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Gura (surname)
Gura and Güra are surnames. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Gura (born 1971), American litigator *Eugen Gura (1842–1906), German operatic baritone *Larry Gura (born 1947), American baseball pitcher * Philip F. Gura (born 1950), American scholar and writer * Sascha Gura (1896–1946), German actress *Werner Güra Werner Güra (born 1964) is a German classical tenor in opera, concert and Lied, also an academic teacher in Zurich. Career Güra was born in Munich. He studied at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. He continued his studies with Kurt Wi ... (born 1964), German classical tenor See also * {{surname, Gura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Gura
Alan Gura is an American litigator practicing in the areas of civil litigation, appellate litigation, and civil rights law at Gura P.L.L.C. Gura successfully argued two landmark constitutional cases before the United States Supreme Court involving firearms, '' District of Columbia v. Heller'' and '' McDonald v. Chicago''. Early life and education Gura was born in Israel and settled in Los Angeles, California with his family when he was seven years old. Gura received his BA from Cornell University in 1992 and received his JD from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1995. Career Prior to founding Gura & Possessky, PLLC, Gura began his career by serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Terrence W. Boyle, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Subsequently, as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, Gura defended the State of California and its employees in state and federal courts. Thereafter, Gura entered the private practice o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugen Gura
Eugen Gura (8 November 184226 August 1906) was a German operatic baritone. Life Gura was born in Nové Sedlo, Louny District, Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic). He was at first educated for the career of a painter at Vienna and Munich; but later, developing a fine baritone voice, he took up singing and studied it at the Munich Conservatorium. In 1865, he made his debut at the Munich opera, and in the following years he gained the highest reputation in Germany, being engaged principally at Leipzig till 1876 and then at Hamburg until 1883. He sang in 1876 in Wagner's ''Ring'' at Bayreuth, and was famous for his Wagnerian roles; his Hans Sachs in '' Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'', as performed in London in 1882, was magnificent. He created the role of Gűnther in Wagner's ''Götterdämmerung'' on 17 August 1876. In later years, he showed the perfection of art in his singing of German Lieder. His sons were actor and singer Hermann Gura and actor Eugen Gura Jr., and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Gura
Lawrence Cyril Gura (; born November 26, 1947) is a left-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball from to . He won a national championship at Arizona State University and spent 16 years in the Major Leagues. He played for the Chicago Cubs (1970–1973, 1985) of the National League, and the New York Yankees (1974–1975) and Kansas City Royals (1976–1985), both of the American League. He attended Joliet East High School and was inducted into the inaugural Joliet Hall of Fame in Joliet, Illinois. He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1980 when he had his finest season, finishing with an 18–10 record and a 2.95 ERA. Gura won in double figures for seven consecutive seasons for the Royals (1978–1984) compiling 99 wins over that span. He particularly pestered his former team, the Yankees, against whom he went 11–6 in the regular season as a Royal. Gura was 3–0 against them in both 1979 and 1980, with five complete games, and tossed another complete- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip F
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularized the name include kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity. ''Philip'' has many alternative spellings. One derivation often used as a surname is Phillips. It was also found during ancient Greek times with two Ps as Philippides and Philippos. It has many diminutive (or even hypocoristic) forms including Phil, Philly, Lip, Pip, Pep or Peps. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine and Philippa. Antiquity Kings of Macedon * Philip I of Macedon * Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great * Philip III of Macedon, half-brother of Alexander the Great * Philip IV of Macedon * Philip V of Macedon New Testament * Philip the Apostle * Philip the Evangelist Others * Philippus of Croton (c. 6th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sascha Gura
Sascha Gura (born Eugenie Therese Gura; 9 June 1896 – 1 April 1946) was a German stage and film actress active in the silent era.Hardt p.218 Selected filmography * '' The Dance of Death'' (1919) * '' The Hunchback and the Dancer'' (1920) * '' The Prince of the Mountains'' (1921) * ''The Devil and Circe'' (1921) * '' The Love Affairs of Hector Dalmore'' (1921) * ''Mignon'' (1922) * '' Two Worlds'' (1922) * ''Playing with Destiny ''Playing with Destiny'' (german: Das Spiel mit dem Schicksal) is a 1924 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Alfred Abel, Sascha Gura and Claire Rommer.Bock & Bergfelder p. 2 The film's sets were designed by the art ...'' (1924) * '' Fever for Heights'' (1924) * '' The Doomed'' (1924) * '' Trenck'' (1932) References Bibliography * Hardt, Ursula. ''From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's life in the International Film Wars''. Berghahn Books, 1996. External links * 1896 births 1946 deaths German musical theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |