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Bright (surname)
Bright is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * A. D. Bright (1838–1898), Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court * Adam Bright (1984-), Australian pitcher * Alfred L. Bright (1940-2019), American artist *Annie Bright (1840–1913), Australian journalist and spiritualist *Bill Bright (1921–2003), American evangelist *Bobby Bright (born 1952), U.S. congressman and mayor of Montgomery, Alabama *Charles Bright (judge) (1912-1983), Australian judge * Chris Bright (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player * Crystal Bright (born 1981), American musician and artist *Dave Bright (born 1949), New Zealand footballer *Dora Bright (1862–1951), English composer and pianist *Graham Bright (born 1942), British Conservative politician *Greg Bright (born 1957), American football player *H. R. Bum Bright (1920-2004), American businessman and owner of the Dallas Cowboys *Heather Bright (born 1982), American singer * Henry Bright (1810/14-1873), English artist *Henry Edward Bright ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Bright
Adam Bright (born 11 August 1984, in Melbourne) is an Australian left-handed pitcher. He is son of ex-star Australian spin bowler Ray Bright. Career Bright signed with the Colorado Rockies in 2002 at the age of 17 after a strong performance at the 2002 Junior World Championships. He debuted with the Casper Rockies in 2003 and led the Pioneer League with most games pitched. In 2004, he debuted for the Victoria Aces in the Claxton Shield and later that year played A- ball with the Tri-City Dust Devils. In 2005, Bright had his first full-season with a 4–2 record including 6 saves and a 3.38 ERA in 51 games for the Asheville Tourists. Bright made his debut with Australia's senior national team in the 2005 Baseball World Cup, with a win against the Czech Republic and a 1.50 ERA in four games. He also made one appearance against Italy in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Bright also played for Australia in the 2007 Baseball World Cup and the 2009 World Baseball Classic, and was sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Bright
Jason Bright (born 7 March 1973) is a retired Australian racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He drove the No. 56 Ford FG X Falcon for Britek Motorsport, a satellite team of Prodrive Racing Australia, before retiring from full-time racing at the end of the 2017. Racing career Australia Bright started his motor racing career at the age of 15 in 1988 and won the Junior Club Championship at the Gippsland Go-Kart Club. One year later, Bright won the Senior Club Championships. In 1990, Bright was the runner-up in the Victorian Go Karting Championship and he went on to win the championship in 1991. 1992 saw Bright move into single-seaters and into the Victorian Formula Ford Championship and finished fourth and dovetailed this with another go-kart campaign, finishing third overall in Australia. Bright made his debut in the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 1993, in a factory-backed Spectrum. In the season, he had a best finish of sixth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Bright
Nick Bright is a British radio and television presenter. He currently hosts Saturday mid mornings on BBC Radio 1Xtra, The Squad on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sundays at midday, numerous different projects for BBC Sport and the Arsenal Matchday Show. Early life Born at Mayday Hospital in Croydon, his father is half Ghanaian and his mother is English. He grew up in South Norwood, London. He is a supporter of Arsenal F.C. He was educated at St Joseph’s College in south London before his family relocated to Portsmouth where he attended St Luke's School. He went on to study music technology at South Downs College and then completed a degree in Radio Production at the University Of Westminster. Career In April 2010, Bright began presenting on BBC Radio 1Xtra launching a brand new early breakfast show (4am7am Monday to Saturday). Since then he moved to the Weekend Breakfast show (710am) and then to Saturdays and Sundays 10am1pm. In August 2018 he joined BBC Radio 5 Live presenting a show c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myron H
Myron of Eleutherae ( grc, Μύρων, ''Myrōn'' ), working c. 480–440 BC, was an Athenian sculptor from the mid-5th century BC. He was born in Eleutherae on the borders of Boeotia and Attica. According to Pliny's '' Natural History'', Ageladas of Argos was his teacher. None of his original sculptures are known to survive, but there are many of what are believed to be later copies in marble, mostly Roman. Reputation Myron worked almost exclusively in bronze and his fame rested principally upon his representations of athletes (including his iconic ''Diskobolos''), in which he made a revolution, according to commentators in Antiquity, by introducing greater boldness of pose and a more perfect rhythm, subordinating the parts to the whole. Pliny's remark that Myron's works were ''numerosior'' than those of Polycleitus and "more diligent" seem to suggest that they were considered more harmonious in proportions (''numeri'') and at the same time more convincing in realism: ''dilige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Bright
