Biography of Xavier Samuel

Xavier Samuel was born on 10 December 1983 in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, is an Australian actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films September, Further We Search, Newcastle, The Loved Ones and … read more →

Biography of Xenia Seeberg

Xenia Seeberg was born on 4 April 1972 in Geldern, Germany, is a German film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Xev Bellringer in the science fiction television series … read more →

Biography of Xerxes

XERXES is the primary computer system of the Starship Von Braun from the video game System Shock 2. A second-generation Sentient Hyper-Optimized Data Access Network (or SHODAN), XERXES has had many security protocols and restrictions … read more →

Biography of Xenophanes

Xenophanes (570 BC – 470 BC) was a Greek philosopher, poet, and social and religious critic. Our knowledge of his views comes from his surviving poetry, all of which are fragments passed down as quotations … read more →

Biography of Xiao Qian

Xiao Qian , pinyin Xiao Qian, Wade-Giles Hsiao Ch’ien), alias Nuoping ) (27 January 1910 – 11 February1999) was a famous essayist, editor, journalist and translator from China. His life spanned the country before and … read more →

Biography of Xuanzang

Xuanzang (Chinese: ; pinyin: xuan zang; Wade-Giles: Hsuan-tsang) (602 – 644/664) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk. Xuanzang was born near Luoyang, Henan in 602 as Chen Yi ( Ch’en I, yi1). He came from … read more →

Biography of Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat (1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990) was a Catalan-Cuban bandleader who many consider to have had more to do with the infusion of Latin music into United States popular music than any … read more →

Biography of Xenocrates

Xenocrates, of Chalcedon (396 – 314 BC) was a Greek philosopher and scholarch or rector of the Academy from 339 to 314 BC. Removing to Athens in early youth, he became the pupil of the … read more →

Biography of Xenophanes

Xenophanes (570 BC – 470 BC) was a Greek philosopher, poet, and social and religious critic. Our knowledge of his views comes from his surviving poetry, all of which are fragments passed down as quotations … read more →

Biography of Xenophon

Xenophon (431- c. 354 BC), whose name means “strange sound”, was an Athenian citizen, an associate of Socrates, a Philodorian and is known for his writings on Hellenic history and culture. While a young man, … read more →

Biography of Xavier Malisse

Xavier Malisse (b. July 19, 1980 in Kortrijk, Belgium) is a Belgian tennis player. Malisse has won one ATP singles title (Delray Beach, 2005) and lost six other finals. In 2004 he and Olivier Rochus … read more →

Biography of Xu Jun

Xu Jun ) (born September 17, 1962 in Suzhou, Jiangsu) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. Once in the world’s top hundred, in the April 2005 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2582, making … read more →

Biography of Xie Jun

Xie Jun (born October 30, 1970) is a chess player from China. She was the eigth and tenth women’s world chess champion, first from 1991 to 1996, and again in 1999 until 2001, and is … read more →