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Kahlil Thomas
Kahlil is an anglicized spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Khalil, famously used by Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931; born ''Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān'') in English after he was registered under that name by the Josiah Quincy School of Boston following his immigration to the United States. Notable persons with the name Kahlil include: * Kahlil Ashanti (born 1973), American actor and writer * Kahlil Bell (born 1986), American football running back * Kahlil Byrd, American political advisor and entrepreneur * Kahlil Carter (born 1976), American gridiron football coach * Kahlil Cato (born 1977), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sprinter * Kahlil Dukes (born 1995), American basketball player * Kahlil Felder (born 1995), American basketball player * Kahlil Gibran (sculptor) (1922–2008), Lebanese-American painter and sculptor * Kahlil Hill (born 1979), American gridiron football player * Kahlil Joseph, American actor and teacher of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil (name)
Khalil or Khaleel (Arabic: خليل) means ''friend'' and is a common male first name in the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common surname. It is also used amongst Turkic peoples of Russia and African Americans. The female counterpart of this name is Khalila or Khaleela. In other languages The following names can be interpreted as ''Khalil'': *Arabic: Khalil, Khaleel, Halil, Khelil ( Ar: خليل) *Hebrew: Khalil ( He: חליל) *Persian: Khalil ( Fa: خلیل) * Azerbaijani: Xəlil *Kurdish: Xelîl *Turkish: Halil *Bengali: Kholil (খলিল), Khalil (খালিল), Khaleel (খালীল) Persons with the given name Khaleel * Khaleel Mamoon (born 1948), Urdu poet * Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi (1927–1978), Urdu poet Al-Khalil * Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi: an 8th-century Muslim scholar best known as the author of ''Kitab al-'Ayn'' Khalil *Khalil bey Khasm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Gibran
Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, also considered a philosopher although he himself rejected the title. He is best known as the author of '' The Prophet'', which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages. Born in a village of the Ottoman-ruled Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate to a Maronite family, the young Gibran immigrated with his mother and siblings to the United States in 1895. As his mother worked as a seamstress, he was enrolled at a school in Boston, where his creative abilities were quickly noticed by a teacher who presented him to photographer and publisher F. Holland Day. Gibran was sent back to his native land by his family at the age of fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Ashanti
Kahlil Ashanti (born November 3, 1973 in Landstuhl, Germany) is an American actor and writer. Kahlil Ashanti began his career as a teenager, performing at a community theater and at open mic nights at comedy clubs throughout the Midwestern United States. He then enlisted in the United States Air Force, winning the 1993 Air Force Worldwide Talent Contest, after which he toured with the elite Air Force Entertainment troupe Tops in Blue in 1994 and 1995 as a comedian, dancer, and actor. After being honorably discharged in 1996, Kahlil performed his own magic and comedy dinner theater show at Caesar's Magical Empire, Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas from 1997–2000. Upon his arrival in Los Angeles in 2001, he began writing his one man show, ''Basic Training'', which premiered at the 2nd Stage Theater in October 2004 and played Off-Broadway at the Barrow Street Theater in the fall of 2008. In 2017, Khalil began playing a supporting role as Goat in the Amazon remake of ''The Tick''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Bell
Kahlil Edward Bell (born December 10, 1986) is a former American football running back. He played college football at UCLA Bruins football, UCLA. Bell was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He was also played for the Chicago Bears, New York Jets and Green Bay Packers. Professional career Minnesota Vikings Bell was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent on April 27, 2009. He was waived on August 16, 2009. Chicago Bears Bell was signed to the Chicago Bears' practice squad on September 16, 2009. He was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster on November 20, 2009, to replace an injured Garrett Wolfe. His first NFL carry on November 22, 2009 was a 72-yard run against the Philadelphia Eagles on ''NBC Sunday Night Football''. This was an NFL record for longest first carry of a career at the time. Jalen Richard of the Oakland Raiders first ever NFL carry, on September 11, 2016, against the New Orleans Saints, was a 75-ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Byrd
Kahlil Julian Byrd is a political advisor and entrepreneur regarded as an expert in national cross-partisan reform. He has led several national political organizations in the United States. Byrd serves as founder and CEO of Invest America Fund, a public policy, reform, investment research, data and advisory firm. He is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as CEO of Americans Elect, a reform organization that sought to use online voting for state primaries to support a bipartisan ticket for the 2012 United States presidential election outside the two parties. Education Byrd holds a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Morehouse College. Democracy reform Byrd began his career in broadcast journalism, working for National Public Radio in Washington, D.C. He later joined The BBC as a producer. Following his graduate studies at Harvard, Byrd became an entrepreneur to focus on "drivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Carter
Kahlil Rafiq Carter, (born September 13, 1976) is a former professional gridiron football player and coach. College football From 1994 to 1997, Carter walked-on to the University of Arkansas' football team along with Brandon Burlsworth who inspired the movie Greater. He began his university career as a quarterback before making the transition to wide receiver. In 1998, Carter transferred to Southern Arkansas University where he led the Muleriders in special teams tackles. Professional football career Carter has been a professional gridiron football player in the Arena Football League, NFL, NFL Europe, and the Canadian Football League. His last season of professional football was spent playing defensive back in the AFL for the Iowa Barnstormers in 2010. Carter has also spent time in the NFL with Buffalo and NFL Europe with the Scottish Claymores. Carter also was a defensive back in the CFL with the Toronto Argonauts and the Montreal Alouettes. 2000 Carter signed with the Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Cato
