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- A.J. Odudu was born on 12 February 1988 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Married at First Sight UK: Afters (2021), The Big Interiors Battle (2023) and The 5:19 Show (2009).
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Aarón Sánchez is an award-winning chef, TV personality, cookbook author and philanthropist. He is the chef/partner of Johnny Sánchez restaurant, located in New Orleans. He is also the co-star of FOX's hit series, "MasterChef" and "MasterChef Junior". One of the world's most distinguished Latin chefs, Aarón is passionate about preserving his family's legacy through food and encouraging diversity in the kitchen.
Celebrated by both critics and contemporaries, Aarón has won a James Beard award for Television Studio Program (2014) and was the host of the Emmy-nominated Cooking Channel series "Taco Trip". He has appeared as a recurring guest judge on Food Network's "Chopped" and has starred in multiple Food Network shows including "Guilty Pleasures", "Best.Ever", "Heat Seekers", "Chefs vs. City", "Best Thing I Ever Ate", and "Next Iron Chef". Additionally, Aarón has hosted two Spanish-language shows on Fox Life, "3 Minutos con Aarón", and "Motochefs".
Awards: 2014 - James Beard Award for Television Studio Program- Abbey Howe is an actress based in Los Angeles, CA. She is a Gilmore Girl in an SNL world, and she will definitely make you sign her petition. She received a BA in Drama from the University of CA, Irvine, and continues her education in comedy at Upright Citizen's Brigade. She is best known for her quirky HoweFunny sketches on YouTube and regularly performs with her improv team around town.
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Abby Segerstrom was born on 12 February 1998 in Denison, Texas, USA. She is an assistant director and producer, known for Rico to the Rescue (2023) and Hibbs Shows You How (2022).- Abdul Rafay Chandio is a versatile creative force, renowned for his captivating poetry in both English and Urdu. Hailing from the serene village of Muhammad Khan Chandio in Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan, Abdul Rafay's roots serve as a wellspring of inspiration for his poetic expressions. Beyond his literary prowess, he's also a dedicated B Tech student and a skilled Cyber Security analyst, showcasing his multidimensional talents. From weaving evocative verses to safeguarding digital realms, Abdul Rafay's journey is a testament to the harmonious blend of artistry and technical acumen.
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Abilash valsalam rajam ( born 12 February 1996 ) known as Abilash VR , is a Digital compositor in Visual effects industry. Started his career as a roto artist in prism and pixel VFX studio Chennai on 2016 . Promoted as a digital compositor in same studio and work in more than 60 domestic movies till October 2021 . Then Abilash started his international visual effects career in MPC,INDIA as a Digital compositor. Known for Pre-Historic planet(2022) .- Director
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Abner Pastoll is a British film director and screenwriter based in London. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 12, 1982, his family used to run a two screen cinema in Rustenburg. He moved to London with his parents at the age of 2, and although relocating and growing up in the UK, he would still travel back to the family cinema for at least one month out of each year until the cinema closed down in 1999. He started making films at the age of 4, inspired primarily by his family's cinema and his father's film and video equipment. He originally thought he wanted to become an actor but soon discovered that he preferred being behind the camera.
Abner's debut Road Games (2015) is a UK-France co-production by February Films in London and Superbe Films in Paris. IFC Films released the film in limited US cinemas on March 4, 2016 and Icon Film Distribution released in the UK and Ireland on August 26, 2016. When it debuted on US Netflix on July 12, 2016, it went straight to #1 as the most popular, most watched film on the streaming service for 3 consecutive days.- Writer
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Abraham Lincoln was an American politician from Kentucky. He was the second presidential candidate of the then-new Republican Party, following John Charles Frémont (1813 - 1890). He served as President of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War. He was assassinated in April 1865, the first of four American presidents to be assassinated during their term in office.
In February 1809, Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin, located on the Sinking Spring Farm . The Farm itself was located near the modern city of Hodgenville, Kentucky, which was incorporated in 1836. Lincoln was the second child born to the illiterate farmer Thomas Lincoln (1778-1851) and his first wife Nancy Hanks (1784-1818). Both of his parents were born in Virginia.
