American producer and production manager known for Into the Wild (2007), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), Greyhound (2020) and Ultra Violet and Black Scorpion (2022).
American singer who, on her 14th birthday, sang at a local club and had a job by 17, making nine dollars a week working “from…
English-born Australian film, theatre and television actor, singer, guitarist, songwriter and musician best known in Australia, where he moved to in 1968. He is the…
American murder suspect who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment until, after 18 years, his conviction was reversed and he was freed, from the…
American college and professional football player, nicknamed “Muddy” Waters, who was an offensive and defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons…
English actress best known for her portrayal of Laura Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2000–2004). She is the daughter of actor Dennis Waterman…
Dutch physician, biologist, cancer researcher, bacteriologist and serologist. His parents were the accountant Hijman Waterman (1848-1925) and Elizabeth van Praag (1855-1941). He studied medicine at…
Australian child of noted family, the son of bookmaker and CEO Tom Waterhouse and his wife Hoda Vakili. The couple married in 2011. William has…
Australian bookmaker and the CEO of William Hill Australia. Waterhouse is a fourth generation bookmaker, and the great grandson of one of the first official…
American politician, a Republican member of the Missouri Senate representing the 20th district. Previously, Wasson served four terms in the Missouri House of Representatives (2002–2010).…
Belgian television host, chef, fashion designer, interior designer, theatre designer, costume designer and magazine columnist. In 1989, he opened his fashion house in Brussels and…
Australian child of noted family, the daughter of bookmaker and CEO Tom Waterhouse and his wife Hoda Vakili. The couple married in 2011. Rose has…
American politician and retired police chief, who served as the Mayor of Fremont, California, from 2004 to 2011. He has been credited with integrating Fremont’s…
American film studio executive and agent whom Steven Spielberg called a “great titan of the industry.”. He began his career in 1936 as a booking…
German-jewish novelist and biographer. Died on 1/01/1934 in Altaussee (Austria) at 06:00 (6 a.m.) His books were burnt 1933. Link to Wikipedia biography
Austrian astrologer and parapsychologist, the grand lady of Austrian astrology. Daughter of count Stephan Wassilko von Serecki, she grew up bilingual with German and Romanian,…
American painter who produced more than 2,000 works of art including paintings, watercolours, and sketches that are displayed in museums around the world. He served…
American author and broadcast journalist; a pioneer, with such others as Mary Marvin Breckinridge and Sigrid Schultz, of female journalism in the United States. She…
American geophysicist who serves as a professor of geology and geophysics at the California Institute of Technology and heads a division of the Institute’s Charles…
Belgian physician and professor at the University of Liège, specialising in surgery and obstetrics. He was one of the founders of the Medical and Surgical…
American attorney specializing in divorce. Celebrity gossip website TMZ calls her the “disso queen” (“disso” for marriage dissolution). She has handled a number of high-profile,…
American First Lady, the wife of George Washington, the first President of the United States. She was the widow of a wealthy planter, Daniel Custis,…
American singer, film and television actress. Washington is best known for her role in the award-winning film Gimme the Loot for which she received a…
American author descended from the Indigenous Cowlitz people of Washington State. She has written two memoirs about her young adulthood, Starvation Mode: a Memoir of…
American community activist in Texas and founder of the McCall Neighborhood Center in El Paso. She taught for 39 years in the El Paso Independent…
French film actor who died in Laon on 9 July 1978. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
American politician, the first black Mayor of Chicago in 1983 despite admitted troubles with the law in the ’70s when he was a practicing lawyer…
American educator who, although born into slavery, went on to become one of the great educational leaders. He worked his entire life trying to improve…
American actor, named one of the nation’s ten favorite actors who has earned his place in Hollywood through consistent excellence. When he won an Academy…
American politician, the first president of the U.S. 1789-1797. As a wealthy Virginia plantation owner and a gentleman farmer, he also served as the Commander…
American cartographer, explorer, mountaineer, photographer and director of the Boston Museum of Science for 40 years, Washburn was honored for mapping the highest peak of…
American cultural anthropologist who has pursued studies of Creole languages, Sign languages of the Deaf, flamenco artistry, sport fishing, and cinema. His books include Five…
Belgian soccer manager and player. While managing R.F.C. de Liège he helped them win the 1989–1990 Belgian Cup. He became the coach of Belgium before…
American explorer, mountaineer, cartographer, lecturer and teacher. She is the author of “The Accidental Adventurer: Memoirs of the First Woman to Climb Mount McKinley.” It…
Swiss writer. Maria Waser studied history and literature at the universities in Lausanne and Bern. In 1902 she got PhD in Bern with a thesis…
American baseball player, a right-handed catcher who played two games for the Boston Bees in May 1937. He died in South Laguna, Florida on 6…
American baseball player, a left-handed outfielder played for the Washington Senators (1937–1940), Brooklyn Dodgers (1940–1941), Pittsburgh Pirates (1942–1943), Philadelphia Phillies (1943–1946), and Cleveland Indians (1946–1947).…
German naval commander and high-ranking officer of the Kriegsmarine (Nazi Navy). Serving in the rank of General Admiral he succeeded General Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg…
American singer and recording artist with many hits to her credit. She won a Grammy on 3/12/1969, another on 3/16/1971 and received a Grammy for…
German pro astrologer, data collector and author. A student of E. C. Kuehr, he was an active member of the Deutscher Astrologen Verband/ DAV. An…
American singer and noted family, the younger sister of Dionne Warwick. They both changed their names from the family Warrick. They grew up in a…
French politician, a member of the National Assembly of France who represents the Ardennes department. He is a member of the Union for a Popular…
American sportswoman; this champion horsewoman died on 28 December 1997 in Wilmington, Delaware of injuries suffered in a fall during the Fair Hill, Maryland horse…
American character actor on the New York stage who specialized in Shakespeare and Shaw. He died aged 76 of a brain hemorrhage on 10 November…
German chemist, head of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at Gdansk university from 1918 to 1933, and a pioneer of high temperature chemistry. He died…
American professional wrestler, model, and bodybuilder, signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the name Dana Warrior as a brand ambassador. She is the second…
American poet and scholar, also noted as the daughter of novelist, literary critic and Poet Laureate Robert Penn Warren and writer Eleanor Clark. Her first collection of poetry, Each Leaf…
French photographer, who took the official portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy as President of the French Republic. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
American philosopher and author of numerous books, who was professor of philosophy of religion and apologetics at the Harding School of Theology in Memphis, Tennessee,…