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Grant (given Name)
Grant is an English given name derived from the French ''grand'' meaning 'tall' or 'large'. It was originally a nickname given to those with remarkable size. Notable people with the given name "Grant" include A * Grant Achatz (born 1974), American restaurateur * Grant Achilles (born 1986), American baseball coach *Grant Adam (born 1991), Scottish footballer * Grant Adamson, Australian rugby league footballer * Grant Adcox (1950–1989), American race car driver * Grant Albrecht (born 1981), Canadian luger * Grant D. Aldonas, American attorney * Grant Aleksander (born 1960), American actor * Grant Allen (1848–1899), Canadian writer * Grant Allen (cyclist) (born 1980), Australian Paralympic cyclist * Grant Allford (born 1950), Australian rules footballer * Grant Anderson (other), multiple people * Grant Atkins (born 1982), Australian rugby league referee B * Grant Baker (born 1973), South African surfer * Grant Balfour (born 1977), Australian baseball player * Grant B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Achatz
Grant Achatz ( ) (born April 25, 1974) is an American chef and restaurateur often recognized for his contributions to molecular gastronomy or progressive cuisine. His Chicago restaurant Alinea has won numerous accolades and Achatz himself has won numerous awards from prominent culinary institutions and publications, including the ''Food and Wine'''s "best new chefs" award in 1998, "Rising Star Chef of the Year Award" for 1999, "Best Chef in the United States" for 1998 and a 2003 "Who's Who Inductee" from the James Beard Foundation. Early life and education Achatz's early culinary career included time spent working in his parents' restaurants in St. Clair, Michigan as a teenager, followed by enrollment in The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. Following graduation in 1994, Achatz landed a position at Charlie Trotter's. After a time, he found a position at Thomas Keller's highly acclaimed restaurant, The French Laundry, in Yountville, California. Achatz spent f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Bartholomaeus
Grant Bartholomaeus (born 17 May 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1986 and 1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ... seasons. Bartholomaeus played just four games for the club before being delisted at the end of the 87 season. References External links * * 1968 births Living people Sydney Swans players Australian rules footballers from New South Wales New South Wales Australian rules football State of Origin players {{AFL-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Bowler
Grant Bowler (born 18 July 1968) is a New Zealand-Australian actor and television presenter who has worked in American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian film, television, and theatre. He is known for playing the role of Constable Wayne Patterson in ''Blue Heelers'' and Wolfgang West in '' Outrageous Fortune''. He also appeared as Wilhelmina Slater's love interest Connor Owens in ''Ugly Betty''. He starred as Joshua Nolan on the Syfy television series '' Defiance''. As a presenter, he is best known for hosting reality game shows – including '' The Mole Australia'' and ''The Amazing Race Australia'', both airing on the Seven Network. Bowler has been the voiceover for '' Border Security: Australia'' for the Seven Network since 2004. He has also provided the voiceover for the Canadian version of the show and the American version of the show when those version screen in Australia & New Zealand as ''Border Security: International'', which often air on 7two. Person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Bovey
Grant Michael Bovey (born March 1961 in Nottingham, England) is a British businessman and television personality. He is best known for his former marriage to Anthea Turner (a television presenter). Career Bovey was the CEO of Imagine Homes. In 2002, Bovey took part in a charity boxing match against Ricky Gervais and lost on points after going three 90 second rounds. Bovey was declared bankrupt in 2010. In 2016, Bovey participated in the eighteenth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother'' and was the first contestant to be evicted. Personal life Bovey married his first wife, Della Chapman, in 1991, with whom he had three daughters. Bovey was then married to Anthea Turner Anthea Turner (born 25 May 1960) is an English former television presenter. She was a host of ''Blue Peter'' from 1992 until 1994, and of ''GMTV'' from 1994 until 1996. Early life Turner was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and educated ... from 2000 to 2015. References 1961 births Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Bond
Grant Bond is a comic book artist, writer and award-winning editorial cartoonist living in Kansas City, Kansas. Biography Grant Bond was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. His love for art was a fixture of his youth and early adult life due to the support and influence of his grandmother. He studied under Russian painter Sergei Davydov (artist) for many years. Bond has credited comic creator Ande Parks for personally sparking an early interest in creating comics. He left the creative world behind to successfully manage a business for most of the 1990s. In late 2006 he returned to comics with his first book Revere: Revolution in Silver originally published with Alias Enterprises. As a relative newcomer to comics, Bond's animation-influenced art style has already amassed a heavy fan base. In 2006 Bond illustrated '' The Clockwork Girl'' comic book now being adapted into the 2014 animated feature film '' The Clockwork Girl (film)''. In 2007 he illustrated a comic book adap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Bluett
