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Connell (surname)
Connell is a surname. Notable people with the name may include: *Brian Connell, New Zealand National Party politician from 2002 to 2008. *Desmond Connell (1926–2017), Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland *Charles Connell (1810–1873), Canadian politician * Charles Robert Connell (1864–1922), US Congressman from Pennsylvania * Cyril Connell Sr. (1899–1974), former rugby league footballer, administrator and University registrar * Cyril Connell Jr. (1928–2009), former rugby league five-eighth, former scout for Brisbane Broncos * Evan S. Connell (1924–2013), American novelist *Elizabeth Connell (1946–2012), South African-born operatic soprano * Elizabeth Connell (doctor) (1925–2018), an American doctor and proponent of women's reproductive health *Francis Jeremiah Connell (1888–1967), redemptorist, priest, theologian, professor at Catholic University of America * George Connell (other), multiple people * Gary Connell, English rugby league footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Connell
Brian David Connell (born 23 April 1956) is a former New Zealand politician who represented the New Zealand National Party in the New Zealand Parliament from 2002 to 2008. Biography Born in Foxton in the Manawatu region, Connell studied history and geography at Massey University. He also gained a diploma in teaching. He worked as a primary school teacher for a time, then as a secondary school teacher, before moving to Australia, where he became a manager at a banking company in Victoria. After holding a number of management and consultancy positions, he returned to New Zealand and took up farming. The voters of the Rakaia electorate elected Connell to Parliament in the 2002 election, replacing the retiring former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley as the National Party candidate. Connell served on the Law and Order and Commerce select committees. Following Connell's re-election in the 2005 election, National Party leader Don Brash ranked him 27th in the National party cauc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Connell (actor)
John P. Connell (October 28, 1923 – September 10, 2015) was an American stage, television, film and voice actor. Born in Philadelphia, Connell served aboard a B-24 Liberator during World War II, for which he received a Purple Heart. He attended the University of Missouri School of Journalism upon his discharge from the Army Air Force and graduated in 1950. Connell made his stage debut with the Henry Denker play ''Time Limit!'' and later acted in ''Uncle Willie''. Television appearances included multiple anthology series, such as ''Studio One in Hollywood'', '' Kraft Television Theatre'', '' Goodyear Playhouse'', and ''The Alcoa Hour'', though he was best known for his role as Dr. David Malone in ''Young Doctor Malone''. Connell also wrote for ''The Secret Storm''. He had small roles in such films as ''Fail Safe'' (1964), '' Three Days of the Condor'' (1975), and ''Family Business'' (1989). He began doing voiceovers for advertisements in the 1960s, and represented Maxwell Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Connell (Pennsylvania Politician)
William Connell (September 10, 1827March 21, 1909) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life Connell was born in Sydney in the Nova Scotia colony of British Canada, and moved with his parents to Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in 1844. He worked in the coal mines, and in 1856 he was appointed superintendent of the mines of the Susquehanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad & Coal Company, with offices in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Career Upon the expiration of that company's charter in 1870 he purchased its property and became one of the largest independent coal operators in the Wyoming Valley region. He was one of the founders of the Third National Bank of Scranton in 1872, and in 1879 he was chosen its president. He was also identified with many other industries and commercial enterprises of Scranton, including the Scranton Button Company, one of the largest manufacturers of buttons in the United States, which branched out into the manufacture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Connell (other)
William Connell may refer to: * William Connell (priest) (died 1762), Anglican priest * William Connell (Australian politician) (1891–1945), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly * William Connell (Pennsylvania politician) William Connell (September 10, 1827March 21, 1909) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life Connell was born in Sydney in the Nova Scotia colony of British Canada, and moved with his parents ... (1827–1909), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * William James Connell (1846–1924), U.S. Representative from Nebraska * William J. Connell (historian) (born 1958), American historian * William J. McConnell (1839–1925), U.S. Senator and Governor of Idaho {{hndis, Connell, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard E
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick (nickname), Dick", "Dickon", "Dickie (name), Dickie", "Rich (given name), Rich", "Rick (given name), Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", "Ricky (given name), Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Connell
Richard Edward Connell Jr. (October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist. He is best remembered for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game" (1924). Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time. His stories were published in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' and ''Collier's'' magazines. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter, and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 (Best Original Story) for the movie ''Meet John Doe'' (1941), directed by Frank Capra and based on his 1922 short story "A Reputation". Connell was born on October 17, 1893, in Poughkeepsie, New York, the son of Richard E. Connell and Mary Miller Connell. He began his writing career for ''The Poughkeepsie Journal'', and attended Georgetown College for a year before going to Harvard University. While at Harvard, Connell edited ''The Lampoon'' and ''The Crimson''. He subsequently worked on the city staff of '' The New York American'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raewyn Connell
Raewyn Connell (born 3 January 1944), usually cited as R. W. Connell, is an Australian sociologist. She gained prominence as an intellectual of the Australian New Left. She was appointed University Professor at the University of Sydney in 2004, and retired from her University Chair on July, 2014.Her Bio in her official personal website. http://www.raewynconnell.net/p/about-raewyn_20.html She has been Professor Emerita at the University of Sydney since her retirement. She is known for the concept of hegemonic masculinity and her book, ''Southern Theory''. Life and career Connell was born in Sydney, Australia. Her father, William Fraser (Bill) Connell ( OBE), was a Professor of Education at the University of Sydney for many years, where she focused on educational research and teaching. Her mother, Margaret Lloyd Connell (née Peck) was a high school science teacher. Connell has two sisters, Patricia Margaret Selkirk and Helen Connell. Connell was educated at Manly and North Syd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Connell
Pat Connell is a former American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Montana Senate from 2011 to 2018, where he represented District 43, including Hamilton, Montana. In the state senate, he sought unsuccessfully to make it easier for firefighters to claim worker's compensation Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her emp .... After completing his legislative service, he returned to representing the timber industry.Perry Backus, "Groups file suit over logging project", ''Ravalli Republic'' (July 15, 2020), p. A1, A5. References Living people People from Hamilton, Montana Republican Party Montana state senators Year of birth missing (living people) {{montana-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Connell (businessman)
Martin Philip Connell, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He is the 1994 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for his work in fighting poverty. Early life and career Martin Connell and his wife Linda Haynes co-founded Calmeadow, an organization that traditionally supported the provision of credit and financial services to micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries who are unable to access traditional sources. Calmeadow is now operating out of San Jose Costa Rica under the direction of Alex Silva and the co-founders are no longer directly involved. In connection with his earlier association with Calmeadow, Martin is past chair of ProFund Internacional, S.A., former President of AfriCap MicroVentures Ltd., two regional investment funds with interests in local financial institutions providing credit and financial services to low-income self-employed people in Latin America and Africa. Profund has subsequently been wound up and its assets distributed to its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Connell
Lawrence Robert "Laurie" Connell (died 27 February 1996) was a Western Australian business entrepreneur. As chairman of the Rothwells merchant bank, he was well known for his dealings with the Government of Western Australia and his close relationships with a former premier of Western Australia, Brian Burke, and with entrepreneur Alan Bond, during the WA Inc period in the mid to late 1980s. Laurie Connell was the grandson of a long-serving Western Australia Police Commissioner, Robert Connell (1867–1956) commissioner 1913–1933. In 1994, Connell was jailed for conspiring to pervert the course of justice by paying a jockey to leave the country. Horse-racing scandals 1975 disqualification Connell was reportedly warned off by stewards in 1975 for involvement in a betting scam at the Kalgoorlie races. Despite that, he became well connected in the Perth racing establishment and, in 1984, he sought election to a position on the committee of The Western Australian Turf Club, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph H
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled '' Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Connell
Jane Sperry Connell (pronounced con-NELL, née Bennett; October 27, 1925 – September 22, 2013) was an American actress and singer. Early years Connell was born in Berkeley, California, to Louis Wesley and Mary (née Sperry) Bennett. She majored in drama at the University of California, where she met her future husband. Career Connell began her career with her husband Gordon, entertaining in San Francisco night clubs such as ''The Purple Onion'' and ''The Hungry I''. Eventually the couple moved to New York City, where Connell made her Off-Broadway debut in the 1955 revival of ''The Threepenny Opera'', a long-running hit at the Theatre de Lys. In the London production of ''Once Upon a Mattress'', Connell starred as Winifred, the role that Carol Burnett had originated in New York. Her Broadway debut came in the role of Mrs. Peachum in ''Threepenny Opera'' (1955). Connell's most prominent success came in 1966 when she was cast as Agnes Gooch in the original Broadway production o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |