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Balaban (surname)
Balaban (also Ballaban, Ballabon) is a surname, from a Turkic word meaning "robust", "burly", or a Ukrainian word meaning "hawk". Notable people with the surname include: * Alexandru Balaban (born 1931), Romanian chemist * Alper Balaban (1987–2010), Turkish footballer * A. J. Balaban (1889–1962), co-founder of Balaban and Katz * Barney Balaban (1887–1971), co-founder of Balaban and Katz * Bob Balaban (born 1945), American actor and director (related to the founders of Balaban and Katz) * Boško Balaban (born 1978), Croatian footballer * Elmer Balaban (1909–2001), American theater owner and early cable television executive * İbrahim Balaban (1921–2019), Turkish painter * Jan Balabán (1961–2010), Czech writer * John Balaban (poet) (born 1943), American poet and translator * Judy Balaban (1932–2023), American actress and author * Liane Balaban (born 1980), Canadian actress * Meir Balaban (1874–1941), Polish Jewish historian * Miriam Balaban, scientist * Nathali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandru Balaban
Alexandru T. Balaban (born April 2, 1931 in Timișoara) is a Romanian chemist who made significant contributions to the fields of organic chemistry, theoretical chemistry, mathematical chemistry, and chemical graph theory. Early life and education Balaban was born in Timișoara, in the western part of Romania. His parents (Teodor and Florica Balaban) paid a lot of attention to Balaban's education, strongly encouraging his fascination with chemistry. In 1935 his family moved to Bucharest, where Balaban attended elementary school. After World War II, in 1945 they moved to Petroșani, where he finished high school. Alexandru Balaban enrolled the Politehnica University of Bucharest in 1949, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in chemistry on April 2, 1959. The topic of his Ph.D. thesis dealt with the restrictions catalyzed by anhydrous aluminium chloride. Career For more than forty years, Balaban held positions at the Chair of Organic Chemistry of the Politehnica University of Buchare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Balaban
Judith Rose Balaban (born 1932) is an American actress and author who wrote the book ''The Bridesmaids: Grace Kelly and Six Intimate Friends'' about Grace Kelly.New York Times: "A MOVABLE SLUMBER PARTY" by Sey Chassler June 11, 1989 Balaban was a friend of , through her marriage to , and served as a bridesmaid in her wedding to , in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ștefan Balaban
Ștefan Balaban (20 April 1890 – 31 May 1962) was a Romanian brigadier general during World War II. After becoming an officer in the Romanian Army, he advanced to lieutenant colonel in 1930 and colonel in 1938. Balaban was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, Officer class in June 1940.Decretul Regal nr. 1.905 din 8 iunie 1940 pentru numiri de membri ai ordinului „Steaua României”, publicat în ''Monitorul Oficial ''Monitorul Oficial al României'' is the official gazette of Romania, in which all the promulgated bills, presidential decrees, governmental A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, general ...'', anul CVIII, nr. 131 din 8 iunie 1940, partea I-a, p. 2.783. He served as Chief of Staff 6th Corps Area in 1941 and Commanding Officer Infantry 1st Fortress Division in 1942. In March 1943 he was promoted to brigadier general, and then served as Commanding Officer of the 6th Infantry Brigade from May 1943 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Balaban
Nina Balaban ( mk, Нина Балабан; born 2 November 1995) is a Macedonian sports shooter. She competed in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Ohrid Macedonian female sport shooters Olympic shooters for North Macedonia Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for North Macedonia {{RMacedonia-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Q
Nathalie is a female given name. It is a variant of the name Natalie/ Natalia which is found in many languages, and is especially common in French and English speaking countries. Notable people with the name include: * Nathalie, Italian singer * Nathalie Baye, French actress * Nathalie Boltt, South African actress * Nathalie Carrasco, French chemist and professor of astronomy and astrophysics * Nathalie Dechy, French former tennis player * Nathalie Delon (1941–2021), French actress and film director * Nathalie Doummar, Canadian playwright and actress * Nathalie Eisenbaum, French mathematician * Nathalie Emmanuel, British actress * Nathalie Kelley, Peruvian-Australian actress * Nathalie Lahdenmäki, Finnish ceramic artist and designer * Nathalie Schenck Laimbeer, American banker * Nathalie Lind (1918–1999), Danish politician * Nathalie Loriers, Belgian jazz pianist and composer * Nathalie Lupino, French judoka * Nathalie Makoma, Dutch singer, runner-up in the Dutch TV series '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Balaban
Miriam Balaban (born in Philadelphia) is a publisher, editor and scientist, recognized for her work in science communication and desalination. She has founded international organizations (European Association of Science Editors; International Federation of Science Editors), conferences (International Conference of Scientific Editors) and journals (''Desalination'', editor 1966–2009; ''Desalination and Water Treatment'', editor 2009-; ''Symbiosis'' 1985-) and has edited numerous journals, conference proceedings and books. She also publishes the ''Desalination Directory'', an international online database. Balaban was a research associate for science communication at Boston University from 1975 to 2008. She became secretary general of the organizing committee of the International Federation of Scientific Editors' Associations (IFSEA) in 1978, and the founder and first president of its successor organization, the International Federation of Science Editors (IFSE) in 1990. She wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Balaban
