French stage, film and tv actor. He died on 2 July 2010. Link to Wikipedia biography
French founder of the Golias publishing house. He is also editor of Golias and Golias Hebdo Magazine. He is a critical analyst of the Catholic…
German Social Democratic Party politician, most active on the national stage during the 1920s. After 1933, as Germany became a one party Nazi dictatorship, she…
French climbing guide, ski instructor and climber who made many first ascents, including Makalu in the Himalayas (with Jean Couzy on 15 May 1955) and…
Nikola Tesla: The Visionary Inventor and His Human Design Nikola Tesla, born in Smiljan, Croatia, on June 28, 1856, was a Serbian-American inventor and electrical…
American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams (1990-1993), New York Jets (1994), Carolina Panthers (1995-1997), and Green Bay…
French painter, received title peintre de la marine in 1989.
French journalist and politician who died in Paris on 9 January 1992. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
Italian set designer and film director who specialized in westerns. He created the sets for a 1964 western made in Italy, “A Fistful of Dollars.”…
French physician, who specialised in Ophthalmology. He obtained his medical degree in 1898 at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris. He became attached to the…
Italian film and TV actress. Link to Wikipedia biography (Italian)
French horse racing jockey.
French survivor, safe and sound, most important eyewitness after the crash of a plane, the Concorde, in front of his hotel “Les Relais Bleus” at…
French doctor and surgeon, who taught at the Hôpital de la Pitié. He was one of the first surgeons to use the modern aseptic operating…
Attack of a Jewish restaurant in Marais district. 6 people were killed. In 2015, the French authorities said that an international arrest warrant has been…
Canadian ice hockey centre who played professionally from 2000 to 2009, and last played for the Nottingham Panthers of the British Elite Ice Hockey League…
Italian bicyclist and winner of the Gold Medal at the London Olympics in 1948.
French soccer/football player. He played with Lille OSC (1945-1946), FC Metz (1946-1947), RC Paris (1948-1951), and SCO Angers (1951-1952) Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Ravens (2005-2009), San Diego Chargers (2010), and Jacksonville Jaguars (2010).…
French senior government official, who served as President of France Télévisions (the French public national television broadcaster) from 1999 to 2005. Link to Wikipedia biography…
African-American vegan chef, food justice activist, and author of four vegan cookbooks. He also cowrote a book about organic eating. He won a 2015 James…
French supercentenarian, the oldest living person in France since Lucile Randon’s death on 17 January 2023. She was born on a farm. On 14 November…
British actress, considered to be the greatest actress on the English stage for over 50 years, with Shakespeare among her most noted works. She married…
French film critic and journalist. Specializing in Asian cinema, he is the author of several reference books on Japanese films. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox (1940, 1942–1945). He batted and threw right-handed. He made…
French surgeon, who is considered the father of modern craniofacial surgery. Dr. Tessier started to improve surgical techniques to correct craniofacial deformations in the mid-1950s.…
Dutch landscape architect. He was the second of six children of the carpenter Jan George Tersteeg (1835) and Magdalena Elisabeth Antonetta Antonijsen (27 November 1847,…
French actress who appeared in around thirty films during her career. She played the title role in Jean Renoir’s 1934 film version of Madame Bovary.…
American attorney, highly visible on TV and in the media in December 2000 as one of the team of lawyers for George W. Bush during…
French editor and manager of the newspaper Le Quotidien de Paris, among other publications. He was also owner of the publishing house L’Avant-scène théâtre and…
François J. Terby: The Pioneering Belgian Astronomer and Human Design Generator Born in Louvain, Belgium on August 8, 1846, François J. Terby emerged as a…
Italian fencing master, the winner of a Bronze Medal in team sabres with Caserta and Tarantino at the Atlanta Olympics 7/24/1996.
Spanish author and religious leader. After spending a pleasant childhood with religious parents, she became a postulate in the Carmelite order at age 20. Her…
Chilean saint, a professed religious nun from the Discalced Carmelites. Fernández Solar was a pious child but had an often unpredictable temperament for she could…
Mother Teresa: A Life of Compassion and Dedication Mother Teresa, born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and…
Norwegian chemical engineer. He was the first professor, 1949-1965, at the Institute for Chemical Engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, the first educational institution…
Peruvian film, television and stage actress of Croatian descent, best known for her role in the Mexican television series El Pantera, as Lola. Terkes became…
Italian journalist and essayist, and author of thirty books. He has been a columnist for the Gazzetta di Parma, the Giornale di Brescia, the periodical…
French sailor, a professional skipper. He won the monohull class in the ‘Transat anglaise’ in 1988. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
Spanish child declared to be the reincarnation of Lama Thubten Yeshe, who died on 3/04/1984. At age three, on 3/17/1988, the boy was crowned, given…
American football player, coach, and general manager who was on a college national championship team at Notre Dame in 1943 and won another championship while…
Portuguese royalty, astrologer, the heir-apparent son of João (John) IV of Portugal (first king of the House of Braganza) and his wife Luisa de Guzmán…
Italian television presenter mainly active in the 1980s as a host of sports programmes. Link to Wikipedia biography (Italian)
Israeli actor. He has been with the Cameri Theater since 1958 and has played some 100 roles. Teomi decided to become an actor in honor…
French geologist who performed geological studies of the Alps, as well as Corsica and North Africa. He was a proponent of the nappe concept and…
French entrepreneur, inventor of the ‘Teppaz portable”, the first vinyl record player (electric phonograph). In 1958, he created the “Oscar tourne-disque”, sold at several millions…
Dutch modernist author. Menno ter Braak was the founder of the Filmliga (Movie League), an organisation for the study of animated film. In 1932 ter…
Simon Terodde is a German footballer, he currently plays as a striker for VfB Stuttgart. Link to Wikipedia