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Charles Miller (silent Film Actor)
Charles Miller or Charlie Miller may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bronco Charlie Miller (1850-1955), American showman and Old West figure * Charles F. Miller (1878–1925), American actor * Charles Henry Miller (1842–1922), artist and painter * Charles Miller (actor), actor in '' Thundering Trails'' (1943) and ''The Black Hills Express'' (1943) * Charles Miller (author) (1918–1986), author of popular books on East African history * Charles Miller (director) (1857–1936), American film director * Charles Miller (musician) (1939–1980), in the band War Politics * Charles E. Miller (1903–1979), American politician and businessman in Maryland * Charles H. Miller (1918-1971), American politician and farmer in Minnesota * Charles Miller (Kentucky politician) (born 1939), state legislator in Kentucky * Charles A. Miller (Alabama politician), Secretary of State of Alabama, 1868–70 * Charles A. Miller (Pennsylvania politician) (1850–1917), American businessman, newswo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronco Charlie Miller
Julius Mortimer "Bronc(h)o Charlie" Miller (December 1850 – 15 January 1955) was an American horse tamer and Pony Express rider. He was born on the trail in California to parents travelling west for the California Gold Rush. At the age of 11 Miller claimed to have become the youngest ever Pony Express rider, claiming to have done so after witnessing a horse arrive without its rider at the station in Sacramento. Miller then worked as a horse trainer, from which he earnt his nickname, including a period working on Teddy Roosevelt's cattle ranch. Afterwards he became a performer demonstrating roping techniques, horse riding and knife throwing. On his travels he met and married Carrie Potter, who joined and became a target girl in his act. Miller was known as a teller of "tall tales", though many of them were true. He stated that he joined the Canadian Army and fought in the First World War and also volunteered to serve in the Korean War. Miller claimed an acquaintance with man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles William Miller
Charles William Miller (24 November 1874 – 30 June 1953; ) was a Brazilian sportsman, who is considered to be the father of football in Brazil. Early life He was born in São Paulo to John Miller, a Scottish railway engineer and Brazilian mother of English descent, Carlota Fox. In 1884 he was sent to the Banister Court public school in Southampton, England where he learnt to play football and cricket. Whilst at school, he played for and against both the Corinthians and St. Mary's (now Southampton FC). He was recorded in the 1891 United Kingdom census whilst a boarder at Millbrook School. Influence When he returned to Brazil in 1894, Miller brought two footballs and a set of Hampshire FA rules in his suitcase. Miller was instrumental in setting up the football team of the São Paulo Athletic Club (SPAC) and the Liga Paulista, the first football league in Brazil. With him as striker SPAC won the first three championships in 1902, 1903 and 1904. By 1906, Miller was playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Miller (security Researcher)
Charles Alfred Miller is an American computer security researcher with Cruise Automation. Prior to his current employment, he spent five years working for the National Security Agency and has worked for Uber. Education Miller holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics with a minor in philosophy from the then called Northeast Missouri State, and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame in 2000. He lives in Wildwood, Missouri. Security research Miller was a lead analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, a computer protection consultancy. He has publicly demonstrated many security exploits of Apple products. In 2008, he won a $10,000 cash prize at the hacker conference Pwn2Own in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for being the first to find a critical bug in the MacBook Air. In 2009, he won $5,000 for cracking Apple's Safari browser. Also in 2009, he and Collin Mulliner demonstrated an SMS processing vulnerability that allowed for complete compromise of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Miller (medium)
Charles Victor Miller (1870-1943) was an American spiritualist medium.Anderson, Rodger. (2006). ''Psychics, Sensitives and Somnambules: A Biographical Dictionary with Bibliographies''. McFarland. pp. 120-121. Miller was born in Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold, France but moved to San Francisco where he took up mediumship. Miller produced 'spirit' materializations in and outside his cabinet during séances. He managed to convince several psychical researchers such as Willie Reichel that the manifestations were genuine. Reichel in his book ''An Occultist's Travels'' (1908) described witnessing paranormal phenomena at many séances with Miller. However, most researchers were not convinced the materializations were genuine. They noted he only chose favourable conditions to work in, or worked before an audience of his choice which allowed easy opportunity for trickery. In 1908, Miller was eventually exposed as a fraud. He was invited by spiritualists to Paris but during a séance it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Miller (gambler)
Charles P. Miller (c. 1851 – November 7, 1881) was an American gambler, confidence man and swindler. He was popularly known as "King of the Bunco Men", at times sharing that title with fellow tricksters Tom O'Brien and Joseph "Hungry Joe" Lewis, and ran one of the largest bunco operations in the United States during the late 19th century.Hyde, Stephen and Geno Zanetti, ed. ''Players: Con Men, Hustlers, Gamblers and Scam Artists''. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002. (pg. 129) Asbury, Herbert. ''The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. (pg. 233) Asbury, Herbert. ''The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the New York Underworld''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. (pg. 179-180) Biography Early life and criminal career Charles Miller was born to a county officer in Texas around 1851. Growing up during Reconstruction, he was said to be an unruly child due to "parental indulgence". By age 15, he had begun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Miller (entrepreneur)
Nanoracks LLC is a private in-space services companywhich builds space hardware and in-space repurposing tools.The company also facilitates experiments and launches of CubeSats to Low Earth Orbit. Nanoracks's main office is in Houston, Texas. The business development office is in Washington, D.C., and additional offices are located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Turin, Italy. 7] Nanoracks provides tools, hardware and services that allow other companies, organizations and governments to conduct research and other projects in space. Some of Nanoracks customers include Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP), the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Space Agency (DLR), NASA, Planet Labs, Space Florida, Virgin Galactic, Adidas, Aerospace Corporation, National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), UAE Space Agency, Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), and the Beijing Institute of Technology. Nanoracks currently helps facilitate science on the Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha Black Music Hall Of Fame
The Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame, or the OBMHoF, is a nonprofit organization founded in 2005 to celebrate, document and honour the legacy of the many top vocalists and musicians whose musical careers began in the metropolitan area of Omaha, Nebraska. It has a particular focus on African American music from North Omaha, and is committed to honoring Omaha's blues tradition from the 1920s to the present day. The OBMHoF holds induction ceremonies every two years that highlight, but are not limited to, classical, rhythm & blues, big band, jazz and gospel music. About Vaughn Chatman, a former Omaha rhythm-and-blues player and attorney in Sacramento, California, formed the Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame in 2005. According to one local newspaper, the Hall of Fame was formed to acknowledge Omaha's own musicians. "Enough Omaha artists have impacted the industry to rival the legacy from historical music hotbeds like Kansas City, Mo. The contributions of these Omaha-bred-and-born may add up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Miller (educator)
Charles Miller or Charlie Miller may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bronco Charlie Miller (1850-1955), American showman and Old West figure * Charles F. Miller (1878–1925), American actor * Charles Henry Miller (1842–1922), artist and painter * Charles Miller (actor), actor in '' Thundering Trails'' (1943) and ''The Black Hills Express'' (1943) * Charles Miller (author) (1918–1986), author of popular books on East African history * Charles Miller (director) (1857–1936), American film director * Charles Miller (musician) (1939–1980), in the band War Politics * Charles E. Miller (1903–1979), American politician and businessman in Maryland * Charles H. Miller (1918-1971), American politician and farmer in Minnesota * Charles Miller (Kentucky politician) (born 1939), state legislator in Kentucky * Charles A. Miller (Alabama politician), Secretary of State of Alabama, 1868–70 * Charles A. Miller (Pennsylvania politician) (1850–1917), American businessman, newswo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Miller (businessman)
Charles Miller (June 15, 1843 – December 21, 1927) was a Pennsylvania businessman, philanthropist and Major General of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. He commanded the organization now known as the 28th Infantry Division and was a founder of the Galena-Signal Oil Company, which later became part of the Standard Oil combine, and then part of the corporations now known as Texaco and Valvoline. Early life Charles Miller was born in Oberhoffen-sur-Moder, Alsace, France on June 15, 1843. His family emigrated to the United States in 1855, settling in Boston, New York. Miller began a business career by clerking in stores and working as a sewing machine salesman. In 1861 he joined the New York National Guard’s Company A, 74th Infantry Regiment. The unit performed guard duty along the border with Canada in Pennsylvania and New York to deter Confederate raids from the north (as happened during the St. Albans Raid). He served until the end of the Civil War, and turned down a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lichty Miller
Charles Lichty Miller (born December 1, 1887) was an American college football player and coach at Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ... in Haverford, Pennsylvania. References 1887 births Year of death missing Haverford Fords football coaches Haverford Fords football players Players of American football from Lancaster, Pennsylvania Coaches of American football from Pennsylvania {{1900s-collegefootball-coach-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Miller (Canadian Football)
Charles Miller (born August 2, 1953) is a former Canadian football player who played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College .... References 1953 births Living people American football defensive backs Canadian football defensive backs American players of Canadian football West Virginia Mountaineers football players Edmonton Elks players Players of American football from West Virginia Sportspeople from Fairmont, West Virginia {{Canadianfootball-defensiveback-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ookie Miller
Charles Lewis "Ookie" Miller (November 11, 1909 – August 7, 2002) was a professional American football player. Miller played seven years in the National Football League (NFL), mainly for the Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF .... References External links * 1909 births 2002 deaths American football centers Chicago Bears players Cleveland Rams players Green Bay Packers players Purdue Boilermakers football players People from Marion, Indiana Players of American football from Indiana {{offensive-lineman-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
