Name Meaning: Name: Aaliyah
Birth Name: Aaliyah Dana Haughton
Height: 5' 7"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: January 16, 1979
Birth Place: Huntington, New York, USA
Profession: musician, actress
Education: Detroit High School of the Performing Arts (graduated with a 4.0 GPA)
Place of Death: August 25, 2001
Death Date: Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas
Death Cause: Plane crash
Husband/Wife: R. Kelly (musician; married in 1994; that marriage was annulled due to Aaliyah's status as a minor, 15 years old and Kelly was mid 20s)
Relationship: Damon Dash (record executive; born on May 3, 1971)
Father: Michael Haughton
Mother: Diane Haughton
Brother: Rashad Haughton (filmmaker; born August 6, 1977)
Uncle: Barry Hankerson (manager, record executive; divorced)
Aunt: Gladys Knight
Claim to fame: Album: Age Ain't Nothing But A Number (1994)
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Name Meaning: Name: Amy Adams
Birth Name: Amy Lou Adams
Height: 5' 5"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: August 20, 1975
Birth Place: Vicenza, Italy
Profession: actress
Education: Alumna of the Chanhassen Dinner Theater in Minnesota
Claim to fame: won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance for her performance as Ashley in Junebug (2005)
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Name Meaning: Name: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Height: 6' 2''
Sex: M
Nationality: British
Birth Date: August 22, 1967
Birth Place: London, England, UK
Profession: Actor, Model
Education: Kings College, the University of London (masters in Law)
Claim to fame: Played the criminal Simon Adebisi in the HBO prison series Oz (1997-2000), as well as Mr. Eko on the second season of ABC's survivor drama Lost (2005)
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Name Meaning: Name: Andre Agassi
Birth Name: Andre Kirk Agassi
Height: 5' 11"
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: April 29, 1970
Birth Place: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Profession: Former Tennis Player
Husband/Wife: Steffi Graf (tennis player; born on June 14, 1969; married on October 22, 2001), Brooke Shields (actress; born May 31, 1965; married on April 19, 1997; annulled on April 9, 1999)
Relationship: Barbra Streisand (actress, musician; born on April 24, 1942; dated in early 1990)
Father: Emmanuel 'Mike' Agassi (was a boxer; born on December 25, 1930)
Mother: Elizabeth Agassi
Sister: Rita Agassi (older; wife of late former tennis legend, Pancho Gonzales), Tamara Louise Agassi (tennis player; born on April 8, 1969)
Brother: Phillip Agassi (tennis player; born on October 14, 1962)
Son: Jaden Gil Agassi (born on October 26, 2001; mother: Steffi Graf)
Daughter: Jaz Elle Agassi (born on October 23, 2003; mother: Steffi Graf)
Claim to fame: Won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles.
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Name Meaning: Name: Aishwarya Rai
Height: 5' 7"
Sex: F
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: November 1, 1973
Birth Place: Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Profession: actress
Education: Arya Vidar Mandir in Santa Cruz, Bombay, India
DG Ruparel College, Matunga, Bombay, India
Raheja College Architecture in Bandra, Bombay, India
Relationship: Salman Khan (actor; born on December 27, 1965)
Father: Krishnaraj Rai (ex-merchant navy officer)
Mother: Vrinda Rai (writer)
Brother: Aditya Rai (producer; born in 1970)
Claim to fame: Miss World 1994
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Name Meaning: Name: Akon
Birth Name: Aliaune Daye Thiam
Height: 5' 11"
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: October 14, 1981
Birth Place: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Profession: Rapper, R&B singer
Father: Momar Thiam (Jazz percussionist)
Claim to fame: His debut album 'Trouble' with hit singles 'Locked Up' and 'Lonely' in 2004
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Name Meaning: Name: Alan Alda
Birth Name: Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo
Height: 6' 2''
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: January 28, 1936
Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
Profession: Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Education: Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York (attended 1950-1952)
Fordham University in New York (earned Bachelor of Science degree in 1956)
Husband/Wife: Arlene Alda (award-winning professional photographer and an author; married on March 15, 1957)
Father: Robert Alda (actor, burlesque theatre owner; born on February 16, 1914; divorced Joan Brown; died May 3, 1986 due to effects of a stroke)
Mother: Joan Brown (former Miss New York)
Half Brother: Anthony Alda (actor; born on December 9, 1956; mother: Flora Martino)
Step Mother: Flora Martino
Daughter: Beatrice Alda (actress; born on August 10, 1961), Elizabeth Alda (actress; born on August 20, 1960), Eve Alda (born on December 18, 1958)
Claim to fame: His role as Captain Hawkeye Pierce in the television series M*A*S*H (1972-1983)
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Name Meaning: Name: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Height: 5' 11½''
Sex: M
Nationality: Mexican
Birth Date: August 15, 1963
Birth Place: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Profession: Director, Producer
Husband/Wife: Maria Eladia
Son: Eliseo Inarritu
Daughter: Maria Eladia Inarritu
Claim to fame: His first feature film, the much lauded and decorated 'Amores Perros' (2000), a.k.a. 'Love’s A Bitch,'
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Name Meaning: Name: Alessandra Ambrosio
Birth Name: Alessandra Ambrósio
Height: 5' 9"
Sex: F
Nationality: Brazilian
Birth Date: April 11, 1981
Birth Place: Erexim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Profession: Model
Claim to fame: The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2005) (TV)
