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Aaron (surname)
Aaron is a primarily Jewish surname which is derived from the given name Aaron (given name). There are several surname variants including Aarons, Aaronson, and Aron. Not all occurrences of the surname are Jewish. Surname * Abe Aaron (1910–1970), Canadian jazz musician * Arthur Louis Aaron (1922–1943), English World War II Victoria Cross recipient * Barney Aaron (1836–1907), American boxer * Benjamin Aaron (1915–2007), American attorney, labor law scholar, and civil servant * Caroline Aaron (born 1952), American actress * Charles Dettie Aaron (1866–1951), American gastroenterologist * Daniel Aaron (academic) (1912–2016), American writer and academic * David L. Aaron (born 1938), American government official * Hank Aaron (1934–2021), American baseball player * Harold Robert Aaron (1921–1980), American army general * Jacob B. Aaron (died 1855), Russian rabbi and author * John Aaron (born 1948), American engineer * Lee Aaron (born 1962), Canadian singer * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of historical History of ancient Israel and Judah, Israel and Judah. Jewish ethnicity, nationhood, and religion are strongly interrelated, "Historically, the religious and ethnic dimensions of Jewish identity have been closely interwoven. In fact, so closely bound are they, that the traditional Jewish lexicon hardly distinguishes between the two concepts. Jewish religious practice, by definition, was observed exclusively by the Jewish people, and notions of Jewish peoplehood, nation, and community were suffused with faith in the Jewish God, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Aaron
John W. Aaron (born 1943) is a former NASA engineer and was a flight controller during the Apollo program. He is widely credited with saving the Apollo 12 mission when it was struck by lightning soon after launch, and also played an important role during the Apollo 13 crisis.''Lost Moon'' by Jeffrey Kluger and James Lovell, Houghton Mifflin (T) (October 1994) Early life John Aaron was born in Wellington, Texas, and grew up in rural Western Oklahoma near Vinson, one of the youngest of a family of seven children. His mother was a minister, and his father was a cattle rancher. After spending a year attending Bethany Nazarene College, he transferred to Southwestern Oklahoma State University, from which he graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics. Although he had intended to teach and ranch after graduating from college, he applied for a job with NASA on the recommendation of a friend. NASA career Gemini When he arrived at NASA, Aaron was trained as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinton Aaron
Quinton Aaron (born August 15, 1984) is an American actor. He made his film debut in Michel Gondry's ''Be Kind Rewind''. His first lead role was as Michael Oher in the 2009 film ''The Blind Side (film), The Blind Side''. Early life Aaron was born in The Bronx, New York City, but moved to Augusta, Georgia after elementary school. Career Aaron made his film debut as Q in Michel Gondry's ''Be Kind Rewind'', starring Mos Def and Jack Black. He co-starred in an NYU thesis short film called ''Mr. Brooklyn'' with Al Thompson (Liberty Kid, A Walk to Remember), directed by Jason Sokoloff.'' Aaron has appeared in two episodes of the TV show ''Law & Order'' (Season 17, episode "Bling" as a bodyguard and episode "Fallout" as a bouncer and episode s11e17 "Disabled"). His first lead role was playing Michael Oher, alongside Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw in ''The Blind Side (film), The Blind Side'', released November 20, 2009. Directed by John Lee Hancock, the film was adapted from Michael Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Aaron
Victor Aaron Ramirez (September 11, 1956 – September 4, 1996) was an American actor of Yaqui descent. He was the original voice of John Redcorn on ''King of the Hill'', which was taken over by Jonathan Joss in the show's second season following Aaron's death.Vincent Terrace, ''Encyclopedia of Television Subjects, Themes and Settings'' (McFarland & Co., 2007)32T. Mike Childs, "John Redcorn and Big Mountain Fudge Cake," ''The Rocklopedia Fakebandica'', (Macmillan, 2004)109 Early life Victor Aaron Ramirez was born on September 11, 1956, in Odessa, Texas. His parents were of Yaqui ancestry. Growing up, Aaron grew up in a mobile home with his brothers and sisters in a poor family. After graduating from high school in Austin, Aaron got married and worked for a casino. Afterward, he moved to California and became an actor. Personal life In 1984 Aaron divorced Eduvina with whom he had two daughters. Victor was the grandson of the famous West Texas bootmaker, Jose Ramirez. Death Aar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasile Aaron
