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Devan Turner
Devan may refer to: People * Devan (actor) (born 1952), South Indian film actor and politician *Devan (writer) (1913–1957), Tamil writer *Devan Bailey (born 1989), English basketball player *Devan Carroll (born 1988), American footballer * Devan Downey (born 1987), American basketball player * Devan Dubnyk (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player * Devan Ekambaram, Indian-American playback singer, actor, and composer * Devan Nair (1923–2005), third President of Singapore * Devan Wray (born 1979), Canadian lacrosse player and coach * Aishwarya Devan (born 1993), Indian actress *Bill Devan (1909–1966), Scottish footballer *István Déván (1891–1977), Hungarian Olympic athlete and skier *Janadas Devan (born 1954), Singaporean journalist *K. Devan (born 1951), Malaysian footballer and manager * M. V. Devan (1928–2014), Indian artist, critic, and orator Other uses * ''Devan'' (film), a 2002 Tamil action film directed by Arun Pandian *'' Devan v. Ernst & Young LLP'', a 1998 laws ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan (actor)
Devan Sreenivasan (born January 8, 1952), is an Indian film and television actor, producer, and politician from Kerala. He is known for his character roles in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu language films. After many second hero and supporting actor roles, he made his breakthrough in the 1987 film ''New Delhi''. He later advanced to a lead actor with films like ''Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam'' (1987), ''Oozham'' (1988), ''Simon Peter Ninakku Vendi'' (1988) and ''Aranyakam'' (1988). His well-known movies such as ''Vietnam Colony'' (1992), ''Ekalavyan'' (1993), ''Honest Raj'' (1994), ''Baashha'' (1995) and '' Indraprasdham'' (1996). He is also known as 'Devji'. Early life Devan was born on 5 May 1952 in Thrissur, India. His father, Sreenivasan, was a public prosecutor and his mother, Lalitha, was a doctor. He has three siblings, Shobha, Sheela and Sureshbabu. His family has a Kalaripayattu lineage. Malayalam filmmaker Ramu Kariat was his uncle. Devan completed his schooling a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan (writer)
Devan (R. Mahadevan) (8 September 1913 – 5 May 1958) was a 20th-century Indian writer who wrote in Tamil, known for his witty and humorous stories. Early life Devan was born in 1913 at Thiruvidaimarudur in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India, where he did his schooling. He came to Kumbakonam Government College to complete his B.A. degree. He worked as a school teacher for a year, before joining the popular Tamil weekly magazine, Ananda Vikatan in 1933. Devan's first foray into the world of writing was through the humorous short story "Mister Rajamani", written when he was in his twenties. Life as an editor Devan started as a Sub-Editor at Ananda Vikatan in 1933. After Kalki Krishnamurthy left Vikatan, worked as Managing Editor from 1942 to 1957. During this time, he wrote about 20 serials, more than 500 stories, articles and travelogues. A common feature in all his works was his gentle sense of humour. He was a very popular writer and stories abound of how, when a new iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan Bailey
Devan Bailey (born 10 May 1989) is a British basketball player. College career Devan played two seasons of college basketball at Central Connecticut State, appearing in a total of 61 games, before leaving after his second year in 2011. Professional career After having a trial with Italian Seria A giants Victoria Libertas Pesaro in 2011, Bailey signed his first professional contract with British Basketball League team Mersey Tigers. Throughout the 2011–2012 season, he averaged 9.4 points-per-game in 32 appearances. In 2012, he signed for Manchester Giants where he was reunited with Coach Jeff Jones who trained Bailey during his days in the Manchester Magic junior teams. In 30 games for the Giants, Bailey averaged 8.6 points and 3.5 assists. In 2013, Bailey signed for Cheshire Phoenix. International Bailey is part of the Great Britain national basketball team The Great Britain men's national basketball team (also known as GB Basketball or GB) represents Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan Carroll
Devan Carroll (born August 23, 1988, in Jacksonville, North Carolina) is an American soccer player who previously played for the Wilmington Hammerheads in USL Pro as well as Myrtle Beach FC in National Premier Soccer League. Career College and Amateur Devan Carroll played his high school career for White Oak High School in Jacksonville, North Carolina, going to three back-to-back state championship games only just to win his junior year. Also winning Championship Most Valuable Player for scoring three goals in the final game. Carroll tallied 107 goals in his four years at White Oak High. Carroll played his collegiate soccer career at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he was CAA Player-of-the-Year, First-team All-CAA, First-team NSCAA South Atlantic and Third-team TopDrawer.com All-America, National Team of the Week, National Player of the Week, Thomas Moseley Outstanding Athlete Award, throughout the duration of his 2008 season. Carroll was also on the 2009 MAC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan Downey
Devan Deangelo Downey (born September 28, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. Amateur career He was born in Chester, South Carolina where he attended Chester High School. Named S.C. Class AAA Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball as a senior at Chester High Devan Downey Averaged 36.9 points, 6.1 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 4.7 steals his senior year under coach De'Andre Scott. He played collegiately for the University of Cincinnati and then the University of South Carolina, where he was an honorable mention All-American and 1st team All-SEC player in 2008–09. Downey went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft. Perhaps the most notable game of his career occurred on January 26, 2010, when he scored 30 points in a victory over a previously undefeated University of Kentucky team which aired nationally on ESPN. The game was the first loss for John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, and John Calipari while at the University of Kentucky. The game and particularly the performance by D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan Dubnyk
