A Spanish-Mexican, para-surrealist painter and anarchist. During the Spanish Civil War she fled to Paris where she was greatly influenced by the surrealist movement. Due…
French-Armenian Olympic gymnast. Varonian won two gold medals in the parallel bars and team all-around at the 1998 European Junior Gymnastics Championships. He competed at…
American actress who, as a result of a sensational film debut in the super soap, “Peyton Place,” 1957, earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal…
French-American actor whose good looks brought him acclaim from US audiences beginning in 2001 for his role in “Alias,” a five-season television hit starring Jennifer…
Italian film actress who made her debut in a leading role, as the Sicilian Maria Antonia in Renato Castellani’s neorealist post-war comedy-drama It’s Forever Springtime.…
Dutch-American character actor who appeared in dozens of films in the 1930s and 1940s including the Return of the Vampire, My Name is Julia Ross,…
American child of noted father, Jason Varitek, of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
British astrologer, well-known in his time as an artist; a friend of William Blake.
French actor, lyricist and theater director in Paris. He worked under the nicknames of Henry Vantard or Varnel. He died in Paris on 2 April…
Norwegian businessman who since 1994 has been CEO of the men’s clothing chain Dressmann, which is owed by the Varner-Gruppen. He is the son of…
French vice-admiral during World War II. Wounded four times and honoured three times in his career, Vice Admiral Varney was made a Grand Officer of…
American actress and comedian who voiced Korra in the Nickelodeon animated television series The Legend of Korra (2012-2014). She was in a relationship with comedian…
American circus director, the creator of “Circus Vargas,” a big top traveling circus. He died in 1989.
Brazilian politician who served as both the President and dictator of his country. Vargas died by suicide on 24 August 1954. Link to Wikipedia biography
Peruvian soccer left back, nicknamed El Loco, who played for six club teams from 2002 to 2018 and for the Peru national team from 2004…
Peruvian sociologist and a leader of the women’s movement in her country. In 1978 Vargas founded the Flora Tristán Center, a non-governmental Peruvian organization that…
French Roman Catholic clergyman, the Archbishop of Fort-de-France and Saint-Pierre from 1941 to 1972. He died on 24 July 1983 in Fort-de-France. Link to Wikipedia…
French engineer (Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines) and businessman, CEO of automotive company PSA Peugeot Citroën, Varin gave up his supplementary retirement allocation (21 millions…
French paediatrician in the Hospitals of Paris. Also an archaeologist and historian, he was a member of the French Prehistoric Society from 1907 to 1930,…
Mexican media mogul and owner of MVS Comunicaciones, a conglomerate that owns a radio station group known as MVS Radio, with stations in Mexico and…
Chilean painter, founding member of Montparnasse Group and husband of painter Ana Enriqueta Petit also Marfan (better known as Henriette Petit). After a brief stint…
Peruvian painter of pin-up girls, often considered one of the most famous of pin-up artists. Numerous Vargas paintings have sold and continue to sell for…
Norwegian stage director. He has worked as a director, theater educationalist, and rector. He was a central participant in the setting up of the theathre…
Norwegian actress who had her stage debut in 1947 at the revue theatre Chat Noir, and starred in her first film five years later in…
English mountaineer, author and motivational and leadership speaker, known as “Mr Frostbite.” He wrote the books Once Bitten (2008) and Seven Peaks – Seven Islands…
French engineer and head of a firm founded by his dad. On the morning of 12 September 1987 he shot and killed his two kids…
Italian film actor who debuted in Alessandro Blasetti’s 1934 film Vecchia guardia. He emerged during the Fascist era, but most of his work was post-Second…
French TV and radio host. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French stage and film actor who made his cinema debut in 1922 in La Ferme du Choquart directed by Jean Kemm. He died on 29…
French stage and film actor who appeared in around seventy movies during his career. He appeared in Maurice Tourneur’s 1938 historical film The Patriot. Varennes…
French-American composer who, as one of the masters of contemporary music, was a genius and innovator who devoted his life to an experimental search for…
Italian actor, film producer, and novelist. In 2002, Vaporidis’ first film role was in Il ronzio delle mosche, directed by Dario D’Ambrosi, with Greta Scacchi.…
French internist known for his work in the field of hematology and his research of heart disease. In 1892 he was the first to describe…
French international football player, central defender, succeeding to Patrice Evra as captain of the French team. Link to Wikipedia biography
French attorney, head of the five-man defense attorney team for Maurice Papon (See the case under that name) It took over 16 years for Papon…
Belgian-born French film director whose films, photographs, and art installations focused on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary with a distinctive experimental style. Film…
French mostly comic actor of Italian silent cinema who began his career at Itala Film where he became known as “Toto”, before adopting the pseudonym…
Belgian writer. At eighteen, he wrote to the magazine O’Squarr Quick Flor. The following year, he moved to The Nation directed by Victor Arnould, and…
Mexican television host, actor and comedian famous for his program Volumen 2 on Multimedios Televisión. Link to Wikipedia biography (Spanish)
Biography of Georges Vantongerloo: A Pioneer of Abstract Art Georges Vantongerloo, born on November 24, 1886, in Antwerp, Belgium, was a visionary painter, sculptor, and…
Belgian violinist, a member of the National Orchestra of Belgium. He died on 28 June 1997 at age 65.
French general known for his political views about French Algeria. Involved with the Organisation de l’armée secrète (OAS) [“Organisation of the Secret Army”], a short-lived…
French surgeon and obstetrician who worked all of his career in Lille: as head of the obstetric clinic since 1902 and associate professor of surgery…
Italian anarchist and gangster. He immigrated to the U.S. on 5 May 1920 to join his friend Sacco. They were arrested on 23 August 1927,…
Breton poet who died on 2 December 1980. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French homeopathic doctor, who became the leader of homeopathy in 1915. He founded the Journal of French Homeopathy (now European Homeopathy) in 1912, Homeopathic Laboratories…
French rugby player, nicknamed ‘’Brin d’osier,’ the most selected full back of France’s team. He was selected 43 times in international events between 1953 and…
American broadcast journalist, NBC’s White House correspondent during the Kennedy years. A reporter in 1954, he moved into weekly news analysis working for the New…
Italian politician, economist. He died on 16 February 1956. Link to Wikipedia biography (German)