.A central figure at Studioteatret, he helped launch the group in 1945 after secretly studying Stanislavski’s work during the Nazi occupation. Originally trained in mathematics, Olsen worked in insurance for fourteen years before committing fully to theatre.
Biography of Bernard Boutet de Monvel (excerpt)
Bernard Boutet de Monvel (born August 9, 1881 – died October 28, 1949) was a French painter, sculptor, engraver, fashion illustrator, and interior decorator. Initially recognized for his etchings, he later gained renown for his geometric paintings of the 1900s and his Moroccan-inspired works during World War I.
Biography of Jeanne Bates (excerpt)
Jeanne Bates (May 21, 1918 – November 28, 2007) was an American radio, film, and television actress. She began her career in radio serials before signing a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1942. Her filmography includes roles in both minor parts and significant appearances in horror and noir films such as The Return of the Vampire (1943) and Shadows in the Night (1946).
Biography of Francisco Urcuyo (excerpt)
Francisco Urcuyo Maliaños (July 30, 1915 – September 14, 2001) was a Nicaraguan politician who served as Vice President under Anastasio Somoza Debayle from 1967 to 1972 and briefly as president in 1979. He presided over the Chamber of Deputies from 1978 to 1979 and was handpicked by Somoza to succeed him upon his resignation on July 17, 1979.
Biography of Olan Soule (excerpt)
Olan Soule (February 28, 1909 – February 1, 1994) was a prolific American actor with nearly 7,000 radio credits, over 200 television appearances, and 60 film roles. He was the only performer to appear in both the radio and TV versions of Captain Midnight.
Biography of Johnnie Davis (actor) (excerpt)
John Gustave Davis (April 11, 1910 – October 28, 1983) was an American actor, singer, and trumpeter.Born in Brazil, Indiana, into a musical family, he began playing trumpet young and joined local orchestras as a teenager. By 1933, Davis was living in New York City, where he formed his own trio and developed a talent for scat singing.
Biography of Gisèle Freund (excerpt)
Gisèle Freund (born Gisela Freund; 19 December 1908 – 31 March 2000) was a German-born French photographer and photojournalist, famous for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists.Her best-known book, Photographie et société (1974), is a expanded edition of her seminal 1936 dissertation.
Biography of Barthold Theodoor Willem Van Hasselt (excerpt)
Barthold Theodoor Willem van Hasselt (7 November 1896, Leiden – 5 August 1960, Wassenaar) was a Dutch business executive in the Dutch East Indies and served as CEO of Royal Dutch Shell from 1949 to 1951. The son of Marie Elise Prins (1875-1949) and physician Sjoerd Folkert Willem van Hasselt (1868-1934), he married Elisabeth Henriette Versteegh (1898-1957) in 1920 and Marion Elizabeth Davidson (1892-1992) in 1938.
Biography of Johannes Post (excerpt)
Johannes Post, born on 4 October 1906 in Hollandscheveld, was a key Dutch resistance leader during the Nazi occupation.A farmer in Nieuwlande, he hid Jews in his home and led part of the Landelijke Knokploegen, a resistance combat group. In 1942, after learning of the Jewish persecution, he began organizing a local rescue network with Arnold Douwes, expanding it to include much of the region.
Biography of Arnold Zweig (excerpt)
Arnold Zweig, born November 10, 1887 in Glogau (now in Poland) and died November 26, 1968 in East Berlin, was a German writer, pacifist, and socialist. A volunteer in World War I, he emerged disillusioned and became a strong anti-war voice.
Biography of Franco Rasetti (excerpt)
Franco Dino Rasetti (August 10, 1901 – December 5, 2001) was an Italian-born (later naturalized American) physicist, paleontologist, and botanist. A collaborator of Enrico Fermi, he contributed to key discoveries about nuclear fission but refused to work on the Manhattan Project for moral reasons.
Biography of Enrico Mainardi (excerpt)
Born on May 19, 1897, in Milan, Enrico Mainardi was an Italian cellist, composer, and conductor. He began touring Europe as a cello prodigy at just thirteen, gaining acclaim as a virtuoso performer. He later taught at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, mentoring notable cellists like Siegfried Palm and Miklós Perényi.