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Name Meaning: Name: Amerie
Birth Name: Amerie Marie Mi Rogers
Height: 5' 5"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: January 12, 1980
Birth Place: Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
Profession: Actress, Singer
Education: Georgetown University (graduated in 2000 with degree in English and Fine Arts)
Sister: Angela Rogers (younger; lawyer)
Claim to fame: Her debut album 'All I Have' with single 'Why Don't We Fall in Love' (2002) and her sophomore album 'Touch' with single '1 Thing' (2005
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Name Meaning: Name: Ana Beatriz Barros
Birth Name: Ana Beatriz Barros
Height: 5'11¼''
Sex: F
Nationality: Brazilian
Birth Date: May 29, 1982
Birth Place: Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Profession: Model
Claim to fame: Most notable for her extensive work in Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated
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Name Meaning: Name: Ana de la Reguera
Birth Name: Anabell Gardoqui De La Reguera
Height: 5' 3''
Sex: F
Nationality: Mexican
Birth Date: April 8, 1977
Birth Place: Veracruz, Mexico
Profession: Actress, dancer
Education: Instituto Veracruzano de Cultura
Centro de Formación Actoral de TV Azteca (CEFAC)
Claim to fame: Her role as Sister Encarnacion in Nacho Libre (2006)
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Name Meaning: Name: Anastacia
Birth Name: Anastacia Lyn Newkirk
Height: 5' 3"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: September 17, 1973
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Profession: actress, musician
Education: Professional Children's School of Manhattan
Relationship: Wayne Newton (her bodyguard; born in 1968), Shawn Woods (actor; born on February 20, 1970; 1994-2001)
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Name Meaning: Name: Andrea Bowen
Height: 5' 4½\"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: March 4, 1990
Birth Place: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Profession: actress
Sister: Jessica Bowen and Jillian Bowen (older sisters)
Brother: Grahm Bowen, Alex Bowen, and Cameron Bowen (actor; born September 13, 1988 ) (older brothers)
Claim to fame: Playing Julie Mayer on Desperate Housewives (2004)
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Name Meaning: Name: Alicia Arden
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: May 17, 1977
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Profession: Actress, Model
Claim to fame: Her reoccurring role as Theresa Carter in General Hospital (2002-2004)
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Name Meaning: Name: Asia Argento
Birth Name: Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento
Height: 5' 6''
Sex: F
Nationality: Italian
Birth Date: September 20, 1975
Birth Place: Rome, Italy
Profession: Actress, director, writer, producer
Relationship: Michael Pitt (actor; born on April 10, 1981; broke engagement in 2004), Marco Morgan Castoldi (rock and roll musician; 2001), Vincent Gallo (1998)
Father: Dario Argento (director; born on September 7, 1940)
Mother: Daria Nicolodi (actress; born on June 19, 1950)
Half Sister: Fiore Argento (actress; born in 1970)
Grand Father: Salvatore Argento (producer; born in 1914; died on April 19, 1987 of heart attack)
Grand Mother: Elda Luxardo (photographer)
Step Mother: Marisa Casale
Uncle: Claudio Argento (producer; born on September 15, 1943)
Daughter: Anna Lou (born on June the 20, 2001 in Lugano)
Claim to fame: Played in Amiche del cuore, Le (1992, written and directed by Michele Placido)
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Name Meaning: Name: Alan Arkin
Birth Name: Alan Wolf Arkin
Height: 5' 9"
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: March 26, 1934
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Profession: Actor, Author, Director, Musician
Education: Franklin High School, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, California (attended 1952-1953)
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont (studied drama from 1953-1955)
Husband/Wife: Suzanne Arkin (psychotherapist; married in 1996), Barbara Dana (married on June 16, 1964; divorced), Jeremy Yaffe (married in 1955; divorced in 1960)
Father: David I. Arkin (was a painter and writer)
Mother: Beatrice Arkin
Son: Anthony Dana Arkin (actor; born in 1967; mother: Barbara Dana), Matthew Arkin (actor; born in 1959; mother: Jeremy Yaffe), Adam Arkin (actor; born on August 19, 1956; mother: Jeremy Yaffe)
Grand daughter: Molly Arkin (born in 1987; father: Adam Arkin; mother: Linda Arkin)
Claim to fame: His highest profile part, that of Captain Yossarian in Mike Nichols' film version of Joseph Heller's antiwar novel Catch-22 (1970)
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Name Meaning: Name: Ashanti
Birth Name: Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas
Height: 5' 3''
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: October 13, 1980
Birth Place: Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Profession: Actress, musician
Relationship: Nelly, rappper; reportedly dating on and off since 2003
Cousin: Quinshae Snead (died on April 16, 2006, car accident in Johannesburg, South Africa)
Claim to fame: R&B singer-songwriter's eponymous debut album in 2002 featured the hit song Foolish
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Name Meaning: Name: Ayumi Hamasaki
Height: 5' 1''
Sex: F
Nationality: Japanese
Birth Date: October 2, 1978
Birth Place: Fukuoka, Japan
Profession: Musician, actress
Claim to fame: Her album Love-Destiny zoomed to the #1 in Japan (1999)
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Name Meaning: Name: Adam Baldwin
Height: 6' 4''
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: February 27, 1962
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Profession: Actor
Education: New Trier Township High School East, Winnetka, IL.