Vasile Aaron (; 1770—1822) was an ethnic Romanian lawyer and poet who lived in the Austrian Empire. Born in Glogoveț, Alba County, he attended high school in Blaj, followed by Law studies in Cluj. Moving to Sibiu to work as a lawyer, he became known for taking on cases where he defended Romanians. He earned even greater renown thanks to his popular poetry. Among his works are ''Piram și Tisbe'' and ''Narcis'' (1808), both after Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''; ''Patimile Domnului nostru Isus Christos'' (1808), a verse retelling of the Passion of Christ; ''Leonat și Dorofata'' (1815), a satirical poem against drunkenness; ''Anul cel mǎnos'' (1820), a didactic poem; and ''Istoria lui Sofronim și Haritei'' (1821), also in verse. Among the works left unpublished at his death were a translation of Virgil's ''Aeneid'' and part of his ''Eclogues''.Rosetti, p.13-14 Notes References *Dimitrie Rosetti Dimitrie is the Romanian form of a Slavic given name. Notable persons with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varun Aaron
Varun Raymond Aaron (born 29 October 1989) is an Indian cricketer from Jamshedpur. A right-arm seam bowling, fast bowler, he first played for Jharkhand U-19 followed by Jharkhand Ranji team. He played his first One Day International (ODI) for India national cricket team, India in October 2011 and made his Test cricket, Test debut the following month. Domestic career Aaron took 13 wickets in the 2010–11 Ranji Trophy and bowled a delivery. He was part of the India Emerging Players squad that went to Australia in 2011, and after impressing there earned a call-up to the India ODI squad for the series in England. He was part of the India Emerging Players squad that went to Australia in 2011, and after impressing there earned a call-up to the Indian T20 and ODI squad for the series in England as a replacement for Ishant Sharma. In September 2014, he was signed by the Durham County Cricket Club for the 2014 County Championship. In February 2017, he was bought by the Kings XI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Aaron
Thomas Dean Aaron (born February 22, 1937) is an American former professional golfer who was a member of the PGA Tour during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Aaron is best known for winning the 1973 Masters Tournament. He is also known for an error in the 1968 Masters Tournament, when he entered a 4 instead of a 3 on Roberto De Vicenzo's scorecard, which kept De Vicenzo out of a playoff for the championship. Early years Thomas Dean Aaron was born on February 22, 1937 in Gainesville, Georgia.Georgia Golf Hall of Fame, Members Tommy Aaron Retrieved December 20, 2015. He began playing golf at age 12 and won two Georgia Amateur titles, two Southeastern Amateur events and two Georgia Open crowns, despite not having a golf course in his hometown. College career Aaron attended the University of Florida, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order Fraternity (Beta Zeta Chapter). While he was a Florida student, he played for the Florida Gators men's golf team from 1956 to 1959, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommie Aaron
Tommie Lee Aaron (August 5, 1939 – August 16, 1984) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played as a first baseman and left fielder in Major League Baseball. Aaron was the younger brother of Hall of Fame member Hank Aaron. They were the first siblings to appear in a League Championship Series as teammates. Baseball Born in Mobile, Alabama, Aaron was signed by the Milwaukee Braves on May 28, 1958, at the age of 18. He played for both the Milwaukee Braves (1962–1963, 1965) and the Atlanta Braves (1968–1971). During the course of his development as a player, Tommie Aaron played for the Richmond Braves of the International League in the mid-1960s, where he was International League MVP in 1967. After his playing days, he worked for the organization as a minor league manager (1973–1978) and major league coach (1979–1984). Aaron hit a total of 13 major league home runs, with eight of them coming in his first year of 1962. Along with his brother's the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teodor Aaron
