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Alec Fehr
Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the given name Alex. It may be a diminutive of the name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include: People *Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat * Alec Acton (1938–1994), English footballer *Alec Albiston (1917–1998), Australian rules footballer *Alec Alston (1937–2009), English footballer *Alec and Peter Graham (1881–1957), New Zealand mountaineers, guides, and hotel operators * Alec Anderson (1894–1953), American NFL player *Alec Asher (born 1991), American MLB player *Alec Ashworth (1939–1995), English professional footballer *Alec Astle (born 1949), New Zealand former cricketer *Alec Atkinson (1919–2015), British Royal Air Force officer and civil servant *Alec B. Francis (1867–1934), English silent-film actor *Alec Bagot (1893–1968), South Australian adventurer, polemicist, and politician * Alec Baillie (died 2020), American bassist *Alec Baldwin (born 1958), American actor *Alec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alek
Alek is a given name and alternative form of Alec. Notable people with the name include: * Alek Bédard (born 1996), Canadian curler * Alek D. Epstein (born 1975), Russian-Israeli sociologist of culture and politics * Alek Dzhabrailov (1976-2009), Chechen human rights activist * Alek Keshishian (born 1964), Armenian-American film and commercial director, writer, and producer * Alek Manoah (born 1998), American baseball pitcher * Alek Manolov (born 1986), Bulgarian footballer * Alek Minassian (born 1992), Canadian murder suspect * Alek Osmanović (born 1982), Croatian bobsledder * Alek Popov, Bulgarian novelist, writer, essayist and scriptwriter * Alek Rapoport (1933-1997), Russian Nonconformist artist, art theorist and teacher * Alek Sandar (born 1987), Bulgarian music producer, songwriter and recording artist * Alek Skarlatos (born 1992), American actor and US Army National Guard soldier * Alek Stojanov (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player * Alek Thomas (born 2000), Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Baillie
Alec Baillie (died November 10, 2020) was an American bassist. He played in the bands Choking Victim, Agent 99, and Leftöver Crack. Biography Baillie grew up in Manhattan and attended the same high school as his future bandmate Scott "Stza" Sturgeon. In the early 1990s, Baillie, Dunia Best, Jay Nugent and Ara Babajian formed the third wave ska band, Agent 99. In 1998, three years after the band had split up, a compilation album, ''Little Pieces 1993–1995'', was released. Baillie then formed a short lived punk band called No Commercial Value with Stza. Baillie later joined Stza's band Choking Victim after the departure of original bassist Sascha Scatter, and went on to play in Choking Victim from 1995 to 1997. Upon the dissolution of Choking Victim, Baillie went on to join a familiar lineup in Leftöver Crack. Its members include Stza and Ezra Ezra (; he, עֶזְרָא, '; fl. 480–440 BCE), also called Ezra the Scribe (, ') and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Birtwell
Alexander Joseph Birtwell (17 December 1908 – 20 November 1974) was an English cricketer. A leg-break spin bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman, Birtwell made fourteen appearances for Lancashire between 1937 and 1939. Career Born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1908, Birtwell took to cricket in the Lancashire League playing for Burnley and later Nelson in the Worsley Cup from 1930 – though he was hit for fifteen runs in his only over on his debut Lancashire League match. He featured in Buckinghamshire's Minor Counties Championship team from 1934 to 1936, taking five wickets in his debut match against Hertfordshire on 11 August His achievements won him a place in the Lancashire Second XI. He made his debut in the County Championship on 14 July 1937, facing Worcestershire at Aigburth. In a match truncated by rain, Lancashire reached 384 all out with Birtwell contributing four runs. He caught Peter Jackson off the bowling of Eddie Phillipson, and sent down seventeen wicket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Birrell
William Alexander Hamilton Birrell (24 January 1885 – 11 May 1948) was a doctor and an Australian rules footballer who played for University in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The oldest son of Albert Veit Birrell and Christina Matheson, Alec Birrell was born in Laen (near Donald, Victoria) and was educated at Geelong College where he was a prominent member of the school football team. He proceeded to study medicine at the University of Melbourne and during his student years Birrell was promoted from the seconds to play one VFL match for University against South Melbourne in the first round of the 1911 VFL season. After graduating as a doctor in 1914, he served with the 20th Light Horse and British Royal Army Medical Corps in World War I. Upon his return to Australia, Birrell practiced in Nathalia for several years. Birrell was also Vice President of the Nathalia Football Club The Nathalia Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Purples'', is an Australian rules footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Bettinger
Alec John Bettinger (born July 13, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers. Career Bettinger attended Hylton High School in Woodbridge, Virginia and played college baseball at the University of Virginia. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round of the 2017 MLB Draft. Bettinger made his professional debut with the rookie ball Helena Brewers. He split the 2018 season between the Single-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and the High-A Carolina Mudcats, accumulating a 6–10 record and 5.22 ERA in 25 games. In 2019, Bettinger spent the season in Double-A with the Biloxi Shuckers, pitching to a 5–7 record and 3.44 ERA with 157 strikeouts in 146.1 innings of work. Bettinger did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Brewers added him to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Berg
