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Harry F. Gerguson (born Hershel Geguzin, February 20, 1890 – September 1, 1971), known as Michael Romanoff, was a Hollywood restaurateur, con man and actor born in Lithuania. He is perhaps best remembered as the owner of the now-defunct Romanoff's, a Beverly Hills restaurant popular with Hollywood stars in the 1940s and 1950s.
Jun 7, 2022 · Michael Romanoff, the impostor, was called out at a Hollywood dinner party by a former Russian major general, Theodor Lodijensky of the Imperial Guard. He had known the real Prince Michael, who, he pointed out, had died years earlier.
Michael Romanoff, born Harry F. Gerguson, was a restaurateur and a "professional impostor" who claimed to be a prince and a movie adviser. He was a friend of many stars and opened a famous restaurant in Beverly Hills.
- February 20, 1890
- September 1, 1971
On 21 February 1613, the Zemsky Sobor elected Michael Romanov as tsar, establishing the Romanovs as Russia's second reigning dynasty. Michael's grandson, Peter I, who took the title of emperor and proclaimed the Russian Empire in 1721, transformed the country into a great power through a series of wars and reforms.
Sep 2, 1971 · HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1 (AP) —Michael Romanoff, a selfstyled Russian prince who gained fame as a restaurateur, bon vivant and intimate of Hollywood stars, died today at Good Samaritan Hospital. He...
Michael Romanoff. Actor: Hollywood and Vine. Mike Romanoff, the former Harry F. Gerguson, was a successful "professional impostor." He accumulated an enormous fount of knowledge in his numerous travels and occupations around the world (and he attended, however briefly, several leading universities).
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MICHAEL ROMANOV (RUSSIA) (1596 – 1645; ruled 1613 – 1645), tsar of Russia. Michael Fedorovich Romanov came to the throne in 1613 as the solution to the dynastic crisis of the Time of Troubles.
