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Kurt RussellactorBorn: 3/17/1951Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts Though Russell started acting as a child and was signed up to a 10-year contract by Walt Disney himself, he planned to make professional baseball his career.
Marries Tomi Rae Hynie, a backup singer in his band, and they have a son, James Brown II. 2001. SHARE. About the Master. James Brown. R&B Singer. May 3, 1933 - Dec 25, 2006. VIEW MASTER COLLECTION.
Danny Trejo is an American character actor known for his distinctive look and his portrayal of tough, often villainous characters. His film career began in 1985 when he landed a role in Runaway Train. However, the first film in which he was given a proper credited role was as Art Sanella in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown.
MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA (1647 – 1717), German artist and naturalist. Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Frankfurt into a family with a distinguished history in the visual arts, particularly with respect to the study and exploration of the natural world.
Mongol leader Genghis Khan (1162‑1227) rose from humble beginnings to establish the largest land empire in history. After uniting the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau, he conquered huge.
Leopold II [a] (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.
Stephen Orr served as Editor-in-Chief of Better Homes & Gardens and VP/Group Editorial Director until 2024. He oversaw the editorial direction of the company's food, home, and travel magazines.
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, KB (Septem - Novem), also known as Clive of India, was the soldier of fortune and commander who established the military supremacy of the East India Company in Southern India and Bengal.
John Stuart Mill was born the oldest of nine children on , in London, England, to James and Harriet Burrow Mill. His father, originally trained as a minister, had come from Scotland to take up a career as a journalist.
Kojiki is an album by the new age artist Kitarō, [ 2 ] which was nominated for a Grammy award in 1990. [ 3 ] This album features the string section from the Skywalker Symphony, along with Kitaro's signature keyboard and flute sounds. It was released in 1990.
Timothy Spall. Actor: Mr. Turner. Timothy Leonard Spall is an award-winning classical character actor who was born on February 27, 1957, and raised in London. The son of blue-collar parents, Joseph L. Spall, a postal worker, and Sylvia R. (Leonard), a hairdresser, his interest in acting happened early and Spall auditioned and earned a spot with the National Youth Theatre. The young actor.
All the biographies on this list are just as captivating as excellent novels, if not more so. With that, please enjoy the 30 best biographies of all time — some historical, some recent, but all remarkable, life-giving tributes to their subjects.
Mary Cassatt was an American artist famous for her paintings depicting the intimate bond between mothers and children. This biography of Mary Cassatt provides detailed information about her childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Tommy Orange Biography. Tommy Orange is a recent graduate from the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is a 2014 MacDowell Fellow, and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
Diana Hagee was born on 5 March 1952 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Hagee Ministries (2000), The Watchman (2016) and Praise (1973). She has been married to John Hagee since 1976.
Jhumpa Lahiri is a popular short story writer, novelist and author known for her non-fiction writings as well. Her famous debut in the world of writing occurred with the publication of a short story collection by the title Interpreter of Maladies, published in 1999.
Thomas More: A Biography (1984) Pineas, Rainer. Thomas More and Tudor Polemics (1968) Reynolds E. E. Sir Thomas More (1965) Reynolds E. E. Thomas More and Erasmus. (1965) Reynolds E. E. The Field Is Won: The Life and Death of Saint Thomas More. (1968) Wegemer, Gerard B. Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage. (1995) Wegemer, Gerard B. Thomas More.
Arnolfo di Cambio [1] (c. 1240 – 1300/1310 [2]) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Duecento, who began as a lead assistant to Nicola Pisano. He is documented as being capomaestro or Head of Works for Florence Cathedral in 1300, [3] and designed the sixth city wall around Florence (1284–1333).
Chanel’s personal life was full of controversies. According to a biography ‘Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life’ Andre Palasse, supposedly the only child of her sister Julia-Berthe who had committed suicide, was actually Chanel's child by Balsan.
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Merrit Malloy is the author of My Song for Him Who Never Sang to Me (4.58 avg rating, 157 ratings, 15 reviews, published 1975), Things I Meant to Say to.
Ronaldinho was born on Ma in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. His real name is Ronaldo de Assis Moreira. He is known as Ronaldinho because of his brazilian team mate Ronaldo Lima. His first brust with the media came at the age of thirteen, when he scored all 23 goals in a 23–0 victory against a local team.
Bob Hope, KBE ( – J), born Leslie Townes Hope, was an English-born American entertainer whose prolific career spanned nearly a century from 1915 until his death in 2003, and included success in all show business media from vaudeville, and Broadway, to radio, television, and movies.
When he died on April 5, 1992, Sam Walton was the richest man in the world. The company he founded, Walmart, generated $611 billion in sales and employed 2.1 million workers worldwide in 2022.
Taylor Swift was born in West Reading, Pennsylvania. When she was 13, her parents sold their family farm in Pennsylvania and moved to Hendersonville, Tennessee, so she could pursue a career in country music in nearby Nashville. Swift signed a deal with Sony/ATV as a songwriter the next year, in 2004.
