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Burt (other)
Burt is a given name and also a shortened form of other names, such as Burton and Herbert, or a place name. Burt may refer to: People *Burt Alvord (1866–after 1910), American Old West lawman and outlaw *Burt Aull (1871–1947), American football player *Burt Bacharach (1928–2023), American composer, music producer and pianist * Burt Balaban (1922–1965), American film producer and director *Burt Bales (1916–1969), American jazz stride pianist * Burt Brown Barker (1873–1960), American lawyer and administrator *Burt Baskin (1913–1967), American co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain *Burt Blague (born 1975), Russian circus performer, comedian and director *Burt Blanca (born 1944), Belgian rock and roll musician *Burt Boutin, American professional poker player *Burt Boyar (1927–2018), American columnist, voice actor and author * Burt Brent, American reconstructive plastic surgeon *Burt Brinckerhoff (born 1936), American actor, director and producer *Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Cockley
Burt Thomas Cockley (born 3 April 1986) is an Australian cricketer who has played for New South Wales and Western Australia. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. Born and raised in Newcastle New South Wales, Cockley attended school at Callaghan College. As a young cricketer he played for the Waratah-Mayfield District Cricket Club. At the age of 17 he made his First Grade debut for Waratah-Mayfield. After being selected in the NSW Country Colts and NSW Country sides, Cockley moved to Sydney to play for Randwick Petersham Cricket Club Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, also known as the Randy Petes, competes in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition in Grades 1 to 5, Poidevin Gray (under-21) and AW Green Shield (under-16). It also fields two sides in the Sydney Metropolitan compe ... in the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition. After only one season in Sydney, Cockley was picked for the NSW State side. He debuted in First Class cricket for NSW against Tasman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Grossman
Burt L. Grossman (born April 10, 1967) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). Before becoming a professional, Grossman played college football at the University of Pittsburgh where he was a three time All-ECAC selection. In 1989, he was drafted by the San Diego Chargers. Grossman played six seasons in the NFL: five for the San Diego Chargers (1989–1993) and one for the Philadelphia Eagles (1994). As an NFL player, Grossman's accomplishments include 45 quarterback sacks and three safeties. Grossman appeared on the October 15, 1990, edition cover of ''Sports Illustrated'' under the title "Big Mouth," which chronicled his outspoken and outlandish personality. In 1996, he suffered a career-ending neck injury. After football, Grossman was hired by WCAU in Philadelphia for its program, ''Eagles Hour''. The program won an Emmy in 1995, as well as earning him an Emmy as best sports reporter. In 1996, he published the book ''The Way Thin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Grinstead
Burt Grinstead (born 1988) is an American actor. He is best known for ''Written By'' (2016), ''Eat with Me'' (2014) and the web series ''Burt Paxton: Private Detective'' (2014-2015). Grinstead starred in '' Death Race 2050'', a sequel to the 1975 film '' Death Race 2000'', along with Malcolm McDowell. Early life Grinstead was born in Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton ( ; es, Boca Ratón, link=no, ) is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It was first incorporated on August 2, 1924, as "Bocaratone," and then incorporated as "Boca Raton" in 1925. The population was 97,422 in the .... He moved with his family to Bel Air, Maryland. He spent most of his childhood in the small town of Paxton, Massachusetts, where he attended Wachusett Regional High School and played football and lacrosse. As a child, his family spent some time living in Southern California. It was during that time that Grinstead began acting in commercials. He later trained as an actor at Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Goldblatt
Burt Goldblatt (''né'' Burton George Goldblatt; 11 December 1924, in Dorchester, Massachusetts – 30 August 2006, in Boston) was an American art director, graphic designer, photographer, and author. He was best known for designing the covers of jazz albums. Biography Goldblatt fought in the Pacific theater as a member of the United States Army during World War II. After the war he attended the Massachusetts College of Art, and took a job in a print factory while doing contract work as an artist in Boston. In the early 1950s, he relocated to New York City, and in 1953 took a position with CBS, where he worked until 1955 doing advertising and design of show credits. During this time, as the long playing record became commercially viable, he began designing album covers for both major and independent labels, including Decca, Atlantic, Savoy, Roost, and Bethlehem, as well as the bootleg label Jolly Roger. Among those he designed covers for were Chris Connor, Duke Ellington, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Goldberg
Burt Goldberg is a Clinical Professor of Chemistry at New York University. Goldberg received his B.S. from Pace University, an M.Phil from Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and a Ph.D. from the University of Cardiff. Prior to retiring from research, his main area of focus was in microbiology. Career He has been a visiting faculty member at Barnard College. He is one of the faculty at NYU to plan to deliver all of his lectures on the web in a general course, with the class time used instead for discussions. His course, "The Body: How It Works" will be first taught in this format in 2011, but the lectures are expected to be available to the public in 2010. Achievements and honours He has received the S.H. Hutner Award for Research Contributions to Protozoology Protozoology is the study of protozoa, the "animal-like" (i.e., motile and heterotrophic) protists. The Protozoa are considered to be a subkingdom of Protista. They are free-living organisms that are found in almost every hab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Glinn
