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Fahn (other)
Fahn is an English, German and Jewish surname. The name derives from the Yiddish word ''fayn'' meaning 'nice'. Notable people with the surname include: * Avraham Fahn (1916–2012), Israeli professor of botany * Mike Fahn (born 1960), American jazz trombonist * Melissa Fahn (born 1973), American voice/stage actress and singer * Tom Fahn (born 1962), American voice actor * Jonathan Fahn (born 1965), voice actor See also * Fan (other) Fan commonly refers to: * Fan (machine), a machine for producing airflow, often used for cooling ** Hand fan, an implement held and waved by hand to move air for cooling * Fan (person), short for fanatic; an enthusiast or supporter, especially wit ... * Fah (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with many elements taken from Hebrew (notably Mishnaic) and to some extent Aramaic. Most varieties of Yiddish include elements of Slavic languages and the vocabulary contains traces of Romance languages.Aram Yardumian"A Tale of Two Hypotheses: Genetics and the Ethnogenesis of Ashkenazi Jewry".University of Pennsylvania. 2013. Yiddish is primarily written in the Hebrew alphabet. Prior to World War II, its worldwide peak was 11 million, with the number of speakers in the United States and Canada then totaling 150,000. Eighty-five percent of the approximately six million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust were Yiddish speakers,Solomon Birnbaum, ''Grammatik der jiddischen Sprache'' (4., erg. Aufl., Hambu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avraham Fahn
Avraham Fahn (Hebrew:אברהם פאהן born 8 August 1916, died 19 February 2012) was an Israeli professor of botany at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Biography Avraham Fahn was born in Vienna, Austria. He emigrated to Mandate Palestine and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, receiving a PhD in 1948. Academic career In 1952, he joined the Hebrew University faculty, lecturing in botany. From 1952 to 1953, he was a research fellow at the University of Cambridge and in 1956 at Harvard University. He became an associate professor at the Hebrew University in 1960 and a full professor in 1965, serving as Dean of the faculty from 1964 to 1966 and pro-rector from 1969 to 1970. Following the Six Days War in 1967, Fahn assisted in the restoration of the botanical gardens at the University's Mount Scopus campus. He also served for many years as head of the Forestry Department of the Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research. Fahn retired in 1985. His books on the ana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Fahn
Mike Fahn (born December 16, 1960) is an American jazz trombonist. Background Fahn was born and raised in Huntington, New York. His father played drums with Lionel Hampton and he started on drums himself. Mike played trumpet, baritone, then at age 12 was playing valve trombone. He later added slide trombone. His sister Melissa is an actress and singer. His brothers, Tom Fahn and Jonathan Fahn, are voice and stage actors. He has toured with Maynard Ferguson, Steve Torme, Ben Vereen and Leslie Uggams, Deodato, and Frank Gambale. Discography As leader *''Steppin' Out'' (Cexton, 1989) *''Close Your Eyes...and Listen'' (Sparky 1 Productions, 2002) As sideman With Dick Berk *''One by One'' (Reservoir, 1995) *''Bouncin' with Burke'' (Reservoir, 1990) *''Music of Rodgers & Hart'' (Trend Records, 1988) *''More Birds Less Feathers'' (Discovery, 1986) With Bob Cooper *''Tenor Sax Jazz Impressions'' (Trend Records/Discovery, 1979) *''Play the Music of Michel LeGrand'' (Musicraft, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissa Fahn
Melissa Fahn is an American actress and singer, best known as the voice of Gaz Membrane in ''Invader Zim'', as well as Hello Kitty in ''Hello Kitty's Paradise'' and voicing many anime and video game characters like Edward from '' Cowboy Bebop'', Neptune from Hyperdimension Neptunia and Rider and her various other incarnations in the '' Fate stay/night franchise''. She starred in the Broadway performance of ''Wicked'' and various theatre projects in Los Angeles. Early life and education Fahn is the youngest of four siblings. She performed dancing at the age of 3. Her family moved to Huntington Beach, California. Her father, a jazz drummer, encouraged her to learn singing and acting in addition to just dancing. She continued in community theater productions and toured with Young Americans. She majored in dance at California State University, Long Beach, but left after one year to devote her time to work and theater. Career While working as a receptionist, her voice caught the atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Fahn
Thomas Fahn (born 1962) is an American voice actor. He is known for his portrayals as Sho Fukamachi in '' Guyver'' and Agumon in the '' Digimon'' franchise. Personal life His sister and brother, Melissa Fahn and Jonathan Fahn, respectively and wife, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, are also voice actors. His brother, Mike Fahn, is a jazz trombone player. Fahn is married to fellow actress Dorothy Elias-Fahn. They have one daughter. Filmography Animation * ''What a Cartoon!'' - Woim Live action * ''Big Bad Beetleborgs'' - Firecat (voice) * '' Masked Rider'' - Dread Dragon (voice, uncredited) * ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' - Skelerena (voice, uncredited) * '' Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy'' - Chameliac, Green Shark (voice) * '' Power Rangers: Turbo'' - Count Nocturne, The Demon Racers, Wicked Wisher (voices, uncredited) * ''VR Troopers'' - Trooper Terminator, Dream Master (voices) Film * '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'' - Stu, Male Ox (voice) * ''The Adventures of Panda Warrior'' - Bruce Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Fahn
Jonathan Fahn is an American voice actor, the brother of Melissa Fahn and Tom Fahn, the brother-in-law of Tom's wife, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, and the husband of Jennie Fahn. Filmography Anime dubbing * ''Ambassador Magma'' as Mamoru Murakami * ''Battle Athletes Victory'' as Kannoji, Operator * ''Blue Dragon (anime), Blue Dragon'' as Marumaro's Father * ''Cowboy Bebop'' as Miles * ''Digimon Adventure 02'' as Poi Brother #2 * ''Digimon Data Squad'' as Connor Harris, Demi-Devimon * ''Forest of Piano'' as Jean Jacques Serrault * ''Hyper Doll'' as Akai * ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'' as Wilson Philips * ''Mansquito'' as Detective Charlie Morrison * ''Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory'' as Scott * ''Naruto'' as Shikaku Nara * ''Naruto Shippuden'' as Shikaku Nara * ''Phantom Quest Corp'' as Higashi Narita * ''Rurouni Kenshin'' as Ryuji * ''The Super Dimension Century Orguss'' as Hardy * ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers, Again'' as Hibiki Kanzaki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan (other)
Fan commonly refers to: * Fan (machine), a machine for producing airflow, often used for cooling ** Hand fan, an implement held and waved by hand to move air for cooling * Fan (person), short for fanatic; an enthusiast or supporter, especially with regard to entertainment Fan, FAN or fans may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * "Fan" (song), by Pascal Michel Obispo * ''Fans'' (album), a 1984 album by Malcolm McLaren * "Fans" (song), a 2007 album track on ''Because of the Times'' by the Kings of Leon Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Fan'' (film), a 2016 Indian Hindi film * Fan, a character in the video game ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' Biology * Free amino nitrogen, in brewing and winemaking, amino acids available for yeast metabolism * Sea fan, a marine animal of the cnidarian phylum Computing and mathematics * Fan (geometry), the set of all planes through a given line * Fan (order), a class of preorderings on a field * FAN algorithm, an algori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
