French jazz double-bassist, accordionist, singer-songwriter, poet and artist. Vola played bass for Ray Ventura, Duke Ellington and singer Charles Trenet. In 1934 he was a…
French surgeon of Hospitals in 1845, who worked successively in Lariboisière (1854), Saint-Louis and the Hôtel-Dieu. He was also a teacher and writer. He died…
German writer. Voigt learned in Florence by the publisher Eugen Diederichs, whom she married in 1898. They have 4 children and divorced in 1911 following…
American astrologer, writer, teacher and lecturer who seldom charged for her services. During travels throughout her youth, she met her future husband, Frank Vohryzek, in…
French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic. Vogue served in the Franco-Prussian War, and at the conclusion of the war entered the…
Dutch journalist, poet and translator of poetry and drama. Voeten used the nicknames B. van Beenen, Hans van den Bosch en Leo H. van der…
Dutch poet, the first spouse of painter Willem Witsen . Betsy was the fifth child of the seven children of the Dutch scientist and man…
Dutch scholar of languages, literature, history, theology and philosophy . He revived Spinoza’s work as a freethinker and became one of the founders of modern…
Member of a noted family, spouse of the poet Albert Verwey. Kitty was the youngest of the seven children of the Dutch scientist and Man…
Dutch member of a noted family and translator of Hans Christiaan Anderson. She was born in Deventer as the eldest of the “Van Vloten sisters”:…
Australian television and radio presenter, lawyer, comedian, producer, author and screenwriter. He has written for and produced various Logie and AFI award winning television shows…
Elio Vittorini: A Modernist Voice Shaped by Human Design Elio Vittorini, born on July 23, 1908, in Syracuse, Italy, stands as a pivotal figure in…
Mexican screen, stage and voice actor, comedian, writer, and translator. He was born the day that soccer legend Diego Maradona’s “hand of god” goal took…
French writer and journalist. He is known as a novelist, biographer and literary columnist. He was elected at the Académie française in 2001. In 2010,…
French actor, producer and screenwriter who died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 28 September 1977. He appeared on the daily radio program La famille Duraton. Link to…
German novelist, poet, playwright, and writer on the philosophy of art, known for his efforts to create a theoretical basis for literary realism. Vischer’s theories…
Italian film director, writer and producer, whose film La prima cosa bella (The First Beautiful Thing) received 18 nominations for the David di Donatello Award…
Finnish writer, theologian, parapsychologist, minister, popular writer and truth seeker. Married once, three children. He died on 23 June 1999.
Italian pop singer-songwriter who made his debut in 2006 in the Sanremo Festival’s New Proposals category with the song “Davvero.” In 2011 he won the…
French film actor, director, screenwriter and producer who mainly worked in the 1910s and 1920s, before retiring from the cinema after the arrival of talkies.…
Dutch poet, writer, journalist, performer and editor. Simon was the only child of Hendrik Albert Vinkenoog and Anna Katharina van Meel. After their divorce (1934),…
English writer, actor, comedian and presenter, known for his quick-fire puns and his role on the BBC series Not Going Out until his departure in…
French singer and songwriter who died on 7 March 2012. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French singer-songwriter who has sung in over 140 countries in prestigious venues such as the Manaus Opera House in Brazil and the Hanoi Opera House…
French writer, painter, and sculptor. Main best-seller “La Billebaude”. Died of lung Cancer (1985). Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French author, novelist, poet and screenwriter. She died on 26 December 1969. Link to Wikipedia biography
French journalist and radio and television personality. Most of his radio career was on France Inter where he was a writer of sketches, host and…
Mexican actor and writer, known for his roles in Won, Toot, Tree Detective Agency (TV series, 2012), A Gift from Santa (Short film, 2005) and…
French poet and writer. After a training as graphical designer, he turned towards poetry in 1971, influenced by beatnik poets like Ginsberg and Ferlinghetti, orienting…
Dominican merengue singer, known as “El Mayimbe,” who began singing in the early 1970s. His popularity started to grow by the late 1970s and has…
French actor, comedian and writer, known as a presenter on La Nouvelle Édition and Salut les Terriens! on Canal+ and for his role in the…
Brazilian writer, journalist, lecturer and translator. He died on May 29, 2005. http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Villa%C3%A7a
American singer-songwriter, also known by her stage name Princess Joy Villa, noted for her attention-grabbing outfits which she has worn to the Grammy Awards, and…
Laotian American actress, comedian, writer, director, and showrunner who co-hosts the Add To Cart podcast with SuChin Pak on Lemonada Media. She was the co-host…
Norwegian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist. She worked as a journalist for Porsgrunn Dagblad from 1956 to 1960. She had her literary debut…
Norwegian musician, writer, and a convicted murderer and arsonist. In 1991, he founded the one-man music project Burzum and became part of the early Norwegian…
French romantic poet, one of the most thoughtful and philosophical of the romantic writers. He is noted for his plays and a diary, “Journal D’Un…
Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and publisher, a Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Link to Wikipedia biography
French writer, novelist, widely known for “Nothing holds back the night”. Living with François Busnel, journalist and TV host. Link to Wikipedia biography
German author. Clara Viebig was highly musical and endowed with a fine voice, she spent some time at the Conservatoire in Berlin. In 1896 she…
French writer, screenwriter, and lyricist, who died in Paris on 8 June 1971. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French criminal turned criminalist, whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe and Honoré de Balzac. The former criminal became the…
Gore Vidal: A Literary Icon with a Unique Human Design Gore Vidal, an iconic figure in American literature, was a celebrated playwright, critic, novelist, and…
British internet personality, writer, body positive activist and television presenter of British-Caribbean heritage, known for her TheFamilyHood YouTube account. Victory began her YouTube channel at…
Italian film actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He appeared in 23 films between 1950 and 1958. He also wrote for 13 films, produced 12…
French psychotherapist and writer, Doctor of Medicine (Paris, 1913). His books include L’Art de penser et la mnémotechnie rationnelle (1929) and Le Langage de la…
French pop singer-songwriter, born to a military father who taught him the guitar from age 12. After having studied economics and fashion design, he released…
French writer, actor, engineer, jazz musician, artist, and essayist. He died of cardiac arrest en route to a hospital, after collapsing during a film screening…
Brazilian best-selling novelist, screenwriter, and film and television director who specializes in urban fantasy and horror, supernatural and vampire fiction. He rose to fame in…
French writer. He died 3 May 1971. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)