(1725–1798) Giacomo Girolamo Casanova Jacques, Chevalier de Seingalt Works: • The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (English) Filmography as Writer: Il Casanova di Federico Fellini 1976 Director: Federico Fellini Starring: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont Casanova in Film: La nuit de…
(1927–2022) Sidney Poitier, KBE Filmography as Actor: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 1967 Director: Stanley Kramer Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn Born February 20 1927 Miami, FL (USA) Died January 6 2022 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of…
(1868–1955) Paul-Louis-Charles-Marie Claudel Works: ◊ Die Musen: Eine Ode (German) • L’otage: Drame en trois actes (French) • Le pain dur: Drame en trois actes (French) • Le père humilié: Drame en quatre actes (French) • Oeuvres de Arthur Rimbaud…
(c.1477–1539) 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1529–1539) 1st Earl of Ormond (1529–1539) 1st Viscount Rochford (1525–1533) Thomas Boleyn in Film: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Director:…
(1485–1536) Queen consort of England (1509–1533) Lady of Ireland (1509–1533) Catherine of Aragon in Film: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold Isabel 2012–2014 Director: Jordi Frades Starring: Michelle Jenner, Rodolfo Sancho Born…
(1752–1810) Francisco Cabarrús y Lalanne François Cabarrus Comte de Cabarrús Vicomte de Rambouillet François Cabarrus in Art: Francisco Cabarrús 1788 Banco de España, Madrid Born October 8 1752 Bayonne (France) Died April 27 1810 Sevilla (España) Daughter Thérésa Cabarrus, Madame Tallien…
(1768–1844) Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, born Giuseppe di Buonaparte Comte de Survilliers King of Spain and the Indies (1808–1813) King of Naples and Sicily (1806–1808) Joseph Bonaparte in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born January 7 1768 Corte,…
(1769–1852) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, FRS Prime Minister of Great Britain The Duke of Wellington in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Lord Wellesley s.d. National Museum Wales, Cardiff Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Green Park, London 1870 or 1871 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia…
(1827–1905) Lewis “Lew” Wallace Works: • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (English) • The Fair God (English) • The Prince of India, Vol. I (English) • The Prince of India, Vol. II (English) Quotes: • Lew Wallace: Quotations Filmography as Writer: Ben-Hur…
(1373–1443) Niccolò Albergati in Art: Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati c.1435 Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Cardinal Niccolò Albergati c.1438 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna See also: • Cardinals | Diplomats