Biography of Philip J. Corso (excerpt)
Philip James Corso (May 22, 1915 – July 16, 1998) was a U.S. Army officer who served from February 23, 1942, to March 1, 1963. He achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel and held key intelligence positions during his military career. In 1997, he published The Day After Roswell, claiming involvement in the study of alien technology recovered from the 1947 Roswell Incident.
Biography of George Butterworth (excerpt)
George Butterworth, born on July 12, 1885, in London, died on August 5, 1916, in Pozières.He was a British composer known for his simple, lyrical style. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he worked with Ralph Vaughan Williams and helped collect English folk songs.
Biography of Jean Rouverol (excerpt)
Jean Rouverol (July 8, 1916 – March 24, 2017) was an American actress, screenwriter, and author who was blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s. Born in St.Louis, Missouri, she was the daughter of playwright Aurania Rouverol, creator of the Andy Hardy character.
Biography of Angelo Hesnard (excerpt)
Angelo Louis Marie Hesnard, born on 22 May 1886 in Pontivy and died on 17 April 1969 in Rochefort, was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, influential in 1930s French sexology. Coming from a modest background, he educated himself through the French navy.
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.
Biography of Rudy Larriva (excerpt)
Rudolph Larriva (February 12, 1916 – February 19, 2010) was an American animator and director active from the 1940s to the 1980s. Born in El Paso, Texas, of Mexican descent, he grew up in California and graduated from John C. Fremont High School with a major in commercial art.
Biography of Henri Alméras (excerpt)
Henri Alméras (6 June 1893 – 1965) was a French perfumer, author, and painter.Born in Brittany into a military family, he excelled in chemistry and served in World War I, where he met couturier Jean Patou. After a brief stint at Dunlop, he trained in Grasse under Antoine Chiris alongside Ernest Beaux.
Biography of Carlos Pellicer (excerpt)
Carlos Pellicer Cámara (January 16, 1897, Villahermosa – February 16, 1977) was a modernist Mexican poet renowned for his depictions of nature and a sensual energy shared with Octavio Paz. His time of birth comes from the biography "Mirando el río de aquellas tardes: estudio sobre Carlos Pellicer" by Samuel Gordon, ICT, Government of the State of Tabasco, 1990.
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.
Biography of Brunella Gasperini (excerpt)
Brunella Gasperini, pen name of Bianca Robecchi (Milan, 22 December 1918 – Milan, 7 January 1979), was an Italian journalist and novelist. She lived between Milan and San Mamete, on Lake Lugano. After a short teaching stint, she began writing in the 1950s for Il Corriere della Sera and various Rizzoli magazines.
Biography of Ulrich Rauscher (excerpt)
Ulrich Karl Paul Rauscher (June 26, 1884 – December 18, 1930) was a German journalist, writer, and diplomat. After studying law, he became a correspondent for Frankfurter Zeitung in Strasbourg and Berlin, and collaborated with Die Schaubühne.He was among the first to recognize cinema's potential as a propaganda tool.
Biography of Elinor Wylie (excerpt)
Elinor Wylie (September 7, 1885 – December 16, 1928) was an American poet and writer, renowned in the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Somerville, New Jersey, she grew up in Washington in a prominent family: her grandfather was the Governor of Pennsylvania, and her father was the U.S.
Biography of Ethelene Crockett (excerpt)
Ethelene Jones Crockett (1914–1978) was an American physician and activist, the first African-American woman in Michigan to be board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology, and the first woman to serve as president of the American Lung Association. Born in 1914, she studied at Jackson Junior College and the University of Michigan, then earned her medical degree from Howard University.
Biography of Ataúlfo Argenta (excerpt)
Ataúlfo Argenta, born November 21, 1913, in Castro Urdiales, and died January 21, 1958, in Los Molinos, was a Spanish conductor and pianist.Wikipedia has November 19 in error. He studied at the Madrid Royal Conservatory and quickly rose to prominence. In 1946, he began conducting the Spanish National Orchestra, becoming its co-director in 1947.
Biography of Robert Aickman (excerpt)
Robert Fordyce Aickman, born on 27 June 1914 and died on 26 February 1981, was an English writer and conservationist.He co-founded the Inland Waterways Association, which helped save and restore Britain’s inland canal system. As a writer, he was best known for his supernatural fiction, which he called “strange stories.” His work is noted for psychological depth, occult themes, and literary richness, often compared to M. |
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