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Cosmo (name)
Cosmo () is a British/Italian surname and male given name. It means order, decency, and beauty; this is the English form of Cosimo, introduced to Britain in the 18th century by the Scottish nobleman the second Duke of Gordon, who named his son and successor after his friend Cosimo III de' Medici. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: Given name * Cosmo and Damian, 3rd-century Christian martyrs * Cosmo de Medici, alternate name of Cosimo de' Medici (1389–1464) * Cosmo I, alternate name of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519–1574) * Cosmo Alexander (1724–1772), Scottish portrait painter * Cosmo Allegretti, actor and puppeteer in the 1955–1984 children's television series ''Captain Kangaroo'' * Cosmo Baker (b. 1974), American disc jockey * Sir Cosmo Bonsor, 1st Baronet (1848–1929), British MP, chairman of the South Eastern Railway * Cosmo Campoli (1923–1997), American sculptor * Cosmo A. Cilano (1893–1937), New York state senator * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke Of Gordon
General Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon (c. 167828 November 1728), styled Earl of Enzie until 1684 and the Marquess of Huntly from 1684 to 1716, was a Scottish Jacobite peer. Gordon was the son of George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon and Lady Elizabeth Howard, the daughter of the Roman Catholic Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk. He fought with the Jacobites at the battle of Sheriffmuir, with three hundred horsemen and two thousand foot. On 12 February 1716, he surrendered at Gordon Castle to John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland. He was imprisoned at Edinburgh, but obtained a pardon when his father died and entered his inheritance as 2nd Duke on 7 December 1716. He is mentioned in the Jacobite riddling song ''Cam Ye O'er Frae France'', referred to as "Cockalorum", an epithet derived from the traditional nickname of the head of the Gordon clan, "Cock o' the North" Family Gordon married Lady Henrietta Mordaunt (ca. 1688–1760), daughter of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmo Innes
Cosmo Nelson Innes FRSE (9 September 1798 – 31 July 1874) was a Scottish advocate, judge, historian and antiquary. He served as Advocate-Depute, Sheriff of Elginshire, and Principal Clerk of Session. He was a skilled decipherer of ancient Scottish records and helped to compile, edit and index ''Acts of the Scottish Parliament 1124–1707''. He was said to be tall, handsome but shy. He was accused of being a Catholic sympathiser whilst it remained illegal, and joined the newly created Scottish Episcopal Church, close in practice to the Catholic Church. Dean Ramsay, head of the Episcopal Church, was one of his friends. Life Born in Durris House to Euphemia Russell and John Innes of Leuchars WS. His middle name, Nelson, is almost certainly to mark Horatio Nelson's then recent victory at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798. Thirteen of his 14 siblings died, only he and his sister Elizabeth survived. His friends included Alexander Forbes Irvine (1818–1892), whose career c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Di Cosmo
Roberto Di Cosmo is an italian computer scientist and director of IRILL, the Innovation and research initiative for free software (). He graduated from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and obtained a PhD from the University of Pisa, before becoming tenured professor at the École normale supérieure in Paris, then professor at the Paris 7 - Denis Diderot University, Paris 7 University. Since 2010, he has been director of the IRILL. Di Cosmo was an early member of the Association francophone des utilisateurs de Linux et des logiciels libres, AFUL, association of the French community of Linux and Free Software users and is also known for his support of the Open Source Software movement. He became famous after releasing a paper criticizing Microsoft in 1998, entitled ''Piège dans le cyberespace'' (''Hijacking the world, Hijacking the world, the dark side of Microsoft''). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariel Everton Cosmo Da Silva
Mariel Everton Cosmo da Silva (born 15 August 1980 in Palmares, Pernambuco), commonly known as Tozo, was a Brazilian footballer who last played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ... for Santa Cruz. External links Profile at TFF.org Profile at footballstats.metro.co.ukGuardian Stats Centre 1980 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Clube Náutico Capibaribe players Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers Hacettepe S.K. footballers Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Süper Lig players Men's association football midfielders People from Palmares, Pernambuco Footballers from Pernambuco {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Cosmo
Nicholas Cosmo (born 1971) is an American former businessman and white-collar criminal. He was arrested January 26, 2009 on charges of an estimated $370–413 million Ponzi scheme. Cosmo conducted the scheme using his company Agape World Inc. in Hauppauge, New York, which claimed to make its profits via commercial bridge lending. Authorities arrested him in Hicksville, New York. Cosmo was arraigned in Islip, New York on January 27, 2009 on charges of mail fraud."Financier Arrested on Charges of $400 Million Ponzi Scheme" Reuters via Yahoo News (January 27, 2009) Cosmo had previously been convicted of felony fraud in 1999, and had served his sentence of 21 months in prison for the offense. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julián Di Cosmo
