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Klassen
Klassen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ben Klassen (1918–1993), American white supremacist and founder of the religion Creativity * Cindy Klassen (born 1979), Canadian skater * Danny Klassen (born 1975), American-Canadian baseball player * Johann Peter Klassen (1889–1947), German-Canadian poet * Kenneth Klassen (born 1951), Canadian sex tourist * Linda Klassen, Canadian politician * Owen Klassen (born 1991), Canadian basketball player * Peter P. Klassen (born 1926), Paraguayan Mennonite historian *Sarah Klassen (born 1932), Canadian poet *Terry Klassen, Canadian voice actor and voice director See also * Classen (surname) * Kelasen, a village in Sarawak, Malaysia, whose alternative name is Klassen *Klaassen Klaasen is Dutch patronymic surname ("son of Klaas"). Notable people with this name include: * Arno Klaassen (born 1979), Dutch bobsledder * Davy Klaassen (born 1993), Dutch footballer * Jozef Klaassen (born 1983), Dutch rower * (1920–1992), D .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Klassen
Cindy Klassen, (born August 12, 1979) is a Canadian retired long track speed skater. She is a six-time medallist having achieved one gold, two silver, three bronze at the Winter Olympics. She is the only Canadian Olympian to win five medals in a single Olympic games and the first female speed skater to win five medals in a single games at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. She was a world record holder in the 3000 m until March 2019, when her time was beaten by Martina Sáblíková. She also holds the Canadian records over 1500 m and 5000 m. Klassen is the leader of the Adelskalender, which is the all-time world ranking for speed skating. In 2003, Klassen became the first Canadian in 27 years to win the overall title at the World Speed Skating Championships. Klassen has several major awards and accolades to her name having won the Lou Marsh Trophy in 2006, which is awarded for Canada's best athlete of the year. Due to her tremendous accomplishments at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Klassen
Bernhardt "Ben" Klassen ( ( O.S. February 7, 1918) – ) was an American politician and white supremacist religious leader. He founded the Church of the Creator with the publication of his book ''Nature's Eternal Religion'' in 1973. Klassen was openly racist, antisemitic and anti-Christian and first popularized the term " Racial Holy War" within the White Power movement. At one point, Klassen was a Republican Florida state legislator, as well as a supporter of George Wallace's presidential campaign. In addition to his religious and political work, Klassen was an electrical engineer and he was also the inventor of a wall-mounted electric can-opener... Klassen held unorthodox views about dieting and health. He was a natural hygienist who opposed the germ theory of disease as well as conventional medicine and promoted a fruitarian, raw food diet.Love, Nancy S. (2016). ''Trendy Fascism: White Power Music and the Future of Democracy''. State University of New York Press. pp. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Klassen
Daniel Victor Klassen (born September 22, 1975) is a Canadian former professional baseball infielder. He played four seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks and one season with the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Early life Klassen was born to a Mennonite family in Leamington, Ontario and later attended high school at John Carroll Catholic High School in Fort Pierce, Florida. He was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the second round of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft. Career Milwaukee Brewers In 1993, Klassen made his professional debut at the age of 17. He began with the Rookie–level Arizona League Brewers, appearing in 38 games and batting .222 with two home runs and 20 runs batted in. He stole 14 bases and was caught stealing three times. Klassen finished the 1993 season with the Helena Brewers, also a Rookie–level team. In 18 games with Helena, Klassen hit .200 and drove in three runs. Klassen spent the 1994 season with the Single-A Beloit Brewer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Klassen
Owen James Klassen (born October 31, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player for EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played university basketball at Acadia University and is a current member of the Canadian national basketball team. Professional career In September 2014, Owen started his professional career overseas at Macedonian Adriatic League team MZT Skopje, at the time coached by Zmago Sagadin. His contract was terminated by mutual agreement in March 2015, after a prognosis that a full recovery from an already lengthy back injury of his would last longer than previously expected. On July 31, 2015, Klassen signed with Phoenix Hagen. On December 1, 2015, Owen was named German BBL Round 10 Player of the Week following an impressive 17 point, 10 rebound performance in a win over EWE Baskets Oldenburg. On May 2, 2016, he re-signed with Hagen for one more season. On December 8, 2016, he left Hagen and signed with Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Klassen
Sarah Klassen (born 1932) is an award-winning Canadian writer living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Klassen's first volume of poetry, ''Journey to Yalta'', was awarded the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award in 1989. Klassen is the recipient of Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry and Klassen's novel, ''The Wittenbergs'', was awarded the Margaret McWilliams Award for popular history. Career Sarah Klassen was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and currently resides there. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Winnipeg. Sarah Klassen taught English in the public school system in Winnipeg, and at summer institutes in Lithuania and Ukraine. Klassen has been recognized as part of a flourishing of Mennonite novelists and poets emerging in the 1980s. Much of Klassen's writing reflects creatively on the experiences and locations of Russian Mennonite settlements in the early part of the twentieth century, a topic relayed to her in stories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Klassen
Terry Klassen is a Canadian voice actor, ADR director and writer. Before animation, Klassen worked in radio in Winnipeg (CITI-FM), Toronto (Q107), Calgary (CFAC), Portage la Prairie (CFRY) and part-time at CFOX and CFMI. In animation, he is best known for his work on ''My Little Pony'' being voice director of all episodes including the movie (Canadian talent) and the '' Equestria Girls'' series. Klassen has also voiced many characters including Baby Sylvester in '' Baby Looney Tunes'', Tusky Husky in '' Krypto the Superdog'' and Tony and Seth Parsons in '' The Cramp Twins''. Career Klassen co-created '' Yvon of the Yukon''. He is the voice director for shows and films including '' Martha Speaks'', ''Johnny Test'', '' Max Steel'', ''George of the Jungle'', ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'', several ''Barbie'' movies, ''Transformers'', '' Cardcaptors'', '' Salty's Lighthouse'', '' G.I. Joe'', ''Pucca'', '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'', '' Littlest Pet Shop'', and many more series. Klasse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Peter Klassen
Johann Peter Klassen (1868–1947) was a Russian Mennonite poet and writer who emigrated to Canada in 1923 but wrote primarily in the German language. He was born 27 May 1868 (O.S. 15 May) in Neu-Schönwiese near Alexandrovsk (Zaporizhia) Ukraine (then part of Russia), the third of four children of Peter Abram Klassen (22 October 1825 – 13 February 1905) and Aganetha (Schultz) Klassen (1 April 1832 – 7 December 1920). His father had four children from his first marriage to Anna Janzen (1828-1863). Johann was married first to Katharina Wieler (26 February 1870, in Nikolaifeld Yazykovo, South Russia – 31 August 1909, in Neu Schönwiese, Chortitza Settlement, South Russia) on 27 September 1891 in Franzfeld, Yazykovo, South Russia. She was the daughter of Abraham Wieler (23 January 1841 – 31 January 1907) and Helena (Lepp) Wieler (14 January 1848 – 29 May 1911). Johann and Katharina had eight children: Peter, Helena, Aganeta, Abram, Johann, Käthe, Heinrich, and Kornelius. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Klassen
Kenneth Klassen (born 1951) is an art dealer from Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Starting at the age of 27 or 28, Klassen began sexually abusing children and continued doing so for more than 25 years. He sexually abused fourteen children as a sex tourist in Cambodia and Colombia between December 1998 and March 2002 and videotaped himself while doing so. The victims were all less than 14 years old, and they ranged in age to as young as 8 years old. In 2010, he was convicted of having engaged in child sex tourism and having broken Canada's child pornography laws. Klassen was sentenced to eleven years in prison, which was, at the time, the harshest sentence anyone had ever received for breaking Canada's law against sex tourism. The law came into force thirteen years before Klassen's conviction, and only two other people had been convicted under that law in that time. An article about Klassen's sex crimes, written by journalist Daphne Bramham for ''The Vancouver Sun Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Klassen
The Christian Heritage Party is a minor political party in Canada. It ran 62 candidates in the 2004 federal election. Information about some of these candidates may be found here. The leader of the party at the time of the election was Ron Gray. Quebec Argenteuil—Mirabel: Laurent Filion Laurent Filion is a construction contractor and real estate agent based in Duhamel, Quebec. She was 58 years old in 200 She received 826 votes (1.65%), finishing fifth against Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative candidate Michael Chong. Manitoba David C. Andres ( Dauphin—Swan River) Andres was born on May 17, 1959, at Norquay, Saskatchewan, and moved with his family to Ethelbert, Manitoba, as a child. After completing high school, he worked with the Canadian National Railway in northern Manitoba before returning to Ethelbert to work as a mechanic and farmer. In 1979, he began "Andres Insurance Brokers" with his wife, and also started a Sears Canada Catalogue Order Office in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classen (surname)
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Classen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aimée Classen, American ecologist * Andy Classen, German musician, sound engineer and record producer * Carl Joachim Classen (1928–2013), German classical scholar * Edmond Classen (1938–2014), Dutch actor * Erin Classen (born 2004), Australian squash player * Johannes Classen, German educator and classical philologist See also * Claasen's law (formulated by Theo A. C. M. Claasen) * Classen School of Advanced Studies * Klassen Klassen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ben Klassen (1918–1993), American white supremacist and founder of the religion Creativity * Cindy Klassen (born 1979), Canadian skater * Danny Klassen (born 1975), American-Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelasen
Kelasen (also known as Klassen) is a settlement in Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies on the Pan Borneo Highway Pan Borneo Highway ( ms, Lebuhraya Pan Borneo), also known as Trans-Borneo Highway or Trans-Kalimantan Highway ( id, Jalan Lintas Kalimantan), is a road network on Borneo Island connecting two Malaysian states, Sabah and Sarawak, with Brunei ... approximately east-south-east of the state capital Kuching. Neighbouring settlements include: * Munggor north * Entawa west * Guntong south * Bayai northwest * Sangai Tebut northeast * Ibol southwest * Ugol northwest References {{Sarawak Populated places in Sarawak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaassen
Klaasen is Dutch patronymic surname ("son of Klaas"). Notable people with this name include: * Arno Klaassen (born 1979), Dutch bobsledder * Davy Klaassen (born 1993), Dutch footballer * Jozef Klaassen (born 1983), Dutch rower * (1920–1992), Dutch economist * Mihkel Klaassen (1880–1952), Estonian Supreme Court judge * Nel Klaassen (1906–1989), Dutch sculptor * René Klaassen (born 1961), Dutch field hockey player * Ryan Klaassen, lead plaintiff in the 2021 vaccine law case '' Klaassen v. Indiana University'' ;Klaassens * Jan Klaassens (1931–1983), Dutch footballer See also * Klaasen * Claassen * Klassen *, the Dutch puppet version of Pulcinella Pulcinella (; nap, Pulecenella) is a classical character that originated in of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry. Pulcinella's versatility in status and attitude has captivated audiences worldwide and kept t ... ( Mister Punch) {{surname Dutch-language surnames Patronymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
