Helmut Schmidt, *December 23, 1918

Helmut Schmidt, Photo Text Portrait: *December 23, 1918. Textportrait Helmut Schmidt by Ralph Ueltzhöffer 2008, December 12. Biography Text (Photo: May 23 by Wikipedia.org – Helmut Schmidt). Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Prior to becoming chancellor, he had served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance [...]

Willy Brandt, *December 18, 1913 – 1992

Willy Brandt, Photo Text Portrait: *December 18, 1913 – 1992. Textportrait Willy Brandt by Ralph Ueltzhoeffer 2009, April 12. Biography Text (Photo: May 13 by Wikipedia.org – Willy Brandt). German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1969–1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) [...]

Angela Merkel, *July 17, 1954

Angela Merkel, Photo Text Portrait: *July 17, 1954. Textportrait Angela Merkel by Ralph Ueltzhöffer 2009, November 11. Biography Text (Photo: March 23 by Wikipedia.org – Angela Merkel). Current Chancellor of Germany. She played a central role in the negotiation of the Treaty of Lisbon and the Berlin Declaration [...]

Dalai Lama, the 14th

Dalai Lama, Text Portrait Photo, Textportrait Dalai Lama by Ralph Ueltzhöffer 2009, April 14. Biography Text (Photo: March 27 by Wikipedia.org – Dalai Lama). (Religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo Dondrub,[2] 6 July 1935) is the 14th and current Dalai Lama [...]

Hanna Schygulla, *December 25, 1943

Hanna Schygulla, Photo Text Portrait: *December 25, 1943. Textportrait Hanna Schygulla by Ralph Ueltzhoeffer 2008, May 20. Biography Text (Photo: March 7 by Wikipedia.org – Hanna Schygulla). German actress and chanson singer. Acting eventually became her focus, and she became particularly known for her film work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder [...]

Kate Moss, *January 16, 1974

Kate Moss, Photo Text Portrait: *January 16, 1974. Textportrait Kate Moss by Ralph Ueltzhöffer 2008, August 20. Biography Text (Photo: March 27 by Wikipedia.org – Kate Moss). English model. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers. She is known for waifish figure, uncommon modeling height for a fashion model, Moss was born in Addiscombe, Croydon, London [...]

David Beckham, *May 2, 1975

David Beckham, Photo Text Portrait: *May 2, 1975. Textportrait David Beckham by Ralph Ueltzhöffer 2009, November 10. Biography Text (Photo: Febuary 11 by Wikipedia.org – David Beckham). David Robert Joseph Beckham, (born 2 May 1975) is an English football midfielder currently playing for Milan (on loan from Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy)[4] and the England national team [...]

Angelina Jolie, *June 4, 1975

Angelina Jolie, Photo Text Portrait: *June 4, 1975. Textportrait Angelina Jolie by Ralph Ueltzhöffer 2008, September 23. Biography Text (Photo: Febuary 21 by Wikipedia.org – Angelina Jolie). American actress, a former fashion model, Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Jolie achieved international fame for her portrait of videogame heroine Lara Croft in 2001 [...]

John Lennon, *October 9, 1940 – 1980

John Lennon, Photo Text Portrait: *October 9, 1940 – 1980. Textportrait John Lennon by Ralph Ueltzhöffer 2009, May 18. Biography Text (Photo: Febuary 26 by Wikipedia.org). John Lennon was an English rock musician, singer, writer, songwriter, artist, actor and peace activist (Yoko Ono) who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles [...]

Kurt Cobain, *February 20, 1967 – 1994

Kurt Cobain, Photo Text Portrait: *February 20, 1967 – 1994. Textportrait Kurt Cobain by Ralph Ueltzhöffer 2009, April 2. Biography Text (Photo: March 16 by Wikipedia.org). Kurt Cobain was a singer, guitarist, songwriter and frontman for the grunge band Nirvana. With the lead single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from Nirvana’s second album Nevermind (1991) [...]