Liane Balaban (born June 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress. Her film debut was in ''New Waterford Girl'' (1999) as Agnes-Marie "Mooney" Pottie. She has since appeared in the films ''Definitely, Maybe'' (2008), ''Last Chance Harvey'' (2008), and the independent drama ''One Week'' (2008). She has guest-starred on the television series '' NCIS: Los Angeles'', ''Covert Affairs'' and ''Alphas'', and joined the cast of ''Supernatural'' for its eighth season. Early life Balaban was born in North York, Ontario, the daughter of a Catholic mother who worked as a medical secretary, and a Jewish father from the Uzbek SSR in the Soviet Union, who worked in real estate. She grew up in the Willowdale neighbourhood of North York, now part of Toronto, and went to high school at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute, where she was classmates with singer Henry Lau. She majored in journalism at Ryerson University but left to concentrate on acting. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Balaban (poet)
John B. Balaban (born December 2, 1943)Baughman, RonaldExcerpt from Dictionary of Literary Biography accessed July 9, 2010. is an American poet and translator, an authority on Vietnamese literature.Audio Reading and Interview: Lannan Foundation > November 6, 2002 > John Balaban Interviewed by Michael Silverblatt John Balaban Listing">Author Info: ''Poets & Writers'' Directory of Writers > John Balaban Listing Poems by John Balaban">Audio: ''The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor > Poems by John Balaban {{DEFAULTSORT:Balaban, John 1943 births 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American poets 20th-century American translators 21st-century American translators American male novelists American male poets American people of Romanian descent Poets from North Carolina North Carolina State University faculty American conscientious objectors Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Living people Pennsylvania State U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alper Balaban
Alper Balaban (August 1, 1987 – April 12, 2010) was a Turkish-German footballer who started his career with Fenerbahçe. Balaban was raised in Gemmingen and Heilbronn. He began his career with German club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. In 2005, he was transferred to Fenerbahçe. He made his debut in a Turkish Cup match against Sivasspor on November 11, 2006, and was brought on in the 82nd minute. Balaban played 58 times for Fenerbahçe PAF and scored 16 goals. On April 5, 2010, he was involved in a car accident in Bretten Bretten (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Bredde'') is a town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Geography Bretten lies in the centre of a rectangle that is formed by Heidelber ..., Germany, and died seven days later on April 12, 2010. References 1987 births 2010 deaths Footballers from Karlsruhe German footballers Turkish footballers Turkey under-21 international footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Balabán
Jan Balabán (29 January 1961 – 23 April 2010) was a Czech writer, journalist, and translator. He was considered an existentialist whose works often dealt with the wretched and desperate aspects of the human condition. Partial biography Balabán was actually born in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia, but he had already moved with his family to Ostrava by the time he was a year old. He graduated from Palacký University, Olomouc with a degree from the Department of Philosophy. Following graduation, he visited England, Canada and the United States. In 1984 he had a two-month internship at Kings College in Aberdeen in Scotland. His first serious publication was a book of short stories – "The Middle Ages" in 1985. He then worked as a technical translator at the Vítkovice ironworks and later as a freelance translator and journalist, making regular contributions to the magazine ''Respekt''. He also translated the works of H. P. Lovecraft and Terry Eagleton into Czech. In the 1990s, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İbrahim Balaban
İbrahim Balaban (1 January 1921 – 9 June 2019) was a Turkish painter. Early years and private life He was born at Seçköy village of Osmangazi district in Bursa Province in 1921. His parents did not allow him to pursue further education after he completed the only three-grade primary school in the village. Balaban protested his parents' decision by refusing to work. He kept himself busy with writing and drawing until the age of 15. In 1937 at the age of 16, Balaban was sentenced to six months in Bursa Prison and payment of a fine for growing cannabis, a crime he allegedly did not commit. His sentence was increased to three years in prison because he was unable to pay the fine. He worked in the prison as a barber to earn money. After serving his first prison term, he was convicted a second time on the charge of murdering a former fellow inmate, who was his accomplice from his alleged first conviction as well as a rival in love for his first wife, Fadime. Balaban was sent to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
