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Damon (surname) (died 1591), musician in England
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Damon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cathryn Damon (1930–1987), American television, film and stage actress * Fannie B. Damon (1857-1939), American writer, magazine editor *Gabriel Damon (born 1976), American film actor *Johnny Damon (born 1973), American Major League baseball player *Liz Damon, lead singer of Liz Damon's Orient Express *Mark Damon (born 1933), American film actor and producer *Matt Damon (born 1970), American film actor and screenwriter * Robert Damon (1814–1889), English conchologist and geologist * S. Foster Damon (1893–1971), American academic and poet * William Damon (born 1944), psychologist and educator *William Damon, or William Daman William Daman (or William Damon; died 1591) was a musician in England in the royal household of Elizabeth I. His few surviving compositions include an early setting of the Psalms to part-music. Life Daman is thought to have come to England as a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathryn Damon
Cathryn Lee Damon (September 11, 1930 – May 4, 1987) was an American actress, best known for her roles on television sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s. She is best known as Mary Campbell in ''Soap'' (1977-1981). Early years Damon was the elder daughter of Lee Frank Damon and Mary Cathryn Atwood. Her parents divorced and her mother married Walter A. Springer. Damon was born in Seattle and raised in Tacoma and graduated from Stadium High School."Some famous and notable graduates", ''The News Tribune'' (Tacoma, Washington), September 9, 2006. As a child, she felt insecure, saying: "I never thought I was attractive enough. I never thought I was good enough." She also felt as a child she was responsible for her parents' divorce. She moved to New York City at age 16 to pursue ballet. Career Damon began her career as a ballerina, dancing in the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Lee, Massachusetts, and performing with the Metropolitan Opera's dance company. Off-Broadway plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fannie B
Fannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Fannie B. Damon (1857-1939), American writer, magazine editor * Fannie B. Linderman (1875-1960), British-born American teacher, entertainer, and writer * Fannie Barrier Williams (1855–1944), African American educator, political and women's rights activist * Fannie Barrios, Venezuelan bodybuilder * Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (1863–1927), Austrian-born American pianist * Fannie C. Williams (1882–1980), American educator * Fannie E. Motley, American schoolteacher and president of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools * Fannie Farmer (1857–1915), American culinary expert and author * Fannie Fern Andrews (1867–1950), American lecturer, teacher, social worker and writer * Fannie Flagg (born 1944), American actress, comedian and author *Fannie Gaston-Johansson (born 1938), American professor of nursing * Fannie Heaslip Lea (1884–1955), American author and poet * Fannie Hillsmith (1911–200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Damon
Gabriel Damon Lavezzi (born April 23, 1976) is an American former actor. His acting career involved a leading voice role as a child in the 1988 film ''The Land Before Time'', and a variety of live-action guest roles on television. Biography Damon's career began with appearances in numerous commercials, with his first role in the 1984 TV series ''Call to Glory''. He voiced Littlefoot the ''Apatosaurus'' in the first ''The Land Before Time'' movie, and Little Nemo in '' Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland''. In 1990 he appeared as the juvenile criminal Hob in ''RoboCop 2'' and in 1992 as Spot Conlon in ''Newsies''. Damon has also made guest appearances in several television series, such as '' ER'', ''Call to Glory'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and ''Baywatch''. Damon retired from the entertainment industry in 2006. Filmography * 1984 ''Call to Glory'' as R.H. Sarnac * 1984 ''Shattered Vows'' as Daryl * 1985 ''Amazing Stories'' as Bobby Mynes * 1985 ''Punky Brewster' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Damon
Johnny David Damon (born November 5, 1973) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1995 to 2012. During his MLB career, Damon played for the Kansas City Royals (1995–2000), Oakland Athletics (2001), Boston Red Sox (2002–2005), New York Yankees (2006–2009), Detroit Tigers (2010), Tampa Bay Rays (2011) and Cleveland Indians (2012). Damon also played for the Thailand national baseball team and was a member of the squad for the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualifiers. Early years Damon was born on Fort Riley, an U.S. Army post in Kansas. His mother Yome is a Thai immigrant to the United States and his father Jimmy is an American of Croatian and Irish descent. They met while his father, a staff sergeant in the United States Army, was stationed in Thailand. Damon spent much of his infancy as an " Army brat," moving to several posts including Okinawa, Japan and West Germany before his father was discharged from the Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Damon's Orient Express
