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Dann
Dann is an English surname. It is a toponymic surname which came from Middle English and Old English , "valley". Variant spellings include Dan and Dane. According to statistics compiled by Patrick Hanks on the basis of the 2011 United Kingdom census and the Census of Ireland 2011, 2,666 people on the island of Great Britain and 54 on the island of Ireland bore the surname Dann as of 2011. In the 1881 United Kingdom census there had been 1,858 people with the surname Dann, primarily at Kent, Sussex, London, and Norfolk. The 2010 United States Census found 3,735 people with the surname Dann, making it the 8,775th-most-common name in the country. This represented a decrease from 4,062 (7,550th most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, nearly nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as non-Hispanic white, and about six percent as non-Hispanic Black or African American. People with this surname include: Artists and musicians * Hollis Dann (1861–1939), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Dann
Steven Dann (born December 27, 1953) is a Canadian violist. Early years Dann was born in Burnaby, British Columbia. He played the violin until 1970, when he switched to the viola. He began studying with Lorand Fenyves in Toronto in 1972, and continued his studies until he graduated from the University of Toronto in 1977. During this time, he also studied with Robert Pikler in Australia, as well as William Primrose and Bruno Giuranna. Dann has held the position of principal viola with a number of orchestras, including the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. As soloist, Dann has performed concerti with several orchestras, as well as with conductors Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir John Eliot Gardiner Ricardo del Carmen Fortuny and Andrew Davis. He has also commissioned concerti and chamber works from a number of composers, notably Alexina Louie, Christos Hatzis and Kaija Saar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgie Dann
Georges Mayer Dahan (14 January 1940 – 3 November 2021), performing as Georgie Dann, was a Spain-based French singer-songwriter, known for his popular summer hits. Career Early life Georges Mayer Dahan was born on 14 January 1940 in Paris, to an orchestral clarinettist father. He studied eight years at the Conservatoire de Paris and excelled as a saxophonist. At the same time, he studied education. In 1964, he travelled to Spain to represent his country at the , where he performed "Tout ce que tu sais". Summer hits Dann established his career in Spain, focusing on summer hits. His first hit was "El casatschok" (1969), Dann subsequently enjoyed great success in the 1970s and 1980s with songs with catchy, danceable choruses and sometimes racy lyrics, such as "El Bimbó", "Macumba", "Carnaval, carnaval", "El africano", "El chiringuito", "La barbacoa", "El Koumbo", "La paloma blanca", "Cuando suena el acordeón","El Beaner", "Coctel tropical", "El dinosaurio", "Mi cafetal", "La c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Dann
Stan F. Dann (born May 23, 1931 Burnaby, British Columbia, died May 8, 2013 in Lafayette, California) was a contemporary Northern California artist known for his puzzle-like bas-relief wall sculptures of polychrome wood. His earlier commercial career during the 1960s-1970s produced popular carved wooden signage, graphics and art objects. Early life Dann grew up in Burnaby, British Columbia. He graduated in 1949 from Faulkner Smith Academy of Fine Art, Vancouver. Dann attended Art Center College of Design (then in Los Angeles) receiving a BS degree with honors in 1957. He moved to Lafayette, California after graduation and became a United States citizen. After briefly working as an art director at McCann-Erickson advertising agency in San Francisco, Dann formed a boutique design group, 222, with several partners in the 1960s. To call attention to the new firm, he hand-carved a redwood sign. Architects and design firms in the surrounding North Beach area took immediate notice. As t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollis Dann
Hollis Ellsworth Dann (May 1, 1861 – January 3, 1939) was an American music educator and choral director during the early twentieth century. Early life Dann was born in Canton, Pennsylvania to a musical family and studied music in Boston before returning to his hometown to teach music lessons and lead a church choir and community chorus. In 1886, he became principal of the academy at Havana, New York (now Montour Falls). Career in Ithaca In 1887, Dann was hired to teach penmanship in the public schools in Ithaca, New York with the promise that he could also begin instruction in music. Music education was rarely included in the school curriculum in this era. Dann founded and directed a high school chorus and men's chorus, while also directing the local Presbyterian Church Choir. After the founding of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in 1892, Dann served on the school's executive committee. He remained the supervisor of music in Ithaca schools until 1905. In 1889, Dann became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie-Louise Dann
Sophie-Louise Dann (born 1969) is a British actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Career Dann trained at Arts Educational Schools, London. She appeared in minor roles in the films ''My Summer with Des'' (1998) and ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (2004). In 2010, Dann played the role of Diana Divane in the new musical ''Lend Me a Tenor'' at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. The production subsequently transferred to the West End in June 2011 in which Dann reprised her role. She received great acclaim for her performance, with Michael Billington writing "Sophie-Louise Dann seizes her moment and gives wonderfully over-the-top potted parodies of Tosca, Violetta and Carmen, while hugging the walls and clawing the furniture in the manner of an old-style soprano". She was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical. In April 2013 She played Dot and Marie in Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim at Théatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Dann