Alec Berg is an American television writer, director and executive producer. He wrote for the sitcom ''Seinfeld'' and is co-creator and executive producer of ''Barry Barry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name * Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 19 ...'' with Bill Hader. He also co-wrote the screenplays for the films ''The Cat in the Hat (film), The Cat in the Hat'', ''EuroTrip'' and ''The Dictator (2012 film), The Dictator''. Berg is also an executive producer (and sometime director) of Larry David's ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' as well as an executive producer of ''Silicon Valley (TV series), Silicon Valley''. In 2016, Alec Berg signed an overall deal with HBO. Berg is of Swedish descent. Filmography Writing Directing Producing Acting References External links * American comedy writers German-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Bennett
Alec Bennett (1897–1973) was an Irish-Canadian motorcycle racer famous for motorcycle Grand Prix wins and five career wins at the Isle of Man TT races. Biography A native of Craigantlet in Ireland's County Down, Bennett emigrated with his parents to Canada at a very young age. He did not return to the United Kingdom until active duty with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War when he served as a dispatch rider and later as fighter pilot. After racing with the works Norton team and also with the factory Sunbeam and Velocette teams, Bennett retired from motorcycle racing in the 1930s to concentrate on his retail motor-trade business in Southampton, Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ....Davison, G. S., editor. (1930). ''TT Special'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Benjamin
Alec Shane Benjamin (born May 28, 1994) is an American singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona. His 2018 breakthrough single "Let Me Down Slowly" reached the top 40 in over 25 countries and has amassed over 1 billion streams on Spotify as of April 2022. Benjamin primarily writes and sings songs in English, but has released versions of his songs "Older", "The Way You Felt", "Water Fountain", "Devil Doesn't Bargain", and “Shadow of Mine” in Mandarin Chinese Early life Benjamin was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, but lived on Long Island, New York during kindergarten and first grade. He has a sister, for whom he wrote his song "If We Have Each Other". Career Initially, Benjamin signed to Columbia Records while still enrolled at University of Southern California. However, Columbia Records ended their partnership weeks after he submitted his album. Despite this, he went on a self-funded tour in Europe to open for Marina Kaye in France and Lea in Germany. He promoted his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Beechman
Nevil Alexander Beechman (5 August 1896 – 6 November 1965) was a British barrister and Liberal politician who was National Liberal Party (UK, 1931), Liberal National MP for St Ives (UK Parliament constituency), St Ives from a 1937 St Ives by-election, 1937 by-election until 1950. Family and education Alec Beechman was the only surviving son of Mr N. C. and Mrs Emily Beechman.''Who was Who'', OUP online, 2007 He was educated at Westminster School where he was King's Scholar and ''princeps oppidanorum'' (head boy).''The Times'', 16 June 1937, p. 9 He then studied at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was Domus Exhibitioner in Classics. In 1953 he married Mrs Mary Gwendolyn Caradoc Williams, the widow of Captain Garth Caradoc Williams, Royal Engineers, RE.''The Times'', 8 November 1965, p. 12 Career During the First World War Beechman was commissioned in the British Army as a second lieutenant in May 1915 at the age of eighteen. He served in France and Belgium with the East Surr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Bedser (South African Cricketer)
Alec Bedser (20 May 1948 – 5 June 1981) was a South African cricketer. He played in one List A and three first-class matches for Border in 1971/72. He was killed in a road accident, aged 33. See also * List of Border representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Border cricket team in South Africa. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons. A ... References External links * 1948 births 1981 deaths South African cricketers Border cricketers Cricketers from East London, Eastern Cape {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Bedser
Sir Alec Victor Bedser (4 July 1918 – 4 April 2010) was a professional English cricketer, primarily a medium-fast bowler. He is widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century. Bedser played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1939 to 1960 alongside his identical twin brother Eric. He took 1924 first-class wickets in 485 matches. He played Test cricket for England from 1946 to 1955, taking 236 wickets in 51 Test matches. He passed Clarrie Grimmett's world record for Test wickets in 1953. He held the record until his final tally was passed by Brian Statham in 1963. After retirement as an active cricketer, Bedser became the chairman of selectors for the English national cricket team, and was the president of Surrey County Cricket Club. He was knighted in the 1997 New Year Honours. Early life and career Bedser was born in Reading, Berkshire, ten minutes after his identical twin brother Eric (1918–2006). His father was a bricklayer, but had b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Bathgate
Alec Bathgate is a New Zealand musician who was a key member of The Enemy and Toy Love, as well as being one half of the Flying Nun Records act Tall Dwarfs, alongside Chris Knox. In addition to playing guitar in these bands, he also released three solo albums. Solo discography Albums Awards Aotearoa Music Awards The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as ''New Zealand Music Awards'' (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965. ! , - , 1995 , , Alec Bathgate for ''3 EPs'' by Tall Dwarfs , , Album Cover of the Year, , , , rowspan="2", , - , 1996 , , Alec Bathgate for ''Abbasalutely'' , , Album Cover of the Year, , , - , 2012 , , Alec Bathgate (as part of Toy Love) , , New Zealand Music Hall of Fame The New Zealand Music Hall of Fame , Te Whare Taonga Puoro o Aotearoa is a figurative hall of fame dedicated to noteworthy New Zealand musicians. The hall was created in 2007 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