Lincoln was a namesake grandson of Captain Abraham Lincoln (1744 - 1786), a military veteran of the American Revolutionary War. The senior Abraham was born in Pennsylvania, and settled in the areas of modern Kentucky in 1781. He was shot by an unnamed Native American in May 1786, while working in his field. The Lincoln family were descendants of Samuel Lincoln (1622 - 1690), an English weaver who had settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637.
Lincoln's father Thomas bought or leased various farms in Kentucky, but lost most of his land in court disputes over property titles. In 1816, the Lincoln family settled in Indiana, which at the time had a more reliable and surveying system. Indiana was a "free-state", having abolished slave-holding in 1816. This suited Thomas' religious beliefs. He had joined the Separate Baptists, a religious group which forbade its members to own slaves.
In October 1818, Lincoln's mother Nancy died due to milk sickness. She had ingested milk cow containing the poison tremetol. She was 34-years-old at the time of her death. Lincoln was only 9-years-old at the time. The boy's primary caregiver for a while was his older sister Sarah Lincoln (1807 - 1828), who took over most household duties.
In December 1819, Lincoln's father married his second wife Sarah Bush (1788 - 1869). She was a widow, with three children of her own from a previous marriage. Lincoln grew close to his stepmother, and started calling her mother. By that time, Lincoln was old enough to start working in the farm. He reportedly never liked the physical labor, and his family regarded him as particularly lazy.
Lincoln received little formal schooling, relying on brief tutoring by itinerant teachers. He learned to read at the age of 7, but was not trained to write for several years. However, he became a bibliophile and spend most of his free time "reading, scribbling, writing, ciphering, writing Poetry, etc" He was largely self-educated, reading on a variety of topics.
As a teenager, Lincoln was "tall, strong, and athletic". He was trained in the "catch-as-catch-can" style of wrestling, a grappling style, and had a career as an amateur wrestler. He earned his reputation in the sport by defeating the leader of "the Clary's Grove Boys", a local gang of troublemakers.
In 1830, the Lincoln family moved to Macon County, Illinois. By that time, Lincoln was 21-years-old, legally entering adulthood. His relationship with his father Thomas became difficult, as young Lincoln craved for financial independence. In 1831, Thomas and most of his family settled in a new homestead, located in Coles County, Illinois. Lincoln decided not to follow them, and started living on his own. He settled for a few years in New Salem, Illinois.
In 1831, Lincoln and his partner Denton Offutt purchased a general store in New Salem. Lincoln gained a reputation of honesty, when he realized that he had accidentally overcharged a customer and voluntarily returned the money to him. By 1832, the general store had failed. The partnership was dissolved.
Also In 1832, Lincoln stood as a candidate for the Illinois General Assembly. He was an unlikely candidate, as he was rather poor and lacked political connections. He received 277 votes, nearly every vote in the village of New Salem. He lost the election as he was unknown outside this village.
In the early 1830s, Lincoln worked as New Salem's postmaster, and then as county surveyor. He aspired to become a lawyer, and read law on his own. He extensively studied legal texts in order to qualify. He later claimed that he was entirely self-taught. In 1834, Lincoln sought election to the Illinois General Assembly again. This time, he stood as a candidate for the powerful Whig Party and won the election. He served four terms in the General Assembly.
Lincoln's first known romantic relationship involved Ann Rutledge (1813 - 1835), a local woman who was reputedly engaged to another man. Rutledge died in August 1835, during a typhoid epidemic. She was only 22-years-old at the time of her death. Lincoln became severely depressed following her death. Biographers think that he wrote the poem "The Suicide's Soliloquy"(1838), to record his own suicidal thoughts during this period.
In 1836, Lincoln was admitted to the Illinois bar, and moved to Springfield Illinois to practice law. He started his career as a lawyer by practicing law under experienced lawyer John Todd Stuart (1807 - 1885), who happened to be a long-time friend of Lincoln. Lincoln gained a reputation as a formidable trial lawyer in cases involving cross-examinations.
In his political career in the 1830s, Lincoln championed the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, which connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. He later served as a Canal Commissioner. He voted to expand suffrage to all white males, not only white landowners. He adopted a "free soil" policy, vocally opposing both slavery and abolitionism. He favored the plan of the Whig party leader Henry Clay (1777 - 1852) to use freedmen in the colonization of Liberia.
In 1839, Lincoln became romantically interested in Mary Todd (1818 - 1882), a daughter of the wealthy businessman Robert Smith Todd (1791-1849). They were engaged in 1840, and were married in 1842. They had four sons. Mary had a higher social standing than Lincoln, being part of the gentry in Springfield, Illinois. She had reputedly rejected several suitors. Her most notable suitor before Lincoln was the successful lawyer Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813 -1861).
In 1842, Lincoln's last term in the Illinois General Assembly ended. In 1843, he sought the Whig nomination for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He lost the nomination to John Jay Hardin (1810 - 1847), but convinced party officials to not renominate Hardin in the next election. Lincoln won the Whig nomination in 1846, and went on to win the election. He served as a congressman from 1847 to 1849. During this time, Lincoln was the only Whig in the Illinois delegation.
During his term in congress, Lincoln proposed a bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, and to compensate slave owners for the loss of property. The bill failed to gain sufficient support, even from his own party. Lincoln spoke out against the country's involvement in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), warning that the price of glory would be "showers of blood".
Lincoln did not seek renomination to Congress in the 1848 election, honoring a 1846 pledge to serve a single term. He supported Zachary Taylor's campaign to win the Whig nomination for the presidency. When Taylor won the presidential election, Lincoln expected political favors from the new president. Taylor offered to Lincoln an appointment as secretary or governor of the Oregon Territory, which was at that time a stronghold of the Democratic Party. Lincoln declined the offer, as it would require him to abandon his legal career in Illinois. He resumed life as a lawyer.
During the 1850s, Lincoln was one of Illinois' leading lawyers. He appeared before the Illinois Supreme Court in 175 cases, and was the sole counsel in 51 of these cases. He solidified his reputation as a defense lawyer in two murder trials. In the trial of Duff Armstrong (1833-1899), Lincoln was able to prove that a key eyewitness was actually lying about what he had seen. Lincoln found that the witness stood at too great a distance in nighttime conditions to have seen anything. In the trial of Simeon Quinn "Peachy" Harrison (a cousin of Lincoln), Lincoln was able to convince a judge that the dying declaration of the murder victim should not be excluded as hearsay, That declaration was that the victim had actively provoked Harrison into attacking, helping the defense's case.
In 1854, Lincoln resumed his active participation in political life by speaking out against the controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act, a law that repealing the Missouri Compromise (1820), and would allow for the expansion of slavery to the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska. The Whig Party split in two due to its factions' different reactions to the new law. The Party's anti-slavery faction helped establish the new Republican Party, which also attracted anti-slavery politicians from the Free Soil Party, the Liberty Party, and the Democratic Party.
In 1854, Lincoln stood as a Whig candidate to the United States Senate. He was not able to secure the election, but managed to convince his supporters to vote for Lyman Trumbull (1813 - 1896), an anti-slavery Democrat with similar views to their own. Trumbull won the election. In 1856, Lincoln formally joined the Republican Party. At the June 1856 Republican National Convention, Lincoln was one of the candidates for the party's nomination for Vice President of the United States. Lincoln received 110 votes, finishing second among the candidates. The vice-presidential nomination was instead won by William Lewis Dayton (1807 - 1864).
In 1858, Lincoln stood as a Republican candidate for the United States Senate. His opponent was Stephen Arnold Douglas, a leading Democrat politician. The Senate campaign featured seven debates between Lincoln and Douglas, which attracted nationwide attention. The candidates argued extensively over the legal and moral status of slavery in the United States. In this elections, the Republican Party won the popular vote, but the Democratic Party won more seats. The legislature re-appointed Douglas to the Senate. But Lincoln had become nationally famous, and he was often mentioned by the press as a likely presidential candidate.
In 1860, Lincoln received early endorsements as a presidential candidate. In the 1860 Republican National Convention, he secured the party's nomination. His most significant rival for the nomination was William Henry Seward (1801-1872), who finished second among the various candidates. Only Lincoln and Seward received over 50 votes from delegates. The party's nomination for vice president was secured by Hannibal Hamlin (1809 - 1891), a former Democrat who had opposed slavery for most of his career.
In the 1860 United States presidential election, the Democratic Party was split into two rival factions, which nominated different candidates. In the election, Lincoln received 1,866,452 votes, or 39.8% of the popular vote. In the electoral college, he received 180 votes, winning the election. Lincoln every one of the free Northern states, plus California and Oregon in the recently annexed Western United States. He received no votes at all in 10 of the 15 slave states.
Lincoln started his presidency in March 1861. By that time, 7 states had already seceded from the Union in reaction to his victory (in chronological order: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas). The American Civil War started in April 1861 with the Battle of Fort Sumter, a bombardment of a Union fort located near Charleston, South Carolina. On April 15, Lincoln called on the states to send a total of 75,000 volunteer troops to recapture forts, protect Washington, and "preserve the Union". In Baltimore rioting crowds started attacking Union forces. Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus in select areas, allowing the government forces to confine people without formal trials. Thousands of suspected Confederate sympathizers were confined.
Lincoln soon established his executive control over the Union's war effort, and helped shape its military strategy, He expanded his war powers, and exercising "unprecedented authority" over the country. He had the full support of the Republican-controlled Congress, as well as popular support in states loyal to the Union. His political opposition consisted of two different factions, the Copperheads and the Radical Republicans. The Copperheads were a faction of the Democratic Party which demanded a compromise on the matter of slavery, and a peace settlement with the Confederates. The Radical Republicans were a faction of the Republican Party which demanded the "permanent eradication of slavery", and rejected any ideas concerning compromises with slave-owners.
In September 1862, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared the emancipation of slaves in 10 Confederate states. The Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863. By the spring of 1863, Lincoln had started recruiting "black troops" in massive numbers. By the end of the year, 20 regiments of African Americans from the Mississippi Valley had been recruited by the Union.
Lincoln ran for re-election in the 1864 United States presidential election. He united the main factions of the Republican Party and the War Democrats (a pro-Union faction of the Democratic Party) into a coalition known as Union Party. The remaining factions of the Democratic Party made the mistake of nominating retired general George Brinton McClellan (1826 - 1885) as their presidential candidate. McClellan held a grudge against Lincoln, but rejected any ideas concerning peace with the Confederates. Meaning that the Copperheads could see little difference between him and Lincoln.
Lincoln won the presidential election with 2,218,388 votes, representing 55.0% of the popular vote. 78% of Union soldiers. voted fort him, as they did not want a compromise to end the War. Lincoln won 212 electoral votes, and had the support of 22 out of the Union's 25 states. His new vice-president was Andrew Johnson (1808 - 1875), a prominent War Democrat.
In 1865, the Union seemed to be winning the American Civil War. On April 14, 1865, Lincoln and his wife attended Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. They wanted to see a performance of the then-popular British play "Our American Cousin" (1858) by Tom Taylor (1817 - 1880). During the performance, Lincoln was assassinated by the well-known actor John Wilkes Booth (1838 - 1865). Booth was a Confederate sympathizer, and hoped to turn the tide of the War. Lincoln was 56-years-old at the time of his death.
Lincoln's corpse was returned for burial to Springfield, Illinois, where he had lived for decades. On May 4, 1865, Lincoln was interred at the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield. The Lincoln Tomb later became a state historic site. His wife and three of their four sons were later buried there as well.
Historians tend to rank Lincoln among the top Presidents of the United States. Due to his violent death, he came to be regarded as "a national martyr". Several political factions trace their origins to Lincoln's ideas and policies. He has been described as "a classical liberal" of the 19th-century, and is well-regarded for his policies favoring trade and business.- Actress
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Abril Schreiber was born on 12 February 1987 in Caracas, Venezuela. She is an actress and producer, known for El Elixir del Amor, Habana Instant (2015) and Rumba Love (2021).- Ad Melkert was born on 12 February 1956 in Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Adam Simonsen was born on 12 February 1975 in Denmark. He is an actor, known for Final Hour (1995), Stolen Spring (1993) and Black Harvest (1993).
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Adel Kjellström was born on 12 February 1954 in Helsingborg, Sweden. She is a producer and composer, known for Miesten vuoro (2010), Rånarna (2003) and Hamilton (1998).- Writer
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Adele Buffington was born on 12 February 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was a writer, known for The Duke Comes Back (1937), West of Singapore (1933) and Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950). She was married to Edward Vore. She died on 23 November 1973 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Adelle August was born on 12 February 1934 in Kennewick, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Apache Ambush (1955), Women's Prison (1955) and The Man Called X (1956). She was married to Leonard G. Rogers. She died on 24 April 2005 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
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Adil Abdelwahab was born on 12 February 1961 in Marrakesh, Morocco. He is an assistant director and actor, known for Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Mosul (2019) and Men in Black: International (2019).- Aditi Sajwan was born on 12 February 1976 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
- Aditi Sajwan was born on 12 February 1976 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
- Adrián Yospe was born on 12 February 1970 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for 5.5.5 (2012), La venganza (1999) and Cops and Robbers (1994). He died on 10 November 2011 in San Isidro City, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Afshan Azad, who is of Bangladeshi descendant, was born on February 12, 1988 in Manchester, England. She is an actress who is mostly known for her play in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).
- Ahmad Sabry Ghobashy was born on 12 February 1989 in Egypt. He is an actor, known for Coffee Egypt Stock Exchange (2019), El Zebaq (2017) and Ghost of the Nile.
- Ahmed Abo Abeya was born on 12 February 1929 in Cairo, Egypt. He is an actor, known for Armalat wathalath banat (1965), Muzakkerat telmiza (1962) and Nemar el-Talamzah (1964).
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Ahmet Arkan was born on 12 February 1950 in Aydin, Turkey. He is an actor and producer, known for Aksamci (1997), Sehitler (1975) and Kader Çikmazi (1974).- Ai Satô was born on 12 February 1955 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), Death Note (2006) and The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (1992).
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Naidu's first professional acting job, which he won from an open call, was a leading role opposite Michael Keaton in the 1986 film Touch and Go (1986). This was followed by an ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) episode, No Greater Gift (1985), where he played Nick Santana, a 12-year-old boy with a terminal illness. Naidu then appeared in the MacGyver (1985) TV series' first-season episode, To Be a Man (1986) in 1986.
Other early film credits include Where the River Runs Black (1986) opposite Charles Durning and Vice Versa (1988). Between 1988 and 1995 he worked extensively in classical theatre.
Naidu returned to film acting in 1996 with Richard Linklater's SubUrbia (1996), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male and competed against the likes of Samuel L. Jackson, Roy Scheider and Jason Lee.
On screen, Naidu starred in the cult film Office Space (1999), as well as appearing in such films as K-PAX (2001), SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997), Requiem for a Dream (2000), Bad Santa (2003), The War Within (2005), The Guru (2002), Waterborne (2005), and Loins of Punjab Presents (2007). He co-starred as a series regular in the sitcom LateLine (1998) and had guest starring roles on the television dramas The Sopranos (1999), The West Wing (1999), and Bored to Death (2009).
Naidu has been working extensively with musicians from the Asian underground music movement for many years as a breakdancer and an M.C. His vocals have appeared on many records, most notably Talvin Singh's mercury award winner "OK".
In 2006, Naidu directed his first feature film Ashes (2010) which had its release in 2010 and for which he won Best Actor accolades from the MIACC Film Festival in New York and the London Asian Film Festival.
