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Ferguson (name)
Ferguson is an Anglicization of the Scots Gaelic “Macfhearghus", a patronymic form of the personal name '' Fergus'' which translates as ''son of the angry (one)''.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. pp. 136–137. Notable people with the name Surname * Abbie Park Ferguson (1837–1919), American educator, founder of Huguenot College * Adam Ferguson (other), multiple people * Adele Ferguson, Australian investigative journalist * Alan Ferguson (politician) (born 1943), Australian politician *Alan Ferguson (director) (born 1963), American music video director * Alex Ferguson (other), multiple people *Amy Ferguson, American actress *Andrew Ferguson (born 1956), American journalist * Andy Ferguson (born 1985), Scottish footballer *Barry Ferguson (born 1978), Scottish footballer * Benjamin Ferguson (disam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fergus (name)
Fergus or Feargus is a common Scottish or Irish male given name derived from Scots Gaelic, meaning ''the strong (one)'' or ''the masculine (one)''.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 136 - 137. As a surname, Ferguson or Fergusson is common across Scotland but particularly in Perthshire and Ayrshire. In Ireland, the Ferris family of County Kerry derives its surname from the patronymic . Given name Saints * Saint Fergus Nobles * Fergus the Great (died c. 645), also known as Gwrgan Fawr or Gurgantius, a king of Ergyng, a Welsh kingdom of the early medieval period * Fergus mac Echdach, Scottish king of Dál Riata from about 778 to 781 * Fergus of Galloway (died 1161), Lord of Galloway * Fergus, Earl of Buchan (died before 1214) * Fergus Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton, judge Others * Fergus Bowes-Lyon, broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Ferguson
Barry Ferguson (born 2 February 1978) is a Scottish football coach, former player and pundit who was most recently the manager of Alloa Athletic. Ferguson spent most of his playing career at Rangers, in two spells either side of a £7.5 million transfer to English club Blackburn Rovers. He totalled 431 games and 60 goals for Rangers, whom he captained between 2000 and 2003 and again between 2005 and 2009. Ferguson won the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup five times apiece for Rangers, including a treble in 2003, which earned him the honour of SFWA Footballer of the Year. He also helped Rangers to reach the 2008 UEFA Cup Final. Ferguson made 45 appearances for the Scotland national team, starting from 1998. In 2009, following behavioural incidents while on national duty, he was stripped of the captaincy of Rangers and told he would no longer be considered for international selection. Later in his career, he returned to England with Birmingha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cool John Ferguson
Cool John Ferguson (born December 3, 1953) is an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has released five albums under his own name and played on around twenty others. He is the Director of Creative Development for the Music Maker Relief Foundation, and plays his guitar "upside down". Taj Mahal stated that Ferguson ranks "among the five greatest guitarists in the world. He is a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. He is with the ranks of Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery, and Django Reinhardt." At various times, Ferguson has played the guitar backing Taj Mahal, B.B. King, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, Beverly Watkins and the Stylistics. Life and career Ferguson was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. His father, John Wesley Ferguson, was head deacon at the Beaufort New Church of Christ, whilst his mother, Martha Jenkins Ferguson, hailed from Saint Helena Island. The connection to Gullah culture remained strong in Ferguson's life. He had learned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Ferguson
Constance Ferguson (née Masilo; born 10 June 1970) is a South African based Botswana actress, filmmaker, producer and businesswoman. She is best known for her role as "Karabo Moroka" on South Africa's most popular soap opera, '' Generations''. She starred on the show from its start in 1994 until she exited in 2010. In 2014, she reprised her role on the show after a 4-year absence for a short term. Ferguson was on the cover of ''Forbes Woman Africa'' magazine in 2018. Career ''Generations'' (1994–2010; 2014) In 1994, she began acting a main role of Karabo Moroka, the wife of Tau Mogale and sister to Archie Moroka, in the most popular South African soap opera, ''Generations''. She starred alongside Menzi Ngubane, Slindile Nodangala and Sophie Ndaba. In 2010, after playing the lead role of Karabo Moroka for 16 years, Connie announced her departure from Generations "to purse other career options". Ferguson left Generations on a good note as she returned to the soapie four yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Ferguson
Colin Ferguson (born July 22, 1972) is a Canadian-American actor, director and producer. Yahoo! Movies; accessed April 11, 2014. He is known for playing Sheriff Jack Carter on the series '''', the Man, and Lewis on '' Then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr
Clarence may refer to: Places Australia * Clarence County, New South Wales, a Cadastral division * Clarence, New South Wales, a place near Lithgow * Clarence River (New South Wales) * Clarence Strait (Northern Territory) * City of Clarence, a local government body and municipality in Tasmania * Clarence, Western Australia, an early settlement * Electoral district of Clarence, an electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Canada * Clarence, Ontario, a hamlet in the city of Clarence-Rockland * Clarence Township, Ontario * Clarence, Nova Scotia * Clarence Islands, Nunavut, Canada New Zealand * Clarence, New Zealand, a small town in Marlborough * Waiau Toa / Clarence River United States * Clarence Strait, Alaska * Clarence, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Clarence, Iowa, a city * Clarence Township, Barton County, Kansas * Clarence, Louisiana, a village * Clarence Township, Michigan * Clarence, Missouri, a city * Clarence, New York, a town ** Clarence (CDP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Ferguson
Christopher J. "Fergy" Ferguson (born September 1, 1961) is a Boeing commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006 and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006. He then commanded STS-126 aboard . In 2011, he was assigned as commander of STS-135, which was the final mission of the space shuttle program. On December 9, 2011, he retired from NASA and became director of Crew and Mission Operations for Boeing's Commercial Crew Program. In August 2018, Ferguson was assigned to the first test flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner, although he stepped down from the mission in October 2020. Education Ferguson was born September 1, 1961, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Archbishop Ryan High School, from which he graduated in 1979. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Ferguson
Christopher Philip Ferguson (born April 11, 1963) is an American professional poker player. He has won six World Series of Poker events, including the 2000 WSOP Main Event, and the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Ferguson is a computer scientist by training and education. On September 20, 2011, the U.S. Justice Department filed a motion to amend a civil complaint, complaining that Ferguson and three other directors of the poker website Full Tilt Poker were running a Ponzi scheme that paid out $444 million of customer money to themselves and the firm's owners. Early life and education Ferguson was born in Los Angeles, California. Both Ferguson's parents have doctoral degrees in mathematics and his father, Thomas S. Ferguson, teaches game theory and theoretical probability at UCLA. Ferguson attended UCLA, where he earned a Ph.D. in computer science (focusing on virtual network algorithms) in 1999 after five years as an undergraduate and 13 years as a graduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip Ferguson
Chip Ferguson (born March 16, 1967) is a former American football quarterback who played one season with the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in .... He played college football at Florida State University. References External linksJust Sports Stats Living people Players of American football from South Carolina [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ferguson (other) (1807–1862), U.S. army officer
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Charles Ferguson may refer to: *Charles A. Ferguson (1921–1998), Stanford University linguist *Charles Frederick Ferguson (c. 1833–1909), Canadian member of parliament *Charles Ferguson (filmmaker) (born 1955), co-founder of Vermeer Technologies Inc. and film director *Charles John Ferguson (1840–1904), English architect * Charles Ferguson (died 1946), African American man killed by white police officer See also *Charley Ferguson (1939–2023), American football player * Charlie Ferguson (other) * Charles Fergusson (other) *Charles Ferguson Hoey (1914–1944), Canadian recipient of the VC *Charles Ferguson Smith Charles Ferguson Smith (April 24, 1807 – April 25, 1862) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and as a Union General in the American Civil War. Early life and career Charles Ferguson Smith was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calum Ferguson
Calum Ferguson (born 12 February 1995) is a Association football player who plays as an forward for Scottish Highland club Brechin City. Born in Scotland, he has represented Canada at youth international levels. Club career Inverness Caledonian Thistle After progressing through the youth ranks at Inverness, Ferguson made the game-day squad for the first time with the Caley Jags against his former club Ross County on 19 May 2013. Ferguson was loaned to Montrose in early 2014. He played four games before his loan ended. He would again make the game-day squad with Inverness against Partick Thistle on 7 February 2015 in the Scottish Cup. Ferguson finally made his debut for Inverness against Kilmarnock on 21 February as a substitute in a 3–3 draw. Albion Rovers After leaving Inverness at the end of the 2015–16 season, Ferguson signed for Scottish League One side Albion Rovers in July 2016, after impressing as a trialist in a pre-season friendly against Motherwell. Ferguson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Ferguson
Caleb Paul Ferguson (born July 2, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Amateur career Ferguson attended West Jefferson High School in West Jefferson, Ohio. As a senior in 2014, he underwent Tommy John Surgery. Despite the injury, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 38th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Dodgers, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College .... Professional career Ferguson made his professional debut in 2015, with the Arizona League Dodgers and spent the whole season there, pitching to a 0–3 record and 8.59 ERA in 14.2 innings. In 2016, he played for the Arizona Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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