Devan Dubnyk (born May 4, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was originally drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round, 14th overall, of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. A native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Dubnyk has also played with the Nashville Predators and Arizona Coyotes before landing with the Minnesota Wild, with whom he enjoyed the most successful seasons of his NHL career. He has also played for the San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche. Playing career Amateur Dubnyk spent his junior career with the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Between 2001 and 2006, he played in 192 games for the Blazers, compiling an 83–87–14 record, 2.70 goals against average (GAA), .911 save percentage and 15 shutouts. At the conclusion of the 2003–04 season, the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) named Dubnyk the CHL Scholastic Player of the Year as the CHL player "best able to combine success on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan Ekambaram
Devan Ekambaram (born 25 December 1975) is an Indian American film playback singer, actor and composer. He began his career as a playback singer in Tamil films and later branched out to many other south Indian languages as well like Telugu, Kannada and has sung for over 500 films. Education Devan pursued his higher school studies at the Freehold Township High School, New Jersey. He enrolled and dropped out of Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in his second year. Playback singing career Devan began his singing career in the year 1999, when he received an unexpected call from Academy Award winning composer A. R. Rahman's assistants for a voice audition. He then, went on to record his maiden song "O Maria" for the film ''Kadhalar Dhinam'' along with Yugendran. The song proved to be a hit among all sections and thereafter he received several offers from many other Southern music directors. Devan's second huge hit came in his short piece me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan Nair
Chengara Veetil Devan Nair (5 August 1923 – 6 December 2005), also known as C. V. Devan Nair and better known simply as Devan Nair, was a Malaysian-Singaporean politician who served as the third president of Singapore from 1981 until his resignation in 1985. Nair was a communist as a young adult, having been affiliated with the Malayan Communist Party. He harboured anti-colonial sentiments and aspired self-determination of Singapore, which was then a British colony. These caused him to be detained by the British colonial authorities in 1951. In 1954, he joined the People's Action Party, which was more leftist at the time. He was detained again in 1956, and remained so until the PAP won the 1959 general election and helped secure his release. During his parliamentary career, Nair was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Malaysian constituency of Bangsar between 1964 and 1969 and for the Singapore constituency of Anson between 1979 and 1981. Prior to his presidency, Nair was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devan Wray
Devan Wray (born October 2, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a lacrosse coach and former transition player. He wore #4 for the Calgary Roughnecks in the National Lacrosse League. He was also the defence coach for the Edmonton Rush in 2012 & 2013. Wray has been named the head coach of Team Finland for the 2015 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. Prior to the 2011 NLL season, Wray was traded to the Edmonton Rush for a 6th round pick in the 2011 NLL Entry Draft. The Roughnecks later signed Wray off of the Rush practice roster after an injury to Nolan Heavenor before he played any games for the Rush. Wray's brother Taylor Wray was also a professional lacrosse player. Both of them played college lacrosse for Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse. He won the Champion's Cup with the Roughnecks in both 2004 and 2009. He also has two Minto Cup The Minto Cup is awarded annually to the champion junior men's box lacrosse team of Canada. It was donated in 1901 by the Governor-General, Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aishwarya Devan
Aishwarya Devan is an Indian actress and Beauty queen from Kerala state who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada language films. She was crowned Femina Miss India Maharashtra 2017 and represented Maharashtra state in Femina Miss India 2017. She won various subtitles during the contest and made it to top-6 finalists. She made her Hindi film debut with the film ''Kaashi in Search of Ganga''. Early life Aishwarya was born to Malayalee parents in Bangalore to S. Devan, and Sheeja Devan who is from Shornur, Palakkad district, Kerala. Career She was debuted in a Tamil movie 'Yuvan' with Siddharth Rajkumar and Rakul Preet Singh. Then in Malayalam, Deepan introduced her to Shaji Kailas who cast her in his film '' Simhasanam'' opposite Prudhviraj Sukumaran. She played a Bangalore-based girl who, after her Plus Two, enters college in both her films. Yuvan was her first Tamil film and ''Simhasanam'' was her first Malayalam film. After ''Simhasanam'', she acted in Bala's ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Devan
William Gemmell Devan (23 February 1909 – 12 December 1966) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as an inside forward in the English Football League, Scottish Football League and Irish Football League. He played four games, scoring once, during Watford's run in the 1937 Football League Third Division South Cup The Football League Third Division South Cup was a association football, football knockout competition open to teams competing in Football League Third Division South. The competition was first held in 1933–34 Football League, 1933–34 and ran ..., but did not play in the final itself. He retired due to injury in 1938, but returned to Watford as a coach in 1958. References 1909 births 1966 deaths Footballers from Ayr Scottish Football League players NIFL Premiership players English Football League players Ayr United F.C. players Ards F.C. players Coleraine F.C. players Linfield F.C. players Watford F.C. players Watford F.C. non-playing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Déván
István Déván ( sk, Štefan Déván; 4 November 1891 – 20 April 1977) was a Hungarian track and field athlete and cross-country skier who competed for Hungary in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics. He was born in Pressburg (Pozsony), Austria-Hungary (today Bratislava, Slovakia) and died in Kempten im Allgäu, West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O .... In 1912 he was eliminated in the semifinals of the 200 metres competition. He also participated in the 400 metres event but was eliminated in the first round. He was also a member of the Hungarian team which was eliminated in the first round of the 4x400 metre relay competition. Twelve years later he participated in the first Winter Olympics and finished 31st in the 18 km cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