Burton Samuel Glinn (July 23, 1925 – April 9, 2008) was an American professional photographer who worked with Magnum Photos. He covered revolutionary leader Fidel Castro's entrance into Havana, Cuba, and photographed people such as Andy Warhol and Helen Frankenthaler. Glinn's photos show such things as the social scene of the rich, the dirtiness of politics, and the humorous flotilla that called itself the Seattle Tubing Society. He was also a contributor to Holiday (magazine), ''Holiday''. Early life Glinn, a Pittsburgh native, studied literature at Harvard University, where he edited and photographed for the college newspaper Harvard Crimson. He served in the US Army and worked for Life (magazine), Life magazine from 1949 to 1950. Glinn became an associate member of Magnum Photos in 1951 along with Eve Arnold and Dennis Stock - the first Americans to join the agency - and became a full member in 1954. Career Glinn became famous for his color pictures of the South Sea Islands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Gillett
Burton F. Gillett (October 15, 1891 – December 28, 1971) was a Film director, director of animation, animated films. He is noted for his Silly Symphonies work for Walt Disney Pictures, Disney, particularly the 1932 short film ''Flowers and Trees'' and the 1933 short film ''Three Little Pigs (film), Three Little Pigs'', both of which were awarded the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and both of which were selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry. Early life He was born in Elmira, New York. His animation career started around 1916 when he was employed by the International Film Service, an early animation studio under the ownership of William Randolph Hearst and the supervision of Gregory La Cava. The studio had been formed in 1915 and first employed experienced animators Frank Moser (artist), Frank Moser and Bill Nolan (animator), William Nolan. Within a year the veterans had been joined by several new recruits. Gillett was probably recruited along with notab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron McVey
Cameron Andrew McVey (born 11 March 1957) is an English singer, songwriter and music producer. He worked with the bands Massive Attack, Portishead, All Saints, Sugababes/Mutya Keisha Siobhan and his wife Neneh Cherry. He is the father of Marlon Roudette, Tyson, and Mabel (singer), Mabel. Early life McVey grew up in Cockfosters, North London. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School for Boys, Queen Elizabeth's Boys' School, Barnet. Career McVey started out as a member of the New wave music, new wave band Bim (band), Bim in the early 1980s, in which he was the lead singer. The band released one album in 1982, ''Boobams Out!'' and seven singles from 1980 to 1982. In 1987, as one half of duo Morgan-McVey, he released the single "Looking Good Diving". Originally conceived as a Simon & Garfunkel-style male vocal duo who would harmonise over reggae beats, early demos failed to deliver on the concept. Facing creative inertia, the act's record company convinced them to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Wendell Fansher
Burt Wendell Fansher (6 May 1880 – 1 April 1941) was a Progressive party member of the House of Commons of Canada who, in the 1935 federal election, ran as a Reconstruction Party candidate. He was born in Florence, Ontario and became a farmer. Fansher attended Ontario Agricultural College. He was first elected to Parliament at the Lambton East riding in the 1921 general election when he defeated Conservative incumbent Joseph Emmanuel Armstrong. After serving one term at Lambton East, Armstrong defeated Fansher in the 1925 election. In the 1926 election, Fansher won back the riding from Armstrong. After another term, Fansher was defeated by John Thomas Sproule of the Conservatives in the 1930 federal election. After riding boundary changes, Fansher made one more attempt to return to the House of Commons at the newly configured Lambton—Kent riding in the 1935 federal election. On this occasion, Fansher ran as a Reconstruction Party candidate but both he and Sprou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Elliott
Burton B. "Burt" Elliott is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 2nd district from 2001 to 2008. He served as Minority Whip from 2005-2008. He served on the Brown County Commission from 2009-2012. References External links Project Vote Smart - Representative Burt B. Elliott (SD)profileOurCampaigns Democratic Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives Living people 1947 births Politicians from Aberdeen, South Dakota {{SouthDakota-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Douglas
Burton Douglas (November 21, 1930 – July 1, 2000) was an American film, stage and television actor. Douglas was born in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from the University of Colorado. When he saw the play ''The Heiress'', which starred Ruth Gordon and Whitfield Connor, he decided to take the summer stock theater program. Douglas began his film career in 1957, appearing in the film ''House of Numbers (1957 film), House of Numbers''. In the same year, he also appeared in the television series ''The Thin Man (TV series), The Thin Man''. Douglas had previously worked at the Elitch Gardens. He performed in over 100 stage plays. In 1958, Douglas appeared in the films ''Handle with Care (1958 film), Handle with Care'', ''Party Girl (1958 film), Party Girl'', ''High School Confidential (film), High School Confidential'' and ''The Law and Jake Wade''. He also had a role in the film ''Imitation General''. Douglas guest-starred in television programs including ''Gunsmoke#Television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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