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Baughman (surname)
Baughman (Americanized form of German and Swiss German Bachmann or Baumann, compare Boughman) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Baughman Center, two buildings on the University of Florida campus, ranked 3rd by American Institute of Architects on its list of ''Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places.'' * Charlotte Baughman, fictional character portrayed by Anya Taylor-Joy as the first girlfriend of Barack Obama in the 2016 American drama film Barry * Deiton Baughman (born 1996), American tennis player *Elise Baughman, American voice actress * George F. Baughman (1915–2004), American university president and United States Naval Reserve officer *J. Ross Baughman, American Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist * James L. Baughman (1952–2016), American journalism professor * John Baughman (1941–2000), American murderer and suspected serial killer * Justin Baughman (born 1974), American baseball player * Mary Baughman (1874-1956), American physician, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americanized
Americanization or Americanisation (see spelling differences) is the influence of American culture and business on other countries outside the United States of America, including their media, cuisine, business practices, popular culture, technology or political techniques. Some observers have described Americanization as synonymous with progress and innovation. However, it is also used as a pejorative term by critics who oppose American influences. Hollywood, the American film and television industry, has since the 1920s dominated most of the world's media markets. It is the chief medium by which people across the globe see American fashions, customs, scenery, and way of life. The top 50 highest-grossing films of all time were all made entirely or partially in the United States. Coca-Cola, previously the top global company by revenue, is often viewed as a symbol of Americanization, giving rise to the term "Coca-Cola diplomacy" for anything emblematic of US soft power. Fas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deiton Baughman
Deiton Baughman (born April 23, 1996) is an American tennis player. Baughman has a career high ATP singles ranking of 341 achieved on October 26, 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 354 achieved on October 26, 2015. Baughman made his ATP main draw debut at the 2014 Sony Open Tennis in the doubles event partnering Martin Redlicki. The pair were given a wildcard and lost in the first round to Ryan Harrison and Jack Sock. At the 2015 US Open, Baughman made his grand slam main draw debut in the doubles event, where he was given a wildcard with Tommy Paul Tommy Paul (4 March 1909 – 28 April 1991) was a world featherweight boxing champion from Buffalo, New York. He won the world featherweight championship in May 1932, defeating Johnny Pena in a boxing tournament in Detroit. He was inducted in .... Baughman is known for his creative, "stream-of-consciousness" outbursts during matches. References External links * * 1996 births Living people Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milo Baughman
Milo Ray Baughman, Jr. (October 7, 1923 – July 23, 2003) born in Goodland, Kansas, was a modern furniture designer. Baughman designed for a number of furniture companies starting in the mid-1940s until his death, including Mode Furniture, Glenn of California, The Inco Company, Pacific Iron, Murray Furniture of Winchendon, Arch Gordon, George Kovacs, Directional, and Drexel, among others. He is most well known, however, for his longtime association with Thayer Coggin Inc., of High Point, NC, which began in 1953 and lasted until his death in 2003. He also lectured broadly on the state of modern design, extolling the positive benefits of good design on the lives of human being. Early life Baughman moved with his family in his infancy to Long Beach, California. At the age of 13, Milo was assigned the task of designing both the interior and exterior of his family's new house. Following high school he served for four years in the Army Air Forces during World War II, during which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Baughman
Mary Barney Baughman (September 4, 1874 – March 30, 1956) was an American physician, medical school professor, and clubwoman based in Richmond, Virginia. Early life and education Baughman was born in Richmond, one of the eight children of Emilius Allen Baughman and Mary Nelson Barney Baughman. Her father ran a publishing company and stationery business, Baughman Bros., and was a Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War. Baughman studied art in Paris as a young woman, then biology and gymnastics in Boston, and she worked with Charles Davenport at Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory. In 1918, at age 44, she enrolled in the Medical College of Virginia, in the first group of women students admitted for medical training. She was a founding member and president of the college's chapter of Alpha Epsilon Iota. Career Before medical school, Baughman taught art and gymnastics in Richmond schools. In 1923 Baughman joined the Medical College of Virginia faculty, the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Baughman
