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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 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 Margaret Hodges (excerpt)
Sarah Margaret Hodges née Moore (July 26, 1911 – December 13, 2005) was an American writer of children's books, librarian, and storyteller.Born in Indianapolis, she graduated from Vassar College in 1932 and moved to Pittsburgh in 1937 with her husband, Fletcher Hodges Jr.
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 Franz Bachér (excerpt)
Franz Hermann Theodor Nils Bachér was a German chemist and university professor, born on May 21, 1894, in Kassel and died on October 15, 1987, in Salzburg. Son of chemist Franz Bachér and grandson of Theodor Storm, he studied chemistry at Marburg, Kiel, and Rostock starting in 1912.
Biography of Lillian Smith (author) (excerpt)
Lillian Eugenia Smith, born December 12, 1897, and died September 28, 1966, was a writer and social critic from the Southern United States, known for her non-fiction and fiction works, including the best-selling novel Strange Fruit (1944). A White woman from the South, she embraced controversial positions advocating for racial and gender equality.
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 Lorenzo Domínguez (excerpt)
Lorenzo Domínguez (born May 15, 1901, in Santiago, Chile – died March 21, 1963, in Mendoza, Argentina) was a Chilean sculptor known for his unique artistic synthesis of pre-Columbian aesthetics, Rapa Nui art, and European sculpture. After studying in Madrid during the 1920s, he taught in Santiago before settling in Argentina, where he lived and worked in Mendoza and Tucumán.
Biography of Dorothy West (novelist) (excerpt)
Dorothy West (June 2, 1907 – August 16, 1998) was an American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and magazine editor associated with the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement in the 1920s and 1930s that celebrated black art, literature, and music. She was one of the few Black women writers to be published in major literary magazines in the 1930s and 1940s.
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 Georg Alfred Stockburger (excerpt)
Georg Alfred Stockburger (born May 12, 1907, in Kusterdingen, Landkreis Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg; died April 5, 1986, in Tübingen) was a German painter, draftsman, and graphic artist. As a young man, Stockburger was encouraged by his teachers to pursue his talent for drawing and trained at the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts.
Biography of Ernst Blass (excerpt)
Ernst Blass (October 17, 1890, Berlin – January 23, 1939, Berlin), also known by the pseudonyms Daniel Stabler and Erich Sternow, was a prominent Expressionist poet, critic, and writer. A close friend of Kurt Hiller, he joined Der Neue Club, alongside early Expressionist writers such as Georg Heym and Jakob van Hoddis.
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 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 Carl Theodor Sørensen (excerpt)
Søren Carl Theodor Marius Sørensen (24 July 1893 in Altona, Hamburg, Germany – 12 September 1979 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish landscape architect who is considered to be one of the greatest landscape architects of the 20th century. A contemporary of Thomas Church, Geoffrey Jellicoe and Luis Barragán he was a leading figure in the first generation of Modernists in landscape design.
Biography of Robert Jentzsch (excerpt)
Robert Georg Adolf Alfred Jentzsch (November 4, 1890 – March 21, 1918) was a German mathematician and poet. Born in Königsberg, he was the youngest of four children.His father, Alfred Jentzsch, was a prominent geologist, and his mother, Clara Falkson, was the daughter of a Jewish physician.
Biography of Gaston Baty (excerpt)
Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Gaston Baty was a theater practitioner, born in Pélussin (Loire) on May 26, 1885, and died in the same town on October 13, 1952. He was one of the founders of the theatrical "Cartel" in 1927, alongside Louis Jouvet, Charles Dullin, and Georges Pitoëff.
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 Wah Kau Kong (excerpt)
Wah Kau Kong (January 17, 1919 – February 22, 1944) was the first Chinese American fighter pilot. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, he studied chemistry at the University of Hawaii before joining the United States Army Air Forces after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
Biography of David Bruce (actor) (excerpt)
Born on January 6, 1914, in Kankakee, Illinois, as Marden Andrew McBroom, David Bruce was an American film actor.He began on stage with Peninsula Players Theatre in 1939 and adopted his stage name upon arriving in Hollywood, thanks to agent Henry Willson.
