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Ant (name)
Ant is an English nickname abbreviated from the given name Anthony/Antony in use throughout North America, Guyana and English speaking countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It is also a stage name, given name and a surname. Stage name * Ant (comedian) stage name of Anthony Steven Kalloniatis (born 1967), American stand-up comedian and actor * Ant (producer) stage name of Anthony Davis (born 1970), American record producer and member of Rhymesayers * ANT solo performance name of Antony Harding (fl. c. 2000), British musician * Anthony McPartlin (born 1975), an English television presenter, one half of the duo Ant & Dec *Ant-Bee stage name of Billy James (born 1960), American musician and writer *ASAP Ant, A$AP Mob rap collective member * Ant Trip Ceremony 1960s band name *Ant Lady, ring name of Syuri. Nickname * Ant Anstead, nickname of Anthony Richard Anstead (born 1979), English television presenter, motor specialist, car builder, designer and artist *Ant Banks, ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Whiting
Anthony Whiting better known as Ant Whiting is a British songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishing. He has worked as a producer and songwriter with artists such as John Newman (singer), John Newman and Rizzle Kicks. Biography Whiting began his production and writing career with two tracks on M.I.A. (artist), MIA's debut album ''Arular'', including the singles "Fire Fire" & "Bingo (M.I.A. song), Bingo." Since then Whiting has co-written & produced for a number of established artists, his biggest success to date has been with Rizzle Kicks as the main co-writer and producer on the platinum selling UK No. 5 album ''Stereo Typical'', where he delivered six tracks including two singles "Traveller's Chant" and "Dreamer's." Whiting worked with Rizzle Kicks writing for their follow up album (''Roaring 20s (album), Roaring 20s'') out September 2013, where he wrote & produced the majority of their album alongside producer Norman Cook. Further relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Strachan
Anthony Duncan Strachan (born 7 June 1966) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, Strachan represented Otago, Auckland and North Harbour at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987 ..., between 1992 and 1995. He played 17 matches for the All Blacks including 11 internationals. References 1966 births Living people People from Te Awamutu People educated at Auckland Grammar School University of Otago alumni New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Otago rugby union players Auckland rugby union players North Harbour rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate rugby un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Pedersen
Anthony Pedersen (born 5 May 1988) is a racing driver from New Zealand. Career V8 SuperTourers In 2012, Pedersen was given the opportunity to run in the brand-new V8SuperTourer category in New Zealand and on the first ever race weekend, he was able to win the final race for International Motorsport. By the end of the season, Pedersen was able to finish sixth overall. In 2013, Pedersen came out firing managing to win four races, claim two pole positions and 11 podium finishes, which gave him second overall to Kiwi legend, Greg Murphy. V8 Supercars In 2014, Pedersen was selected to race the Super Black Racing wildcard entry at the 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 alongside fellow Kiwi Andre Heimgartner Andre Heimgartner (born 8 June 1995) is a New Zealand motor-racing driver who currently competes in the Repco Supercars Championship driving the No. 8 Holden Commodore ZB for Brad Jones Racing. Career Formula racing At 12 years of age commenc .... Pedersen would again par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Neely
Ant Neely is an English composer and musician, known for an eclectic style. Career Neely attended Glasgow University and holds a degree in Zoology. After graduating, he studied jazz guitar at the Musician's Institute in Hollywood, California, where he met subthunk co-founder Alex U'Ren. Neely divides his time between writing music for film/television, releasing albums, both under the subthunk banner and as a solo artist, and more recently writing screenplays. His composing credits include music on shows such as Six Feet Under, ''Boston Legal'', ''Samantha Who'', ''Las Vegas'', as well as three seasons of orchestral compositions for the popular Dutch show Sprookjesboom. Neely has been called ''"a creative and progressively thinking artist",'' whose eclectic style incorporates everything from electronica to ''"John Barry-like orchestral atmospherics".'' His Creative Commons released album, ''Not Fit For Human Consumption,'' contains elements of Morse Code, old educational fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Middleton