Justin Reis Baughman (; born August 1, 1974) is an American former professional baseball player who played two seasons for the Anaheim Angels of Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ... (MLB). Baughman attended Lewis & Clark College, graduating in 2001 with a B.S. in business. Baughman was head coach of Lewis & Clark College's varsity baseball team from the fall of 2005 until early January 2010, when he resigned to take a job as the Northwest area scout for the San Diego Padres. External links * bio 1974 births Living people Anaheim Angels players Cedar Rapids Kernels players Charlotte Knights players Baseball managers Baseball coaches from California Baseball players from San Jose, California Boise Hawks players Edmonton Trappers pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Baughman
John Earl Baughman (October 4, 1941 – May 31, 2000) was an American murderer and suspected serial killer. A former police officer, Baughman was acquitted of murdering a close friend and his first wife, before eventually killing his second wife while on a vacation in Antigua and Barbuda. After being sentenced to death for her murder, he hanged himself in prison in 2000, while still on death row. Early life John Baughman was born in Illinois and grew up in Chicago. His father, Bill Baughman, worked on the railroad and was originally from Clinton, Illinois. His mother, Letha Smith Baughman, was a bookkeeper who had been orphaned as a young child and whose first child, a male, died as an infant. Baughman was the only other son of his parents, having two elder sisters. Baughman volunteered for two tours in Vietnam as a Marine infantryman. He later became a heavyset man and had always worn thick-rimmed glasses, which earned him the nickname "Bottles". He once served as a police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James L
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George F
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elise Baughman
Elise Paige Baughman is an American voice actress who works for anime series at Funimation and New Generation Pictures. She provided voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime series. Filmography Anime * ''Burst Angel'' - Angelique * ''Case Closed'' - Yoko Okino * ''Daphne in the Brilliant Blue'' - Mieko Muzuki * '' Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor'' - Michiru * ''Desert Punk'' - Mother (Ep 13) * ''Dragon Ball GT'' - Pan * '' Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy'' - Pan * ''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' - Pan * ''Fruits Basket'' - Momiji's Mother, Rika Aida (Ep. 22) * '' Fruits Basket (2019 series)'' - Momiji's Mother * ''Girls Bravo'' - Yukina * ''GunXSword'' - Secretary * ''Hell Girl'' - Chiaki "Chie" Tanuma (Ep. 7) * ''Kamichu!'' - Yoko (Ep. 16) * ''Kiddy Grade'' - Ricky * ''Mermaid Forest'' - Oba-chan * ''Negima!'' - Eiko * '' Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris'' - Hanabi Kitaoji * '' Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning'' - Sayoko Shiranagatani * ''Yu Yu Hakusho'' - Ayame Video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004, and previously worked as a civil rights lawyer before entering politics. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduating from Columbia University in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, he enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the '' Harvard Law Review''. After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and an academic, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Turning to elective politics, he represented the 13th district in the Illinois Senate from 1997 until 2004, when he ran for the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anya Taylor-Joy
Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy ( ; born 16 April 1996) is an actress. She has won several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2021, she was featured on ''Time'' magazine's 100 Next list. Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, Taylor-Joy left school at the age of 16 to pursue an acting career. After small television roles, she made her film debut with a leading role in the horror film ''The Witch'' (2015), before starring in the horror film ''Split'' (2016), its sequel ''Glass'' (2019), and the black comedy ''Thoroughbreds'' (2017). She won the Trophée Chopard at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Taylor-Joy appeared in the fifth and sixth seasons of the television crime drama ''Peaky Blinders'' (2019–2022), and played Emma Woodhouse in the period drama '' Emma'' (2020), which gained her a Golden Globe nomination. Also in 2020, she received critical acclaim for her p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
