Italian royalty, Duke of Savoy from 1675 to 1730. Having fought in the War of the Spanish Succession, he became king of Sicily in 1713…
King of Sardinia from 1773 until his death in 1796. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until he declared war…
Italian royalty, the eldest son of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy and his French wife Anne Marie d’Orléans. He was the heir apparent of…
Brazilian television, film and theatre actor known for Malhação (2015-2017), O Segredo de Sara (2020) and Estação Rock (2020). He had 985,000 followers on Instagram…
Italian leading lady internationally in demand throughout the ’60s and the ’70s. She made her debut in 1955 and her films include “La Notte,” 1960,…
Italian astronaut, a participant in the 2002 Soyez Expedition where a rich South African tourist was also on board. Link to Wikipedia biography
Italian noblewoman, styled as Grand Duchess of Tuscany through her marriage to Grand Duke Ferdinando II. She had four children with her husband, two of…
French accordionist.
French theater producer and actor; the founder of the experimental Theatre des Quartier d’Ivry in 1972. Vitez appeared in supporting roles in “My Night at…
French surrealist playwright and poet. As a young man, he was influenced by symbolism and the writings of Lautréamont and Alfred Jarry, and he developed…
Swiss-Italian clothing magnate, outraged the Vatican in the early ’70s by pairing bulging buttocks and parodies of Christian teachings in advertisements for his “Jesus jeans.”…
Italian pharmaceutical chemist and toxicologist at the Piacenza hospital. Two methods are linked to his name: one for the recognition of chloroform, the other for…
Italian soccer/football player.
Italian mathematician who worked in several branches of mathematical analysis. He gives his name to several entities in mathematics, most notably the Vitali set with…
Italian TV personality, actor and radio host. He has become a familiar face in the world of entertainment after his appearance in 2003 in Uomini…
French film, stage and television actor, who died on 6 December 1987 in Paris, France. Link to Wikipedia biography
Dutch dancer.
American news commentator and sportscaster. She learned to love sports as a kid, with mom and a big brother who were Notre Dame fans. She…
South African motivational speaker and author who has written an autobiography, Diary of Awaiting Trial (2017), about his experiences of being incarcerated. Since his release…
Belgian boxer who was the Olympic Silver Medalist at lightweight in London in 1948, losing to Gerald Dreyer of South Africa in the final. Joseph…
Belgian French-speaking politician, a member of the Humanist Democratic Centre (Center Démocrate Humaniste), he was Belgian Minister of Finance from 1998 to 1999 and mayor…
Indian Hindi-language performance poet, politician and National Executive of Aam Aadmi Party. In July 2017, Vishwas was accused of copyright infringement by Amitabh Bachchan in…
Italian boxer. Link to Wikipedia biography
Nana Visitor Biography Nana Visitor: A Journey Through Acting and Human Design Nana Visitor is an accomplished American screen and stage actress, renowned for her…
Italian physiologist, academic and politician; an illustrious nutritionist, he was a supporter of racist politics in Italy during the Fascist regime. He died on 1…
Italian film director of the House of Visconti, styled Count of Vico Modrone. He was the nephew of the more famous Luchino Visconti. He married…
Italian film director and set designer, one of the most celebrated in a quartet of directors who have dominated Italian films from the post-war era.…
Finnish rock musician and politician, a presidential candidate in 1994. Link to Wikipedia biography
American author and a “folk psychology motivational speaker”. She is the founder of Angel Therapy, a type of New Age therapy based “on the premise…
French actor who died on 19 December 1995 in Paris. His name is often spelled wrongly as Virlojeux. Link to Wikipedia biography
American professional “big wave” surfer, nicknamed “Flea,” and a three-time Mavericks competition winner. Virostko appears as himself in the surfing films Riding Giants (2004), Step…
French journalist, the Chief of social service at Le Monde newspaper, 1958-69. He was Chief of the political and economic service and editor in chief…
French road cyclist, he won the jersey of best climber or “King of the mountains” (5 times between 1994 and 2004) and was considered as…
Italian soccer/football player. Nicknamed “Pecos Bill”, he played with Udinese (1952-1954), Fiorentina (1954-1958), Torino (1958-1960), Bari (1960-1962), Livorno (1962-1965), and Taranto (1965-1966). He also played…
Italian theater actor. He was married to Paola Gassman in 1967 and had one daughter with her named Simona. They were divorced in 1973.
Italian noted family, the daughter of Paola Gassman and Luciano Virgilio. On 10/02/1986 she was married to Riccardo Ungari. Together, they had a daughter on…
French architect and theorist, famous for his interpretive “restorations” of medieval buildings. He was the architect hired to design the internal structure of the Statue…
French fashion designer, an entrepreneur in couturiere. Inventing the bias cut as a dressmaking technique, she had the most influence on the fashion world of…
American child of noted family, her father is John A. Virant, founder and owner of Zoe/Rounder recording studio. He named the business after her. Her…
French surgeon, one of the first to work on facial reconstructive surgery. His thesis, in 1911, is the first work developed on this subject. He…
French artistic director and promoter of contemporary dance, mainly in the ‘Théâtre de la Ville’ in Paris where he served as director from 1985 to…
French ski champion. He died on 7 August 2012. Link to Wikipedia biography (German)
French physicist and inventor notable for having determined the solar constant at Mont Blanc in 1875, and, in 1881, for proposing a standard for luminous…
Italian nobility, Grand Princess of Tuscany as the wife of Grand Prince Ferdinando and Governor of Siena from 1717 until her death on 30 May…
Italian noted family, the first daughter of actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta.
French humourist Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French movie-maker, extreme leftist. In December 1995 he gave himself up after 18 months evasion in a homicide case. The extent of his involvement has…
American entrepreneur, martial arts instructor, and mixed martial arts pioneer credited by some as the co-creator of the sport of MMA. In 1979, he co-founded…
Italian soccer manager, the President of Rome’s soccer team. In the Spring of 1985 he was taken to court; he won the case. Later in…
Italian physician, a pupil of Augusto Murri and head of Italian constitutional medicine. He died in Paderno Ponchielli on 27 December 1943, aged 73.