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Agassi
Agassi is a surname most prevalent among certain ethnic groups in and around Iran, such as Assyrians, Babylonian and Persian Jews and (rarely) Persian Muslims. In many cases it is an anglicization of the Armenian surname Aghassian. People with the given name * Agasi Babayan (1921-1995). Armenian film director, screenwriter and actor People with the surname * Andre Agassi (born 1970), American retired professional tennis player * Carlos Agassi (born 1979), Iranian-Filipino rapper and model * Emmanuel Agassi (1930–2021), Armenian boxer from Iran, father of Andre Agassi * Evin Agassi, Assyrian singer People of Jewish origin with the surname * Joseph Agassi (born 1927), Israeli academic * Shai Agassi Shai Agassi ( he, שי אגסי, born April 19, 1968) is an Israeli entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Better Place, which had developed a model and infrastructure for employing electric cars as an alternative to fossil fuel tec ... (born 1968), Israeli executiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors. Agassi is the second of five men to achieve the career Grand Slam in the Open Era and the fifth of eight overall to make the achievement. He is also the first of two men to achieve the career Golden Slam (career Grand Slam and Olympic gold medal), as well as the only man to win a career Super Slam (career Grand Slam, plus the Olympic gold medal and the year-end championships). Agassi was the first man to win all four singles majors on three different surfaces ( hard, clay and grass), and remains the most recent American man to win the French Open (in 1999) and the Australian Open (in 2003). He also won 17 Masters titles and was part of the winning Davis Cup teams in 1990, 1992 and 1995. Agassi reached the world No. 1 ranking for the first time in 1995, but was troub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimon Agassi
Shimon Ben Aharon Agassi (also spelled Simon Aghassi) was a Hakham and Kabbalist in Baghdad. He was known as HARASHBA, an acronym for Harav Rabbi Shimon Ben Aharon. Personal life Hakham Agassi was born in 1852. He was married to Rachel Abdallah Eliya Bahar (1866–1954). Together they had ten children: # Aharon Agassi (1882–1898) # Menashe Agassi (1884–1889) # Farha Agassi Somek (1888–1992) # Meir Sassoon Hai Agassi (1891–1896) # Esther Agassi Somekh (1892–1988) # Ezra Zion Agassi (1897–1992) # Dina Agassi Shaashua (1898–1980) # Khatoun Agassi Judah (1903–1988) # Mazal Tov Agassi (1905–1990) # Eliyahu Haim Agassi (1909–1991) Hakham Agassi died on the eve of Tisha B'Av, 1914. Hakham Yehuda Fatiyah was one of his disciples. Works Hakham Agassi authored: ''Imrey Shimon''; ''B'ney Aharon'' (a commentary on ''Sha'ar HaGilgulim'' by Rabbi Hayyim Vital); ''D'rasha''; ''Fundamentals of Torah'' (on the Thirteen Principles of Faith There is no established fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agassiz (other)
Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history. Agassiz may also refer to: People *Other members of the Agassiz family, including: **Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (1822–1907), American educator and naturalist, wife of Louis ** Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910), American scientist and engineer, son of Louis and Elizabeth ** Rodolphe L. Agassiz (1871-1933), polo champion, son of Alexander * Graham Agassiz (born 1990), Canadian mountain biker Places Landforms *Lake Agassiz, a prehistoric glacial lake in North America * Agassiz Glacier (Alaska), U.S. * Agassiz Glacier (Montana), U.S. * Agassiz Glacier (New Zealand) *Agassiz Ice Cap, on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada *Agassiz Peak, in Arizona, U.S. * Agassiz Rock, a park in Massachusetts, U.S. * Mount Agassiz (California), U.S. *Mount Agassiz (Utah), U.S. *Agassizhorn, in Switzerland * Agassiz (crater), on Mars Communities * Agassiz, British Colum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shai Agassi
Shai Agassi ( he, שי אגסי, born April 19, 1968) is an Israeli entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Better Place, which had developed a model and infrastructure for employing electric cars as an alternative to fossil fuel technology. The company went bankrupt in 2013, after Agassi spent over $850 million on publicity while deploying fewer than 1000 cars. Prior to founding Better Place, Agassi was President of the Products and Technology Group (PTG) at SAP AG until 2007. In 2003, at the age of 36, Agassi was named one of the top 20 'Global Influentials for 2003' by CNN-Time magazine. In 2008, he was named in one of TIME’s “Heroes of the Environment". In 2009, Agassi was included in TIME magazine's 100 most influential people list. In 2010, Foreign Policy magazine included Agassi on its annual list of the 100 most influential global thinkers. Throughout the 90s, Agassi started and successfully sold a number of technology startups, in the areas of enterpris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Agassi
Amir Carlos Damaso Vahidi Agassi (born December 12, 1979, in Makati, Philippines), popularly known as Carlos Agassi and simply Amir, is a Filipino actor, rap artist, host, and model. He was launched as a member of ABS-CBN's Star Circle (now Star Magic) Batch 3 in 1993. Career Agassi is a member of ABS-CBN's circle of homegrown talents named Star Magic. He was part of a male group dubbed as "The Hunks" together with Piolo Pascual, Jericho Rosales, Diether Ocampo, and Bernard Palanca. During his tenure as part of The Hunks, he has been a primetime actor when he co-starred with Claudine Barretto in the hit teleserye '' Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan'' which ran from 2001 to 2003. Aside from acting, he had hosting stints in the variety show '' ASAP'' and also hosted a hidden camera practical joke television series entitled ''Victim'', patterned on America's ''Punk'd''. After an almost two-year hiatus from acting, Agassi returned on television via ABS-CBN's ''Agua Bendita'' in 2010 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Agassi
