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Jeffries
Jeffries is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Jeffries (b. 1976), American actor * Ben Jeffries (b. 1980), Australian rugby league footballer * Bill Jeffries (b. 1945), former New Zealand politician * Charles Jeffries (1864–1936), British Salvation Army officer * Charles Adams Jeffries (1869–1931), Australian journalist * Chris Jeffries (b. 1978), Canadian cross-country skier * Clarence Smith Jeffries (1894–1917), Australian Victoria Cross recipient * Darren Jeffries (b. 1982), British actor * Dean Jeffries (1933–2013), American stunt performer and coordinator * Derek Jeffries (b. 1951), English former footballer * Donald Jeffries (b. 1956), American writer * Edward Jeffries (1900–1950), Mayor of Detroit, Michigan (1940–48) * Fran Jeffries (b. 1937), American singer, actress and model * Glenn Jeffries (b. 1961), West Virginia state Senator * Greg Jeffries (b. 1971), American football player * Gregg Jeffries (b. 1967), American baseball player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Sekou Jeffries (; born August 4, 1970) is an American politician and attorney and leader-elect of the Democratic caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. Jeffries has represented New York's 8th congressional district, anchored in southern and eastern Brooklyn, since 2013, and is expected to become minority leader when the next Congress is convened in January 2023. Before his election to Congress in 2012, Jeffries served three terms in the New York State Assembly, representing the 57th district, and worked as a corporate lawyer. He has chaired the Democratic caucus since 2019, and was elected unopposed to succeed Nancy Pelosi as its leader in November 2022. Early life and career Jeffries was born in Brooklyn, New York, at Brooklyn Hospital Center to Laneda Jeffries, a social worker, and Marland Jeffries, a state substance-abuse counselor. He grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Jeffries graduated from Midwood High School in 1988. He then studied political scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Jeffries
Herb Jeffries (born Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 – May 25, 2014) was an American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known for his baritone voice. He starred in several low-budget "race" Western feature films aimed at black audiences, '' Harlem on the Prairie'' (1937), ''Two-Gun Man from Harlem'' (1938), ''Rhythm Rodeo'' (1938), ''The Bronze Buckaroo'' (1939) and ''Harlem Rides the Range'' (1939). He also acted in several other films and television shows. During his acting career he was usually billed as Herbert Jeffrey (sometimes "Herbert Jeffries" or "Herbert Jeffries, Sensational Singing Cowboy"). In the 1940s and 1950s Jeffries recorded for a number of labels, including RCA Victor, Exclusive, Coral, Decca, Bethlehem, Columbia, Mercury and Trend. His album ''Jamaica'', recorded by RKO, is a concept album of self-composed calypso songs. Early life and ethnicity Jeffries was born Umberto Alexander Valentino in Detr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Smith Jeffries
Clarence Smith Jeffries, VC (26 October 1894 – 12 October 1917) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. He was posthumously decorated with the Victoria Cross following his actions in the First Battle of Passchendaele during the First World War, in which he led several parties of men in an attack that eventuated in the capture of six machine guns and sixty-five prisoners, before being killed himself by machine gun fire. Born in a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Jeffries was employed as a surveyor at a mining company where his father served as general manager following his completion of school. Joining a militia battalion in 1912, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant upon the outbreak of war and tasked with the instruction of volunteers for the newly raised Australian Imperial Force. Transferring into the Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Jeffries
Jared Scott Carter Jeffries (born November 25, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. Jeffries was drafted with the 11th overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards. He also played for the New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, and Portland Trail Blazers before retiring in 2013. In college, Jeffries played for the Indiana Hoosiers; during his sophomore year, he was an integral part of the Hoosiers' Cinderella run to the 2002 NCAA Championship game, was named Big Ten Player of the Year, and was a consensus second-team All-American. At 6'11", he mainly played at both forward positions. Jeffries served as the Director of Player Personnel for the Denver Nuggets from 2016 to 2017. High school Before competing in the college ranks, Jeffries attended high school at Bloomington High School North, advancing to the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) basketball finals in 2000 before losing to Marion High School, led by fellow future N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Jeffries
Edward Dean Jeffries (February 25, 1933 – May 5, 2013) was an American custom car designer and fabricator, as well as stuntman and stunt coordinator for motion pictures and television programs based in Los Angeles, California. Early life Jeffries was born to Viola Irene (''née'' Allison) and Edward James Jeffries in Osage, Iowa.Mitchell County, Iowa Birth Certificate.Cotter. - p.12. After the family moved to Compton, California, Jeffries grew up in Compton and then neighboring Lynwood, California, where his father was a mechanic.St. Antoine, Arthur. "Interview: Dean Jeffries, Hollywood legend". - '' Motor Trend Magazine'' He was the middle child, born between older sister Darlene Ann (b. May 18, 1931, Osage, Iowa-) and younger sister Evonne Mae (b. December 2, 1935, in Osage, Iowa). A brother, James Eddie, was born December 2, 1935, in Osage, a twin to Evonne, but died the next day.Mitchell County, Iowa Death Certificate. Jeffries served in the United States Army during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Jeffries
Commissioner Charles Henry Jeffries (1864 – 1 February 1936) was a British pioneer Salvationist and notable convert, after he left the Skeleton Army and attained the third highest rank possible as an Officer in The Salvation Army. 'Skeleton' leader Jeffries was born in Shadwell in London in 1864, the son of Emma (née Petty) (born 1838) and William Jeffries (1832–1870), a mariner, who married in 1859 at Christ Church in Tower Hamlets. Employed by a firm of tobacconists, from 1881 the 16-year-old Charles Jeffries was the second-in-command of a Whitechapel branch of the Skeleton Army and was well known for disrupting Salvation Army public meetings and on occasion had assaulted Salvation Army Soldiers and Officers. The 'Skeleton Army' adopted the tunes of The Salvation Army, but altered their words, and wore cap bands on their hats reading 'Skeleton Army'. 'Skeletons' used banners with skulls and crossbones; sometimes there were two coffins and a statement like, “Blood an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Jeffries
Ben Jeffries (born 4 September 1980) is an Australian rugby league coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the North Queensland Cowboys NRL Women's Premiership team, the PNG Orchids and the Indigenous Women's All Stars. A or , he played the majority of his career for Wakefield Trinity and the Bradford Bulls in the Super League after starting his career playing for the St George Illawarra Dragons and Wests Tigers in the NRL. Playing career Early years Born in Forster, Jeffries grew up in Forster and attended Forster High School, where he represented the Australian Schoolboys in 1998 and was signed by the Newcastle Knights. St George Illawarra Dragons In 2000, after two seasons in the Knights' lower grades, Jeffries joined the St George Illawarra Dragons. In Round 4 of the 2001 NRL season, he made his NRL debut in the Dragons 34–6 loss to the New Zealand Warriors, his only appearance for the club. Wests Tigers In 2001, Jeffries joined the Wests Tig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Jeffries
Edward J. Jeffries Jr. (April 3, 1900 – April 2, 1950) was an American politician, councilman, and mayor of Detroit. Early life Edward Jeffries was born in Detroit, Michigan, on April 3, 1900, the son of Judge Edward J. Jeffries and Minnie Stott Jeffries. The elder Jeffries was an alderman, a police justice, and a long-serving judge on the Recorder's Court. He had run unsuccessfully for mayor multiple times, seeing himself as a representative of the underclass, and instilled in the younger Jeffries a sense of civic responsibility. The younger Jeffries attended the Detroit Public Schools and the University of Michigan, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1920 and a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1923. He then continued his education at Lincoln's Inn in London in 1923 and 1924, studying Roman and British common law. After his tour in Europe, Jeffries returned to Detroit to take up law practice. In 1929, he became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jeffries (judge)
Sir John Francis Jeffries (28 March 1929 – 25 January 2019) was a New Zealand local politician, civil servant and later a judge of the High Court. Biography Early life and career Jeffries was born in Wellington on 28 March 1929 to Frank and Mary Jeffries and grew up in Lyall Bay. He was the second born in a family of five. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a joiner by trade who was unemployed during the Great Depression. His family experienced much prejudice in their lives due to their Irish Catholic background. He was educated at St Patrick's College. He failed his School Certificate exam three times and the college rector wrote a reference for Jeffries recommending to prospective employers not to hire him for a job requiring study. He began work in 1946, first as an insurance clerk, and then as a teacher. Upon finding employment he contracted tuberculosis. While at Wellington Hospital he was nursed in by Joan Patricia (Pat) Christensen. The pair married in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Jeffries
Adam Jeffries (born 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Lester Freeman on the Fox series '' True Colors'' (1990−92) and Jarvis Turrell Jr. on ABC's '' Thea'' (1993−94), both of which are sitcoms. Jeffries won two Young Artist Awards during his career. Early life Jeffries was born in Tuskegee, Alabama around 1976. He was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. As a child, Jeffries performed in community theater and school productions. In the mid-1980s, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles, California, embarking on an acting career. Career Jeffries first began acting in 1989 in the role of Eddie in the educational short film '' A Nightmare on Drug Street'', which was released on VHS as a teaching tool for schools. After appearing in several television series and television movies, Jeffries landed the role of Lester Freeman in the Fox sitcom '' True Colors'', a series about an interracial couple and their children from previous marriages. The creator of the show, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Jeffries
Fran Jeffries (born Frances Ann Makris; May 18, 1937 – December 15, 2016) was an American singer, dancer, actress, and model. Early life Jeffries was born Frances Ann Makris on May 18, 1937, in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of Esther A. (née Gautier) and Steven G. Makris, a Greek-immigrant barbershop owner. Career Jeffries's film debut came in the 1958 film ''The Buccaneer (1958 film), The Buccaneer.'' She appeared in the 1963 film ''The Pink Panther (1964 film), The Pink Panther,'' in which she sang "It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio stasera), Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight)" while leading a line-dance with Peter Sellers, David Niven, and others. Her supporting role as a professional entertainer in ''Sex and the Single Girl (film), Sex and the Single Girl'' featured her as a singer-dancer. She sang on ''The Tom Jones Show'' in 1969 with the host, doing a duet of "You've Got What it Takes," as well as ''The Smokey Robinson Show'' the following year, in which s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Calvin Jeffries
John Calvin Jeffries, Jr. (born ca. 1948) is a prominent law professor and was dean of the University of Virginia School of Law from 2001 to 2008. Biography Jeffries is the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is best known for his work in criminal law, with his essays included in many major textbooks in the subject area. He is also a co-author of one of the foremost criminal law textbooks, ''Criminal Law'' with Professors Richard J. Bonnie, Anne M. Coughlin, and Peter W. Low. A scholar on constitutional law, federal courts, civil rights, civil procedure, First Amendment rights, and the Supreme Court, Jeffries has authored or co-authored a total of ten textbooks, primarily on civil rights and criminal law. Jeffries also wrote a biography about Justice Powell titled ''Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.'' (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994). . He co-authored a book on the trial of John Hinckley. Jeffries gradu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