Grant Bluett (born 6 November 1972) is an Australian orienteering competitor. He won a gold medal in the individual event at the World Games in 2001. In perhaps the biggest upset in the history of world-level orienteering, Grant Bluett (Australia) won the men's race to become the first men's World Games orienteering champion. His victory is the first ever senior individual medal by a Non-European competitor and a great boost for orienteering as a world sport. His best results at the World Orienteering Championships are the 8th position in the sprint distance in 2003, and 6th in the relay in 2001 with the Australian team. "Constable Frogga", as he is known to his friends, is a well-respected Australian orienteer and his wisdom is much sought after by juniors from all states. In 2012, "The Human in car navigation system" was added to the World Orienteering Hall of Fame. The "Garmin" of Canberra stated that this honour, coupled with his under-8 participation award for running i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Blair
Grant Blair (born August 15, 1964) is a Canadian retired ice hockey goaltender who was an All-American for Harvard. Career Blair had a fairly charmed junior career, playing on a Burlington Cougars squad that won the Sutherland Cup. The following season he jumped up to Junior-A hockey with the Guelph Platers, and helped the team win the OJHL regular season title, the league championship, the Buckland Cup, the Dudley Hewitt Cup and the Eastern Canada Championship. The team finished as runners-up in the 1982 Centennial Cup for the national Junior-A championship. Blair arrived in Boston just as Harvard was again becoming a power in college hockey. In his freshman season, Harvard need one of its goaltenders to step into the starter's role due to the graduation of Wade Lau. Blair quickly established himself in goal and backstopped the Crimson to its best finish in eight years. Blair allowed less than 2 goals per game in Harvard's first conference championship in twelve years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Blackwood
Grant Blackwood (born June 7, 1964) is an American thriller writer and ghostwriter. He wrote the Briggs Tanner series. He co-authored with Clive Cussler ''Spartan Gold'' which reached number 10 on the ''New York Times'' Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers list. He is a veteran of the United States Navy. Novels Briggs Tanner series * ''End of Enemies'' (2001) * ''Wall of Night'' (2002) * ''Echo of War'' (2003) Fargo Adventures series (co-authored with Clive Cussler) * '' Spartan Gold'' (2009) * ''Lost Empire'' (2010) * '' The Kingdom'' (2011) Jack Ryan, Jr. Series * '' Dead or Alive'' (2010) co-authored with Tom Clancy * '' Tom Clancy: Under Fire'' (2015) * '' Tom Clancy: Duty and Honor'' (2016) Splinter Cell series (writing as "David Michaels") * '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Checkmate'' (2006) * '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Fallout'' (2007) EndWar series (writing as "David Michaels") * '' Tom Clancy's EndWar'' (2008) * '' Tom Clancy's EndWar: The Hunted'' (2011) Tucker Wayne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Birchall
Grant Birchall (born 28 January 1988) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Career Early career (2006–2008) Birchall had an exceptional first season in 2006 with the Hawthorn, playing 16 games out of a possible 22. The Tasmanian was chosen at pick 14 in the 2005 AFL Draft and made his debut in the number 35 guernsey in Hawthorn's opening match of the season against Fremantle at Aurora Stadium in his home state, Tasmania. All year, Birchall excelled across half-back for the Hawks, mainly highlighted by an impressive 23 touches in the big loss to St Kilda in round 13 and 27 touches and 10 marks in a sluggish win against the Kangaroos in round 21. To finish off the season, Birchall finished off with his best game yet- a massive 36 touches and 11 marks in the 10-goal win against Geelong. At season's end, Birchall came sixth in the NAB AFL Rising Star, won Hawthorn's Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Billmeier
Grant Billmeier is a former European professional basketball player and currently Assistant Coach for Maryland Terrapins men's basketball. Career Billmeier is listed at 6'10," 252 lband is a former player of the Seton Hall University Pirates in the Big East. A resident of Pennington, New Jersey,Caldwell, Dave"Gonzalez's Approach Is Change for Seton Hall" ''The New York Times'', April 8, 2006. Accessed February 15, 2011. "Grant Billmeier, a junior center from Pennington, N.J., said that 'quite a few' Seton Hall players had talked about transferring when they found out that Gonzalez was being considered as Orr's replacement." Billmeier attended The Pennington School there for his freshman year, and then transferred to St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey where he played for the remainder of his high school career. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Besse
Grant Besse (born July 14, 1994) is an American professional ice hockey forward. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who last played for Tölzer Löwen in the DEL2. Besse was selected in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft by the Anaheim Ducks in the 5th round (147th overall). Besse was named the 2013 Minnesota Mr. Hockey. Playing career Amateur Playing for the Red Knights of Benilde-St. Margaret's in Minnesota, in 2012 he had 51 goals, bringing his career totals to 115 goals in 85 games. On March 11, 2012, Besse set a state tournament record when he scored five goals, including three short-handed, to power the Benilde-St. Margaret's to a 5-1 win to capture the Minnesota State boys hockey championship. As a result of the five goals, he scored 163 goals in his high school career, finishing fifth in Minnesota history, according to CBS Minnesota. Besse was named the 2013 Minnesota Mr. Hockey as the top senior player from the state of Minnesota. It was announced in March 2013 tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Bell
Grant Bell is a rugby league football coach. He was the first coach of the North Queensland Cowboys in 1995. He is currently coaching the Centrals club in the Townsville Rugby League competition. Coaching career In 1995 Bell became the first coach of the new North Queensland Cowboys franchise. Before coaching at first grade level, Bell had been with the Gold Coast Seagulls, coaching the Presidents Cup (Under 21) side in 1992 and the Reserve Grade in 1993. Bell later went on to coach the North Queensland Young Guns, the Cowboys' feeder club in 2005 and won the Queensland Cup.Coaching Wish Granted ''Queensland Rugby League'' After serving as assistant coach to |