The Wassabi "Call Me Maybe" parody video was one of the production team's first to go viral, earning over 100 million views. He became the host of the game show SpongeBob Smarty Pants. Family Life. His real name is Roi Fabito. He is from the Philippines but moved to Durham, North Carolina at the age of two.
Rajiv Gandhi Biography: Rajiv Gandhi was the 7th Prime Minister of India who served the nation from 1984 to 1989. Every year on August 20, his birth anniversary is celebrated in the form of.
Learn about the life and achievements of Thomas Edison, a prolific inventor and savvy businessman who acquired 1,093 patents and invented the phonograph, the light bulb, the alkaline battery and more. Explore his early years, his Menlo Park laboratory, his rivalry with Tesla and his later years.
Maria Luisa Ceciarelli (3 November 1931 – 2 February 2022), known professionally as Monica Vitti, was an Italian actress who starred in several award-winning films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the 1960s. She appeared with Marcello Mastroianni, Alain Delon, Richard Harris, Terence Stamp, and Dirk Bogarde.
Morita was born on 26 th January 1921 in Nagoya, Japan. As the oldest sibling he was trained to take over the family business. However Morita found himself being interested in physics and mathematics. He graduated from Osaka Imperial University in 1944 after which he entered the Imperial Japanese Navy and served in the Second World War.
Jeremy Strong (born Decem) is an American actor. He portrayed Kendall Roy on the HBO series Succession. Jeremy Strong was born on Decem,[1] in Boston, Massachusetts, and was raised in a "rough neighborhood" in the Jamaica Plain area. His mother, Maureen Strong, worked as.
ROSA LOUISE PARKS BIOGRAPHY. Rosa Louise Parks was nationally recognized as the “mother of the modern day civil rights movement” in America. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, December 1, 1955, triggered a wave of protest December 5, 1955 that reverberated throughout the United States.
Asmita Sood is an Indian model and actress. She made her acting debut with the 2011 Telugu film Brahmi Gadi Katha. [1] Sood has endorsed over 40 brands. [citation needed] She has been a part of two television shows: Star Plus's Phir Bhi Na Maane Badtameez Dil and Sony TV's Dil Hi Toh Hai.
Frederick Forsyth is one of the world's leading writers of suspenseful thrillers. Since the 1971 publication of The Day of the Jackal, he has written a string of best-selling novels featuring realistic international crises.
Joseph Haydn - Composer, Symphonies, Classical: Haydn was an extremely prolific composer. His total output includes 108 symphonies, one of which (number 106) is lost and one of which (number 105) is actually a symphonie concertante; 68 string quartets; 32 divertimenti for small orchestra; 126 trios for baryton, viola, and cello; 29 trios for piano, violin, and cello; 21 trios for two violins.
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Hyman was at one time married to her manager, Larry Alexander. They married in 1978 and divorced a few years afterward. The couple had no children. A 2007 biography by Jason A. Michael titled Strength of a Woman: The Phyllis Hyman Story discussed her past relationships with both men and one women, revealing that she was bisexual.
Young Stalin won the LA Times Book Prize for Best Biography, the Costa Book Award, the Bruno Kreisky Award for Political Literature, and Le Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique. Jerusalem: The Biography was a global bestseller and won The Book of the Year Prize from the Jewish Book Council. His latest history is The Romanovs: 1613-1918.
Jack Vettriano was born in Fife, Scotland in 1951. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. He later moved on to white-collar jobs in management services. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours [ ].
Ronit Gajanan More (born 2 February 1992) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Karnataka i He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He is a member of the Chennai Super Kings squad since 2013 and debuted in the IPL against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on 30 April 2015.
Learn about the lives and achievements of influential businessmen and businesswomen from different fields and eras. Find out how they invented, innovated, created and led their industries and companies.
Nalo Hopkinson has been writing and publishing speculative fiction since 1995. Born in Jamaica, Hopkinson has lived, written, and taught in the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States.
Goldberg has been the moderator and co-host of ABC’s “The View” since 2007. She appeared in the 2020 adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling novel “The Stand” and has recurring roles on Amazon’s “Harlem” and the EPIX series “Godfather of Harlem.” She reprised her iconic role of Guinan in season two of the Paramount+ series “Star Trek: Picard.”.
Patti Hansen is an American model and actress who has appeared on the covers of Seventeen, Harper's Bazaar, American Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and Glamour. She has been married to legendary musician Keith Richards with who she shares two children. Richards is a Rolling Stone band member.
Peter Soyer Beagle (Ap) is an American fantasist and author of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays. I did want to be involved in some sort of a Tolkien project and at that time it was the only game in town. The idea of doing it live 25 years ago was inconceivable.
His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Claude François is the 170th most popular singer (down from 127th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 138th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Egyptian Singer. Claude François was a French singer and entertainer.