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Hailey (surname)
Hailey is a surname, and may refer to: * Arthur Hailey, British/Canadian novelist * Ashawna Hailey (1949–2011), a creator of the HSPICE program * Cedric Hailey known as K-Ci, R&B singer * Charles Hailey, American astrophysicist * Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, American journalist and playwright * Evelyn Momsen Hailey (1921–2011), Virginia State Senator * Henry Hailey (1851–1932), English cricketer * Homer Hailey, American preacher * Joel Hailey, R&B singer, member of K-Ci & JoJo * John Hailey, Congressional delegate from the Idaho Territory of the United States * Joshua Hailey, an American privateer during the War of 1812 * Ken Hailey (born 1961), Canadian Football player * Kendall Hailey, published autodidact * Leisha Hailey, American actress * Louis Hailey (1926–2019), Australian field hockey player * Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey (1872–1969), British peer and administrator in British India * Nnenya Hailey (born 1994), American hurdler * Oliver Hailey (1932-1993), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hailey
Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British-Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as ''Hotel'' (1965), ''Airport'' (1968), ''Wheels'' (1971), ''The Moneychangers'' (1975), and '' Overload'' (1979), have sold 170 million copies in 38 languages. Early life Arthur Frederick Hailey was born on 5 April 1920, in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, the only child of George Wellington Hailey, a factory worker, and Elsie Wright Hailey. An avid reader, Hailey began to write poems, plays and stories at a young age. He once said, "My mother left me off chores so I could write." Elsie encouraged her son to learn typing and shorthand so that he might become a clerk instead of a factory worker. At fourteen, Hailey failed to win a scholarship which would have enabled him to continue his schooling. From 1934 to 1939 he was an office boy and clerk in London. He j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Hailey
Louis Hailey (10 January 1926 – 10 March 2019) was an Australian field hockey player. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1926 births 2019 deaths Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Brisbane Sportsmen from Queensland {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haley (surname)
Haley is an English surname. It is based on a place name derived from Old English ''heg'' "hay" and ''leah'' "clearing or meadow",Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. The surname Haley was found in County Sligo (Irish: Sligeach), in the province of Connacht in Northwestern Ireland, where they held a family seat from ancient times. The original form of Haley is ''O hEalaighthe'', which is derived from the word "ealadhach," which means "ingenious." Another Gaelic form of the surname is ''O hEilidhe'', which is derived from the word "eilidhe," which means "claimant". Variant spellings include Heily, Hailey, Hayley, and Healy. The given name Hayley (which has many variant spellings) was derived from it. The family name Haley is also a variant spelling of the anglicized Irish Healy (surname). People with the surname Haley * Alex Haley (1921-1992), African American writer * Andrew Haley (born 1974), Canadian Paralympic swimmer * Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haile (surname)
Haile is a surname of Ethiopian origin . name meaning "power, might." Pronounced: HY-lee. It is very common surname in Ethiopia and throughout East Africa and diaspora . It was second most popular surname in Eritrea followed by 13th most common in Ethiopia. People with the surname include: *Abeba Haile (born 1970), Eritrean singer *Almayahu Haile (died 1977), member of the military junta that ruled Ethiopia during the Ethiopian Revolution * Asrat Haile (fl. 2000s), former manager of the Ethiopia national football team *Berard Haile (1874–1961), Franciscan priest * Chanyalew Haile (born 1949), Ethiopian boxer *Eugen Haile (1873–1933), German-American composer, singer, and accompanist *Ferrell Haile (fl. 2000s–2010s), member of the Tennessee State Senate * Gebremedhin Haile (fl. 2010s), Ethiopian football coach who has managed the Ethiopia national football team * Getatchew Haile (1932–2021), Ethiopian-American philologist * John Haile (died 1535), vicar of Isleworth Middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailey (other)
Hailey may refer to: People *Hailey (given name) *Hailey (surname) Places *Hailey, Idaho, USA *Hailey, Missouri, USA *Hailey, Oxfordshire, England *Green Hailey, Buckinghamshire, England *Hailey College of Commerce, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Other uses *Baron Hailey, title created in the United Kingdom for the former governor of Punjab *USS Hailey (DD-556), USS ''Hailey'' (DD-556), a destroyer for the United States Navy * "Hailey", a track on The Complete Edition of Justin Bieber's album ''Justice (Justin Bieber album), Justice'', titled after his wife, Hailey Baldwin See also *Haley (other) *Halley (other) *Hayley (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Pilgrim
''Scott Pilgrim'' is a series of graphic novels by Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan Lee O'Malley. The series is about Scott Pilgrim, a slacker and part-time musician who lives in Toronto, Ontario, and plays bass in a band. He falls in love with American delivery girl Ramona Flowers, but must defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her in peace. The series consists of six digest size black-and-white volumes, released between August 2004 and July 2010, by Portland-based independent comic book publisher Oni Press. It was later republished by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins. Full-colour hardback volumes, coloured by Nathan Fairbairn, were released from August 2012 to April 2014. A film adaptation of the series titled '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' starring actor Michael Cera in the title role was released in August 2010. A video game adaptation developed by Ubisoft for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade was released the same month. Developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winifred Hailey
Winifred is a feminine given name, an anglicization of Welsh ''Gwenffrewi'', from ''gwen'', "fair", and ''ffrew'', "stillness". It may refer to: People * Saint Winifred * Winifred Atwell (1914–1983), a pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain in the 1950s with a series of boogie woogie and ragtime hits * Winifred Mitchell Baker (born 1957), better known simply as Mitchell Baker, the "Chief Lizard Wrangler" and the President of the Mozilla Corporation * Winifred, Countess of Dundonald, wife of Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald * Winifred Brunton (1880-1959), a painter from South Africa most famous for her haunting portraits of Egyptian pharaohs * Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (née ''Dallas-Yorke;'' 1863–1954), wife of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland * Winifred Copperwheat (19051976), English violist * Winifred Starr Dobyns (18861963), American suffragist and landscape designer * Dr. Winifred Margaret 'Winnie' Ewing (born 1929) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Hailey
The manga series ''Case Closed'', known as in Japan, features a large number of recurring fictional characters created by Gosho Aoyama. The series takes place in modern-day Japan and follows an amateur detective Jimmy Kudo (Japanese name: Shinichi Kudo) who solves cases in an episodic fashion while in his childhood body and under the alias Conan Edogawa. He is joined by childhood friend Rachel Moore (Ran Mori) and her father Richard Moore (Kogoro Mori), who runs a detective agency. Throughout the series, Conan interacts and befriends many characters from various groups: the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, the local police in Conan's prefecture; The Junior Detective League, a group of children who solves mysteries for their clients and the FBI. He also befriends a few individuals who know of his true identity: Dr. Agasa, who provides Jimmy with various spy gadgets; Harley Hartwell (Heiji Hattori), a high school detective from Osaka; and Anita Hailey (Ai Haibara), the original devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas G
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hailey
Robert John Hailey (born 25 July 1951) is a former English cricketer. Hailey was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Gosforth, Northumberland. Hailey made his debut for Hertfordshire in the 1978 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. Hailey played Minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire from 1978 to 1988, which included 67 Minor Counties Championship matches and 12 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut for the Minor Counties cricket team against Derbyshire in the 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup, in what was his only appearance for the team. His debut in List A cricket for Hertfordshire came against Hampshire in the 1983 NatWest Trophy. He made 5 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Middlesex in the 1988 NatWest Trophy. In his 6 List A matches for the county, he took 6 wickets at an average In ordinary language, an average is a single number taken as representative of a list of numbers, usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Hailey
Oliver Hailey (July 7, 1932January 23, 1993) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Hailey's television writing credits include episodes of '' Bracken's World'' and ''McMillan & Wife''. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for writing the 1981 television film '' Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend''. As a playwright, Hailey wrote over 20 plays, three of which were produced on Broadway. Career Hailey wrote for various television series including episodes of '' Bracken's World'', ''McMillan & Wife'', ''Family'', and ''The Cosby Show''. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1979 theatrical film '' Just You and Me, Kid'', and wrote the 1981 television films '' Isabel's Choice'' and '' Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend'', the latter of which featured one of the earliest depictions of a gay man on American prime time television. ''Sidney Shorr'' earned Hailey the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy Anthology, as well as a nomination for the Primet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nnenya Hailey
Cara Nnenya Hailey (; born February 23, 1994) is an American hurdler specializing in the 400 metres hurdles. She won the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 2011 World U18 Championships. Biography Hailey is from Atlanta, Georgia where she attended Mount Vernon Presbyterian School, winning four Georgia High School Association AAA state championships in the 200 metres and 300 metres hurdles, plus two championships in the 100 metres hurdles. In 2011, Hailey won the United States World Youth Trials in the 400 metres hurdles, qualifying her for the 2011 World U18 Championships in Athletics. At the championships, Hailey advanced to the finals as the fastest qualifier and built up a significant lead through nine hurdles. Despite hitting the final hurdle, Hailey maintained her lead and won the gold medal in a world U18 leading time of 57.93 – the second-fastest time ever by a U.S. high schooler behind only Leah Nugent. Hailey spent the 2012–13 season on the Clemson Tigers tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
