Celebrities born on April 09

André Antranik Manoukian (Armenian: Անդրե Անդրանիկ Մանուկյան; born 9 April 1957 in Lyon) is a French songwriter, arranger, jazz musician and actor of Armenian descent. Born in Lyon, France, Manoukian is of Armenian descent. He began playing the piano when he was seven years old. Later, when he was a student, he sold organs in a shop to earn money. At 20, he studied music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After the basics he studied musical composition, arrangement and harmony. Upon returning to France Manoukian started a jazz band called Horn Stuff. At the same time he composed for female singers and two jazz-funk albums were recorded. He was also approached to join the band of the singer Michèle Torr. In 1983 he met the singer Liane Foly and in addition to becoming her partner, he composed her first successes, including Au fur et à mesure and Doucement. He also wrote for such artists as Michel Petrucciani, Richard Galliano, Charles Aznavour, Freddy Zucchet, Gilbert Bécaud, Diane Dufresne, Nicole Croisille, Natacha Atlas, Viktor Lazlo, Janet Jackson, Myriam Abel, Camille Bazbaz et Malia. He completed the musical arrangement and composition for films including Quatre étoiles et Jean-Philippe. He is currently well known by the general public for being on the M6 reality TV series, Nouvelle Star (New Star). He has been on the jury since the first season along with Marianne James, Manu Katché and Dove Attia. During transmission he is the "poet" and philosopher juror. He is a member of the jury of Nouvelle Star series 6, besides singers Sinclair and Lio and the music journalist Philippe Manoeuvre. In 2004 he did dubbing in the DVD bonus of Shrek II, where he dubbed one of the jurors of the singing competition. He was also in the transmission of T'empêches tout le monde de dormir (You stop everyone sleeping) on M6 presented by Marc-Olivier Fogiel where he portrayed in his manner the "Psycho-erotico-cosmico-musical" of the guests by translating the name of a personality in shorthand notes with a melody which he composed and played on the synthesizer. On 5 February 2007, Manoukian presented the Globes de Cristal besides Elisabeth Quin on Paris Première. Since 21 February 2007 he has presented Dédé les doigts de fée (Dede nimble fingers) on Paris Première, a program about guests who have different music backgrounds. For him, their life is a song recorded on a multi-track. To better portray his guests, Manoukian invites them to recount their lives in a real recording studio and he then composes a novel piece of music based on their stories. In the same year Manoukian composed the new Album (music) for Beverly, a contestant in Nouvelle Star 4 and he also accompanied Miss Dominique at the piano during some of her concerts. His first book La Mécanique des Fluides (Fluid Mechanics) was released in February 2008. The book is an autobiography in the form of a monologue mainly tracing his artistic career as a pianist and a composer as well as his artistic and emotional life. In 2011, he was one of the contestants during the first season of Danse avec les stars. With his partner Candice Pascal, he finished in the 8th position (last). ... Source: Article "André Manoukian" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Rayane Bensetti (born 9 April 1993 in Caluire-et-Cuire) is a French actor. He is well known for being the winner of the fifth season of Danse avec les stars with the dancer Denitsa Ikonomova. As a child, he starred in commercials, for example Carrefour, Nocibé and Toys "R" Us. He started on TV in 2008 by being an extra on Il faut sauver Saïd. His first role was on TV in 2008 with Mystère à la colo. He later on had a few roles, as TV movie Petits arrangements avec ma mère and movie Arrête de pleurer Pénélope in 2011. His breakout role is Benjamin Vidal on TV series Pep's which he embodies since 2013. In 2014, he was part of the fifth season of Danse avec les stars, which he won with dancer mentor Denitsa Ikonomova. They later on toured for it. The same year he had roles on TV, as Joséphine, ange gardien and Accusé, and was photographed by Karl Lagerfeld for fashion magazine Numéro. He and Philippe Lellouche joined the TV series Clem as two new main characters for the fifth season which was broadcast in March 2015. In February 2015 he gave an interview in which he announced that he will be in the next Luc Besson movie. Source: Article "Rayane Bensetti" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Allyn Rachel is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known from a variety of national commercials that began airing in the United States in 2011. She co-created the web series Couple Time with her boyfriend Patrick Carlyle, which is now in development at FOX.

Valerie Jean Solanas was an American radical feminist and author best known for writing the SCUM Manifesto, which she self-published in 1967, and attempting to murder Andy Warhol in 1968.

Nikki BreAnne Wells (born April 9, 1987) is an American actress. She is best known for a guest star spot in an episode of, How I Met Your Mother, with Neil Patrick Harris. Nikki was recently on hold for the final lead to be casted in a film produced by Joan Jett, starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning, The Runaways.

Daniel Adnan (born in Prague, Czech, 9 April 1992) is an actor of Czech-Indonesian descent. He is known as the cast of Drost in the film Buffalo Boys.

Nominated for Broadway's 1957 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for her portrayal of "Beth Livingstone" in "Happy Hunting". Elected Miss International Trade.