French actor, he won the Cesar for most promising actor on 25 February 2022. He is widely known for his role of David Gorman in…
Belgian child who saw a vision of the Virgin, along with her siblings Albert and Gilberte on 11/29/1932. See Gilberte Voisin’s entry for the story.…
French aviation pioneer, one of the first to fly a heavier-than-air machine in 1904. From 1905 to 1918 he both designed and manufactured various aircraft.…
American actor who earned several Oscar nominations for films such as “Midnight Cowboy,” 1969 “Deliverance” and a few minor pictures. In 1978, he won the…
American basketball coach, who is currently the head coach of the Angola national basketball team, since 2017. He led the Nigerian team to its first…
French editor, novelist and lawyer. The wife of Pierre Frondaie, she was also known as a great seductress of the French literary scene, having had…
French banker, chairman at Credit Francais International S.A.
French aristocrat, the Comte de Vogue. A producer of champagne and an entrepreneur, he also held interests in Parfums Dior. During WW II, he was…
Norwegian historian of religions who has written several books, and been a board member of the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression, and…
Norwegian actor and director best known for his comedy roles, particularly as the temperamental small business owner Karl Reverud in the sitcoms “Mot i brøstet”…
Berti Vogts Biography – German Soccer Legend & His Human Design Berti Vogts: The Manifestor Maestro of German Football Early Life and Background Berti Vogts…
Norwegian minister. During World War II he worked as a seamen minister at the Norwegian seaman church in Hamburg. Together with his colleague Arne Berge…
German Nazi military. He was a Sturmbannführer (Major) in the Waffen-SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves. He died…
German astronomer who discovered an asteroid, 735 Marghanna, on 9 December 1912, which he named in honour of his mother. The minor planet 1439 Vogtia,…
German astrologer, psychic and clairvoyant. He predicted the fall of Sebastopol and the downfall of Napoleon III. For himself he calculated a big lottery win,…
German banker and industrialist, the third son of the Szczecin rabbi Heinemann Vogelstein. Hermann Vogelstein, Ludwig Vogelstein and Julie Braun-Vogelstein were his siblings. In 1901,…
French road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1997 and 2013. Link to Wikipedia biography
German lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of Munich from 1960 to 1972, as Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development from…
American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, she won the prestigious award in 1998 for “How I Learned to Drive.” Vogel tackles tough social issues in her plays…
German lawyer active in East Germany at the time of the Cold War who had brokered some of the most famous swaps of spies or…
Belgian politician, a member of the environmentalist party Groen!. Link to Wikipedia biography
Dutch painter of the ever changing landscape of the Ijssel river. Voerman was the son of a farmer. He was born in the small medieval…
American football offensive lineman for the Baltimore Colts from 1963 to 1972. He appeared in Super Bowl III and Super Bowl V for the Colts…
Russian model, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and public speaker. She is well known for her rags to riches life story and for her eight-season, seven-figure contract with…
Carniolan priest, journalist and poet of Slovene descent. He was active in the late Enlightenment period. He died on 8 January 1819. Link to Wikipedia…
French athlete, a professional cyclist who has participated in several Tours de France. In 2011, he finished fourth. Professional since 2001, he rides with Team…
German surgeon and urologist whose books include Diagnose der chirurgischen Nierenerkrankungen and Chirurgie der Samenblasen (1912). He died on 19 March 1955 in Immenstadt, aged…
German resistance fighter in World War II, who died on 25 or 28 July 1943. Link to Wikipedia biography (German)
French astrologer, who died in Le Chesnay, Yvelines, on 19 June 1995, aged 93.
Italian figurative artist with the largest group of owners of his works residing in Switzerland, England, Germany, Italy, Canada and the US; as well as…
French supercentenarian born in Saint-Jeures, he worked as a shoemaker. He was the oldest man in Europe from 25 September 2014 to his death. Link…
American actor who co-stars in Roswell, New Mexico, an American drama and science fiction television series, playing Michael Guerin, a troubled but brilliant alien drifter who survived a traumatic childhood…
American ecclesiastic, the Archbishop and Bishop of Winona, Minnesota 1987-1997; the Archbishop of Portland November 1997. The Portland installation Mass was held 12/19/1997. Ordained a…
Belgian forensic doctor, founding member of the Royal Society of Public Medicine and Medical Topography of Belgium. He died in Brussels on 9 April 1906.
French zoologist and biologist, doctor of science, and professor of biological physics at the Faculty of Medicine of Strasbourg between 1922 and his deportation in…
Dutch cyclist, an Olympic Gold Medal champion at the Berlin games in 1936. Link to Wikipedia biography
Belgian comedian, humorist, and radio-TV presenter of Polish descent, he has worked for the French radio (France Inter with Patrick Cohen), television (C8 with Ardisson),…
American fashion, beauty, home decor, travel and lifestyle blogger with more than a million followers on her “Mia Mia Mine” Instagram account. She is a…
French actress, an exquisite blond of international fame. A graceful and intriguing leading lady, she won the best actress Cannes Award for the Italian film,…
French artist: without any academic studies he started to paint using a brilliant orange, red, and blue palette; between paintings he also wrote novels and…
Italian author, playwright, actor and musician. Viviani belongs to the turn-of-the-century school of realism in Italian literature, and his works touch on seamier elements of…
French fashion designer who specialized in shoes. His best known creation was the Stiletto heel. The photo shows a pair of shoes he designed for…
French artist, a painter all of his life, from the time he was a child. He nonetheless worked in the Post Office until his retirement…
Italian famous violinist, a composer of concertos for various instruments. He is said to have written nearly 50 operas, 500 concertos, 70 sonatas and religious…
Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer noted as one of the World’s leading editorial photographers, regularly shooting for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and other major magazines. Often…
Italian royalty, king-in-exile of Italy. An arms dealer and businessman living in Switzerland. He was a friend of the Shah of Iran during the late…
Prince of Savoy and Duke of Aosta, born in the reign of his grandfather Vittorio Amedeo II, King of Sardinia. Prince Vittorio Amedeo was the…
Italian royalty, the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia (1802–1821). He was the second son of King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria…
Italian nobleman who ruled as the Duke of Savoy from 1630 to 1637. He was also known as the Lion of Susa. He was born…