American dancer, member of the New York City Ballet, 1970, and known for coming closest to personifying the variety of the Balanchine dancer with her…
Alan Watts: A Journey into Eastern Philosophy and Human Design Alan Watts, an influential British writer, is celebrated for his profound interpretations of Eastern philosophy…
American high school physics teacher and politician, she has served as Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont since March 2018. She served on the Montpelier city council…
American actor of stage, television and film, onscreen since 1967, who made his reputation in the early ‘70s with sensitive performances in such films as…
Austrian astrologer and parapsychologist, the grand lady of Austrian astrology. Daughter of count Stephan Wassilko von Serecki, she grew up bilingual with German and Romanian,…
American explorer, mountaineer, cartographer, lecturer and teacher. She is the author of “The Accidental Adventurer: Memoirs of the First Woman to Climb Mount McKinley.” It…
Rick Warren: An Influential Minister and Manifesting Generator Rick Warren, born on January 28, 1954, in San Jose, California, is a renowned American minister, the…
American conductor, composer, founder of the Grammy-nominated Dale Warland Singers (1972-2004), scholar, teacher, choral consultant, and renowned champion of contemporary choral composers. Warland is one…
German astrologer, teacher and lecturer who founded “Astro-Magazine” and “Sein Und Werden” magazine with her husband, astrologer Helmuth Wangemann. An esoteric author and publisher, after…
French philosopher, psychologist (in the field of social psychology), neuropsychiatrist, teacher, and politician. He was the grandson of Henri-Alexandre Wallon (whose decisive contribution to the…
English stand up comedian, actor, author, television presenter and activist, best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the BBC One sketch shows Little…
American actress and comedian, primarily known for her roles in television situation comedies, best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s…
American writer, feminist, and activist, regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism, and the coiner of the term “third wave”, since…
German Expressionist artist and art expert in many disciplines, broadly acknowledged as one of the most important discoverers and promoters of German avant-garde art in…
French mime, teacher and silent film actor who performed in more than forty films between 1907 and 1922. Wague taught pantomime, notably to the writer…
French philosopher, an important figure in post-war France, as a teacher and editor of learned journals. In 1946 he founded the Collège philosophique, influential centre…
Austrian regional writer, teacher, soldier, illustrator, and novelist, famous for his Christmas stories and his lyrical and short stories. Many of them were humorous. After…
Dutch composer and organist. Wagenaar evidenced a talent for music as a child. However, he did not begin to receive a formal education in music…
French dancer, choreographer and teacher of German origin, who died on 10 February 1999 in Paris, France. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
Dutch-American composer, conductor and violinist (not related to the Dutch composer Johan Wagenaar). He studied at Utrecht University before starting his career as a teacher…
Dutch decorative artist, watercolourist and lithographer, who worked in many genres, including stamp, coin and banknote designs. He is perhaps best known for the allegorical…
Johannes van der Waals Jr.: A Dutch Physicist and Human Design Generator Johannes van der Waals Jr. was a renowned Dutch physicist, professor in theoretical…
Dutch writer, translator, poet and critic. He was the youngest son of the Liberal Jewish merchant Adolph Isidore van Vriesland (31 March 1859 3 AM…
Dutch Christian teacher and prolific writer of educational children’s books, most known for “Bartje”, “Reis door de nacht” and his children’s bible. Anne de Vries…
Dutch mathematician and physicist He was the son of Rubertus Jan de Vries (26 August 1821, Amsterdam – 21 September 1909, Groningen) and Henriette Auguste…
Norwegian ceramist who was a teacher at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1943 to 1975, and head teacher from 1976.…
Belgian actor and director, born to theatre director Claude Volter and his wife, actress Jacqueline Bir. Young Philippe began his career in Brussels in 1985.…
German composer. In 1841 he moved to Budapest where he was employed as a piano teacher and a reporter for the Allgemeine Wiener Musik-Zeitung. He…
French surgeon of Hospitals in 1845, who worked successively in Lariboisière (1854), Saint-Louis and the Hôtel-Dieu. He was also a teacher and writer. He died…
American astrologer, writer, teacher and lecturer who seldom charged for her services. During travels throughout her youth, she met her future husband, Frank Vohryzek, in…
Dutch member of a noted family, an Orientalist. He was the sixth of the seven children of Johannes van Vloten (18 January 1818 – 21…
Dutch scholar of languages, literature, history, theology and philosophy . He revived Spinoza’s work as a freethinker and became one of the founders of modern…
Indian religious leader, a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna inspired by his teacher to serve men as visible manifestations of God. An illumined being of the…
French athlete who competed in the men’s pole vault event at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He held the French record several times and was a…
Dutch poet, writer, journalist, performer and editor. Simon was the only child of Hendrik Albert Vinkenoog and Anna Katharina van Meel. After their divorce (1934),…
Celebrated Dutch soprano and singing teacher. She was the third child of Jacob Vincent (4 Dec 1868, A’ dam – 22 Febr 1953, A’dam) and…
Italien teacher, poet and journalist. As a teacher, he edited anthologies, in 1915 he began to work as a journalist. He also wrote literary critics/reviews.…
Susana Villarán: A Pioneering Politician and Human Design Generator Susana Villarán, a notable figure in Peruvian politics, rose to prominence as the first woman elected…
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French cinematographer recognized for his collaborations with Alain Resnais and Chris Marker, notably the film “Last Year at Marienbad,” 1961. The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants,…
French composer, conductor and music teacher. He won the “Prix de Rome” in 1883, he also performed with Claude Debussy. He conducted at the “Opéra…
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Belgian priest, oratorian, teacher and astronomer at Antoine d’Abbadie’s private observatory. In 1900, shortly after the Observatory was bequeathed to the Academy of Sciences, Verschaffel…
Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was the only child of the teacher Wilem Hendrik Verhoeven (30 April 1901, Dordrecht) and Neeltje van Schaardenburg…
Belgian journalist, writer and teacher. During the First World War, he was sentenced to death in Belgium for collaborating with the German occupiers and fled…
French ballerina, choreographer, teacher, and writer who worked as a dance company director with the Paris Opera Ballet in France and the Boston Ballet in…
Brazilian visual artist, researcher and teacher at the University of Brasília, Instituto de Artes, Department of Visual Arts since 1986. She currently also teaches at…
American film and stage actress, and teacher at UCLA. Onscreen beginning in 1933, best-known for films like Death Takes A Holiday (1934), Alice Adams (1935),…
Peruvian physician, epidemiologist and politician, he was the Minister of Health from 5 November 2014 to 28 July 2016 in the government of President Ollanta…
Dutch writer and cartoonist. He went to the Zandvliet Lyceum in Den Haag, where Paul van Vliet sr.,the father of the comedian, was his stimulating…