Kahlil Cato (born 10 March 1977) was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, but competed for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, he was a sprinter. Cato competed in the 4x100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics with teammates Kambon Sampson, Joel Mascoll and Eswort Coombs, they ran in heat one and finished sixth out of eight and missed out qualifying for the next round by just over one second. He later went on to attend Missouri Valley College Missouri Valley College is a private college that is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Marshall, Missouri. The college was founded in 1889 and supports 40 academic majors and an enrollment close to 1,500 students. Misso ... and graduated in 2001 with a B.A. in Mass Communications. References 1977 births Living people Saint Vincent and the Grenadines male sprinters Olympic athletes for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Athletes (track and field) at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Dukes
Kahlil Dukes (born May 17, 1995) is an American basketball player for Best Balıkesir of the Turkish Basketball First League. He played college basketball for the University of Southern California (USC) and Niagara University and was named the 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Year. College career A point guard and Hartford, Connecticut native, Dukes attended Capital Prep Magnet School and scored 2,238 points for his high school career. He was recruited to USC by coach Kevin O'Neill, but O'Neill was fired prior to Dukes arriving to campus. Dukes played sparingly for new coach Andy Enfield and ultimately decided to transfer to Niagara due to family and AAU connections with Chris Casey's coaching staff. Per NCAA transfer rules, Dukes sat out the 2015–16 season. As a redshirt junior, Dukes immediately entered the starting lineup for the Purple Eagles. He averaged 15.5 points and 4.1 assists per game on the season. As a senior, Dukes raised his scoring a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Felder
Kahlil Ameer "Kay" Felder Jr. (born March 29, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Felder, a point guard, declared for the 2016 NBA draft at the conclusion of his junior year at Oakland. Felder is the Horizon League career assists leader. High school career Felder attended Pershing High School in Detroit, Michigan where he was named Public School League MVP his senior season. His senior year, he finished fourth in Mr. Basketball of Michigan voting. He was not heavily recruited by high-major colleges and was noticed by Oakland assistant coach Saddi Washington. Felder was also recruited by Akron, Southern Illinois and St. Bonaventure. Oakland offered Felder a scholarship when he was a sophomore and he committed prior to his senior season. To show their commitment to him, Oakland did not recruit a point guard the season before he arrived so Felder knew there would be no competition. College ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Gibran (sculptor)
Kahlil G. Gibran (`ka-lil jə-ˈbrän) (November 29, 1922 – April 13, 2008), sometimes known as "Kahlil George Gibran" (note the artist's preferred Americanized spelling of his first name), was a Lebanese American painter and sculptor from Boston, Massachusetts. A student of the painter Karl Zerbe at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gibran first received acclaim as a magic realist painter in the late 1940s when he exhibited with other emerging artists later known as the "Boston Expressionists". Called a "master of materials", as both artist and restorer, Gibran turned to sculpture in the mid-fifties. In 1972, in an effort to separate his identity from his famous relative and namesake, the author of ''The Prophet'', Gibran Kahlil Gibran, who was cousin both to his father Nicholas Gibran and his mother Rose Gibran, the sculptor co-authored with his wife Jean a biography of the poet entitled ''Kahlil Gibran His Life And World''. Gibran is known for multiple skil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Hill
Kahlil Hill (born March 18, 1979) is a professional gridiron football, American and Canadian football wide receiver. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He has played for the Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills, and Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). References External links Tiger-Cats biography 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Iowa City, Iowa Players of American football from Iowa American players of Canadian football American football wide receivers Canadian football wide receivers Iowa Hawkeyes football players Atlanta Falcons players New Orleans Saints players Detroit Lions players Buffalo Bills players Jacksonville Jaguars players Saskatchewan Roughriders players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players BC Lions players {{Canadianfootball-widereceiver-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahlil Joseph
Kahlil Joseph (pronounced ''"Kha-leel"'') is an American film, television and stage actor and teacher of performing arts. He has worked extensively in the United States and India. Joseph is based in Los Angeles. Early life Joseph was born in New Delhi, India, but moved shortly after to Sydney, Australia with his parents for five years. While in Sydney, Joseph did his first play, acting as Noah in a production of "Noah's Ark". That created the love for performing in him. From a young age, Joseph constantly displayed a strong interest in entertaining audiences with various types of performances. Never one to be satisfied with learning one thing, he always tried to learn as many new things as he could. Joseph had an extremely keen ear for sound since childhood, and would continually mimic everyone and everything he could. Joseph was constantly encouraged to read books that were advanced for his age. His parents introduced him to various authors, to build his interests and knowle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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