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Berkoff (surname)
Berkov or Berkoff is a surname of Jewish (Berkovich) or Dutch/German origin (Berkhoff). In Slavic countries it is only used for men, while the feminine variant is Berkova or Berková. Notable people with the name include: * David Berkoff David Charles "Dave" Berkoff (born November 30, 1966) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. Berkoff was a backstroke specialist who won a total of four Olympic medals during h ... (born 1966), an American swimmer * Steven Berkoff (born 1937), an English actor * Vasily Berkov (1794–1870), Russian shipbuilder * Alexandra Berková (1949–2008), Czech writer and educator * Dagmar Berková (1922–2002), Czech graphic designer, illustrator and painter * Elena Berkova (born 1985), Russian model, television presenter, singer and actress * Renata Berková (born 1975), Czech Olympic triathlete See also * Berkhoff (surname) * Bercow {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Berkoff
David Charles "Dave" Berkoff (born November 30, 1966) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events. Berkoff was a backstroke specialist who won a total of four Olympic medals during his career at two different Olympic Games. He is best known for his powerful underwater start, the eponymous "Berkoff Blastoff". At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, he won a gold medal by swimming the backstroke leg for the winning U.S. men's team in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay in the event final. Individually, he also won a silver medal by placing second in the men's 100-meter backstroke event. Four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Berkoff earned another gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. He also won a bronze medal by placing third in the 100-meter backstroke. Berkoff was inducted into the International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff (born Leslie Steven Berks; 3 August 1937) is an English actor, author, playwright, theatre practitioner and theatre director. As a theatre maker he is recognised for staging work with a heightened performance style eponymously known as "Berkovian theatre", which combines elements of physical theatre, total theatre and expressionism. His work has sometimes been viewed as an example of in-yer-face theatre, due to the intense presentation and taboo-breaking material in a number of his plays. As a film actor, he is known for his performances in villainous roles, including the portrayals of General Orlov in the ''James Bond'' film ''Octopussy'' (1983), Victor Maitland in ''Beverly Hills Cop'' (1984), Lt. Col. Podovsky in '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (1985) and Adolf Hitler in the TV mini-series ''War and Remembrance'' (1988–89). Early life Berkoff was born Leslie Steven Berks on 3 August 1937, in Stepney in the East End of London, the son of Pauline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasily Berkov
Vasily Ivanovich Berkov (Russian: Василий Иванович Берков) (Dutch: Wicher Berkhoff) (21 August 1794 in Vriezenveen, Netherlands – 5 April 1870 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian shipbuilder and from 1829-1870 Director of the Admiralty Shipyard of Saint Petersburg, possibly in the rank of Counter-Admiral.According to Polovtsov (1896-1918), Berkov was "Head of the City Wharfs in Saint Petersburg (начальник с.-петербургской городской верфи)". The biography ends in 1840. According to Janssen and Jonker (ca. 1955), Berkov was "Head of the Naval Wharfs of Saint Petersburg (Chef van de Marinewerven in Sint-Petersburg)" and obtained the "rank and/or title oth possibleof Admiral (titel van Admiraal)". Harmsen (1966), states that Berkov was "Head of the Naval Wharf of St. Petersburg (Chef van de Marinewerf te St. Petersburg)". Hosmar (1976), claims Berkov was "Head of the Naval Wharfs of Kronstadt (Chef der Marinewer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Berková
Alexandra Berková (2 July 1949 – 16 June 2008) was a Czech writer and educator. The daughter of an orchestra conductor and a journalist, she was born in Trenčín and studied Czech literature and applied arts at Charles University in Prague. From 1973 to 1981, she worked as an editor for a publishing house and, after 1905, as a high school teacher in creative arts. From 1983 to 1991, Berková wrote for Czechoslovak Television Czech Television ( cs, Česká televize, italics=no ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting seven channels. Established after the Velvet Revolution in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslov .... After the 1989 Revolution, she helped organize the Writers' Council and helped found the feminist group New Humanity. She married the painter Vladimír Novák and they had two children but later separated. Her work appears in English translation in the following collections: * ''Daylight in Nightclub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagmar Berková
Dagmar Berková (6 June 1922 in Vienna – 29 May 2002 in Prague) was a Czech graphic designer, illustrator and painter. She was predominant in children's book illustration, in particular the illustrations for Lewis Carroll's ''Alice in Wonderland'' or Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. See also *List of Czech painters This is a list of Czech painters. A * Miroslav Adámek *Mikoláš Aleš * Jiří Anderle *Jaroslav Augusta * Jan Autengruber B * Karel Balcar * Lojza Baránek * Vojtěch Bartoněk * Břetislav Bartoš * Viktor Barvitius * Jan Bauch * Aloi ... References Czech illustrators Czech women illustrators Czech women painters Czech children's book illustrators Czech graphic designers Czech women graphic designers 1922 births 2002 deaths Artists from Vienna 20th-century Czech painters Austrian emigrants to Czechoslovakia 20th-century women painters {{CzechRepublic-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Berkova
Olena Sergeyevna Berkova (russian: link=no, Елена Серге́евна Беркова, uk, Оле́на Сергі́ївна Бе́ркова, Olena Serhiyvna Berkova; born 11 March 1985) is a Ukrainian- Russian former glamour model and pornographic actress, television presenter, singer and actress. Biography Olena Berkova was born on March 11, 1985, in Murmansk, Russia. As a child, she moved with her family to Mykolaiv, Ukraine. In 2004, Berkova came to her sister in Saint Petersburg from Mykolaiv. She worked in a webcam studio. For 56 days she was a participant in the reality show "Dom-2" (arrived on May 12, 2004, left on July 7). In 2004, Elena joined the popular show Dom-2 on TV channel TNT. In 2006, Elena appeared as a singer in with the pop music girl group Min net!. At age 24, Berkova gave birth to a son. The child's father is her third ex-husband, Ivan Belkov. In March 2009, Berkova, announced her intention to participate in the elections of the mayor of Soch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renata Berková
Renata Berková (born May 24, 1975 in Kroměříž) is a triathlete from the Czech Republic. Berková competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took twenty-ninth place with a total time of 2:08:08.37. Four years later, Berková competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... Her time in that competition was 2:11:50.94, placing her thirty-second. ReferencesProfile External links * Czech female triathletes Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics 1975 births Living people Olympic triathletes for the Czech Republic People from Kroměříž Sportspeople from the Zlín Region {{CzechRepublic-triathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berkhoff (surname)
Berkhof or Berkhoff is a surname from Dutch and German origin. The name falls under the so-called farm names. Such a name served as an address in a time when street names were not commonly used. The name has two meanings. In the Netherlands that is 'birch-farm' or 'birch- farmhouse'. To leave no doubt there would have stood one or more birch tree(s) in the yard. In Germany the name means 'farm on a hill'. The name is here a variant of the surname .Fenwick Jones, G., ''German-American Names'' (3rd ed. 2006), p. 91 and ''Beitrage zur Namenforschung'' XI (1976), p. 138 Origin Fairly common practice in farm names was that the lessee (tenant) of the farm and his family received the farm name as an addition behind the first name and the patronymic. Primarily, however, was the name connected to the farmhouse and the yard. This meant that a new, succeeding lessee and his family could also become known by the farm name. This way several unrelated families can have their name derived fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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