Mike Bright may refer to: * Mike Bright (volleyball), American volleyball player * Mike Bright (basketball) Michael C. Bright is an American former college basketball player. He played at Bucknell University between 1989 and 1993, where he set numerous school records and was the 1993 Patriot League Player of the Year. College career A native of Moness ..., American basketball player See also * Michael Bright, American finance executive {{hndis, Bright, Mike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millie Bright
Millie Bright (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chelsea and the England national team. She previously played for Doncaster Belles, Leeds Ladies and represented England on the under-19 and under-23 national teams. Bright was named Vauxhall England Young Player of the Year in 2016. With Chelsea, she won three league titles in 2015, 2017–18, and 2019–20, as well as the 2015 and 2017–18 FA Women's Cup. In 2020, she helped the club win the 2020 Women's FA Community Shield. Bright was named to the PFA Team of the Year for the 2017–18 and 2019–20 seasons. In 2020, she was named to the FIFA FIFPro Women's World11. Early life Born in Chesterfield in the East Midlands region of England, Bright spent her youngest years immersed in equestrianism. She developed pneumonia as a baby and spent some of her early childhood in the hospital with bouts of asthma. As a youth, Bright attended Sheffield Road School and Killa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Bright
Mary Bright (11 January 1954 – 29 November 2002) was a Scottish curtain designer. She began her career doing a short apprenticeship at Paris' Lanvin fashion house. In 1979, Bright relocated to New York City and worked as a hat maker as well as designing clothes. She began designing curtains in her own studio Mary Bright Inc. in 1983, and her clientele included contemporary architects and other well-known celebrities. Bright was also a contributor to exhibition design. She experimented with corrugated paper, rubber and fine metal meshes with cut and sewn linen and wool. Biography On 11 January 1954, Bright was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the daughter of a family doctor. Bright learnt fine arts in London and then fashion and millinery in Leeds; despite this, she did not formally train as a designer. Bright did a brief apprenticeship period at Paris' Lanvin fashion house, where she learnt millinery's secrets. At Gelot, she sewed men's hats. In 1979, she relocated to the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Bright
Martin Derek Bright (born 5 June 1966) is a British journalist. He worked for the BBC World Service and ''The Guardian'' before becoming ''The Observer's'' education correspondent and then home affairs editor. From 2005 to 2009, he was the political editor of ''New Statesman.'' He had a blog for ''The Spectator,'' and was ''The Jewish Chronicle's'' political editor from September 2009 to March 2013. In 2014 he took a position at the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, but resigned after five months over a lack of editorial autonomy. Since the late twentieth century, he has particularly covered the rise of Muslim extremism, terrorist attacks in Britain and abroad, and aspects of British governmental relations with the Muslim community in the United Kingdom. In 2009 Bright founded New Deal of the Mind, a charitable company to promote employment in creative fields and working with organisations, government and all political parties. Career In 2001, Bright wrote "The Great Koran Con Tric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maija Peeples-Bright
Maija Peeples-Bright (née Maija Gegeris; born 1942) is a Latvian-born American and Canadian painter, ceramist, and arts educator. She is known as one of the pioneers of the Funk art movement in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s. Maija Peeples-Bright has gone by the names Maija Zack, Maija Woof, Maija Bright, and Maija Peeples. Early life and education Maija Gegeris was born in 1942 in Riga, Latvia. In 1945, the town she lived was occupied by Nazi Germany and was bombed during the Soviet invasion. She and her family fled to Germany, where they were forced into German refugee camps from the time she was three years old to the time she was eight years old. In 1950, she and her family immigrated to the United States, settling near Sacramento, California. Peeples-Bright attended high school in Sacramento, California; she then enrolled at the University of California, Davis in 1960, originally majoring in mathematics. After learning she needed an art class to meet General Edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Bright
Leon "Pop" Bright, Jr. (born May 19, 1955 in Starke, Florida) is a former Gridiron football player in the Canadian Football League for four years and in the National Football League for five years. He played high school football at Merritt Island High School in Merritt Island, Florida and was on the 1972 Merritt Island High, Florida Class AAAA state championship team. Bright was named to the FHSAA's All-Century Team which selected the Top 33 players in the 100-year history of high school football in the state of Florida's history. He played college football at Florida State University where he still holds the record for most yards on a kickoff return, which resulted in a touchdown. From 1977-1980, Bright played running back, wide receiver, defensive back, and kickoff returner for the BC Lions."Move to Big Apple Pays off For Bright", ''Star-Phoenix'' (December 19, 1981). He also played for the New York Giants from 1981–1983 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1984-1985. Bright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
