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Allan (surname)
Allan is a Scottish surname derived from the given name Notable people with the surname Allan include * Alexander Allan (other) several people named Allan or Allen, including :* Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (c. 1764–1820), British politician, Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed :* Alex Allan (born 1951), British civil servant :* Scotty Allan Allan Alexander Allan (1867–1941), Scottish-born American dog musher :* Alex Allan (footballer) (fl. 1910s), Scottish footballer :* Alex Allan (rugby union) (born 1992), Scotland rugby union player :* Alexander Allan (ship owner) (1780–1854), Scottish sea captain and businessman :* Alexander Allan (locomotive engineer) (1809–1891), Scottish mechanical engineer * Anthony Allan (other) several people, including :* Anthony Havelock-Allan (1904–2003), British film producer and screenwriter :* John Hubbard (actor) (1914–1988), known as Anthony Allan * Bill Allan (1870–1948), goalkeeper for Montrose and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan (given Name)
Allan is both a given name and an English language, English and Languages of Scotland, Scottish surname. People with the given name A–F * Allan (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer * Allan (footballer, born 1997), Brazilian footballer * Allan Abbass (born 1962), professor, psychiatrist, at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada * Allan Ackerman, an American magician who specializes in sleight of hand magic with playing cards * Allan Adair (1897–1988), a senior officer of the British Army who served in both World Wars * Allan Adler (1916–2002), an American silversmith * Allan Agar (born 1949), an English rugby league footballer and coach * Allan Ahlberg (born 1938), British children's book writer with his wife Janet Ahlberg as illustrator * Allan Alaalatoa (born 1994), an Australian rugby union player * Allan Alaküla (born 1968), an Estonian journalist * Allan Albert (1945–1994), an American director, producer, and playwright * Allan Alcorn (born 1948), an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davie Allan
Davie Allan is an American guitarist best known for his work on soundtracks to various teen and biker movies in the 1960s. Allan's backing band is almost always the Arrows (i.e., Davie Allan & the Arrows), although the Arrows have never had a stable lineup. Biography Allan grew up in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California, and learned to play guitar as a teenager. His career as a musician began when he teamed up with Mike Curb, a friend he met in the choir at Grant High School in Valley Glen, California, to form an instrumental surf combo. In 1963, Curb founded Curb Records, the first of many labels he would run, and released the first Davie Allan single, “War Path”. Allan participated in recording a number of other singles for Curb's label, under group names like the Sudells, the Heyburners, and the Zanies. In 1964, Curb founded Sidewalk Records (which was distributed by Capitol subsidiary Tower Records), brought Allan with him as a session musician, and secure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Allan (footballer, Born 1875)
George Horsburgh Allan (23 August 1875 – 17 October 1899) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a forward for Liverpool, Celtic and Scotland in the late 19th century. Life and playing career Born in Linlithgow, Allan played for Vale of Avon, Linlithgow Athletic, Broxburn Shamrock and Leith Athletic before being signed by Liverpool manager John McKenna and William Barclay in September 1895. The 20-year-old Allan made an impact for Liverpool after making his debut in a Football League Second Division match a 5–1 home thumping of Newcastle United on 14 September 1895, scoring his first goal for the club seven days later on 21 September against Loughborough Town at the Athletic Ground. This sparked an impressive goals per game run for the rest of the 1895–96 promotion season: he bagged 25 league goals from just 20 appearances, averaging 1.25 goals per games. Allan scored a further three goals in the promotion Test matches (the equivalent of today's play-offs) helping th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Allan (cricketer)
George Allan (18 February 1887 – 2 November 1932) was an Australian cricketer. He played seven first-class matches for Tasmania between 1922 and 1928. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia. It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ... References External links * 1887 births 1932 deaths Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Sportspeople from Albury Cricketers from New South Wales 20th-century Australian people {{Australia-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Allan (composer)
George Allan (21 March 1864 – 16 March 1930) was an English composer and arranger of music for brass bands who was born, and resided for most of his life, in New Shildon, County Durham, United Kingdom. As a composer he was a contemporary of William Rimmer and J. Ord Hume. Early life He was born on March 21, 1864, to parents John James Allan, a Tailor and Draper, and his wife Hannah, at their home in Chapel Street, New Shildon. As a youth he was a choirboy at All Saints Church in Shildon having learned to sing as a child through the Tonic Sol-fa method. His choirmaster suggested that he find out what he could learn by joining a brass band, resulting in his joining the New Shildon Juvenile Brass Band under the tutelage of Edward Dinsdale (Uncle to New Shildon's other notable composer/arranger Thomas Edward Bulch 1862–1930). He initially learned to play baritone horn, before gradually progressing to become a solo tenor horn player. Allan eventually was promoted from the juveni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Allan (barrister)
George Allan (1767–1828) was an English barrister and politician. Life The son of George Allan (1736–1800) and his wife Anne Nicholson, he was born at Darlington; he was sent to Hertford Grammar School, under John Carr. He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1785, and graduated B.A. there in 1789. He was called to the bar in 1790 at the Middle Temple, which he had joined in 1785. Allan resided at Blackwell Grange. He was elected as Member of Parliament for in 1813, as a Tory opponent of reform and Catholic emancipation. He withdrew as a candidate for Durham in the 1818 general election, not long before the poll. He became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societ ... in 1813. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Allan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Allan (antiquary)