Anthony Middleton (born 22 September 1980) is a British adventurer, writer, television personality and former UK Special Forces soldier, Royal Marines Commando, and Royal Engineer in the British Army. He is best known as the former Chief Instructor on the Channel 4 television series '' SAS: Who Dares Wins'', a role he held from 2015 until 2021. Middleton also appeared as the Captain in the adventure/reality-show ''Mutiny'' and the survival show ''Escape''. In 2018 he climbed Everest for the TV show ''Extreme Everest with Ant Middleton''. Career Military service Middleton joined the army in 1998 at the age of 17 where he served in the 9 Parachute Squadron RE and served tours of duty in Northern Ireland in 1999 and Macedonia in 2001. After leaving the army he later enlisted in the Royal Marines on 2nd may 2005. He passed the 32 week commando course on 20th Jan 2006 with 898 troop, winning the King's Badge for best all round recruit, and was posted to D Company, 40 Commando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Henson
Ant Henson (born Anthony Mark Henson on 14 February 1989 in Poole, Dorset, England) is an English singer-songwriter, who released his first single, "I Love You And I Miss You" in 2010. Undercurrent and BournemouthAID In February 2005, Henson started pop-punk band Undercurrent with school friend Adam Scholey. The group disbanded in 2008 after three years of gigging, shortly before Henson left the UK to travel around Western Europe and North America. Following his travels, Henson moved to Reading, Berkshire to commence a course in robotics at the University of Reading. There he met and studied under the experimental scientist and cyberneticist, Kevin Warwick. In his first year of study at Reading, Henson also participated as a 'hidden human' in the 2008 Loebner Prize and Turing Test, which was held at his school. Henson and Scholey were reunited in March 2009 when Scholey invited Henson to sing on the BournemouthAID project CD in which local artists collaboratively recorded a cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Clemons
Anthony Clemons Jr. (born September 26, 1991) is an American singer. He rose to prominence as a guest artist on Kanye West's 2018 single " All Mine". Clemons has since worked with a multitude of artists, including West, Ty Dolla Sign, Beyoncé, Camila Cabello, Justin Timberlake, the Sunday Service Choir and more. Clemons released his debut EP ''Happy 2 Be Here'' in March 2020, featuring Ty Dolla Sign, Timbaland, and Pharrell Williams. The project received a nomination at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album. Early life Clemons was born and raised in Willingboro, New Jersey. His musical taste was shaped by his parents playing Michael Jackson, The Notorious B.I.G. and Stevie Wonder. At age four, Clemons began performing at birthday parties as a Jackson impersonator. While studying at Burlington County Institute of Technology, Clemons was part of the youth choir at the Sharon Baptist Church and joined The Heritage Players and Showstoppers at Willingboro High Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Botha
Anthony Greyvensteyn Botha (born 17 November 1976) is a South African former cricketer who played for the cricket Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, Easterns, Derbyshire and Warwickshire. CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-04-30. Botha was born in , , South Africa and he made his domestic debut for Natal B in the UCB Bowl of 1996 and a month later was representing the South African Under-19s cricket team in a tour of India, picking up three Youth Test appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Banks
Anthony Banks (born March 4, 1966) is an American record producer and rapper from Oakland, California. Biography As a child, he took part in a band at school and then learned to play a variety of instruments along the way. At school he only learned classical music, but at home he taught himself to play funk music like Parliament, Funkadelic and The Gap Band on his digital keyboard. Interested in making music, he would create beats and record his own versions for fun. Banks would later record tapes with his friend, Oakland rapper MC Ant, and sell them at their high school out the trunk of their cars. With the lyrics handled by MC Ant and the production by Ant Banks, buzz over the tapes eventually reached the streets, resulting in popularity throughout the city. In 1987, Banks recorded the debut album by MC Ant titled ''The Great'', which was later released in 1989 through Raw Dog Records. In 1989, he recorded the debut album ''Let It Be Known'' by East Bay rapper Spice 1, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ant Anstead
Anthony Richard Anstead (born March 1979) is an English television presenter, motor specialist, car builder, designer and artist, best known for co-presenting the Channel 4 automotive show ''For the Love of Cars'' with Philip Glenister. In 2017 Anstead took over from Edd China as co-host of the show ''Wheeler Dealers'', alongside Mike Brewer. Early life Anstead was born in Plymouth, Devon, England. He lived in Ely, Cambridgeshire, until the age of ten, then moved with his family to Hertfordshire. He was educated at Richard Hale School, Hertford, and then attended the nearby Haileybury School to complete his A-levels. Early career Anstead joined Hertfordshire Constabulary in 1999 and became a Police Constable first stationed at Bishop's Stortford. He moved to Cheshunt police station and then became a member of the Tactical Firearms Team (TFU) in Welwyn Garden City. During his police career, Anstead received two commendations for acts of bravery. In 2005 Anstead resigned from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