Biography of Norbert Casteret (excerpt)
Norbert Casteret (19 August 1897 – 20 July 1987) was a famous French caver, adventurer and writer, and is one of the most recognisable names in caving worldwide. Following Édouard-Alfred Martel (the "father of modern speleology", although Casteret sometimes also enjoys this title), Casteret, along with Robert de Joly, became a leading figure of French speleology between the world wars and into the middle of the 20th century.
Biography of Henry Malherbe (excerpt)
Henri Émile Hermand Malherbe, known as Henry Malherbe or Henry Croisilles, was a French writer, born on February 4, 1886, in Bucharest and died on March 17, 1958, in Paris. A journalist for Le Temps and co-director of La Revue des vivants, he won the Prix Goncourt in 1917 for La flamme au poing, a poetic account of World War I.
Biography of Gustave Brickner (excerpt)
Gustave Adolph "Gus" Brickner was a famous swimmer hailing from Charleroi, Pennsylvania in the United States.Born Feb.10, 1912 to Gustave Adolph Brickner Sr.(1889 - 1918) and Philamena "Minnie" Buchrop (1885 - 1968).One of Five siblings, Gus's father died at age 29 when Gus was 6 years old.
Biography of Roger François (weightlifter) (excerpt)
Roger François, born on October 7, 1900, in Romans, Drôme, and died on February 15, 1949, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, was a French weightlifter. He became the world light-heavyweight champion at the 1922 World Championships in Tallinn. Placing sixth in the middleweight category at the 1924 Summer Olympics, he went on to become the Olympic champion in the same category at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Biography of Josefina Niggli (excerpt)
Josefina Niggli (13 July 1910 – 17 December 1983), born Josephine Niggli, was a Mexican-born Anglo-American novelist and playwright.She was the first—and for a time the only—Mexican American writing in English on Mexican themes, before the Chicano movement. Her work dealt progressively with gender, race, and cultural identity.
Biography of Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (excerpt)
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (31 July 1884 – 2 February 1945) was a German conservative politician, monarchist, executive, economist, civil servant and opponent of the Nazi regime.He opposed anti-Jewish policies while he held office and was opposed to the Holocaust. Had the 20 July plot to overthrow Hitler's dictatorship in 1944 succeeded, Goerdeler would have served as the Chancellor of the new government.
Biography of Irina Tweedie (excerpt)
Irina Tweedie, born Irina Tamara Karpova on 21 April 1907 in Russia and died on 23 August 1999, was a Russian-British mystic and Sufi teacher of the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiya order. Exiled after the Russian Revolution, she was raised across Europe. Following her husband’s death in 1954, she embarked on a spiritual search that led her to India, where she met her teacher Radha Mohan Lal in 1961.
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 Eugenie Anderson (excerpt)
Eugenie Anderson, born May 26, 1909, in Adair, Iowa, and died March 31, 1997, was the first American woman appointed chief of mission at the ambassador level. Trained as a musician, she graduated from Carleton College and married John P.Anderson in 1929, with whom she had two children.
Biography of Don Ingalls (excerpt)
Donald G. Ingalls (July 29, 1918 – March 10, 2014) was an American screenwriter and television producer. A B-17 pilot during World War II, he later became a test pilot before joining the Los Angeles Police Department, where he met Gene Roddenberry.
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 Frederick Loewe (excerpt)
Frederick Loewe, born Friedrich "Fritz" Löwe on June 10, 1901, in Berlin and died on February 14, 1988, in Palm Springs, was an American composer of German origin. With lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, he formed one of Broadway’s most celebrated partnerships, creating Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, Camelot, and the film musical Gigi, which won nine Academy Awards.
Biography of Maurice Murphy (actor) (excerpt)
Maurice Murphy (October 3, 1913 - November 23, 1978) was an American film actor.Initially a child actor, he graduated to playing older roles, often in action films.His brother Jack Murphy also became an actor. Early film appearances included in Stella Dallas and as the young Beau Geste in the 1926 film.
Biography of Franz Rosenzweig (excerpt)
Franz Rosenzweig, born December 25, 1886, in Kassel and died December 10, 1929, in Frankfurt, was a German theologian, philosopher, and translator.Coming from a wealthy Jewish family, he first studied medicine before turning to history and philosophy.Influenced by his friend Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, he briefly considered converting to Christianity, but a transformative Yom Kippur experience brought him back to Judaism.
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 Félix Brunet (colonel) (excerpt)
Félix Brunet, born on January 1, 1913, in Loos and died on December 5, 1959, in Colomb-Béchar, was a French Air Force colonel and a pioneer in the use of armed helicopters in combat. A decorated WWII pilot, he fought in North Africa and later led units in Indochina, where his courage and tactical ingenuity earned him wide recognition.
Biography of Kurt Hirsch (excerpt)
Kurt August Hirsch (12 January 1906 – 4 November 1986) was a German mathematician who moved to England to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews.His research was in group theory.He also worked to reform mathematics education and became a county chess champion.
Biography of Juan O'Gorman (excerpt)
Juan O'Gorman O'Gorman (born July 6, 1905, in Coyoacán and died January 17, 1982, in Mexico City) was a Mexican architect and painter. Born into a family of Irish descent, he was the brother of historian Edmundo O'Gorman.He studied architecture at the Academy of San Carlos and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
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 Rudolf Peierls (excerpt)
Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls (June 5, 1907 – September 19, 1995) was a German-born British physicist who played a key role in Britain’s Tube Alloys nuclear program and the Manhattan Project. He studied physics at various universities, including under Werner Heisenberg and Wolfgang Pauli.
Biography of Eduard Meyer (lawyer) (excerpt)
Eduard Meyer (October 8, 1895 – December 15, 1931) was a German lawyer. He became known for his central role in a scandal involving Nazi politician Ernst Röhm in 1931-1932. His birth certificate is available on his German Wikipedia page. Born in Frankfurt am Main, Meyer served in World War I before studying law and working as a lawyer in Regensburg, where he befriended Röhm.
Biography of Olive Borden (excerpt)
Olive Mary Borden (July 14, 1907 – October 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actress who rose to fame during the silent film era.Nicknamed “The Joy Girl” after her 1927 hit of the same name, she was celebrated for her striking beauty and jet-black hair.
Biography of Ruth Cohn (excerpt)
Ruth Charlotte Cohn (born August 27, 1912, in Berlin – died January 30, 2010, in Düsseldorf) was a German psychotherapist, educator, and poet. She is best known as the creator of Theme-Centered Interaction (TCI), a group learning and communication method. She also founded the Workshop Institute for Living Learning (WILL), now known as the Ruth Cohn Institute for TCI.
Biography of Hawley Pratt (excerpt)
Hawley Pratt (June 9, 1911 – March 4, 1999) was an American director, animator, illustrator, and designer, best known for his work at Warner Bros.Cartoons and for co-creating the Pink Panther. A graduate of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, he began his career at Disney in 1933, working on Fantasia.
Biography of Amedeo Girard (excerpt)
Amedeo Girard, born 12 February 1893 in Montalto Uffugo and died on 12 February 1972, was an Italian actor. Active in theatre, cinema and television, he was known as a prominent character actor in Italian performing arts. He worked with major figures such as Federico Fellini, Eduardo De Filippo and Totò, and was occasionally credited as Amedeo Girardi.
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 Johan Borgen (excerpt)
Johan Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist, and critic, best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Lillelord, which won the Norwegian Critics Prize in 1955. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1966. Borgen began working for Dagbladet in 1923, writing satirical columns under the pseudonym “Mumle Gåsegg,” and also contributed to Morgenbladet while translating various foreign works in the 1930s.
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 Francisco Palma Burgos (excerpt)
Francisco Palma Burgos, a Spanish sculptor, religious image-maker, and painter, was born on February 12, 1918, in Málaga and died on December 31, 1985, in Úbeda. Trained by his father Francisco Palma García, he studied at the Málaga School of Fine Arts.
Biography of Friedrich Sämisch (excerpt)
Friedrich (Fritz) Sämisch (Berlin, September 20, 1896 – Berlin, August 16, 1975) was a German chess grandmaster.He won the first Austrian Championship in Vienna in 1921, though this edition was unofficial.He also finished 3rd in the 1925 Baden-Baden tournament, behind Alexander Alekhine and Akiba Rubinstein.
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. |
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