French psychiatrist and academic who served as President of the International Psychoanalytical Association from 2001 to 2005. Widlöcher became a psychoanalyst focused on childhood development.…
German businessman, an entrepreneur who founded the German paper machine industry. From 1830 to 1850, he had more than 50 paper machines built to his…
German bandleader and jazz musician, who played drums, accordion and trombone. The 1955 film Music in the Blood (German: Musik im Blut), directed by Erik…
Norwegian aviator and Norway’s first female air transport pilot. She was originally educated as a book designer. She later took a pilot’s education, and employed…
Norwegian aviator and entrepreneur. Together with his brother Arild Widerøe and Einar Isdahl he founded Widerøe’s Flyveselskap, Norway’s third largest airline, on 19 February 1934.…
Norwegian accelerator physicist who was the originator of many particle acceleration concepts, including the resonance accelerator and the betatron accelerator. His brother was aviator and…
French military surgeon from a Jewish family, originally from Alsace, then serving in Algeria, and later chief physician of the hospital of Versailles, and corresponding…
Norwegian painter and graphic artist. He had is debut in Oslo in 1963. His breakthrough as a painter came in 1968. Widerberg’s art has been…
Sri Lankan politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 9 January 2015, as Leader of the United National Party since…
Norwegian actor who worked at Trøndelag Teater for 35 years, from 1968 and until he retired in 2003. He had his stage debut in 1955.…
French Catholic clergyman, who was Bishop of Coutances and Avranches. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
American educational administrator who served as president of Mount St. Mary’s College in Maryland from 1977 to 1993 and of St. Bonaventure University in New York from 1994 to 2003. The…
Austrian actor and film director. He immigrates to Switzerland in 1944 after many months imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp for illegal political association in the…
French actress and novelist of Russian descent. Link to Wikipedia biography
French aircraft designer, especially known for his invention of vectored thrust for aircraft, which led to the development of the V/STOL Hawker Siddeley Harrier. He…
French diplomat, who was a major player in the relations between France and Francophone Africa during the mid-1980s. A member of the Resistance during World…
American football offensive guard who has played in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams (2015–2016), Tennessee Titans (2017–2018)…
Italian theoretical physicist who made important contributions to quantum field theory. The Wick rotation, Wick contraction, Wick’s theorem, and the Wick product are named after…
Jamaican-born British professional boxer, and former kickboxer and mixed martial artist, nicknamed The Villain or The Body Snatcher. He held the WBC interim heavyweight title…
American accident fatality who was born six hours before Billy Wayne Mutz at the same hospital where their mothers shared a room. Both Billy Wayne…
French cartoonist. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
English actor, best known for his roles as Darren Sinclair-Jones in The Royle Family and Kirk Sutherland in Coronation Street, which he has played since…
American football guard and center who played 11 years in the NFL as a Guard and Center for the New York Giants (1998–2002), Tampa Bay…
American golfer, one of the greatest all-time money winners on the women’s pro golf circuit, she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else…
American political operative who is credited with John Kerry’s come-from-behind win in the Iowa caucuses in January 2004. Whouley prefers to remain in the background…
American ice hockey goaltender who played with the U.S. Women’s National Ice Hockey Team from 1992–1997, rejoining the team in 1999 and 2001. In 1994,…
American football cornerback who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams (1956-1957) and the Green Bay Packers (1958-1964).…
American inventor with two claims to fame, first, his cotton gin which made cotton growing profitable and helped to make the U.S. the largest producer…
American heir, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and president of the Museum of Modern Art. Nicknamed “Jock,”…
Stuart Whitman: A Cinematic Legend Aligned with Human Design Stuart Whitman, an iconic American film and television actor, left an indelible mark on the entertainment…
American actor on stage and film who is best known for his stage impersonations of famous people. His work includes “Command Decision,” a play that…
American author, publisher, and editor of the BestSellerAuthors.com blog focused on social media and marketing strategy. Along with Deborah Micek, he is the co-author of…
American football center who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins (1960-1961), Detroit Lions (1961-1965), Atlanta Falcons (1966), and Cleveland Browns…
American engineering student at the University of Texas, former U.S. Marine, and a mass murderer who killed 16 people. Noted as intelligent, intense and driven,…
British astrologer who served as the Secretary of the Federation of British Astrologers in 1962. Whitman is best known in the U.S. as the author…
Australian politician who was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. He was the longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor…
American actor and political activist. He portrayed White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama “The West Wing,” for which…
American homicide; shot his father to death on 6/19/1993, c. 11:15 PM EDT. The son of a commercial fisherman, at 17 he was becoming increasingly…
American gay male who contracted AIDS. He was not sure when he was infected, probably in 1982-1983. He met his partner on 20 August 1990,…
Australian avant-garde artist, represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. He held…
American bandleader, the King of Jazz during the big-band era. He discovered and featured future stars such as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore. Whiteman started…
Canadian athlete who won 10 consecutive Canadian Triathlon Championships titles and carried the Canadian national flag during the 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in Sydney,…
American musician, a member of the aggressive, blues-based hard rock group Aerosmith. In 1970, Perry and Tyler met in Sunapee, NH where Perry was playing…
American career diplomat who was United States Ambassador to Laos (1973-1975) and the United States Ambassador to Thailand (1975-1978). His father was a Foreign Service…
American public servant, nicknamed ‘Whitey,’ who served 12 years on the Portsmouth city council in New Hampshire. A bridge in the South End of the…
Scottish lawyer and politician, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Deputy Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1988. Married once, four children. He died in Penrith,…
American politician, he served as a Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 1st District from 1997 through 2011, with a two-year…