Jean-Claude Vrinat: A Culinary Visionary Through the Lens of Human Design Jean-Claude Vrinat, a name synonymous with culinary excellence, was an eminent French restaurateur best…
French criminal, a gang member who was sentenced to death and executed. He was a member of “Les Bandits d’Hazebrouck” (The Bandits of Hazebrouck), a…
French writer. After founding a small theatre company in 1950, he turning to writing, publishing his first novel “Arban” in 1954. In 1963, he received…
Dutch writer, translator, poet and critic. He was the youngest son of the Liberal Jewish merchant Adolph Isidore van Vriesland (31 March 1859 3 AM…
French comedian and actor who, with André Gaillard, formed the comedy duo “Les Frères ennemis,” popular in the 1960s and 1970s in France. On 1…
Dutch actor who died in Nice on 10 March 1940. Link to Wikipedia biography (Dutch)
Dutch dancer.
Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). His father, a former policeman, had a detective agency. As a teenager, Bert assisted in the monitoring…
Dutch actor, who died on 31 January 1949 in Amsterdam. Link to Wikipedia biography
Dutch Christian teacher and prolific writer of educational children’s books, most known for “Bartje”, “Reis door de nacht” and his children’s bible. Anne de Vries…
Gerrit de Vries: A Manifesting Generator and Dutch Statesman Gerrit de Vries was a prominent Dutch jurist and politician, best known for his tenure as…
Dutch mathematician and physicist He was the son of Rubertus Jan de Vries (26 August 1821, Amsterdam – 21 September 1909, Groningen) and Henriette Auguste…
French-American columnist and editor in the field of fashion. She worked for the fashion magazines Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue and as a special consultant at…
United States Navy fighter ace, a Navy Cross recipient, and a Medal of Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the war,…
Belgian composer, violinist and conductor. He wrote chamber music, symphonic works, two operas, a ballet score and melodies. In 1904, he received the Prix Eugène…
Belgian radio and television announcer. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
Dutch philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and anthroposophist. Elisabeth Vreede came into contact with Theosophy in her home growing up. She was interested early on in…
French politician, mayor of Montreuil and a member of Europe Écologie–The Greens. She was a French senator for the département of Seine-Saint-Denis. Dominique Voynet was…
French military officer in World War II, a sergeant, awarded the title of ‘Compagnon de la Libération’ (English: Companion of the Liberation). During combat in…
French writer, cartoonist, illustrator, publisher, journalist, critic, art theorist and historian of the French letter and typography. He died on 18 December 1974 in Lurs.…
French military officer in World War II, awarded the title of ‘Compagnon de la Libération’ (English: Companion of the Liberation). He was a captain in…
Swiss-American astrologer. He spent his childhood in Geneva, Switzerland, and studied there. Then he returned to the US where he lived until the early 1950ies,…
Hans-Erich Voss: A Historical Perspective Through Human Design Hans-Erich Voss, born on October 30, 1897, in Angermünde, Germany, was a prominent German Vizeadmiral (vice admiral)…
French singer and composer, spent his childhood with his mother, dancer from Guadeloupe, in the suburb of Paris. Then he began his career as guitarist…
German anatomist well known as a medical academic and textbook author, and also notorious for his experiments during the Third Reich. Voss joined the Nazi…
American artist of Greek descent. He is known for his Abstract Expressionist ceramic sculptures, which crossed the traditional divide between ceramic crafts and fine art.…
American baseball player, a right-handed outfielder who played for the Cleveland Indians (1930-1936), St. Louis Browns (1937), Boston Red Sox (1938-1939), Brooklyn Dodgers (1940-1941), and…
American left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who had a 10-year career playing for the San Diego Padres (1986), San Francisco Giants (1990), Oakland…
American educator and librarian who oversaw college libraries at the University of Kansas and the University of California, Los Angeles. Vosper served as president of…
American homicide, a victim of domestic violence, this young girl and her mother were allegedly stabbed to death by her father on October 21, 2004…
Dutch warehouse manager who was one of the people who helped to hide Anne Frank and the other people of the Secret Annex in Amsterdam.…
Dutch artist, graphic artist and illustrator. Peter Vos (English: Peter Fox) became famous in the Netherlands for his fine graphic illustrations for a large number…
German art director who designed the sets for over fifty films including a number of Rialto Film’s series of Edgar Wallace adaptations in the 1960s.…
South African Prime Minister, succeeded Verwoerd after his assassination in 9/1966. Prior to serving as Prime Minister, he was elected to Parliament in 1953 and…
German physician and writer who used the pseudonyms “Hermann van Vloten”, “Hermann Grether” and “Grether Vortisch.” https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Vortisch
Dutch-American painter who travelled a lot. He was the youngest son of Joannes Josephus Hubertus Vos (15 December 1819, Maastricht – 13 August 1860, Maastricht)…
French physician, (Doctorate in Medicine, Lyon, 1900), Hospital attendant doctor, Professor of Obstetrical Clinic (1927-1941), and Member of the Academy of Medicine, elected correspondent for…
American actress, singer, spokeswoman, and model who rose to fame playing Lisa Marie Turtle on the NBC sitcom “Saved by the Bell” (1989–1993). She was…
German chemist who synthesized most of the liquid crystals known until his retirement in 1935. Vorländer applied his knowledge of molecular structure to select those…
American singer-songwriter, musician, visual artist, performance artist and writer. Voog is the former front woman of The Blue Up?, a pop rock band from the…
French cult leader and writer, the author of books of messages given to him by an extraterrestrial in 1996 that led to world-wide centers, the…
American World Cup alpine ski racer on the US Ski Team who has won four World Cup overall championships – one of only two female…
American atmospheric scientist credited with discovering that silver iodide could be used effectively in cloud seeding to produce snow and rain. Vonnegut accumulated 28 patents…
Dutch revue star and comedian. Her father was a stage manager in Theater Carré. She never received formal stage training, but at age twelve she…
French stage and film actor who appeared in some fifty movies released from 1913 to 1959. He died on 5 September 1963, aged 80, in…
American writer, a master of science-fiction. His novels include “Piano Player,” 1952 “Sirens of Titan,” 1959 and “Slaughterhouse Five,” 1969, which was made into a…
American All-Star catcher who played from 1946 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m),…
American electrical engineer, most noted as a co-founder of leading FPGA (field-programmable gate array) producer Xilinx, an American technology company, primarily a supplier of programmable…