file:Portrait of George Allan Esqr. F.A.S. and William Hutchinson Esqr. F.A.S (4671240).jpg, George Allan (left) and William Hutchinson, 1814 engraving by Joseph Collyer the Younger. George Allan (1736–1800) was an English antiquary and Lawyer, attorney at Darlington. Life Allan spent much of his youth in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, where he was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield. He became an assiduous collector of manuscripts. Works He was the author of several works relating to the history and antiquities of County Durham; he greatly aided William Hutchinson (topographer), William Hutchinson in his ''History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham''. He presented to the Society of Antiquaries of London 26 quarto volumes of a manuscript relating principally to the University of Oxford, which he extracted from the public libraries there. He possessed a printing press, with which he produced several works; among them was a reprint of Robert Hegg's 162 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Allan (other)
George Allan may refer to: Politics and law * George Allan (antiquary) (1736–1800), English antiquary and attorney * George Allan (barrister) (1767–1828), English politician, son of the antiquary * George H. Allan, American attorney and politician from Maine * George William Allan (1822–1901), Canadian politician * George William Allan (Manitoba politician) (1860–1940), Canadian politician Others * George Allan (cricketer) (1887–1932), Australian cricketer * George Allan (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1899), Scottish footballer (Liverpool FC, Celtic, national team) * George Allan (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1916), Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle, Ayr United) * George Allan (footballer, born unknown) (fl. 1890s), Scottish footballer * George Allan (composer) (1864–1930), composer and arranger of music for brass bands * George James Allan, American philosopher See also * George Allen (other) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Allan, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Allan
Gary Allan Herzberg (born December 5, 1967) is an American country music singer. Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his country music debut with the release of his single " Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album '' Used Heart for Sale'', which was released in 1996 on Decca. His second album, ''It Would Be You'', followed in 1998. Allan's third album, ''Smoke Rings in the Dark'', was his first one for MCA Nashville (to which he has been signed ever since) and his first platinum album. His next albums, ''Alright Guy'' (2001) and '' See If I Care'' (2003), both were also certified platinum while '' Tough All Over'' (2005) and ''Greatest Hits'' (2007) and '' Living Hard'' (2007) were all certified gold. His next two albums '' Get Off on the Pain'' (2010) and '' Set You Free'' (2013) both reached the Top 10 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums charts, at numbers 2 and 1 respectively. Overall, Allan's ten studio and greatest hits albums have produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Allan
Freya Allan (born 6 September 2001) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Princess Cirilla of Cintra in the Netflix series ''The Witcher''. She also appears as young Sam in the 2021 film ''Gunpowder Milkshake'' and as the younger version of The Widow in the AMC series '' Into the Badlands''. Early life and education Freya Allan was born on in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, and attended Headington School in Oxford. Allan continued her artistic education at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, where, as part of her acting studies, she starred in two short films, ''Bluebird'' and ''The Christmas Tree''. Allan went on to study at the Arts University Bournemouth, where she performed the part of Linda in the short film ''Captain Fierce''. Career Allan played a minor role in the first episode of the 2019 BBC drama ''The War of the Worlds''. The same year she appeared on the front cover of ''Schön!'' magazine, whilst they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Kellogg Allan
Frank Kellogg Allan (May 9, 1935 - May 24, 2019) was the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta from 1989 till 2000. Background Allan was born in Hammond, Indiana. He graduated from Emory University in 1956, and in 1959 he received his Master of Divinity from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He was ordained as deacon and later as priest by Bishop Randolph R. Claiborne Jr. in 1959, and served at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Dalton, Georgia, for eight years. In 1967 Allan became rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Macon, Georgia, where he served until 1977. Allan's time at St. Paul's coincided with rising political consciousness: he once delivered a sermon on women's rights that was interrupted and denounced by a woman in the congregation for its progressive stand; he later said that from that time on he never began a sermon without expecting to be interrupted. From St. Paul's, Allan went to St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Atlanta. In 1987 Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Allan
Francis Erskine Allan (2 December 1849 – 9 February 1917) was an Australian cricketer who represented Victoria in first-class intercolonial matches and made one Test appearance for Australia. A tall, wiry left-arm medium pacer known by the sobriquet "The Bowler of a Century", Allan possessed great spin and a peculiar swerve which he claimed to have developed through his use of boomerangs and waddies growing up amongst Aborigines in the Victorian bush. He was also given the nickname "Kangaroo" because he would jump like a kangaroo to celebrate taking a wicket. Allan began a lifelong association with the South Melbourne Cricket Club in 1866 when he played for the side in his first ever match. Winning the club bowling average that season, he was quickly recognised as a natural of unusual ability, and in 1867, aged seventeen, made his first-class debut for Victoria against New South Wales, taking a first innings five-wicket haul in a performance described by William Hammer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