Larry Dann (born 15 May 1941 in London, England) is a British film and television actor. His acting career began by a fluke, with "a chance knock at the door looking for kids to work in films." He made his film debut age five in '' Adam and Evelyn'' (1946) with Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger, and worked as an extra before training at the Corona Stage Academy. As a youngster he had a cameo playing a schoolboy in ''Carry On Teacher'' (1959), and appeared in two films with Sir Norman Wisdom, ''Trouble in Store'' (1953) and ''The Bulldog Breed'' (1960). He later rejoined the famous Carry On series of films for ''Carry On Behind'' (1975), ''Carry On England'' (1976) and ''Carry On Emmannuelle'' (1978). His other film roles included ''What a Crazy World'' (1963), ''All Neat in Black Stockings'' (1968), ''The Body Stealers'' (1969), ''Before Winter Comes'', (1969), ''Ghost Story'' (1974) and '' The Bunker'' (1981). From 1984 to 1992, he played Sergeant Alec Peters in 227 episodes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Dann
Donald "Doc" William Dann, OAM (12 February 1949 – 31 July 2005) was an Australian Paralympic athlete and table tennis player. He was born in the Tasmanian town of Wynyard. He lost a leg to a land mine in the Vietnam War, where he served in the 3rd Cavalry Regiment from 3 December 1968 to 2 June 1969. He competed in athletics and table tennis at the 1980 Arnhem Paralympics and won a silver medal in the Men's Javelin A4 event at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics. He founded the Tasmanian Amputee Sporting Association, was involved with several charity military and civilian organisations, and was involved with local football. He was awarded life membership of the Burnie sub-branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia in 2002, along with a Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Eliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan (name)
Dan is a given name and surname in various cultures. Given name Origins as a given name Dan is an old Scandinavian given name with several disputed origins. The most likely being that it originated from the Old Norse nam for Danes. This in turn originated from the Proto-Germanic Masculine wor"Daniz" There are several historical variants including "Halbadaniz". Meaning; "Half-Dane". Alongsid"Daniskaz" where the "Iskaz" suffix refers to the term "Ish" ("modernised as Danish"). The name Dan is also a Hebrew given name, after Dan, the fifth son of Jacob with Bilhah and founder of the Israelite Tribe of Dan. It is also (along with the variant Danny) a given name or a nickname for people named Daniel. Surname Origins As an English surname, Dan is a variant spelling of Dann. Dann, another variant spelling of which is Dane, is a toponymic surname which derives from the Old-Norse and earlier as the Proto-Germanic word . It also originates from the Middle English and Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Dann
Gordon Dann (born 2 August 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne 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 * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dann, Gordon Living people 1944 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Sydney Swans players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sussex
Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and divided for many purposes into the ceremonial counties of West Sussex and East Sussex. Brighton and Hove, though part of East Sussex, was made a unitary authority in 1997, and as such, is administered independently of the rest of East Sussex. Brighton and Hove was granted city status in 2000. Until then, Chichester was Sussex's only city. The Brighton and Hove built-up area is the 15th largest conurbation in the UK and Brighton and Hove is the most populous city or town in Sussex. Crawley, Worthing and Eastbourne are major towns, each with a population over 100,000. Sussex has three main geographic sub-regions, each oriented approximately east to west. In the southwest is the fertile and densely populated coastal plain. Nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Dann
Reginald Walter Dann (6 June 1916 – 1948) was an English professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby .... A left-half, he was on the books of Blackpool, Gillingham, Tottenham Hotspur and Bradford Park Avenue. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dann, Reg 1916 births 1948 deaths Sportspeople from Maidstone English footballers Blackpool F.C. players K Sports F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Association football defenders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Dann
Lance Dann is a British sound artist, audio drama producer, presenter and writer working for international theatre and radio since 1994. Life and work Dann is the founder of Radio Art group Noiseless Blackboard Eraser (1994–2007) and former Associate Member of The Wooster Group. He studied Radio at Goldsmiths' College and gained his doctorate at Bath Spa University. As a radio artist he has worked extensively with composer Rohan Kriwaczek on a series of works for BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and independent stations internationally. Their collaborations included a long-running series of live radio performances and a trilogy of experimental plays for radio (''If on a Summer Night a Listener''..., ''Ho! Ho! The Clown is Dead'' and ''Glowboys''). Between 1996 and 2000 he worked with The Wooster Group as producer of a sequence of plays for BBC Radio 3 (''The Emperor Jones, Phèdre'' and ''The Peggy Carstairs Report''). He worked as sound designer for the company during the developm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
