French-speaking Swiss writer. He was educated at the University of Lausanne. He taught briefly in nearby Aubonne, and then in Weimar, Germany. In 1903, he…
Scottish film director, writer, producer, and cinematographer best known for the feature films Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar and We Need to Talk about Kevin. She is…
Roxana Ramos: A Journey Through Words and Lenses Roxana Ramos, born on November 27, 1979, in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, is an acclaimed Mexican writer and photographer.…
Nicaraguan writer, journalist, politician and lawyer who served as Vice President of Nicaragua from 10 January 1985 until 25 April 1990, during the first term…
American actor, comedian, director, and writer whose best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in “Ghostbusters” (1984) and “Ghostbusters II” (1989), and as Russell…
Mexican journalist and writer. Link to Wikipedia biography (Spanish)
French writer. Rambaud has written thirty books including several parodies . In 1997 He won the Prix Goncourt and the Grand Prix of the French…
Italian theatre actress, playwright and political activist. She was married to Nobel laureate playwright Dario Fo and is the mother of writer Jacopo Fo. Fo…
Italian musician and singer-songwriter, popular in Italy and most European countries, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in…
Bruna Rambaldi: A Life Interwoven with Creativity and Human Design Born on October 7, 1934, in the vibrant city of Rome, Italy, Bruna Rambaldi is…
Italian artist whose greatest fame came with the technical creation of creatures in film making. He attended the Technical Institute V. Monti in Ferrara, 1947…
Italian script writer at Lorimar Studios in Italy, and noted family, the son of Carlo and Bruna Rambaldi. His father, the great cinema special effects…
East Indian writer and lecturer, conversant with both cultures and able to interpret the interaction between east and west, commuting easily between the two world…
American composer who has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Music: in 1999 for “Persistent Memory” and in 2002 for his second…
Rajinikanth: The Iconic Indian Actor Through the Lens of Human Design Rajinikanth, born as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad on December 12, 1950, in Bangalore, India, is…
Bonnie Raitt: A Musical Legend with a Unique Human Design Bonnie Lynn Raitt, born on November 8, 1949, in Burbank, California, is an iconic American…
Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist (full name: Allah-Rakha Rahman). A.R. Rahman’s works are noted for integrating Eastern classical music with electronic music,…
German writer, medievalist, Ariosophist and an Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) of the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), who researched grail mythos. Speculation still surrounds Otto Rahn and his…
French writer and professor of literature and historian, an autodidact. Ragon lost his father at eight. When moving to Nantes at fourteen with his mother,…
French journalist and writer, a hero of World War II and friend of General Charles de Gaulle. He died on 22 October 2003 at age…
American actor, writer and co-writer of musicals, including “Hair” (with Jim Rado). His family was large; he had five sisters and two brothers. After graduation…
French dancer, choreographer, teacher and writer. He studied the dances of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and in 1980 participated in the founding of the…
French poet and writer on homosexuality, best known today for his patronage of the arts and for his lifelong relationship with the poet John Gray.…
Scottish writer of romantic historical fiction novels and thrillers. He wrote fiction using several pseudonyms, including Jessica Stirling, initially in collaboration with short story writer,…
American actress, writer, director, producer, and web series creator, who first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl. She…
Italian singer-songwriter who started his musical career in 1984, landing mostly in the new wave scene with his English language debut album, Raf. His first…
Italian singer-songwriter who became famous during her participation in X Factor. Link to Wikipedia biography (Italian)
French writer. At 15, Radiguet met Jean Cocteau who became his lover and mentor, teaching him the labour of writing and sequestering him so he…
American singer, songwriter, rapper, musician, and record producer. Radke found success as vocalist and co-founder for the post-hardcore band, Escape the Fate, in his early…
American composer, writer and co-writer of musicals, including Hair (1967, with Gerome Ragni). He and Ragni were nominated for the 1969 Tony Award for best…
French civil servant and writer. Racine entered the service for strategic affairs and disarmament in the Ministry of Foreign Relations (1983–1986) before joining the cabinet…
Italian dermatologist and medico-scientific writer who graduated from Pavia in 1895. He collaborated with the Phototherapeutic Institute for treatment of skin diseases using phototherapy and…
Known by his acronym ADeReT, was a Lithuanian rabbi in the 19th century who served as the leader of the Jewish community of Panev?žys, as…
Filipina actress, singer-songwriter, host, vlogger and endorser. She came to prominence in 2014 after joining reality TV series Pinoy Big Brother: All In where she…
German entertainer, comedian, musician and former television host. Raab began his television career hosting the comedy show Vivasion in 1993. He became well known in…
German writer best known for realistic novels of middle-class life. After leaving school in Wolfenbüttel in 1849, Raabe was apprenticed for four years to a…
Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 200 films. Among his films: “Viridiana” (1961), “La Colmena” (1982), “Los Santos Innocentes” (1984), “Goya”…
Spanish archaeologist, painter and writer. He died 27 October 1946 Link to Wikipedia biography (Spanish)
American singer-songwriter of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent who has performed at NASCAR events, games for the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Hawks, and on television…
American sociologist, writer, and photographer known for his philosophical and critical approach to crime and social justice. After earning his Ph.D. in sociology from the…
German journalist and writer who became known in the genre of adventure novels and animal stories. He died 29 December 1969. Link to Wikipedia biography…
Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, keyboards), known as one half of Tegan and Sara, an indie pop band formed in 1998 in Calgary, Alberta, along…
American Afro-Latina singer, songwriter and producer currently signed to Interscope Records/Fantasy Soul. She is of Puerto Rican, Mexican, Irish, and Scottish decent. QUIN released her…
Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, keyboards), known as one half of Tegan and Sara, an indie pop band formed in 1998 in Calgary, Alberta, along…
Italian documentary film director and screenwriter who directed a total of 22 films between 1952 and his retirement in 2005. He is best known for…
French writer. Quignard childhood was difficult most of the time. He suffers especially from anorexia. His interests are to ancient languages, literature and music. In…
Dutch naturalist writer from a noted Sephardic family. Querido came from an emancipating Jewish workers family. His father was literally born in a dark and…
American poet, the author of the poetry collections Next Extinct Mammal (2011) and Revelations (2018). He was born to and raised by Costa Rican immigrant…