American manic-depressive mother, she shot her sleeping 16-year-old daughter Marcia to death on 2/14/1990 and attempted suicide, but failed. Her younger daughter, Audrey, heard the…
Italian champion foil fencer, the winner of an Olympic Gold Medal at Barcelona 1992.
Italian television presenter, journalist, actress and author. A journalist since March 2005, she is an Honorary citizen of Velletri, a country located in the Castelli…
French film actress who appeared in her first film in the early 1900s and quickly became one of France’s most loved and respected actresses. She…
Italian champion cyclist, the winner of an Olympic Gold Medal at Tokyo, 1964. Link to Wikipedia biography
French stage director and actor in several films and TV series. With Séverine Magois, he was honoured with a Molière for his production of La Version de…
Mexican television and radio entertainer and host, dancer and choreographer known for his work in musical comedies and variety programmes. In 1991 he married TV…
French race horse trainer and jockey.
Italian astrologer.
Indian film actor, director and writer. He mainly worked as a writer in different films, serials and plays. Some of his famous films, as a…
Chetan Bhagat: A Dynamic Force in Indian Literature and Media Chetan Bhagat, born on April 22, 1974, in New Delhi, India, is a multifaceted Indian…
American member of the Hare Krishna religious cult who took the name “Kirtananda Swami Bhaktipada.” The 4,000 acre commune was founded over 25 years ago…
Indian film and television actor, singer and producer. Vikas is trained in Hindustani classical music from Allahabad University, under Pandit Jialal Vasant. He appeared as…
Indian actor, standup comedian and mimicry artist, known for Tamboo Mein Bamoo (2001) and Bhavnao Ko Samjho (2010).
Indian actor in Hindi movies who has a likeness to late Bollywood star Dev Anand. He played the lead role in many films like Hum…
Indian Tamil poet and rationalist whose literary works handled mostly socio-political issues. His writings served as a catalyst for the growth of the Dravidian movement…
British film actress and singer who works in Bollywood, and the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan. After making her acting debut…
Indian singer, winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Little Champs, 2017 (a singing competition television series). Link to Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il…
Indian businessman, a real estate tycoon.
Thai royalty, long-reigning monarch and popular King of Thailand. He was the third chld and second male to be born to his parents. Since his…
Indian religious leader, head of the Ramakrishna Mission, an Indian religious organization which forms the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as the Ramakrishna…
Pakistani politician and father of noted politician, Benazir Bhutto. He served as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973, and as the Prime Minister…
French jazz pianist and organist. He comes from a musical family, with a pianist father, and mother and sister who are music teachers. Link to…
French cyclist, the Olympic Gold medal champion in the individual road race event at the 1948 London Games. He died on 11 June 2005, aged…
Turkish television personality, standup comedian and actor, well known as the host since December 1996 of the Beyaz Show, a popular Turkish talk show. In…
French composer, music critic and theatre director, whose musical style has been described as traditional, classical, clear, melodic and of indisputable elegance. He died in…
Dutch banker, civil servant, politician, and diplomat. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands 1952–1956. Beyen played an important role in the…
French film critic and historian who died on 30 January 2001 at Cannes. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
American actor, filmmaker and artist best known for playing the roles of Tony in the film version of West Side Story (1961), Peter in The…
Belgian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Belgium 2012. Laura is a Real Estate Agent and is fluent in French, Dutch and English. Link…
Australian contemporary artist based in Melbourne whose work addresses ideas of transcultural life, feminism, and notions of hybridity in today’s world. She is known for…
American Swami Beyondananda, AKA Steve Bhaerman, is serious about laughter. Describing himself as an author, humorist and educator, his mission is to help us improve…
French navigator and skipper. He won the Solitaire du Figaro three times in 2005, 2011 and 2014 and was crowned champion of France in solo…
French physics researcher.
French business leader, who serves as Chairman of the Board and Executive Editor of Météo-France.
French political journalist and columnist. He was managing editor of the newspaper Les Echos from 1996 to 2004 and of Figaro from 2004 to 2007.…
French real estate mogul and football (soccer) manager. In 1979, he bought the Girondins de Bordeaux and positioned himself as president of the club until…
French painter, holder of the title peintre de la marine since 1999. Studied the law, but became professional painter and illustrator. Since 2002, he disigns…
French Catholic bishop who died on 28 March 1989. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French jazz musician. He plays the saxophone (soprano, alto and tenor), piano and drums. He is also a composer and arranger. Link to Wikipedia biography…
Dutch businessman and icon for the city of Rotterdam. He was a hard working man in the port of the city, which was the largest…
Dutch footballer (soccer player) who played 126 matches for Willem II (1910-1926), in which he scored 47 times. He played as a forward in the…
French seamstress and laundress, known to have been one of the muses and, for 53 years, the companion of sculptor Auguste Rodin, whom she married…
German paleontologist, and a proponent of orthogenesis and saltational evolution. He used the term metakinesis (coined by Otto Jaekel) to describe sudden changes of development…
American blogger (The Wikipedian), an active editor on the English Wikipedia since June 2006, a producer of documentary films (Our Nixo and The Uber Wars),…
French Roman Catholic bishop. He died on 4 April 1930 in Carcassonne, France. Link to Wikipedia biography (German)
French theatre and cinema actor and playwright, he died on 3 September 1946 in Kremlin-Bicêtre, Val-de-Marne, aged 75. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
French journalist and newspaper editor who founded daily afternoon newspaper Le Monde in 1944 at the behest of Charles de Gaulle. The first edition of…
German artist, theorist and teacher who was highly influential in international contemporary art in the latter half of the 20th century. He is a founder…
Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Minister for Health in the post-war Attlee government from 1945 to 1951. The son of a coal miner,…