Julián Di Cosmo (born December 28, 1984, in Aldao, Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Italian-Argentine association football striker, who currently plays for FAS in the Salvadoran Primera División. Club career Early career Born in, Aldao, Argentina, Di Cosmo began his career in the youth sector of Almirante Brown in Argentina, before transferring to A.C.S.D. Saluzzo in Italy in the summer of 2006. With Saluzzo, Di Cosmo managed 6 goals in 15 appearances for the fifth-tier Italian side, before being sold to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione outfit Igea Virtus prior to the 2007-08 Lega Pro season. He scored 16 league goals in 31 appearances for the Sicilian outfit, winning the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione ''Capocannoniere'' (top scorer) that season for his ''Girone.'' His performances were often eye-catching, thus impressing scouts of several Serie A and Serie B teams. He eventually completed a transfer to Calcio Catania of the Serie A. Calcio Catania Di Cosmo officially transferred to C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cosmo
James Ronald Gordon Copeland , known professionally as James Cosmo (b. 1947), is a Scottish film and television actor known for his appearances in films including '' Highlander'', ''Braveheart'', ''Trainspotting'', ''Jagame Thandhiram'', ''Troy'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', '' Ben-Hur'' and ''Wonder Woman'', as well as television series such as ''Game of Thrones'', ''Sons of Anarchy'', and ''His Dark Materials''. He appeared in the nineteenth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother'', finishing in fourth place. Early life Cosmo is the son of actor James Copeland and Helen Goodlet Findlay. He attended Hartfield Primary School in Dumbarton. Through his father, young James played cricket on Hampstead Heath with Sean Connery while his father was in the pub with Peter O'Toole. He also has a sister named Laura. When he was 11, he moved back to Glasgow and later he worked for a time at Arnott Young shipbreakers in Dalmuir. Career At the start of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Cosmo
Francis Cosmo Migliaccio (born October 17, 1956) is an American musician best known as a former lead singer of the bands Boston and Orion the Hunter. Music career Cosmo was first featured on guitarist Barry Goudreau's self-titled solo album in 1980, a prelude to the formation of Orion the Hunter in 1983. Orion the Hunter released an album in 1984 on Columbia Records, which yielded the hit single "So You Ran". The band opened for Aerosmith in 1984. In 1994, Cosmo was featured as the sole lead vocalist on the platinum Boston album '' Walk On'', which reached #7 on thBillboard Chartsand produced three hit singles, including "I Need Your Love", which climbed to #4 on the Mainstream Rock Chart, and "Walk On" which reached #14. Upon Brad Delp's return to Boston for the concert tour (Delp never missed a Boston tour prior to his death in 2007), the two shared vocals in concert, where Delp said Cosmo covered "the really tough high parts".Pareles, Jon (June 10, 1995). In performanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Cosmo (other)
Anthony Cosmo may refer to: * Anthony Cosmo (musician), formerly of the band Boston *Anthony Cosmo (lacrosse) Anthony Cosmo (born October 6, 1977) is a former professional lacrosse goaltender in the National Lacrosse League. Cosmo is a three-time NLL All-Star, and was named NLL Goaltender of the Year in 2007. Cosmo also plays for the Brampton Excelsiors ... (born 1977), Canadian lacrosse player * Tony Cosmo, actor and musician {{Hndis, name=Cosmo, Anthony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmo Wilson
Charles B. "Cosmo" Wilson (born February 18, 1961) is an American concert lighting designer and director for rock bands, active since 1986. He has worked with over 40 acts including AC/DC, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Foreigner, INXS, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Meat Loaf, Mötley Crüe, The Rolling Stones, Ronnie James Dio, David Lee Roth, Scorpions, and Rod Stewart. He was a touring road crew member from 1986 and toured with The Cure, Genesis, Barbara Mandrell, INXS, Crowded House, and various other acts before becoming a director and designer. He worked on the Rolling Stones " Steel Wheels" 1989 tour as lighting crew chief before moving up to lighting director in February 1990, where he spent the next 7 months touring Japan and Europe with both " Urban Jungle" and " Steel Wheels" shows. He has worked with AC/DC since 1990, directing over 700 shows since then, including 1991's "Monsters of Rock" stadium tour, which finished in Moscow on September 28, 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmo Parkinson
Sir Arthur Charles Cosmo Parkinson GCMG KCB OBE (18 November 1884 – 16 August 1967), known as Sir Cosmo Parkinson, was a British civil servant who held the position of Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1937 to 1940 and from 1940 to 1942.''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Parkinson, Sir (Arthur Charles) Cosmo Retrieved 11 November 2020.National Portrait Gallery, Sir (Arthur Charles) Cosmo Parkinson Retrieved 11 November 2020. Family and educ ...
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Cosmo Maciocia
Cosmo Maciocia (born February 2, 1942) is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec and a city councillor in Montreal, Quebec. Background He was born in Cantalupo nel Sannio, Molise, Italy, on February 2, 1942, and arrived in Canada in 1964. City councillor in Saint-Léonard He was a city councillor in Saint-Léonard in 1978. Member of the legislature He successfully ran as a Liberal candidate to the provincial legislature for the district of Viger in 1981. He was re-elected in 1985, 1989, 1994 and 1998. He was Parliamentary Assistant from 1985 to 1994. Back in city politics In the wake of the province-wide municipal merger of 2001, Maciocia gave up his seat and ran as a candidate of Gérald Tremblay's '' Montreal Island Citizens Union'' (french: Union des citoyens et des citoyennes de l'Île de Montréal or UCIM) in the district of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin. The party is now known as Union Montréal. In 2005, he was elected as borough mayor for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