Husband/Wife: Ami Julius (Actress)
Claim to fame: as Colonel Jack Riles in The Cape (1996)
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Name Meaning: Name: Alec Baldwin
Birth Name: Alexander Rae Baldwin III
Height: 5'11''
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: April 3, 1958
Birth Place: Massapequa, New York, USA
Profession: Actor, producer, director
Education: George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (majored in Political Science)
New York University, New York (majored in Drama; graduated in 1993; B.A.)
Moscow Art Theater (studied with Mira Rostova)
Husband/Wife: Kim Basinger (actress; met while filming The Marrying Man in 1990; married on August 19, 1993; filed for divorced on January 12, 2001; divorced in February 2002)
Relationship: Nicole Seidel (lawyer; dated 2002-2006), Janine Turner (actress, engaged in 1983; wedding canceled), Holly Gagnier (actress, together in the mid 1980s)
Father: Alexander Rae Jr. (teacher in Massapequa, New York; died of lung cancer in 1983)
Mother: Carol Newcomb (nee Martineau, born in 1930; breast-cancer survivor)
Sister: Elizabeth (aka Beth Keuchler, born in 1955), Jane (aka Jane Sasso, physical therapist, born 1965)
Brother: Stephen Baldwin (actor; born on May 12, 1967), William Baldwin (actor; born on February 21 1963), Daniel Baldwin (actor; born on October 5, 1960)
Uncle: Charles H. Baldwin, Joseph Baldwin (actor)
Sister in law: Chynna Gilliam Philips (singer)
Daughter: Ireland Eliesse (aka Addie Baldwin; born on October 23, 1995)
Claim to fame: as Adam Maitland in Beetlejuice (1988)
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Name Meaning: Name: Antonio Banderas
Birth Name: José Antonio Domínguez Bandera
Height: 5' 9''
Sex: M
Nationality: Spanish
Birth Date: August 10, 1960
Birth Place: Málaga, Spain
Profession: Actor, Director, Producer, Composer
Education: School of Dramatic Art in Málaga, Spain
Husband/Wife: Melanie Griffith (actress; born on August 9, 1957; met on set of Two Much in January 1995; married in London on May 14, 1996), Ana Leza (actress; married in 1988; separated in 1995; divorced in 1996)
Father: (State Department worker)
Mother: (Teacher)
Brother: Francisco Banderas (economist; younger)
Daughter: Stella del Carmen Banderas Griffith (actress; born on September 24, 1996; mother: Melanie Griffith)
Step son: Alexander Bauer (born in 1985; father: Steven Bauer)
Step daughter: Dakota Mayi Johnson (born on October 4, 1989; father: Don Johnson)
Claim to fame: As Nestor Castillo in The Mambo Kings (1992)
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Name Meaning: Name: Adrienne Barbeau
Birth Name: Adrienne Jo Barbeau
Height: 5' 3½\"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: June 11, 1945
Birth Place: Sacramento, California, USA
Profession: Actress
Education: Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California (junior college)
Dancing and singing lessons
Husband/Wife: John Carpenter (director; b. January 16, 1948; married in 1979; divorced), Billy Van Zandt (actor and producer; married in 1992-)
Son: John Cody Carpenter (born on 1984), Walker Steven Barbeau Van Zandt (b. March 19, 1997), William Dalton Barbeau Van Zandt (twin of Walker)
Claim to fame: as Carol Trainer in TV Series: Maude (1972)
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Name Meaning: Name: Anita Barone
Height: 5' 4"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: September 25, 1964
Birth Place: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Profession: Actress
Education: University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan (hold a BFA)
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan (hold a MFA in theater)
Husband/Wife: Matthew Glave (actor)
Daughter: Madeline, Roxanne
Claim to fame: As wife to Jeff Foxworthy on The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995-1996)
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Name Meaning: Name: Angela Bassett
Height: 5' 4"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: August 16, 1958
Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
Profession: Actress
Education: Boca Ciega High School in St. Petersburg, Florida, Class of 1976
Received B.A. in African-American studies from Yale in 1980
Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Yale School of Drama in 1983
Husband/Wife: Courtney Vance (aka Courtney B. Vance; actor; b. March 12, 1960; engaged in 1997; married on October 12, 1997)
Relationship: Mark Jenkins (cardiologist)
Mother: Betty Bassett (worked for Florida's Health and Human Services Agency; divorced)
Sister: D'nette Bassett (younger)
Claim to fame: As Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)
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