Teodor Aaron (or Aron) (1803 – February 6, 1867) was a Romanian Greek Catholic clergyman and historian. He was born in the village of Cikendál, Transylvania, now Țichindeal, Romania. He studied at the Greek Catholic Church in Bihar County, and graduated from Central Seminary in Budapest in 1828. Aaron was ordained on October 30, 1829. After that he worked as a teacher and principal at the Belényes (Beiuș) Gymnasium (1830-1835). In 1835 he became a priest in Galsa, and in 1839 in Arad. In 1842, he started working as an "revisor" of the Romanian-language books published by the Buda University Press. From 1848 he was a priest in Gyalány ( Delani), and only returned to Buda in 1851 as the Romanian government's official translator. In 1855, he became a priest in Oradea, and in 1857 in Lugoj Lugoj (; hu, Lugos; german: Lugosch; sr, Лугош, Lugoš; bg, Лугож; tr, Logoş) is a city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș River divides the city into two halves, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soazig Aaron
Soazig Aaron (born 1949, Rennes) is a French author. Biography After studying history, Soazig Aaron worked for a few years in a bookshop in Paris. Today, she lives in Rennes in Brittany. Her first novel, ''Le Non de Klara'', appeared in 2002. The author, who is not Jewish, recounts in a fictitious diary the fate of Klara, a survivor of Auschwitz who returned in 1945 to Paris, trying to resume a normal life. For this work, Soazig Aaron received the prix Goncourt du premier roman and the prix Emmanuel Roblès of the city of Blois in 2002. These two prizes reward a first novel. In 2002, it also obtained the Prix du Roman of the city of Carhaix. In 2004, ''Le Non de Klara'' was crowned with the Grand Prix des Libraires. In Germany, the novel was awarded the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis. Her second novel, ''La Sentinelle tranquille sous la lune'', was published by éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (; formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Aaron
Sam Aaron (October 7, 1911 – July 21, 1996) was a wine merchant and co-founder, with his brother Jack, of Sherry-Lehmann Wines and Spirits. At the end of Prohibition in 1934, Jack Aaron purchased the liquor store in the old Louis Sherry building. He and Sam set about recreating the shop with Sam shifting the emphasis to wine, having been influenced by a meeting with the writer and wine importer, Frank Schoonmaker. In 1946, the shop moved across the street, where it remained until a second move in 2007. Aaron and his brother hired sometime actor and food enthusiast James Beard to run Alanberry's, the gourmet shop next door. Biography During the postwar years, Aaron continued to write about wine, now for the popular market: with Beard, he co-authored ''How to Eat Better for Less Money'' and with the book critic Clifton Fadiman, he wrote a coffee table book, ''The Joys of Wine''. He was a judge at the New York Wine Tasting of 1973 which featured many of the same French and American w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ithamar Aaron
Richard Ithamar Aaron, (6 November 1901 – 29 March 1987), was a Welsh philosopher who became an authority on the work of John Locke. He also wrote a history of philosophy in the Welsh language. Early life and education Born in Blaendulais, Glamorgan, Aaron was the son of a Welsh Baptist draper, William Aaron, and his wife, Margaret Griffith. He was educated at Ystalyfera Grammar School, then at the University of Wales from 1918, where he studied history and philosophy. In 1923 he was elected a Fellow of the university, allowing him to attend Oriel College, Oxford, where he gained a DPhil in 1928 for a dissertation on "The History and Value of the Distinction between Intellect and Intuition". Career In 1926 Aaron was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Swansea University. After the retirement of W. Jenkin Jones in 1932, Aaron was appointed to the chair of philosophy at Aberystwyth University where he settled, initially on the nearby hill of Bryn Hir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
