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Allan Gray (other)
Allan Gray is a name that may refer to: * Allan Gray (composer) (1902–1973), Polish-born composer * Allan Gray (footballer) (born 1943), Scottish footballer * Allan Gray (investment management company), a South African-based investment management firm * Allan Gray (investor) (1938–2019), South African investor and founder of ''Allan Gray Investment Management'' and the ''Allan and Gill Gray Foundation'' See also * Alan Grayson Alan Mark Grayson (born March 13, 1958) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated for reelection in 2010 by Republican Daniel W ... (born 1958), United States Representative for Florida's 9th congressional district {{dab Gray, Allan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Gray (composer)
Józef Żmigrod (February 23, 1902September 10, 1973), better known by his stage name, Allan Gray, was a Polish composer, best known for his film scores. Early life and education Gray was born Józef Żmigrod in Tarnów, Austria-Hungary, (present-day Poland) into a musical family: his father was a concert violinist. He studied philosophy in Heidelberg and later Berlin, where he composed a children's opera, ''Wavelength ABC''.Obituary, ''The Times'', 15 September, 1973, p 14 There (during the 1920s) he became a student of Arnold Schönberg, funding himself by composing jazz-influenced music for the cabaret. He later wrote music for Max Reinhardt's theatre productions. As Schoenberg disapproved of such music, Żmigrod took up the stage name Allan Gray, naming himself after Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray. Career Gray began writing film scores in the Weimar Republic. His films there included ''Emil and the Detectives'' and ''The Countess of Monte Cristo''. But he was forced to leave th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Gray (footballer)
Allan Gray (born 12 December 1943) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as a centre half in the Scottish League for Clyde and Queen's Park. He was capped by Scotland at amateur An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ... level. References Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players Queen's Park F.C. players Men's association football wing halves Scotland men's amateur international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) Clyde F.C. players Drumchapel Amateur F.C. players 1943 births Living people {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Gray (investment Management Company)
Allan Gray is a name that may refer to: * Allan Gray (composer) (1902–1973), Polish-born composer * Allan Gray (footballer) (born 1943), Scottish footballer * Allan Gray (investment management company), a South African-based investment management firm * Allan Gray (investor) (1938–2019), South African investor and founder of ''Allan Gray Investment Management'' and the ''Allan and Gill Gray Foundation'' See also * Alan Grayson Alan Mark Grayson (born March 13, 1958) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated for reelection in 2010 by Republican Daniel ... (born 1958), United States Representative for Florida's 9th congressional district {{dab Gray, Allan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Gray (investor)
Allan William Buchanan Gray (8 April 1938 – 10 November 2019) was a South African billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He founded the privately owned investment management company named after him, and the non-profit Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, and the Allan and Gill Gray Charitable Trust. Before he donated his stake in the Allan Gray investment management company, his net worth was estimated to have been US$1.8 billion in 2017. Early life Gray was born in the South African city of East London in 1938. His family had migrated from Aberdeen, Scotland to the then Cape Colony town of Butterworth in the 1890s. His grandmother was the first female mayor in South Africa when she was elected mayor of Butterworth years later and had attended the University of Aberdeen. Gray stated that his grandmother played a large role in his future success by instilling a family focus on education. After completing high school at Selborne College, he studied accounting at Rhodes Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Grayson
Alan Mark Grayson (born March 13, 1958) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated for reelection in 2010 by Republican Daniel Webster; he was then reelected in 2012 for a second, non-consecutive term in the U.S. House of Representatives in another district, defeating Republican Todd Long. In 2016, Grayson decided not to run for reelection to his House seat in order to run for the U.S. Senate. He was defeated 59%–18% in the Democratic primary by fellow Representative Patrick Murphy, who went on to lose the general election to incumbent Republican Marco Rubio. In 2018, Grayson entered the race for the 9th congressional district. He was defeated in the Democratic primary by his successor Darren Soto, 66%–34%. On March 27, 2021, Grayson announced his candidacy for the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Florida to challenge Rubio. On June 14, 2022, Grayson announced th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |