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Combs (surname)
Combs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Sports: * Beth Combs (born 1969), American basketball coach * Earle Combs (1899–1976), American center fielder and Baseball Hall of Fame member * Frederick Combs (1935–1992), American actor * Glen Combs (born 1946), American basketball player * Jeremy Combs (born 1995), American basketball player for Israeli team Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim * Merl Combs (1919–1981), a shortstop in Major League Baseball from 1947–1952 * Pat Combs (born 1966), a Philadelphia Phillies pitcher from 1989–1992 Television: * Jeffrey Combs (born 1954), American character actor * Ray Combs (1956–1996), American television game show host and stand-up comedian * Holly Marie Combs (born 1973), American actress Other: * Allan Combs (born 1942), consciousness researcher and neuropsychologist * Jessi Combs (1983–2019), American race driver and actress * John Combs, Manitoba judge * Lewis Combs (1895–1996), United States Admiral * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Combs
Beth Combs (born September 3, 1969) is an American basketball coach. Career Combs is the former women's basketball program head coach at Northwestern University from 2004 until her resignation on May 7, 2008. Combs compiled a 24–95 record in her four years at Northwestern, and a 7–59 mark in Big Ten conference play. In the 2004 season, Northwestern upset No. 22 Penn State 59–48, which followed the same achievement among ranked opponents more than six years previously. From 2001 to 2004, she coached at Colgate University. She posted a 44–45 record through three seasons there. She went 21–10 during her final season there, and earned her second Patriot League coach of the year award. During that season, the Raiders made it to the NCAA tournament, before losing to national runner-up University of Tennessee.Bleill, Ton"Combs" brush with greatness" ''The News-Gazette'' online, March 20, 2004. She coached as an assistant at Eastern Illinois University prior to coaching at Colg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Marie Combs
Holly Marie Combs Ryan (born December 3, 1973) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles as Kimberly Brock in the CBS series ''Picket Fences'' (1992–1996), Piper Halliwell in The WB series ''Charmed'' (1998–2006) and Ella Montgomery in the Freeform series ''Pretty Little Liars'' (2010–2017). Early life Combs was born in San Diego, California, and is of Irish descent.Kizis, Deanna (December 2000). "Holly Charms Hollywood". ''Cosmopolitan'', pp190192 Via HollyMCombs.com. "Combs was born in San Diego when her mom was just 15 and her dad was 17." At the time of her birth, her mother, Lauralei Combs was 15 years old, and her father was 17. Combs's biological parents married, but the two split up after two years, feeling they were too young to make a marriage work. While Combs was learning to walk, she fell and hit her head on a marble table, resulting in a noticeable 'split' at the top of her right eyebrow. She lived in many different homes with her moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Combs
Sean Combs (born Sean John Combs; November 4, 1969), also known by his stage names Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Puffy, or Diddy, is an American rapper, actor, record producer, and record executive. Born in New York City, he worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Records in 1993. Combs has produced and cultivated artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher. Combs' debut album, '' No Way Out'' (1997), has been certified seven times platinum. The album was followed by ''Forever'' (1999), '' The Saga Continues...'' (2001), and '' Press Play'' (2006), all of which were commercially successful. In 2009, Combs created and produced the musical group Dirty Money; they released their successful debut album ''Last Train to Paris'' in 2010. Combs has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards and is the producer of MTV's ''Making the Band''. In 2022, ''Forbes'' estimated his net worth at US$1 billion. In 1998, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Combs
Rodney Combs (born March 27, 1950) is an American former stock car racing driver. He has not been in NASCAR since 1997, when he was released from his ride in the Busch Series. Combs entered NASCAR after many years on the open-wheel and short track circuit in the Midwest, racing with Mark Martin and Dick Trickle. Combs was a 2001 inductee in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame. Racing career Winston Cup Series Combs made his debut in 1982, in the then Winston Cup Series. Driving the #5 for J.D. Stacy, Combs qualified the Stacy-Pak Buick to 28th on the starting position in the fall race at Atlanta, and finished in 9th place, leading five laps. Combs was invited back by Stacy to drive the #12 Stroh's Buick in the 1983 fall race at Charlotte. Combs started 33rd and appeared to earn another top-ten, but extremely late in the going, Combs' car blew an engine, putting him to 22nd. The next time Combs showed up was in 1984. This time, Combs was behind the #2 Red Roof Inns Buick o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Combs
Lewis Barton Combs (April 7, 1895 in Manchester Center, Vermont – May 20, 1996 in Red Hook, New York) was a United States Navy admiral who helped found and direct the famed "Seabees" construction battalions in World War II. Born in 1895 to Louis D. and Stella Burgess Combs, at age 10 he became a golf caddy at the local course in Manchester, Vermont. On occasion he caddied for Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the 16th president. His family moved to Rensselaer, New York in 1907, where he attended the prestigious Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (class of 1916), having earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He went to work as a maintenance engineer for the New York Central Railroad. Navy career Following his graduation from RPI in 1916, he was commissioned a lieutenant junior grade in the Navy Civil Engineering Corps shortly after the United States entered World War I. In February 1918, he reported as the Civil Engineering Officer in charge of field construction at the Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Combs
John Harvey Combs was appointed to the Provincial Court of Manitoba in Brandon on March 27, 2003. Judge Combs received his law degree from the University of Manitoba and was called to the bar in 1977. He began his career with Legal Aid Manitoba and was a partner in the firm of Hunt, Miller, Combs. He is a life bencher of the Law Society of Manitoba and has chaired a number of committees for that organization. Judge Combs has also been active in the community. He served on the boards of the Keystone Centre and McKenzie Seeds McKenzie Seeds is a seed packaging company founded in Brandon, Manitoba in 1896. Jiffy has moved production outside of Canada with over 70 people working at their location in Brandon. It was established in 1896 by Dr. Albert Edward McKenzie, and c .... ReferencesGovernment of Manitoba news release [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessi Combs
Jessica Combs (July 27, 1980 – August 27, 2019) was an American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator. She set a women's land speed class record (four wheels) in 2013 and broke her own record in 2016. She was known as "the fastest woman on four wheels". She co-hosted the Spike TV show ''Xtreme 4x4'' for more than 90 episodes from 2005 to 2009. Other television shows on which she appeared include ''Overhaulin''', ''Mythbusters'', ''The List: 1001 Car Things To Do Before You Die'', ''All Girls Garage'', and Science Channel's ''How to Build... Everything'' in 2016. Combs died after crashing a jet-powered high-speed race car at the Alvord Desert in southeastern Oregon while attempting to beat her four-wheel land speed record. She was posthumously awarded the female land-speed world record by Guinness World Records in June 2020. Early life and education Combs was born in Rockerville, South Dakota, on July 27, 1980, the daughter of Jamie Combs and Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Combs
Allan Combs (born 1942) is an American consciousness theorist who studies the complexity of the mind. Biologist, theoretical neuroscientist and philosopher Walter Jackson Freeman III, wrote of Combs: is work"transcends the fading antimony of The Two Cultures and demonstrates the unity of human knowledge in his synthesis of modern brain dynamics with a broad sweep of history and mythology. It is a stunning achievement." Education and academic career Combs attended the University of Ohio in the early 1960s, first studying physics and then switching to psychology. During these studies, he overcame impediments due to dyslexia, something he later noted would influence his thinking about psychology. He then restarted his graduate education in clinical psychology at the University of Georgia, and at the same time started taking courses and doing research on single-cell recordings of neurons, and mathematically modeled their activity on early versions of the computer. Through this t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Combs
Raymond Neil Combs Jr. (April 3, 1956 – June 2, 1996) was an American actor, comedian and game show host. Combs began his professional career in the late 1970s. His popularity on the stand-up circuit led to him being signed as the second host of the game show ''Family Feud'' in its second run and first revival. The show aired on CBS from 1988–1993 and was in syndication from 1988–1994. From 1995 to 1996, Combs hosted another game show, ''Family Challenge''. Early life Raymond Neil Combs Jr. was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on April 3, 1956. He graduated in 1974 from Garfield High School, where he was an actor, senior class president, and Boys State delegate. He declined a nomination to the United States Military Academy and served as a missionary from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for two years in Arizona. Career Combs began performing comedy at Cincinnati's Red Dog Saloon, where he developed his best-known shtick of audience sing-alongs of sitcom theme songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earle Combs
Earle Bryan Combs (May 14, 1899 – July 21, 1976) was an American professional baseball player who played his entire career for the New York Yankees (1924–1935). Combs batted leadoff and played center field on the Yankees' fabled 1927 team (often referred to as Murderers' Row). He is one of six players on that team who have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame; the other five are Waite Hoyt, Herb Pennock, Tony Lazzeri, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. Combs led the league in triples three times and was among the top ten in the category in several other seasons. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries from a crash into an outfield wall in 1934, then retired after another injury the next season. Nicknamed "the Kentucky Colonel", Combs was known as a gentleman on and off the field. He remained in baseball as a coach for many years after his retirement as a player. Biography Early years Combs was born in Pebworth, Owsley County, Kentucky. As a child, he played baseball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Combs
Jeffrey Alan Combs (born September 9, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for starring in horror films, such as ''Re-Animator'', and appearances playing a number of characters in the ''Star Trek'' and the DC animated universe television franchises. Early life Combs was born in Oxnard, California, the fifth of nine children born to Jean Owens (formerly Sullins; 1921–1986) and Eugene "Gene" Combs (1922–1999), and raised in Lompoc. Both of his parents were from the Ozarks region of Arkansas. A graduate of Lompoc High School, as a senior, Combs played the lead role of Captain Fisby in a stage production of '' The Teahouse of the August Moon''. Combs then attended Santa Maria's Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and later developed his acting skills in the Professional Actor's Training Program at the University of Washington. In 1980, after spending several years performing in playhouses on the West Coast, Combs moved to Los Angeles. He landed his first role in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Combs
Patrick Dennis Combs (born October 29, 1966) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies between 1989 and 1992. Combs, who statistically has drawn comparisons to pitcher John Keefe, attended Hastings High School in Houston, Texas, before enrolling in Baylor University. Baseball career Combs was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the first round (11th overall) of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft. He had one "golden" season — that being his first professional year. In 1989, Combs had reached every level of professional baseball, from A-ball to the big leagues. For the Class A Clearwater Phillies, he went 2-1 with a 1.30 earned run average (ERA) in 6 games. For the Double-A Reading Phillies, Combs went 8-7 with a very respectable 3.38 ERA in 19 games. For the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, he went 3-0 with a 0.37 ERA. Continuing with the Phillies, Combs went 4-0 with a 2.09 E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
