American food editor and writer, fashion model, and socialite of Italian, Swedish, French, and German descent. She is the daughter of Italian actress and model…
French entrepreneur who took on her husband’s business, surnamed “La Grande Damme du Champagne” Link to Wikipedia biography
German genre and portrait painter, silhouette artist and photographer. Theodor Widmayer studied at the Stuttgart Art School and subsequently from 1849 to 1853 privately with…
American actor who made his memorable screen debut as a psychotic killer in Kiss Of Death (1947). The film earned him a Best Supporting Actor…
American comedian, daredevil, adventurer, travel host and YouTube personality, also known as Wild Charles. He also hosts a show on Facebook Watch. Wieand is best…
French organist, composer and teacher. Widor wrote music for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles (some of his songs for voice and piano are…
German businessman, an entrepreneur who founded the German paper machine industry. From 1830 to 1850, he had more than 50 paper machines built to his…
German bandleader and jazz musician, who played drums, accordion and trombone. The 1955 film Music in the Blood (German: Musik im Blut), directed by Erik…
French psychiatrist and academic who served as President of the International Psychoanalytical Association from 2001 to 2005. Widlöcher became a psychoanalyst focused on childhood development.…
Norwegian aviator and Norway’s first female air transport pilot. She was originally educated as a book designer. She later took a pilot’s education, and employed…
Norwegian aviator and entrepreneur. Together with his brother Arild Widerøe and Einar Isdahl he founded Widerøe’s Flyveselskap, Norway’s third largest airline, on 19 February 1934.…
Norwegian painter and graphic artist. He had is debut in Oslo in 1963. His breakthrough as a painter came in 1968. Widerberg’s art has been…
French military surgeon from a Jewish family, originally from Alsace, then serving in Algeria, and later chief physician of the hospital of Versailles, and corresponding…
British politician, author and television personality. She served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010.…
Norwegian accelerator physicist who was the originator of many particle acceleration concepts, including the resonance accelerator and the betatron accelerator. His brother was aviator and…
Sri Lankan politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 9 January 2015, as Leader of the United National Party since…
American violinist, one of the first female violinists to establish a major international career. Her performing career included solo appearances with leading European and American…
French Catholic clergyman, who was Bishop of Coutances and Avranches. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
Norwegian actor who worked at Trøndelag Teater for 35 years, from 1968 and until he retired in 2003. He had his stage debut in 1955.…
British musician, translator, academic and astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of ‘Lake,’ a collaboration with…
Austrian actor and film director. He immigrates to Switzerland in 1944 after many months imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp for illegal political association in the…
American writer, a journalist and novelist, who made his reputation as a newspaper columnist with his coverage of the death of President John F. Kennedy…
American educational administrator who served as president of Mount St. Mary’s College in Maryland from 1977 to 1993 and of St. Bonaventure University in New York from 1994 to 2003. The…
Italian theoretical physicist who made important contributions to quantum field theory. The Wick rotation, Wick contraction, Wick’s theorem, and the Wick product are named after…
American football offensive guard who has played in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams (2015–2016), Tennessee Titans (2017–2018)…
French actress and novelist of Russian descent. Link to Wikipedia biography
French aircraft designer, especially known for his invention of vectored thrust for aircraft, which led to the development of the V/STOL Hawker Siddeley Harrier. He…
French diplomat, who was a major player in the relations between France and Francophone Africa during the mid-1980s. A member of the Resistance during World…
Jamaican-born British professional boxer, and former kickboxer and mixed martial artist, nicknamed The Villain or The Body Snatcher. He held the WBC interim heavyweight title…
American accident fatality who was born six hours before Billy Wayne Mutz at the same hospital where their mothers shared a room. Both Billy Wayne…
Dutch politician and resistance fighter during the Second World. Wiardi Beckman came from a patrician family. His great-grandfather Meindert Wiardi Beckman was Minister for Reformed…
French cartoonist. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
English actor, best known for his roles as Darren Sinclair-Jones in The Royle Family and Kirk Sutherland in Coronation Street, which he has played since…
American political operative who is credited with John Kerry’s come-from-behind win in the Iowa caucuses in January 2004. Whouley prefers to remain in the background…
American playwright, actor and screenwriter, who won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for the stage musical Avenue Q. For the…
American musician, composer, producer, engineer and teacher who won an Emmy award in 2014 for his work as a composer for the TV series All…
American football guard and center who played 11 years in the NFL as a Guard and Center for the New York Giants (1998–2002), Tampa Bay…
American golfer, one of the greatest all-time money winners on the women’s pro golf circuit, she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else…
British singer born in British South Africa who is a very popular recording artist in Britain, Canada and the U.S. Link to Wikipedia biography
American ice hockey goaltender who played with the U.S. Women’s National Ice Hockey Team from 1992–1997, rejoining the team in 1999 and 2001. In 1994,…
American writer of poetry, hymns and novels who was called “the Quaker Poet,” as his life and poetry were closely connected with his faith of…
American football cornerback who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams (1956-1957) and the Green Bay Packers (1958-1964).…
Canadian poet, novelist and TV writer who has published five novels and three poetry collections to date. She won the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Dayne…
American businessman, film producer, government official, writer and philanthropist. He was also a polo player and the owner of a significant stable of Thoroughbred racehorses.…
Japanese-American writer who is the best-selling author of romantic suspense novels. In total, she has written 68 books, including “Flaming Tree,” “Rainsong,” and her latest,…
Dennis Whitney Biography Dennis Whitney: A Life Through the Lens of Human Design Early Life and Background Dennis Whitney was born on August 15, 1942,…
American heir, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and president of the Museum of Modern Art. Nicknamed “Jock,”…
American inventor with two claims to fame, first, his cotton gin which made cotton growing profitable and helped to make the U.S. the largest producer…