Emanoul Aghassian ( fa, ایمانوئل آغاسيان, anglicized as Emmanuel "Mike" Agassi; December 25, 1930 – September 24, 2021) was an Iranian Olympic boxer and the father and coach of American tennis player Andre Agassi. He represented Iran at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. Biography Agassi was born in Salmas, Pahlavi Iran to Assyrian and Armenian parents (however in his own words, his father, David Agassi, was a Ukrainian Armenian from Kiev and mother was Armenian from the Ottoman Empire). He was raised in a Christian household in Tehran, Iran's capital. One of his ancestors had changed his surname from Aghassian to Agassi to avoid Ottoman persecution. Agassi was first exposed to tennis by American and British servicemen. He represented Iran as a boxer in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics, losing in the first round both times. His trainer was the retired Polish-German boxer Hans Ziglarski. He followed his brother Samuel to Chicago in 1952, and changed his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evin Agassi
Evin Agassi, also written as Evin Aghassi (Syriac: ܐܝܒ̣ܢ ܐܓܣܝ, born September 1945), is an Assyrian-American singer who has released over 20 albums during his career.Evin Agassi , AssyrianVoice.net His music career spans for 50 years, but it peaked in the 1980s and 1990s. One of the better-known Assyrian singers, he had since toured Australia, Europe and Asia. The majority of his songs were and are written by his brother, Givergiss Agassi, both in and . His first name is generally pronounced ''Evan'' by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Agassi
Joseph Agassi (; he, יוסף אגסי; born May 7, 1927 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli academic with contributions in logic, scientific method, and philosophy. He studied under Karl Popper and taught at the London School of Economics. Agassi taught in the Department of Philosophy of the University of Hong Kong from 1960 to 1963. He later taught at the University of Illinois, Boston University, and York University in Canada. He had dual appointments in the last positions with Tel Aviv University. Personal life He was married to Judith Buber Agassi – Martin Buber's granddaughter – from 1949 until her death in 2018. Together they had two children, Aaron, and Tirzah, who died of cancer in March 2008. Agassi currently resides in Herzliya, Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agassi (film)
''The Handmaiden'' (; ) is a 2016 South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong. It is inspired by the 2002 novel '' Fingersmith'' by Welsh writer Sarah Waters, with the setting changed from Victorian era Britain to Korea under Japanese colonial rule. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in South Korea on 1 June 2016. The film received critical acclaim, with praise for its performances, direction, score, cinematography, visuals, and writing. It grossed over $38 million worldwide. At the 71st British Academy Film Awards, the film won the category of Best Film Not in the English Language. Plot Part 1 In Japanese-occupied Korea, a con man operating under the sobriquet of "Count Fujiwara" plans to seduce a Japanese heiress named Lady Hideko, then marry her and commit her to an asylum in order to steal her inheritance. He hires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aghasi (name)
Aghasi or Aghassi may refer to: Given name * Agasi Babayan or Aghasi Babayan (1908-1995), Armenian film director, screenwriter and actor * Aghasi Khan (1731-1788), Second khan of Shirvan khanate * Aghasi Khanjian (1901-1936), Soviet Armenian politician, Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia * Aghasi Mammadov (born 1980), Azerbaijani boxer * Aghasi Manukyan (1967-2018), Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler Surname * Aref Aghasi (born 1997), Iranian footballer * Haji Mirza Aqasi or Aghasi, Iranian politician, who served as the grand vizier of the Qajar king (shah) Mohammad Shah Qajar * Ibrahim Pasha Qattar Aghasi, Ottoman statesman and wali * Kizlar Aghasi, head of the eunuchs in the harem of the Ottoman Sultan * Nematollah Aghasi (1939-2005), Iranian songer and songwriter Others * Ashik Aghasi, a village on Iran * Kol Aghasi, a military rank in the Ottoman Army See also * Agassi Agassi is a surname most prevalent among certain ethnic groups in and around Iran, such as Assyri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agha (other)
Agha may refer to: * Agha (actor) (1914–1992), Indian film actor and producer * Jalal Agha (1945–1995), son of the actor Agha, Indian actor and director in Bollywood films * Agha (title), a civilian and military title in the Middle East * Agha, Iran (other), places in Iran See also * Aga (other) * Aga Khan (or Agha Khan), the Persian name used by the Imam of the Nizari Ismailis * Agassi * Aghasi (name) * Aghasin (other) *Aghasura Aghasura (Sanskrit: अघासुर) is an asura featured in Hindu literature, most notably in the Bhagavata Purana. He was one of Kamsa's generals, and the elder brother of the demoness Putana and Bakasura. Agha is stated to be as one of t ... (a demon from Srimad Bhagavatham) * Aqasi {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aqasi
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Aqasi is an Iranian name. Notable people with the name include: * Haji Mirza Aqasi ( 1783–1849), Iranian political leader * Hossein Qollar-Aqasi, Iranian painter See also * Agassi * Agha (other) * Aghasi (name) * Aghasin (other) Aghasin ( fa, اغاسين), also rendered as Aqasin, may refer to: * Aghasin-e Bala, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran * Aghasin-e Pain, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran See also * Agassi, a surname * Agha (other) * Aghasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