Liz Damon's Orient Express was a 1970s soft rock band from Hawaii, USA, featuring lead singer Liz Damon, two female backup singers and a rotating backup band. The name apparently derived from the original backup band being entirely Asian. Their only song to make the Top 40 was " 1900 Yesterday", which made it to No. 33 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and No. 15 on the Canadian charts in early 1971. Most impressively, it peaked at No. 4 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey. Members Damon's backup singers on the 1970 album ''At the Garden Bar, Hilton Hawaiian Village'' were her sister Edda Damon and Sydette Sakauye. In the early 1970s, Sakauye left and was replaced by Meri McPherson. While the Damon sisters and McPherson were constants, their backup band underwent numerous personnel changes. The band was the house band at the Garden Bar at the Hilton Hawaiian Village for 18 months and recorded its first album, ''At the Garden Bar, Hilton Hawaiian Village'' in 1970. Originally r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Damon
Mark Damon (born April 22, 1933) is an American film actor and producer. He became noted for roles in films like Roger Corman's ''House of Usher'', before moving to Italy and becoming a notable Western star and member of the 1960s Dolce Vita set of actors and actresses in Rome. After starring in over 50 films in the United States and Europe, he quit acting and reinvented himself as a film producer and pioneer of the foreign sales business in the 1970s, and became one of Hollywood's most prolific producers. Early life Mark Damon was born Alan Harris in Chicago, the son of a grocer. His family was Jewish, and their surname had originally been "Herscovitz". Damon moved to Los Angeles at a young age where he attended Fairfax High School. As a senior in high school, he was scouted as an actor by Groucho Marx, but chose to attend dental school at UCLA. He soon switched to the Anderson School of Management, eventually graduating with an MBA and a BA in English. Damon also began t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige Damon (; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among ''Forbes'' most bankable stars, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North American box office, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has received various awards and nominations, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and seven Primetime Emmy Awards. Damon began his acting career in the film ''Mystic Pizza'' (1988). He continued acting in ''Courage Under Fire'' (1996) and '' The Rainmaker'' (1997). He gained prominence in 1997 when he and Ben Affleck wrote and starred in '' Good Will Hunting'', which won them the Academy and Golden Globe awards for Best Screenplay. He established himself as a leading man by starring as Tom Ripley in '' The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999), Jason Bourne in the ''Bourne'' franchise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Damon
Robert Damon (1814 – 4 May 1889) was an English conchologist and geologist. Damon was at first a hosier and glover but with his son Robert Ferris Damon (1845–1929) he established a dealership in natural history specimens in Weymouth. The company supplied museums throughout North and South America, Australia and Europe with much Dorset geological material from the late 1840s to 1914. In 1860 Damon wrote ''Geology of Weymouth and the Isles of Portland; with Notes on the Natural History of the Coast and Neighbourhood'' which includes a map of the district, geological sections, plates of fossils, and coast views, in 1884 a second edition with archaeological notes was published. He also wrote (and published himself in 1857) ''A catalogue of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland with their synonyms and authorities''. Damon died aged 75 at his museum in Weymouth from heart disease. The species '' Amoria damonii'' Gray, and ''Paramelania damoni ''Paramelania damoni'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Damon
William Damon (born 1944 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is a psychologist who is a professor at Stanford University and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is one of the world's leading scholars of human development. Damon has done pioneering research on the development of purpose in life and wrote the influential book ''The Path to Purpose''. Damon has helped design innovative developmental methods such as peer learning. Damon also is known for his studies of effective philanthropy. His current work includes a study exploring purpose in higher education and a study of family purpose across generations. Dr. Damon writes on intellectual and social development through the lifespan. Damon has been elected to the National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Early life and education Damon grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts and attended public schools there. His mother Helen was a shoe designer. His father Philip served in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
