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Driver (surname)
Driver is a surname of German origin, which referred to someone from the ancient Celtic tribes, Celtic tribe of Treveri who once inhabited the lower valley of the Moselle (river), Moselle between France, Belgium and Germany. The name was originally ''Trever'' and has other variants such as Treviri, Triver, Trevor, or Trier (other), Trier. In England, it is an occupational surname meaning the driver of horses or oxen attached to a cart or plough, or of loose cattle. It is recorded since the thirteenth century. List of People with the surname Driver * Alfred Carter (cricketer), Australian Rules footballer who played for four seasons (1888–1891) under the assumed surname "Driver" * Adam Driver (born 1983), American actor * Alexander Gooch and Alice Driver (both died 1558), English Protestant martyrs * Andrew Driver (born 1987), English footballer * Arthur Driver (1909–1981), Australian engineer, army officer, and public servant * Betty Driver (1920–2011), English singer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celtic Tribes
This is a list of Celtic tribes, organized in order of the likely ethnolinguistic kinship of the peoples and tribes. In Classical antiquity, Celts were a large number and a significant part of the population in many regions of Western Europe, Southern Central Europe, the British Isles and parts of the Balkans, in Europe, and also Central Asia Minor or Anatolia. Ancestors *Proto-Indo-Europeans (Proto-Indo-European speakers) **Proto-Celts (Proto-Celtic speakers) Continental Celts Continental Celts were the Celtic peoples that inhabited mainland Europe. In the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, Celts inhabited a large part of mainland Western Europe and large parts of Western Southern Europe (Iberian peninsula), southern Central Europe and some regions of the Balkans and Anatolia. They were most of the population in Gallia, today's France, Switzerland, possibly Belgica – far Northern France, Belgium and far Southern Netherlands, large parts of Hispania, i.e. Iberian Peninsula – Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