Naidu's most recent theatre credits include The Kid Stays in the Picture at the Royal Court Theatre, The Master and Margarita with Complicite, a world tour of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure with Complicite, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui alongside Al Pacino, directed by Simon McBurney and The Little Flower of East Orange alongside Ellen Burstyn at New York's Public Theater directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. In 2001 Naidu's solo theatre piece Darwaza was a sold-out hit at New York's Labyrinth Theatre.- Actress
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Ajda Pekkan was born on February 12, 1946 in Istanbul to a Turkish naval officer father. She spent her childhood at the naval base in Golcuk (Turkey) amongst American families.
In 1962, at the beginning of her musical career, she appears as a singer at a very popular club of the time called 'Cati'. One year later in 1963, she becomes the winner of a contest organized by SES Magazine, searching for new talents for the movie industry. This marks her professional career.
Pekkan became a recognized star in Turkish movie industry. 1963 to 1967 she acted in 47 movies with well known actors such as Ayhan Isik, Cuneyt Arkin, Izzet Gunay, Ediz Hun until her last movie, 'Harun Resid'in Gozdesi'.
What she really wanted to do was to become the best singer ever one can possibly be. She was one of the first to sing western style popular songs in their native languages such as Italian, French and English at early years, later singing the same songs in Turkish.
In 1965 her very own single 'Her Yerde Kar Var - 17' Yasinda was out in the markets. In 1967 her single 'Iki Yabanci' broke sale records. In 1968 and 1969 she represented Turkey at the International Apollonia Music Festival (Greece) with a Turkish song, 'Ozleyis', and 'Perhaps One Day' in English.
At the beginning of the seventies with her growing reputation, Ajda Pekkan drew the attention of foreign music companies and settled in France for many years.
The first success was a song composed by Mort Schuman and Etien Roda Gil just for her, 'Babylone Babylone'. Pekkan was at one of her peaks with a series of concerts took place at world famous Olympia Music Hall in Paris with a world famous French singer Enrico Macias. It was no later than that time she recorded songs in French, German, Greek, Spanish, Japanese and had already acquired international fame.
In the middle of the seventies she boomed. Each and every one of her songs became a Pekkan Classic, e.g. 'Tanri Misafiri', 'Kimler Geldi Kimler Gecti' and 'Hosgor Sen'.
In 1977, she represented Turkey at The Yamaha Music Festival (Japan) with a French song, 'A Mes Amours', and gained two great awards, one for the best performer, one for the best song. Following this success she released two singles in Japan.
Again in 1977, her album 'Superstar' was one of its kind with astonishing design and production, followed by concerts, stage performances, and international tours. With her 'Superstar 2' album in 1979, she once again was at her peak in her musical career.
She also represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the song 'Pet'r Oil', but did not get the expected result. She then moved to the United States for a while.
Following the USA years, without wasting any time, Pekkan successfully performed 'Superstar 83' show, followed by an album with the popular group 'Bes Yil Once On Yil Sonra'. Her marriage caused her to suspend her musical career for many years. She broke her silence with her 'Ajda 90' Album. 'Ajda 91', 'Ajda 93', 'Ajda 96' albums followed. In 1998 it was time for 'The Best Of', followed by 'DIVA' albums in the year 2000. 2003 brought us the single 'Sen Iste', and brought her a successful new beginning.
In 1998, the Turkish Ministry of Culture granted her statute of 'Artist of State' representing so many years of her dedicated career.
With her last album released in 2006, 'Ben Aslında O Gordugun Cool Kadın Degildim', Ajda Pekkan once more proved she was one of the most important quality sounds in Turkey.- Akhtaruzzaman Elias was born on 12 February 1943 in Gaibandha, East Bengal, British India [now in Bangladesh]. He was a writer, known for Meghmallar (2014) and Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit (2019). He was married to Suraiya Tutul. He died on 4 January 1997 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Al Alleborn was born on 12 February 1892 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for My Dream Is Yours (1949), I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951) and Sincerely Yours (1955). He died on 14 June 1968 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Director
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Al Gurst was born on 12 February 2002 in Frick Hospital, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Fallen Kingdom (2012), The Band (2012) and Revenge (2012).- Director
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Alaa Al-Eryani was born on 12 February 1990 in Cairo, Egypt. She is a director and writer, known for Insight (2011), Broken (2016) and Bicyclist (2016).- Actor
Albert Ferris was born on 12 February 1902 in York, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor. He died on 11 April 1988 in Santa Ana, California, USA.- Actor
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Albert Lirvat was born on 12 February 1916 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France. He was an actor, known for Siméon (1992). He died on 30 June 2007 in Paris, France.- Alberto Bondolfi was born on 12 February 1946 in Giubiasco, Kanton Tessin, Switzerland.
