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Donald Wilson (other)
Donald or Don Wilson may refer to: Sportspeople * Don Wilson (Australian footballer) (1914–2015), Australian footballer * Don Wilson (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2003), English football player and manager, played for Bury FC * Don Wilson (cricketer) (1937–2012), English cricketer * Don Wilson (baseball) (1945–1975), Major League Baseball player for the Houston Astros * Don Wilson (kickboxer) (born 1954), American actor and kickboxer, nicknamed "The Dragon" * Don Wilson (gridiron football) (born 1961), gridiron football defensive back * Donald Wilson (cyclist) (born 1944), Australian cyclist * Donald Wilson (South African soccer), active in the 1940s Others * Don Wilson (announcer) (1900–1982), American announcer and occasional actor in radio and television * Don Wilson (Colorado politician), American politician * Don W. Wilson (born 1942), former Archivist of the United States * Don Wilson (1933–2022), musician with the Ventures * Don M. Wilson III (born 1948), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Wilson (Australian Footballer)
Donald Angus Wilson (22 October 1914 – 6 December 2015) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1914 births 2015 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Western Bulldogs players Spotswood Football Club players Australian centenarians Men centenarians {{AFL-bio-1914-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ventures
The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band formed in Tacoma, Washington, in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. The band, which was a quartet for most of its existence, helped to popularize the electric guitar across the world during the 1960s. While their popularity in the United States waned in the 1970s, the group remains especially revered in Japan, where they toured regularly. The classic lineup of the band consisted of Wilson (rhythm guitar), Bogle (initially lead guitar, later bass), Nokie Edwards (initially bass, later lead guitar), and Mel Taylor (drums). Their first wide-release single, "Walk, Don't Run" (1960), brought international fame to the group, and is often cited as one of the top songs ever recorded for guitar. In the 1960s and early 1970s, 38 of the band's albums charted in the US, ranking them as the 6th best album chart performer during the 1960s, and the band had 14 singles in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. With over 100 million records sold, the Ven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Erwin Wilson
Donald Erwin Wilson (August 12, 1932 – February 3, 2002) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Biography Wilson was born in Holway, Wisconsin, on August 12, 1932. He graduated with a M.S. in Management from San Diego State University in 1955, having earned a B.S. in Accounting the previous year. Wilson married Leanna Draper and they had three children. He died of cancer on February 3, 2002, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Woodburn, Fairfax County, Virginia, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. – ANC Explorer Career After joining the Navy, Wilson was assigned to |
Donald Roller Wilson
Donald Roller Wilson (born 1938) is an American artist, known for his paintings of people and anthropomorphized chimpanzees, orangutans, cats, and dogs, set in southern gothic Southern Gothic is an artistic subgenre of fiction, country music, film and television that are heavily influenced by Gothic elements and the American South. Common themes of Southern Gothic include storytelling of deeply flawed, disturbing or ... interiors, twilight forests, and nocturnal graveyards, often amidst complex still lifes or floral arrangements, with levitating pickles, olives, asparagus, wooden matches, and cigarette butts. His images are often comical and at times disquieting. His paintings are executed using techniques and a style reminiscent of the Old Master, old masters, or what the artist himself has called "kind of Art of the United Kingdom, Victorian".Coe, Ralph T. 1979. ''The Dreams of Donald Roller Wilson.'' Hawthorn Books, Inc. Publishers. New York, New York. 127 pp. He gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald R
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the Gaelic pronunciation by English speakers, and partly associated with the spelling of similar-sounding Germanic names, such as '' Ronald''. A short form of ''Donald'' is ''Don''. Pet forms of ''Donald'' include ''Donnie'' and ''Donny''. The feminine given name ''Donella'' is derived from ''Donald''. ''Donald'' has cognates in other Celtic languages: Modern Irish ''Dónal'' (anglicised as ''Donal'' and ''Donall'');. Scottish Gaelic ''Dòmhnall'', ''Domhnull'' and ''Dòmhnull''; Welsh '' Dyfnwal'' and Cumbric ''Dumnagual''. Although the feminine given name ''Donna'' is sometimes used as a feminine form of ''Donald'', the names are not etymologically related. Variations Kings and noblemen Domnall or Domhnall is the name of many anci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Wilson (writer And Producer)
Donald Boyd Wilson (11 September 1910 – 6 March 2002) was a Scottish television writer and producer who worked for the BBC. His work included co-creating the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' in 1963, also later claiming to have named the series, and adapting and producing ''The Forsyte Saga'' in 1967. Early life and career Wilson attended the Glasgow School of Art, following which his first jobs were as a newspaper cartoonist and sketch writer. His initial career was in the film industry, including working for MGM at Elstree Studios, where he was Assistant Director of such films as ''Jericho'' (1937) and ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1939). During the Second World War he served with the Cameronians and the 43rd Wessex Division before afterwards returning to the film industry, and then in 1955 was recruited to BBC Television by the then Head of Drama, Michael Barry. As the Head of the Script Department, Wilson was ultimately responsible for overseeing the commissioning and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Wilson (general)
Donald Wilson (25 September 1892 – 21 June 1978) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II. Wilson enlisted in the Maryland National Guard as a private in 1916 and served with it on the Mexican border and the Western Front during World War I before transferring to the United States Army Air Service. After the war, he obtained a regular commission. Already qualified as an aerial observer, he became a pilot in 1922. For many years he was an influential instructor at the Air Corps Tactical School. Wilson became a leading theorist who embraced the doctrine that strategic bombing was the most important aspect of air power. He argued that by attacking vulnerabilities, whole industries could be brought to a halt without necessarily having to destroy all of the factories. The doctrine which Wilson expounded later became the basis for AWPD-1, the Army Air Forces' strategic war plan developed in 1941. During World War II, Wilson served as Chief of the Personnel Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