- Alessandro Gottlieb was born on 12 February 1904 in Sighet, Transylvania, Romania. He was an actor, known for Il compagno Don Camillo (1965) and Death at Owell Rock (1967). He died in 1973 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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Alessio De Leonardis was born on 12 February 1982 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an assistant director and director, known for Ghiaccio (2022), Enigma Rol (2023) and Sarò Franco - Una vita un po' porno (2021).- Actor
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Alex Falcon was born on 12 February 1989 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Hypno Challenge, Frontier (2018) and Mental (2021).- Actress
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Alexandra "Alex" Meneses, the ALMA Award-nominated actress known for her smoldering bombshell characters and philanthropic commitment to a wide variety of causes, recently starred on The CW's critically acclaimed series Jane the Virgin (2014). She also recently starred as Isabella, the over-the-top diva actress on NBC's comedy series Telenovela, for which she received an Imagen Award nomination. Eva Longoria produced and starred in it.
Alex first became embraced by audiences playing Teresa Morales in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Her role as Stefania Fogagnolo, Brad Garrett's luscious Italian girlfriend on Everybody Loves Raymond, earned her an ALMA Award and American Comedy Award nominations. Other TV roles include Cookie, Joey Tribiani's sister, on Friends; Sofia on The Goldbergs; and roles on CSI, CSI Miami, Prison Break, NCIS, Psych, Austi & Ally, and The Cleveland Show. She recently starred in the TV movie Unorganized Crime opposite Chazz Palminteri.
On film, the Chicago native and former model has also appeared in Selena, Boyle Heights, Ripped, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award-winning Auto Focus opposite Greg Kinnear. Alex was Mistress of Ceremonies for Ischia Global Film Festival in Italy.
As president and founder of her own production company (Oo La La Productions/L.A.D.S. Entertainment), Alex produced the Sundance Channel hit documentary Damned To Heaven, a gripping look at life inside the FLDS (Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) pluralistic community of Colorado City, Arizona.
She also executive-produced Australians Hit Hollywood, an honest look at Australians and New Zealanders who have turned themselves into prominent players in the Hollywood entertainment scenes.
While still in high school in Chicago, Alex was inspired to pursue an acting career after seeing Rita Moreno's performance in West Side Story and enrolled in the famed Second City Improv program. Following high school, Alex landed a modeling contract and moved to Europe, where she worked regularly in Italy, France and Greece. Upon her return to the US, she entered The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute to hone her acting skills.
She has received acclaim in the Geffen Playhouse's production of Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple by Neil Simon. An adapted revival of The Odd Couple, Simon altered the ethnicity of Oscar & Felix's neighboring sisters to Spanish, which fit Meneses, who is half Mexican-American. Alex has appeared in numerous stage productions, including Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams at Chicago's Victory Gardens Theater.
In her ongoing commitment to philanthropy and volunteerism, Alex has served on the Board of Trustees at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles for ten years and has helped to raise tens of millions of dollars for the hospital. She also serves on the boards for United Hope for Animals and The Chicago Symphony and is a member of The Chicago Historical Society.
A proud alumna of Chicago's Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School, Alex frequently returns to campus and meets with students to share her insights and commitment to a McAuley education. In 2005 she established the Alexandra Meneses Endowed Scholarship to help ensure a new generation of young women are given the best possible career and life opportunities.
Alex is a devoted mother to her young daughter and divides her time between Los Angeles and Chicago.
Awards: American Comedy Award - Everybody Loves Raymond Alma Award - Everybody Loves Raymond Imagen Award for Best Actress - Telenovela Imagen Award for Best Comedy - Telenovela Latina of Influence - Hispanic Lifestyle 2018 (Won) Idyllwild Film Festival for Best Actress 2018 Idyllwild Film Festival for Best Ensemble Cast 2018 (Won)- Alexander Martin was born on 12 February 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Josie and the Pussycats (2001), Can't Hardly Wait (1998) and 21 (2000). He has been married to Megan W. Martin since 22 October 2011. They have one child.
- Alexander Papendiek was born on 12 February 1928 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Emilia Galotti (1958), Blaulicht (1959) and Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961). He was married to Brigitte Papendiek-Plotzki. He died on 27 August 1974 in East Berlin, East Germany.
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Alexandra Dahlström was born on 12 February 1984 in Gävle, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. She is an actress and director, known for Show Me Love (1998), Fröken Sverige (2004) and Covert Affairs (2010).- Alexandra Freifrau von Berlichingen was born on 12 February 1941 in Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. She was married to Roman Herzog and Götz Wolf von Berlichingen. She died on 1 March 2023 in Schloss Stetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Alexandros Gehrckens was born on 12 February 2002 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor, known for Sources of Life (2013), Faith (2010) and Never Too Late for Justice (2016).
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Alexia Landeau was born in Paris, France. She is an actress and writer, known for Two Days in New York (2012), Two Days in Paris (2007) and Marie Antoinette (2006).- Actor
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Alexis Manenti was born on 12 February 1982 in Bagnolet, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Les Misérables (2019), The Glorious Acceptance of Nicolas Chauvin (2018) and The Last Panthers (2015).- Alexis Neblett was born on 12 February 2005 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for The Fits (2015).
- Alfonso Armada was born on 12 February 1920 in Madrid, Spain. He died on 1 December 2013 in Madrid, Spain.
- Alfred Arnbak was born on 12 February 1885 in Randers, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Hans første Kærlighed (1914), Storstadens Hyæne (1912) and Skildpadden (1915). He was married to Juliane Maria Nielsen and Marie Sofie Lilli Viola Engholm. He died on 13 November 1970 in Denmark.
- Alfred Gregory was born on 12 February 1913 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He died on 9 February 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
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As one of the most famous YouTubers, he started studying at the Kyung Hee University after having education on Media and Journalism at the Firat University in Turkey. He has worked on media affairs and attended in several social responsibility activities as well as science and technology programs in both Turkey and South Korea.
He firstly appeared in the short videos on the Vine application and received over than ten million. He worked as SNS Manager and Video Producer at various media companies. He has a wide range of audience in Turkey and South Korea on his YouTube channel which provides Turkish and Korean language-based videos. Additionally, he associates with numerous Turkish and Korean actors and YouTube figures.
As his cinema experience, he worked as an assistant for the ''Ayla - The Daughter of War'' movie in 2017. He was rewarded as ''The Most Effective Cultural Ambassador'' by the Battalgazi Youth Organization in 2017 and 2018. He is also acting Student Ambassador of Kyung Hee University to Turkey. He received an award of The Best Short Film Contest by Kyung Hee University in Seoul, South Korea in 2019 with his short-comedy film ''Geç Kalma! (Don't Be Late!).
He is promoting Turkish and Korean cultures in his videos and producing a new type of popular shots for his YouTube channel Ali Ertugrul TV.- Writer
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Ali LeRoi was born on 12 February 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Everybody Hates Chris (2005), The Obituary of Tunde Johnson (2019) and Head of State (2003).- Alice Mukunku is a British actress with Polish, French and Congolese heritage. She was born in Carshalton, London (United Kingdom).
Alice joined her local performing arts school in 2021 enjoying acting, singing and dancing classes.
Her professional acting career took off when she joined an acting agency and Spotlight in October 2022. Since then, she has been regularly cast in various feature and short films including 'Cookster: The Darkest Days', 'The Monster Beneath Us', 'The Midnight Sleepover Club'.